Why Tesla's EU pressure is working

Plus, three years since the Gaza attack.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Israelis mark three years since the Hamas attack that set off the Gaza assault. US Vice President Vance says Iran must cut enrichment capacity to end that war. Plus, we have a fascinating special report out this morning about how Tesla is browbeating the EU to approve its ‘Full Self-Driving’ tech. Today's Top News   REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Israelis mark three years since Hamas attack The anniversary arrives with a battered ceasefire, a humanitarian crisis and an Israeli election just weeks away. Jerusalem bureau chief Rami Ayyub tells the Reuters World News podcast where things stand.  In this photo essay from our Wider Image team, some of the freed Israeli hostages said that every moment is now precious. In other news US Vice President JD Vance said in an exclusive interview that Iran must make a “meaningful” reduction in its nuclear enrichment capacity to satisfy US demands and end the countries’ seven-month war. US soldiers on Japan's Okinawa have been given a month-long curfew and been banned from drinking alcohol ‌while they undergo discipline training after a Marine was alleged to have murdered and robbed a local woman. Convicted killer Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's effort to execute her by lethal injection last week, has regained consciousness and is speaking. Two-thirds of Republican candidates in competitive House and Senate races have broken with Donald Trump on policy or played down ties to him, a Reuters review found, revealing an effort to distance themselves from the president as his unpopularity threatens the party's hold on Congress. Protests swept across France as teachers and parents took to the streets with high-school pupils on the biggest day of what Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu described as the most violent student demonstrations in decades. Scientists Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis." If you failed chemistry like me, click through to the story for an explanation of what it all means. Business & Markets   The US trade deficit widened more than expected in August as imports jumped to a record high, keeping trade on track to again subtract from economic growth in the third quarter. US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, Citi said, signaling further weakness in the industry's biggest market as the midterms approach. The World ‌Health Organization recommended diet, exercise and counseling over popular weight-loss drugs in its first global guidelines addressing rising obesity among younger children. Porsche is steeling itself for persistently lower sales, pitching a turnaround plan to investors that aims to boost margins with a focus on top-end models. A readout of the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting is expected to show a much broader debate than reflected in the unanimous decision to raise interest rates, with ‌possible implications for the US central bank's next policy steps. Tesla is browbeating the EU to approve its ‘Full Self-Driving’ tech. The pressure is working.   REUTERS/Jeremy Schultz Tesla is waging a pressure campaign casting safety regulators as feckless bureaucrats blocking its life-saving technology as it chases an elusive prize – government approval of its ‘Full Self-Driving’ technology across Europe. Its safety claims don’t hold up, experts say, but regulators are starting to buckle. Read our special report And Finally... Snehalata Sahu/University of Warwick/Handout via REUTERS The phoenix of ancient mythology perishes in flames only to rise again from the ashes.   My colleague Will Dunham writes that astronomers have now found a world that rightly can be called a phoenix planet. Researchers say this exoplanet appears to have been born ‌from material expelled into space during the death throes of a star a bit bigger than the sun, and now orbits the highly compact stellar remnant that was left behind, called a white dwarf. 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