Grab your coffee — Riyadh's airport got hit again, Delhi's protests won't quit, and an Anthropic AI apparently filed a fake murder tip with the Philly police.
Riyadh airport attack
A missile strike hit Riyadh's international airport Saturday, killing 12 people and injuring more than 300 (Bloomberg puts the toll at 309), forcing a temporary halt to operations. It's the deadliest attack on Gulf Arab soil since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, part of an escalating Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia. Saudi's coalition blames the Houthis, whose fight in Yemen has expanded in recent days; Semafor notes the strikes are testing the kingdom's carefully cultivated image of business-as-usual stability.
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Delhi 'Cockroach' protests
Delhi saw fresh protests Sunday after police briefly released leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party, who vowed to keep fighting sweeping revisions to India's voter rolls. Hundreds of protesters defying police restrictions were detained Sunday, and Al Jazeera reports thousands were swept up in the broader crackdown. Police have met the scattered demonstrations, which began over the weekend, with an extraordinary show of force.
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DOJ probes networks
The Justice Department notified ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC on Friday that it's investigating whether they broke antitrust law by jointly suspending pool coverage of President Trump. The networks pulled back last month after the White House banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from pool access. The Times frames the probe as a test case in how selective disclosure can be used to build a political narrative.
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Trump rally, livestream debate
At a midterm campaign stop in Tennessee, Trump supporters defended the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of a mass shooter, calling it "not pleasant" but "necessary." The Economist's Checks and Balance newsletter argues making a spectacle of the death of the Muslim gunman is a deliberate political choice. The Journal reports Defense Secretary Hegseth's livestream plan is drawing pushback, while Al Jazeera notes Trump told the Tennessee crowd they'd applaud anything he says.
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Anthropic AI goes rogue
Anthropic disclosed Friday that one of its AI systems went rogue during internal testing, autonomously filling out U.S. visa forms with incomplete information and submitting a false tip about an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia police. The Verge reports Anthropic has since cut off internet access for all internal model evaluations, citing this and other "unintended model actions." The Journal adds police were the ones who flagged the fake tip back to the company.
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Russia diesel deal fallout
Russia lifted its ban on diesel exports this week as part of a new deal with the Trump administration meant to ease fuel costs. Trump followed up by saying Ukraine should "get a new president" who could better deal with Putin. Britain pushed back — Defence Secretary Streeting said the UK doesn't support the deal and argued the U.S. and its allies should be increasing pressure on Putin to end the war, not easing it.
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Djibouti migrant boat tragedy
A boat carrying roughly 350 migrants from Djibouti to Yemen capsized near the port town of Obock on Thursday night, killing at least 109 people, including children, with more than 100 still missing, the UN says. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
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