WorldU.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff make their first visit to Kyiv as part of a renewed push for peace in the Ukraine war. U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visits a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank targeted by settler attacks, while militaries prepare for possible future conflicts in space and a Paris boutique promotes luxury butter.
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WorldReuters video journalist Nicoco Chan reports from Tibet’s Gyirong Port, located in a narrow river gorge, during the first trip organized by China’s foreign ministry for foreign media after floods struck the China-Nepal border.
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SocietyThree counties in Cape Breton have declared local states of emergency after severe flooding and widespread damage. Some areas received more than 200 millimetres of rain before the weekend, while the storm washed out roads and caused power outages across the region.
SportsThe World Nomad Games have ended in Kyrgyzstan after bringing together more than 3,000 athletes from over 100 countries for six days of traditional sports and culture. Events included Kok-Boru, an equestrian contest in which riders carry a goat carcass toward a rival goal, along with archery, falconry, wrestling and endurance racing.
PoliticsVoters in eastern Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls in a closely watched election that could make the Alternative for Germany the first far-right party to take power at the state level since World War Two.
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SocietyA Gallup poll finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions, while a record 47% want them to wield more influence; approval among Republicans is 52%. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler says unions are organizing around wages, AI and the midterms, while rejecting House Republicans’ allegations that some unions improperly used member dues for political activity.
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WorldCENTCOM says the United States struck three Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for attacks on American ships. It said an American aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks, with no US personnel harmed.
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WorldVoting began Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt, an eastern German state holding a closely watched election that could make the Alternative for Germany the first far-right party to lead a state government since World War II. Sorbonne University German studies professor Hans Stark discusses the party’s popularity.
WorldMike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, met Palestinian Americans in a town in the occupied West Bank that has been targeted by settlers. Relatives of US citizens killed by Israeli settlers were among those he met.
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SocietySeville, one of Spain’s hottest cities, is responding to extreme temperatures with targeted measures for workers and older people. As the climate warms, the city needs to transform its urban planning to cope with the heat.
WorldThe US still has substantial munitions capacity for operations against Iran, but its stocks of sophisticated interceptor missiles are facing increasing strain. Bloomberg Intelligence senior defense analyst Col. Wayne Sanders says manufacturers are being pressed to sharply raise production, though sprawling supply chains and the need to preserve advanced weapons for other potential conflicts complicate the effort.
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WorldThe United States said its forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy ships.
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HealthThe US is dealing with recalls involving fruit, vegetables and meat as food contamination outbreaks make more people ill while food-safety jobs are cut. Revolution Farms, Michigan’s largest lettuce producer, saw sales fall after the state was hit by the largest lettuce-linked cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to Mexico, with more than 14,000 cases, nearly 400 hospitalisations and two deaths reported.
PoliticsThe Saxony-Anhalt state legislature vote has drawn unusual attention because it is seen as the far-right, anti-migration Alternative for Germany’s best chance yet to win a governor’s post.
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OtherLisa Mateo, Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason discuss headlines from the week that viewers may have missed, including Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce settling in Ohio, parents teaching teenagers to invest, what happened to yoga classes and baseball dogs.
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CulturePankaj Mishra examines why anger appears to dominate the world today, tracing it to the collision between Enlightenment promises of liberty and equality and empire, nationalism and capitalism. He asks what follows when those promises fail and the Global South turns Western ideals back on the West.
PoliticsFox News correspondent Madeleine Rivera reports that President Donald Trump is directing $10 million from his MAGA Inc. political action committee to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate race against James Talarico.
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PoliticsSaxony-Anhalt’s pivotal election could reshape German politics. The live coverage follows exit polls, real-time results and analysis as voters decide whether the far-right AfD can turn its polling lead into power, and examines what the outcome means for Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats, other mainstream parties and Germany’s political “firewall” against the far right.
TechOn Meet the Press, Steve Kornacki, NBC News’ chief data analyst, reviews a new Decision Desk poll about artificial intelligence and data centers.
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Politics3:40Vietnamese leader To Lam is making a fresh diplomatic push with visits to Russia and France, where he is expected to seek energy and investment agreements. Analysts describe his activism as unprecedented for a communist party leader, while linking it to Hanoi’s pragmatic pursuit of economic gains.
WorldUS envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv for their first official visit to Ukraine after more than three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow yielded no announced breakthrough. Ukraine’s deeper strikes into Russia have shifted the conflict’s dynamics, while European governments are watching the renewed US diplomacy with cautious optimism.
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WorldAn eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau led six airports to suspend operations on Sunday, disrupting hundreds of flights at Jakarta’s main airport. Some school activities and fishing were also stopped.
WorldMillions of Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran in recent years as both countries intensify deportations, including people who had never lived in Afghanistan. BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet says women and girls face an especially stark transition under Taliban restrictions barring secondary and university education and many jobs.
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WorldMore than a week after devastating floods swept northern Nepal, rescue teams are conducting a difficult search for possible survivors at the Chilime hydropower plant. Army helicopters are repeatedly ferrying personnel and equipment from a small airstrip, while destroyed riverbanks and infrastructure make the operation highly dangerous. Crews are also trying to establish land access.