PHP flaw sparks Internet emergency

And NATO’s AI system doesn’t have a kill switch

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Robert MacMillan Experts expect a mass hacker intrusion into vulnerable websites, violence is roiling two regions in the Middle East, and Russia and Ukraine are back at it despite the US’ latest attempt to end the war. Read on for more in today’s edition of the Daily Briefing. Today's Top News   REUTERS/Phil Noble Developing Many people have problems with artificial intelligence, but they have AI to thank for catching critical vulnerabilities that lurked for years in a widely used programming language. Learn more about PHP and why it probably will affect you. Russia and Ukraine kept up their attacks overnight following US envoy Steve Witkoff’s talks with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he supports a US proposal for three-way talks, as does Putin. And who is Stephen Hubbard, the US citizen whom Russia released at the start of the Witkoff talks? Exclusive: The US State Department ordered some diplomats and their families to leave their missions in Saudi Arabia as Yemen’s Houthis strike civilian targets. In other news Palantir’s military AI system used by NATO has no kill switch, a company official told us, after disruptions to Ukraine’s Starlink services alarmed Europeans who rely on US technology firms. Settlers have intimidated Palestinians harvesting their olives in the occupied West Bank for decades. Now they’re taking the olives for themselves, Palestinians, Israeli rights groups and the UN say. Donald Trump is going to Iowa to shore up Republicans as voter anxiety over the president and his policies has given Democrats an opening there in the midterms. We report on the one group that remains reliably in his camp: white evangelicals. Business & Markets   REUTERS/Carlos Barria The $25 billion award that a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay for misleading people about how it used their data likely will be reduced on appeal, legal experts say. Mark Zuckerberg threatened to leave California if voters passed a proposal to impose a one-time 5% tax on the state’s billionaires. Meta found a way to get him to stay. Elon Musk’s plan to merge SpaceX and Tesla might face bigger obstacles from politics than from regulation. Can you take this in a little bit? Cobblers and tailors are busy refitting entire wardrobes as Americans on weight-loss drugs try to save money. Read more stories in our five-part series about weight-loss drugs and how they’re changing the way people shop and eat. Polymarket, Kalshi and the companies’ founders have given at least $5 million to Republican and Democratic groups in this election cycle as they fight states’ efforts to regulate their wagers as gambling. Carmel Crimmins, host of our Econ World podcast, interviewed Kalshi’s CEO. How land management fuels fires   REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Europe is emerging from one of its worst wildfire seasons on record after deadly blazes forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate and burned an area more than four times the size of London. Climate change to be sure fuels the conditions that amplify wildfires. But land management by governments and private owners also play a pivotal role. Our graphics team shows you how in this beautiful but alarming story. Read our report And Finally... REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini The secret of their success: Today's crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials and their many extinct relatives have stubbornly kept to warm climates throughout their history. This is one big factor that allowed them to survive for more than 240 million years, including through the asteroid strike 66 million years ago that doomed the dinosaurs. 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. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036