Turkish President Erdoğan agrees to back Sweden's NATO bid, Stoltenberg says (www.axios.com)
WHO says contact lost with medics at al-Shifa as IDF carries out military operation inside Gaza hospital (www.theguardian.com)
A hurricane gutted a city of one million, leaving no food or water and the dead to rot. (www.dailykos.com)
Top China beermaker opens probe after worker urination video (www.channelnewsasia.com)
One of China’s biggest beermakers says it has opened an investigation after a video appearing to show a factory employee urinating on raw ingredients went viral this week....
Russia halts circulation of new ruble note after complaints from priests | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
France wins suit over history-making shipwreck off US coast (news.yahoo.com)
Afghanistan hit by second earthquake in days (www.bbc.com)
Rishi Sunak Cancels a Rail Project to Build an Image (www.nytimes.com)
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Kenyan senator and period poverty activist Gloria Orwoba: ‘Some girls exchange sex for pads’ (english.elpais.com)
Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world (www.bbc.com)
Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali form military pact (www.dw.com)
The junta in Niger, which seized power in a military coup on July 26, has formed a military alliance with the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso and Mali, whose rulers also seized power in coups....
France ready to back sanctions over ‘dangerous’ Niger coup, says Macron (www.theguardian.com)
The French president’s comments came as western powers scrambled to preserve a key ally in a region that has been destabilised by jihadist insurgencies, coups, and interventions by the Wagner mercenary group as Russian flags appeared at prominent sites around Niger’s capital, Niamey....
World ‘one miscalculation away’ from nuclear apocalypse, Indonesia warns (www.rfa.org)
Philadelphia mass shooting leaves 5 dead, police say (www.axios.com)
UK's biggest chip plant sold by Chinese firm after government order (thenextweb.com)
3 children and woman killed in Israeli strike on car in south Lebanon (www.naharnet.com)
Four relatives of a journalist were killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the official Lebanese agency NNA said, adding that the journalist was also wounded.
IDF eliminates Mustafa Daloul, central Hamas commander in Gaza (www.i24news.tv)
Gaza 'disconnected from the planet' - but messages of fear trickle out (www.bbc.com)
A connectivity blackout means people cannot contact friends, family or even ambulances to help the injured.
Israel-Gaza war: Recovered bodies show 'bloodthirsty' gunmen 'took time over torture' - and that Hamas has changed (news.sky.com)
Putin to visit China to deepen 'no limits' partnership with Xi (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Xi Jinping in China this week in a bid to deepen a partnership forged between the United States’ two biggest strategic competitors....
US allows Israeli citizens to travel to US visa-free as Israel joins a select group of countries (apnews.com)
Nationwide blackout across Nigeria after power grid collapse (www.aljazeera.com)
Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him (apnews.com)
The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him....
Why the 2024 Olympic Games may drive out Paris’ beloved booksellers (www.lonelyplanet.com)
Teardown of Huawei's new phone shows China's chip breakthrough (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Huawei Technologies and China’s top chipmaker SMIC have built an advanced 7-nanometre processor to power its latest smartphone, according to a teardown report by analysis firm TechInsights....
