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"Other than the initial flurry of 'Oh, he's said it again,' people are not taking it as seriously as they did the first time around.”

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy At least 20 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions.

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy reut.rs/3IIy0AA

Myanmar: At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Buddhist festival Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims of the military attack.

Locals said it was hard to identify the bodies in the aftermath.

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The Gaza twins whose whole lives have been war Two years of warfare have brought death and ruin to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza. Reuters looks at one family’s story of terrible loss and fragile hope.

Two years of warfare have brought death, misery and ruin to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza. With a new ceasefire plan under discussion, @reuters.com looks at one family’s story of terrible loss and fragile hope. www.reuters.com/investigates...

"International consumers are increasingly opting for domestically produced spirits or imports from countries other than the U.S., signaling a shift away from our great American brands."

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

"The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address 'giftgirl2025' and initially told the museum that they were looking for 'like a sword or something,' according to a person familiar with the discussions."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

Powerful photo by my Reuters colleague Thomas Peter of a shopkeeper in Ukraine’s frontline city of Kramatorsk. Her face covered in dust from a drone blast, she stands at her counter, refusing to leave.

Full story here: www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...

This is an important editorial by the editor of the Courier about the Dundee “knife incident” and how the law holds the traditional media to higher standards than social media.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/opinion/5...

French President Emmanuel Macron called President Donald Trump after being stopped at a New York street blocked off for his US counterpart's motorcade during the UN General Assembly reut.rs/42acMSC

It's worth reading these expert views compiled by the Science Media Centre ahead of reports that the Trump administration will link paracetamol to autism.

www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

BREAKING: A federal judge struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times over its content, giving Trump 28 days to file an amended complaint reut.rs/46psF8U

Tweet from @EricBalchunas: Tuttle just filed for a Bonk Income Blast ETF, which will invest in the meme boin Bonk (or an ETF tracking it) then employ a put credit spread using FLEX options to generate income. Also SUI and Litecoin getting the 'Blast' treatment..

Every crypto story these days reads something like this

A review of Dan Brown’s new book www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Britain is now one of very few countries where Gen Z are firmly left-of-centre

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.

Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Senior abbot resigns from Wat Phrabatnampu amid internal investigation LOP BURI - Phra Ratcha Wisutthiprachanat, better known as Luang Phor Alongkot, has announced his resignation as abbot of Wat Phrabatnampu in Lop Buri’s Mueang district. The decision, made public...

For more on the scandal, see: www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...

Finally, the wheels are coming off Thailand's infamous "Temple of Doom," with its abbot's resignation and the overdue burial of AIDS victims who helped generate so many donations. It took the Thai authorities long enough. I wrote this expose in 2008.

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YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg What the Russian papers are saying about the Alaska summit

Russian media are hailing the Alaska summit as a big win for Moscow:
• “a tactical victory for Russian diplomacy”
• “huge diplomatic victory for Vladimir Putin”
• “Trump perceived Russia’s interests as legitimate.”

Heat wave grips France again: '43°C, honestly, I didn't think that was possible' Fourteen departments are under red alert on Tuesday and two-thirds of the country are under orange alert. Temperature records have been broken in southwest France.

43 celsius is 109-110 fahrenheit

www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

“Scientists warn such events could become more common due to factors including global warming, the arrival of invasive species, habitat loss of predators and over-fishing.”

Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

Not quite. Her rival, England keeper Hannah Hampton, threw the bottle into the stands, then tried “so hard not to burst out laughing” when she saw Coll’s reaction. Who said the women’s game was nicer than the men’s?

Staggering numbers of Palestinians now being shot in Gaza as they try to find food at GHF sites, or along UN convoy routes. More than 4,500 people treated in a single Red Cross clinic. Almost 1,400 across two MSF clinics. Total is more than 12,000, according to health ministry.

Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers Federal employees faced a barrage of intimidation and harassment after a group linked to the Trump administration posted their personal information on online “watchlists” denouncing them as liberals. Some have been fired. Two have moved abroad, fearing for their safety.

“Stefanie Anderson avoids crowds, doesn’t go out after dark and flinches when the doorbell rings.”

Shocking and important story from my colleagues Linda So, Peter Eisler and Ned Parker.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Spain shuns US F-35 jets as tensions grow with Washington Madrid to purchase European military aircraft in sign of deepening rift with Trump over defence and foreign policy

Spain decides not to buy US F-35 jets because of fears of US political reliability. There will be more of this on.ft.com/41tL4zH via @FT

Deaf Republic - Royal Court

A stage adaptation of "Deaf Republic" by theatre company Dead Centre and poet Zoë McWhinney opens at the Royal Court in London on August 29, featuring deaf and hearing actors retelling Kaminsky’s story with spoken English, sign language, captions and silence. royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/dea...

In "Deaf Republic," a soldier shoots a young deaf boy and his whole community protests by refusing to hear their oppressors. It opens with a poem that compels us to confront our complicity and impotence in the face of faraway atrocities.

Ilya Kaminsky on ‘Deaf Republic’ and the poetry of resistance The Ukrainian-American poet reflects on the enduring relevance of his 2019 epic, its London adaptation and the power of poetry to hold attention in times of crisis.

"Deaf Republic" - an epic modern poem about war, resistance and love - was published in 2019. But with conflict raging in Ukraine and Gaza, it feels more viscerally relevant than ever. Here's my interview with poet Ilya Kaminsky.

www.reuters.com/lifestyle/il...

Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers Federal employees faced a barrage of intimidation and harassment after a group linked to the Trump administration posted their personal information on online “watchlists” denouncing them as liberals. Some have been fired. Two have moved abroad, fearing for their safety.

A US group with ties to senior Trump administration officials posted ‘watchlists' of federal employees involved in immigration, education and DEI work. Many are speaking out about what they consider a campaign of intimidation — and some are taking legal action reut.rs/4mdS10o

The U.S. government will no longer demand that its employees send emails listing five things they did last week.

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...