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A drone view of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS/File Photo
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- Iran targeted a US air base after the United States struck what Washington described as an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump rejected a reported compromise deal with Tehran. Follow live.
- Two supertankers and one liquefied natural gas tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week with their transponders switched off, and are heading for India and China, shipping data from LSEG and Kpler showed.
- The ceasefire agreed in Lebanon last month has brought little respite for civilians, who are being driven from a steadily expanding swathe of the country by a relentless Israeli campaign of evacuations and air strikes.
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- A US judge declined to block Trump's executive tightening rules on mail-in voting in a loss for the Democratic Party, whose lawyers argued that it could disenfranchise millions of voters.
- US forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.
- A conflict between the US and China over Taiwan would risk a nuclear escalation with both militaries likely to stage sweeping operations targeting rival command and communications hubs, a leading defence research center said.
- Norway will open talks with France on joining its nuclear umbrella, French President Emmanuel Macron and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said, reflecting growing European concerns about relying on the US for security.
- Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the U.N. weather agency and the UK’s Met Office said.
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Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. Miami, Florida. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona/File Photo
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REUTERS/Illustration/John Emerson; Photo: Joel Angel Juarez
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Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don't withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn't close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale.
Reporter Chris Kirkham is on the Reuters World News podcast with more.
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Megaron Txucarramae in the village of Pykany in the Menkragnoti Indigenous Territory of the Kayapo people, Para state, Brazil. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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Chief Megaron Txucarramae, a 75-year-old leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Kayapo people, has spent decades defending Indigenous rights, from securing the demarcation of his people’s land in the Amazon to opposing hydropower projects and illegal mining.
Now he is preparing for a new challenge: preserving the legacy of his uncle and mentor, Chief Raoni Metuktire, a 94-year-old Indigenous leader known worldwide for his campaign to protect the world's largest rainforest.
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