President Trump's administration faces a John Bolton indictment for mishandling classified information, announces a plan to meet Putin regarding Ukraine, and advances domestic policies on IVF coverage and shifting anti-terror funds, even as US military actions in the Caribbean and authoritarian trajectory warnings draw scrutiny.

• US admiral to retire amid military strikes in Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela — The Guardian -
• Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton indicted on charges of mishandling classified information — The Guardian -
• Trump moves to push employers on IVF coverage and lower fertility drug costs — The Guardian -

• US ‘on a trajectory’ toward authoritarian rule, ex-officials warn — The Guardian -
• A History of the C.I.A.’s Involvement in Latin America, From Bay of Pigs to Chile Coups — New York Times World -
• US Senate vote to end government shutdown fails for 10th time — The Guardian -
• Judge orders federal immigration officers in Chicago area to wear body cameras — The Guardian -
• Illinois governor JB Pritzker won $1.4m gambling last year, tax filings reveal — The Guardian -
• Waving his flag all over the place: Trump adds ‘Arc de Trump’ to presidential renovations — The Guardian -
• Judge Throws Out Children’s Lawsuit Against Trump’s Energy Policies — New York Times World -
• Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People — New York Times World -
• Arkansas man, arrested over perfume bottle police mistook for ‘opium’, seeks to restore visa — The Guardian -
• Trump’s DEI bans undermine anti-human trafficking law, lawsuit alleges — The Guardian -
• Former Bush adviser charged with amassing top secret files — The Guardian -
• Californians wary yet supportive of proposal to redraw voting maps: ‘This is a tactical measure’ — The Guardian -
• Trump plans to switch anti-terror funds from Democratic to Republican states — The Guardian -
• JD Vance brushes off racist texts in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ | First Thing — The Guardian -
• Americans’ pessimism about the economy cuts across political lines — The Guardian -
• 75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’ — The Guardian -
• L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids — New York Times World -
• San Francisco opposes ‘authoritarian crackdown’ as Trump threatens to send troops — The Guardian -
• JD Vance calls Republican operatives, aged 24 to 35, who wrote racist texts ‘kids’ – as it happened — The Guardian -
• JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ — The Guardian -

Fragile cease-fires in Gaza see Israel and Hamas disputing hostage remains, while Ukraine prepares for US missile aid amidst Russian bombardments, and President Trump plans a meeting with Putin to discuss a Ukraine cease-fire, complicating India's stance on Russian oil purchases and US-China trade tensions.

• Trump says he plans to meet Putin in Budapest as Zelenskyy prepares to make missiles case at White House — The Guardian -
• Trump Plans to Meet With Putin to Talk About a Cease-Fire in Ukraine — New York Times World -
• Trump Warns Hamas of Strikes if Violence in Gaza Continues — New York Times World -

