Trump administration considers stake in defence firms like Lockheed Martin
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick floated the possible investment in a TV appearance, as part of a wider Trump push.
‘Day of Disruption’: Families, supporters of Israeli Gaza captives protest
Israelis demand a ceasefire and captive deal as the military intensifies bombardment across Gaza, killing dozens.
European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reimposition of UN sanctions – AP News
- European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reimposition of UN sanctions AP News
- Iran, Europeans meet in Geneva as sanctions threat looms Reuters
- European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reimposing U.N. sanctions NBC News
- European Officials Press Iran on Nuclear Talks. Here’s What to Know. The New York Times
- Iran warns European powers of consequences for sanctions at nuclear talks Al Jazeera
Israel pushes further into Gaza City, killing and displacing Palestinians
Palestinian families are choosing between braving Israel’s fierce bombardment at home or being forcibly displaced again.
How the double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital unfolded
BBC Verify analyses footage from the attack and its aftermath to piece together the timeline of events and what it reveals.
Cook to sue Trump over order to fire her from Federal Reserve
The central bank governor says the US president "has no authority to do so" in defiance of Trump's escalatory move against the Fed.
Donald Trump promises death penalty for murder cases in Washington, DC
The Republican leader had pledged to 'restore' the death penalty upon returning to the White House for a second term.
Al Jazeera reporter flees on air after Israeli strike threat on Gaza
Al Jazeera’s Ola Abu Moamer was live on air when she was forced to evacuate from a ‘safe zone’ in Gaza.
Journalists in Gaza protest Israel’s killing of their colleagues
A group of Palestinian journalists gathered to protest Israel’s killing of their colleagues at Nasser hospital.
Israeli protesters hold ‘day of disruption’ to demand Gaza hostage deal: Live updates – CNN
- Israeli protesters hold ‘day of disruption’ to demand Gaza hostage deal: Live updates CNN
- Israeli protesters stage ‘day of disruption’ calling for end to war in Gaza The Guardian
- Israelis Call for Urgent Cease-Fire and Return of Hostages in Nationwide ‘Day of Struggle’ Protests Time Magazine
- Israeli protesters hold day of disruption to demand Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal NBC News
- 350,000 attend Tel Aviv rally for ceasefire and hostage-release deal, organizers claim The Times of Israel
French political turmoil sends European stocks down, Wall Street edges up – Yahoo Finance
- French political turmoil sends European stocks down, Wall Street edges up Yahoo Finance
- Fears of a French Government Collapse Send Its Borrowing Costs Soaring The New York Times
- France plunges back into crisis after PM Bayrou's confidence-vote backfires Reuters
- French PM fights for survival as rivals refuse to support confidence vote BBC
- French stocks slide as Paris government faces risk of collapse CNBC
Air National Guard tests F-15 fighter against helicopters – Military Times
The New Hamas Insurgency – Foreign Affairs
- The New Hamas Insurgency Foreign Affairs
- Hamas has one top strategy: End the war and survive NPR
- Denial, destruction, and defamation: The need for a wake-up call! The Times of Israel
- Hamas won't be waving a white flag anytime soon, and that's OK with Netanyahu Ynetnews
- “Time Is Up” — A Gaza Journalist’s Open Letter To Hamas Worldcrunch
Large crowds fill Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square for rally urging deal to free captives – The Times of Israel
- Large crowds fill Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square for rally urging deal to free captives The Times of Israel
- August 26, 2025: Israel-Hamas war, Gaza hostage deal protests, Nasser Hospital attack CNN
- Israeli protesters stage ‘day of disruption’ calling for end to war in Gaza The Guardian
- How Netanyahu Has Trapped Israel in a Messianic Timeline of Eternal War Haaretz
- ‘Day of Disruption’: Families, supporters of Israeli Gaza captives protest Al Jazeera
‘He loved his work deeply’: the five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza airstrike – The Guardian
- ‘He loved his work deeply’: the five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza airstrike The Guardian
- Israel Links Deadly Hospital Attack in Gaza to Hamas Surveillance Camera The New York Times
- Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence AP News
- Reuters and AP demand answers from Israeli officials after airstrikes kill journalists Axios
- Initial inquiry says Hamas camera was target of Israeli strike that killed journalists Reuters
At least 34 Colombian soldiers kidnapped after clashes with FARC dissidents
Defence minister says soldiers taken while evacuating area after a military operation that killed 11 rebels.
Israel wanted to punish a Palestinian village. So it destroyed 10,000 of its olive trees. – Mondoweiss
- Israel wanted to punish a Palestinian village. So it destroyed 10,000 of its olive trees. Mondoweiss
- Israeli military uproots thousands of Palestinian olive trees in West Bank Al Jazeera
- Uprooting trees in the West Bank, Israel is marching to The Hague with its head held high | Editorial Haaretz
- Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of trees in West Bank village yahoo.com
- Israeli army, settlers unite in collective punishment of Al-Mughayyir +972 Magazine
IDF busts last bank handling foreign currency in West Bank – The Jerusalem Post
- IDF busts last bank handling foreign currency in West Bank The Jerusalem Post
- Dozens wounded as Israel raids West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered AP News
- Child among 58 Palestinians wounded by Israeli army raid in Ramallah Al Jazeera
- IDF raids West Bank financial institution over links to terrorism The Long War Journal
- Palestinians report dozens wounded as IDF troops raid Ramallah in broad daylight Haaretz
Radiohead’s Let Down enters US Billboard charts 28 years after its release
Song from 1997 album OK Computer scores band their fourth spot in the chart after going viral on TikTok
Radiohead have entered the US singles chart with a song from their album OK Computer that has gone viral on social media 28 years after its release.
Let Down, the third single from the British band’s 1997 album, entered at No 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week after rising in popularity on TikTok.
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