Profiting from the presidency?

Plus, Ukraine's ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. A poll finds most Americans believe Trump has inappropriately profited since returning to power, Ukraine's ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections, and Trump says no talks are planned with Iran as Tehran says the Strait of Hormuz is still shut. Plus, Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies. Today's Top News   REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez United States US President Donald Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops to Washington last summer as the centerpiece of what he describes as a no-holds-barred effort to combat crime, especially in cities run by Democrats. What the soldiers seldom do, Reuters found, is fight crime. A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds most Americans, including nearly half of Republicans, think Trump has been improperly cashing in on his presidency. Jason Lange tells the Reuters World News podcast, that could spell trouble for Republicans in November. Democratic socialist Angie Nixon scored an upset victory in Florida's Democratic primary race for the US Senate, as voters in several states picked candidates for elections that will determine control of Congress. In other news Ukraine's ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections in a bombshell address, arguing the nation faced a crisis of governance, in the biggest internal challenge to ‌President Volodymyr Zelenskiy since Russia's invasion. Trump said no talks were taking place with Iran and insisted the Strait of Hormuz was open, contradicting Iran's assertion that the critical waterway remained shut to ‌shipping. China has completed the first phase of construction on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, building a man-made island in the hotly-disputed South China Sea that analysts say will form part of its largest military base. Human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe consequences for marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Business & Markets   A vehicle crossing the $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge, connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo Trump announced he was putting a three-day pause on new 50% tariffs set to go into effect on Canadian goods at midnight, saying the two countries had reached a deal. A jump in household energy bills pushed British inflation to a four-month high in July, matching forecasts, and it looks set to rise further as the war in Iran grinds ‌on with no end in sight. Meta rejected accusations by US states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook and Instagram platforms in pursuit of profit, at the start of a trial that could reshape some of the most popular apps on the planet. Oil refiners in India and the US are reaping a bonanza as wars in Iran and Ukraine have disrupted global fuel supplies, driven up prices, and left importers scrambling for barrels at the height of the US summer driving season. Shares in Unitree, China's best-known humanoid robot maker, soared nearly six-fold in its Shanghai trading debut, in a landmark moment for the country's robotics sector which has become a key battleground in the Sino-US tech war. Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies   Iijima and an employee harvest gerbera flowers inside an illuminated greenhouse at night in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture. REUTERS/Issei Kato Long after sunset, Motoaki Iijima’s illuminated greenhouse north of Tokyo glows like a lantern as the flower farmer harvests pink and orange gerberas, avoiding a daytime sun fierce enough to be deadly. As increasingly intense heatwaves turn Japanese summers into survival tests, farmers — from flower and asparagus growers to egg producers — are rewriting the agrarian clock. Once-busy midday hours are now avoided as a mortal threat, replaced by after-dark work to protect crops, livestock and themselves. Read our special report And Finally... Crew members watch a monitor with vertical framing as actors Isabel Feldman and Evan Adams film a scene during a CandyJar microdrama production. REUTERS/Mike Blake  When Craig Williams opened his production facility in downtown Los Angeles two years ago, he thought he would rent out the converted furniture warehouse for the occasional music video to sustain his fledgling film business. Williams was blindsided by a phenomenon that quickly overtook his production space: microdramas, vertically shot serials delivered in two-minute episodes, played on phones. 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A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home

Plus, Trump approval falls to the lowest of his presidency.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Claire Beers Hello. A Palestinian-American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege, Trump's approval falls to lowest of his presidency and can nicotine pouches drive Big Tobacco's future beyond cigarettes? Plus, 'Superman' robot unveiled in China. Today's Top News   President Trump waves after disembarking Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno US President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to the lowest level of his presidency, ‌with an overwhelming majority of Americans concerned the US war with Iran will last a long time, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. President Trump said Iran would not make ‌the deal he thinks is needed to end the war. "They're not going to make the kind of deal that I feel is necessary. Look, we're in there for one reason: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," he told reporters. Two students were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines, one of them the gunman, and the situation was now under control, officials said, the second such incident in the country in less than two months. A day after he ordered the United States to scale back military exercises with South Korea and called North Korea "unthreatening and respectful," President Trump said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‌had responded to his outreach. Russia warned Britain it would face consequences for supplying drones to Ukraine which are used to attack targets on Russian territory. Russia's embassy ‌in London was responding to a report over the weekend which said British-made drones had been used for long-range strikes against Russia for the first time. Thousands attended a vigil in central London for Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge sociology professor who ‌was found dead after weeks of intense scrutiny over accusations of plagiarism and other claims. Business & Markets   Packages of Velo, Fre, Alp and Zyn nicotine pouches. REUTERS/Mike Segar Nicotine pouches have emerged as one of Big Tobacco's most important bets on a future beyond cigarettes, offering rapid growth, attractive margins and, for now, lighter regulation than many rival smoking alternatives. Anthropic's annual revenue run rate topped $65 billion by the end of July, underscoring the Claude ‌creator's rapid growth ahead of a potential public listing later this year. President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is collaborating with a Hong Kong-based venture offering AI models developed by Chinese companies the US administration has flagged for national security concerns. Canada faces a new round of 50% US tariffs this week, which businesses said could cause job losses in some already struggling industries and complicate broader negotiations over the future of North America's free trade agreement. Online fast-fashion retailer Shein is eyeing ‌a company valuation in its planned Hong Kong IPO of just a quarter of the nearly $100 billion number seen in a share sale four years ago, sources said, as its growth has slowed. A Palestinian American's journey to his West Bank home under settler siege   Palestinian-American Loui Ridi hangs a US flag after gaining access to his besieged home in Qusra, Israeli-occupied West Bank. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American living in Toledo, Ohio, owns one of three homes that have been under Israeli settler siege for over a week in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, a case that has drawn U.S. condemnation. After watching anxiously from the US for seven sleepless nights, the 46-year-old, who grew up in Qusra before emigrating, decided to board a flight from Detroit for the Middle East and try to ⁠visit his home. Reuters documented Ridi's journey from the Detroit airport to his home on the outskirts of Qusra, a tiny village in an area of the West Bank that has seen frequent settler attacks and land seizures. Read more And Finally... A staff member places a Unitree's R1 humanoid robot back in its seat at a Unitree store in Beijing, China. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang China's Unitree unveiled a new high-speed robot it dubbed "Superman", days before becoming the first general-purpose robotics company to list on mainland China's stock market. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. 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