• What’s Next for the Gaza Cease-Fire Plan — New York Times World -
• Where Does the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Stand? — New York Times World -
• Trump says he will meet Putin in Hungary for Ukraine talks after 'very productive' call — BBC World -
• Warner Bros Discovery says Israeli film boycott ‘violates our policies’ — The Guardian -
• Aid group suspends Gaza operations after ceasefire — BBC World -
• Israel and Hamas trade accusations as tensions rise over hostages’ remains — The Guardian -
• Netanyahu 'determined' to pressure Hamas to find remaining dead hostages — BBC World -
• Yemen’s Houthis Confirm Killing of Top Military Official — New York Times World -
• India casts doubt on Trump’s claims that it has agreed to stop buying Russian oil — The Guardian -
• Ministers plan high-level visits to China despite espionage trial outcry — The Guardian -
• Russia Is Arming Drones With North Korean Cluster Weapons, Report Says — New York Times World -
• Russia bombards Ukraine’s gas sites as Zelenskyy flies to US for Trump meeting — The Guardian -
• EU sets 2027 target for anti-drone system to defend against Russia — BBC World -
• Israel Marks Two Years Since Oct. 7 as a Fragile Cease-Fire in Gaza Holds — New York Times World -
• Russian cyber-attacks against Nato states up by 25% in a year, analysis finds — The Guardian -
• India casts doubt on Trump's claim Modi will stop buying Russian oil — BBC World -
• India Tiptoes Around Trump’s Latest Claims on Russian Oil Purchases — New York Times World -
• Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil — BBC World -
• Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti attacked by guards, family says — BBC World -
• Prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti attacked by guards, family says — BBC World -
• China Fans Patriotic Sentiment as Trade War With U.S. Heats Up — New York Times World -
• Israel Begins Burying Its Dead Hostages — New York Times World -
• Trump’s Middle East ‘peace’ pitch to Iran falls flat in Tehran and Jerusalem — The Guardian -
• Hamas Says It Has Returned All Hostage Remains It Can Recover — New York Times World -
• With Tariff Threat and Trade Controls, China and U.S. Renew Game of Chicken — New York Times World -
• Spies, Burgers and Bombs: After a New War, Old Wounds Resurface in Tehran — New York Times World -
• Hamas returns remains of two more hostages but says more time needed to reach others — BBC World -

The UK government rolls out a veteran digital ID scheme and calls for stricter controls against romance fraud, while Cardiff imposes higher parking charges for larger vehicles and Starmer orders a review of NHS antisemitism, as the economy shows slight growth and debate continues over welfare cuts and racial bias in the Met police.

• Launch of veteran card will be used to test UK government’s digital ID scheme — The Guardian -
• Banks need stricter controls to prevent romance fraud, says City regulator — The Guardian -
• Man accused of killing Georgina Ward in 2020 appears in Dudley court — The Guardian -

• Starmer condemns ‘wrong decision’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game — The Guardian -
• Sam Fender wins 2025 Mercury prize for his album People Watching — The Guardian -
• Al Pacino on co-star and ex-girlfriend Diane Keaton: ‘She lived without limits’ — The Guardian -
• Woman alleged to have tortured and killed 12-year-old to stand trial in France — The Guardian -
• Cardiff becomes first UK council to impose higher parking charges on larger vehicles — The Guardian -
• Manchester Pride ‘determining best way forward’ after claims performers have not been paid — The Guardian -
• Church of Norway says sorry to LGBTQ+ people for ‘shame, great harm and pain’ — The Guardian -
• Thousands in UK take legal action against Johnson & Johnson over alleged talc cancer link — The Guardian -
• Starmer orders NHS antisemitism review after ‘clear cases not dealt with adequately’ — The Guardian -
• Timely arrival: Great British Railways clock launches at London Bridge — The Guardian -
• Brace for early flu season in England and get vaccinated, say experts — The Guardian -
• UK woman who travelled with husband to assisted dying clinic will not face charges — The Guardian -
• UK economy expands as GDP rises by 0.1% in August ahead of crucial budget — The Guardian -
• ‘When I was a child, everyone used it’: woman blames Johnson & Johnson talc for her cancer — The Guardian -
• Labour begins charm offensive to win over MPs sceptical of digital ID plans — The Guardian -
• Rachel Reeves says those with broadest shoulders should pay fair share of tax — The Guardian -
• Cost of taking over British Steel rises to £235m, government says — The Guardian -
• UK border chief ‘frustrated’ at French failure to curb small boat crossings — The Guardian -
• Ex-officer accused of racism takes legal action to avoid facing spycops inquiry — The Guardian -
• Ricky Hatton is thought to have killed himself, inquest told — The Guardian -
• Proposed UK cuts to global aid fund could lead to 300,000 preventable deaths, say charities — The Guardian -
• ‘Damning’ review of anti-Black racism within Met police ‘buried’ by force — The Guardian -
• Rachel Reeves should consider welfare cuts in budget, IFS says — The Guardian -

The collapse of a China spy trial puts the Crown Prosecution Service under intense cross-party pressure, leading to MI5 frustration and a parliamentary inquiry, despite ministers' plans for high-level visits to China to reset relations.

• Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse — The Guardian -
• No 10 says Badenoch’s claim PM should have intervened to stop China spy trial collapsing ‘absurd’ – as it happened — The Guardian -
• China spying case: dream job turns into nightmare for DPP Stephen Parkinson — The Guardian -

• Why MPs prefer conspiracy theory over cock-up in China spy case row | John Crace — The Guardian -
• MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ at failure to put men accused of spying for China on trial — The Guardian -
• MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence — The Guardian -

Australia faces a debate on FoI changes and new environmental laws, with a parliamentary official's retirement payment under scrutiny for conflicts of interest and a soldier dying in a training accident, while the unemployment rate rises and the Tawny Frogmouth is named Bird of the Year.

• Australia news live: Ley challenges Albanese over Trump meeting; storm warning for Sydney — The Guardian -
• With climate trigger axed Labor wants to rush new environmental laws through after ‘positive’ talks with Coalition — The Guardian -
• The 2025 Aussie Bird Count is about to start. Here’s how to take part – and why you should — The Guardian -

• ‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught — The Guardian -
• Controversial FoI changes sparked after staff complained getting emails every 5 minutes may ‘jam something’ — The Guardian -
• ‘Conflicts of interest’ behind Australian parliamentary official’s $315k retirement payment, report finds — The Guardian -
• From protest laws to deaths in custody, Minns’ rush to claim the conservative high ground is clumsy and costly — The Guardian -
• Queensland’s 10-cent container refund scheme referred to crime and corruption commission — The Guardian -
• Army vehicle fleet suspended after Australian soldier dies in training accident in north Queensland — The Guardian -
• Three Australians accused of premeditated murder in Bali villa could face the death penalty — The Guardian -
• Australians took more than $1.4bn from their super last year for everything from weight loss to dental work — The Guardian -
• Marles insists there is ‘a good story to tell’ in Australia-US defence relationship – as it happened — The Guardian -
• An unexpected unemployment rate rise puts the RBA odds-on to cut the cash rate – but it’s a headache for Jim Chalmers — The Guardian -
• From The Descendants to Gina: Guardian Australia’s nominations for the 70th annual Walkley awards — The Guardian -
• Closure of GP clinics will leave thousands of vulnerable Victorians without ‘lifesaving healthcare’ — The Guardian -
• Sussan Ley’s Melbourne crime crusade achieves little more than a political free kick for Victorian Labor — The Guardian -
• Australia’s favourite bird named - as it happened — The Guardian -
• Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner — The Guardian -
• NSW anti-protest law ruled unconstitutional after Palestine Action Group court challenge — The Guardian -

Deadly clashes erupt in Kenya as police fire on mourners of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, while Cameroon awaits election results amidst tensions, US airstrikes target alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean leading to Venezuelan concerns, and Ecuador's indigenous leaders face intimidation over constitutional changes.

• 2 Dead After Kenyan Police Fire Bullets at Raila Odinga Memorial — New York Times World -
• Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Brings Hope and Scrutiny to Venezuela’s Opposition — New York Times World -
• Fire in Party Office Raises Tensions as Cameroon Awaits Election Results — New York Times World -

• Venezuelan fishermen in fear after US strikes on boats in the Caribbean — BBC World -
• At least three dead after Kenya police open fire to disperse mourners of ex-PM Raila Odinga — BBC World -
• Guatemala Welcomes U.S. Help in Gang Crackdown After Prison Break — New York Times World -
• Trinidad citizens believed killed in US airstrike off Venezuela coast identified — The Guardian -
• Catalonia’s Socialist president: tackling inequality can blunt separatist and far-right voices — The Guardian -
• Four dead as Kenyan security forces fire on crowds mourning Raila Odinga — The Guardian -
• How Raila Odinga Symbolized the Good and Bad of Kenyan Politics — New York Times World -
• Kenya police fire shots at crowds gathered to see body of ex-PM Odinga — BBC World -
• Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation — The Guardian -
• Clashes between police and Gen Z protesters in Peru leave one dead — BBC World -
• Trump says he authorised CIA in Venezuela as Maduro says 'no to regime change' — BBC World -
• Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela — New York Times World -
• Watch: Police fire tear gas at protesters in Peru — BBC World -
• Jim Bolger, former New Zealand prime minister who drove reconciliation with Māori, dies at 90 — The Guardian -
• Agnes Wanjiru’s niece urges Labour to extradite ex-soldier while still in power — The Guardian -
• Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela as Maduro decries the move as ‘coups d’etat’ — The Guardian -

