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Lisa Jucca, Reuters’ global industry editor covering luxury, fashion and consumer markets, discusses why understated “quiet luxury” is outperforming major labels amid inflation and weaker spending. The briefing also covers a deadly Riyadh airport strike, Trump’s clash with Zelenskiy, hurricane-driven outages, India’s protest movement, a bogus AI police tip and AI robocalls’ potential impact on elections.

Aftab Ahmed, a Reuters correspondent in New Delhi covering Indian politics and security, discusses Delhi’s lockdown and looming anti-government protests. The briefing also tracks a controversial proposal to return Russian diesel to global markets, a powerful earthquake in Panama, an airport evacuation in Riyadh, and storm threats in Florida. It also covers a proposed livestreamed execution, Nobel Prize criticism, and a Gaza child’s emotional reunion with her mother.

A planned firing-squad livestream revives debate over spectacle and punishment. Navi Pillai receives the Nobel Peace Prize for her justice work. U.S. midterm polling reveals Republican enthusiasm woes, while protests erupt after an ICE shooting. The USS Abraham Lincoln returns from a grueling deployment, Maduro and his wife face torture charges, and Russia dismisses fears of a Siberian plague outbreak.

Deadly strikes hit Saudi airports as the Yemen conflict intensifies. U.S. Democrats navigate a fierce transgender-policy divide ahead of the midterms, while Donald Trump campaigns in a competitive Texas race. A botched Tennessee execution sparks a legal fight over evidence. Protests over evictions, education costs and police violence spread across Europe, alongside questions about a plague-lab death in Siberia.

Rami Ayyub, Reuters’ Jerusalem bureau chief, discusses Gaza’s devastation, Israel’s political debate, and unresolved security questions three years after October 7. The wider news roundup covers violent education protests in France, Christa Pike’s survival after a botched execution, Cornell’s sexual-assault inquiry, Yemen and Iran tensions, Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover, and Lionel Messi’s Argentina farewell.

Cornell students rally after disturbing sexual assault allegations, while protests in France turn violent after a teenager loses a hand. LGBTQ migrants face deportation to hostile countries, Yemen’s government forces claim gains near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and Trump’s approval falls ahead of the midterms. Plus, an AI pricing lawsuit against McDonald’s and a mysterious Siberian lab death.

Gladys Fouché, Reuters’ Oslo bureau chief, covers Nobel Prize contenders and controversy. Andrew Chung, a Supreme Court correspondent, previews cases challenging presidential power. The discussion spans Spain’s snap election and housing crisis, market jitters, a Saudi-backed Yemen offensive, Brazil’s runoff, alleged Iranian involvement in a British airbase plot, and the Nobel Peace Prize race.

Brendan O’Boyle, a Reuters journalist covering Brazilian politics, and Timur Azari, a Middle East conflict analyst, join a fast-moving global news briefing. Topics include Yemen’s planned offensive against the Houthis, Ukraine’s vow to target Russian refineries, Brazil’s tight presidential race, Cornell’s scrutiny of Greek life, Tennessee’s prison chief resigning, and Ethiopian forces retaking Mekele.

A Flydubai co-pilot faces a terrorism investigation after an alleged cockpit takeover. A botched Tennessee execution reignites scrutiny of lethal injection procedures. Russian strikes disrupt Kyiv bridges, while the G7 taps emergency oil reserves amid soaring fuel prices. Protests over schools, housing and water politics make headlines, alongside a stranded shark drawing 600,000 visitors in South Korea.

A Cornell sexual assault case is reopened under a special prosecutor, while Tennessee suspends executions after an inmate survives two lethal injections. Affordable Care Act refunds raise questions over political targeting. Global bond yields climb, a suspected RAF Fairford plot triggers arrests, French student protests turn violent, and legal action follows a deadly Minnesota ICE shooting.