International

Thailand says 'hostility ... has not decreased' and deal on hold until Cambodia meets unspecified demands.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Ecuador’s prisons are among the deadliest in Latin America due to overcrowding, corruption and weak control.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is set to be released from prison and be placed under judicial supervision, a Paris appeals court has decided. Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

South Korea's ousted president, Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing more criminal charges amid allegations he ordered drone flights over North Korea.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Amended package must be passed by the house and signed by the president. Plus, Volodymyr Zelenskyy on why he’s not afraid of Donald TrumpDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.The Senate has made significant progress towards ending the longest US government shutdown in history, narrowly advancing a compromise bill to reauthorize funding and undo the layoffs of some employees.What did the Democrats say about the […]

US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’US forces struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said.The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – in early September, taking aim at […]

Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at riskThe Trump administration is poised to again approve a new Pfas “forever chemical” pesticide ingredient, a move that is drawing criticism from public health advocates who say the nation’s food and water supply is being put at more risk from the dangerous compounds.The substance would be sprayed on corn, soybeans […]