Indiana University censors its student newspaper, Oscar Wilde's library card is reinstated, **Johnson & Johnson faces lawsuits over talc-cancer links, and social media's impact on children seeing distressing news sparks concern, while the Titan submersible's implosion is attributed to poor engineering**.

• Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media — The Guardian -
• Kanchha Sherpa, Last Member of First Team to Conquer Everest, Dies at 92 — New York Times World -
• Vatican Panel Says Church Is Still Too Slow in Addressing Sexual Abuse — New York Times World -

• Oscar Wilde Gets His Library Card Back, 125 Years After His Death — New York Times World -
• Virginia Giuffre’s story of abuse exposes impunity of powerful men, UK experts say — The Guardian -
• Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’ — The Guardian -
• ‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia — The Guardian -
• Last surviving member of first team to conquer Everest dies aged 92 — The Guardian -
• Bears kill seven people in Japan this year as attacks hit record high — BBC World -
• Pets on flights can be classed as baggage, top EU court rules — The Guardian -
• Spanish police investigate as Picasso painting vanishes on way to exhibition — The Guardian -
• How Assad’s Top Henchmen Fled Syria and Justice — New York Times World -
• Artists outside London ‘underrepresented on Mercury prize shortlist’ — The Guardian -
• Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews — The Guardian -
• Ex-Catholic priest exploited family deaths to abuse disabled boy, police allege — The Guardian -
• ‘Inherently cruel’: Canadian parents say citizenship bill erodes rights of children adopted abroad — The Guardian -
• Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials — BBC World -
• Titan submersible imploded due to poor engineering, say US officials — BBC World -
• ‘Gruesome videos’: social media pushes distressing news to children, experts say — The Guardian -
• Armed With Anemones: How Some Young Fish Survive in the Sea — New York Times World -
• Inside the Reporting on Assad’s Top Officials Who Fled Syria — New York Times World -
• Gramophone classical music awards honour Simon Rattle for a second time; Raphaël Pichon’s Bach takes top prize — The Guardian -
• S Korea tycoon escapes paying $1bn in 'divorce of the century' — BBC World -
• Britney Spears calls claims in Kevin Federline’s memoir ‘extremely hurtful’ — The Guardian -
• ‘I need to do everything now’: the Ukrainian combat medic-turned playwright — The Guardian -
• South Korea bans travel to parts of Cambodia amid deepening scam crisis that has left 80 missing — The Guardian -
• China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks show in Tibet — BBC World -
• China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks show in Tibet — BBC World -
• A Photographer Captures Jewish Life Before and After the Holocaust — New York Times World -
• Indian cinema tickets are getting pricier - but not everyone's complaining — BBC World -

A leaked document reveals Brazil's plan to boost biofuel use at Cop30, a record annual jump in CO2 levels is reported, and Alaska undergoes major evacuations after a typhoon, while plug-in hybrids are found to pollute significantly more than official figures.

• Brazil to ask countries at Cop30 to vastly increase biofuel use, leak suggests — The Guardian -
• World Meteorological Report Marks Biggest Annual Jump in CO2 Levels — New York Times World -
• Major airlift evacuations in Alaska after remnants of typhoon decimate villages — The Guardian -

• UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows — The Guardian -
• Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds — The Guardian -