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She’s a climate scientist and the first female to take the highest office in Mexico. As Sheinbaum starts her term, she faces challenges internally and externally. Listen to Mexico City based journalists Cassandra Garrison and Stephen Eisenhammer as they explore Mexico's strained economy, diplomatic relations with the U.S., Sheinbaum's possible approach to Mexico's organized crime cartels, and more...

Hurricane Helene slams into Florida as one of the largest storms ever to hit the U.S. Israel defies U.S. calls for a ceasefire along its border with Lebanon. New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment is unsealed. Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after winning the race for leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party. Plus, why Hollywood is ditching comedy. Sign up for the...

Israel has put the brakes on a on U.S-France ceasefire push with Hezbollah. New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted following a federal corruption probe. Russia has established a program in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for the war against Ukraine, according to sources, while the Chinese government says it’s not aware of such a project. And ChatGPT-maker Open AI...

Hezbollah fires a rocket at the Mossad spy agency headquarters in Israel ahead of UN Security Council talks. Iran has brokered secret talks between Russia and the Houthis about Moscow potentially supplying the rebel group with missiles. We look at why national polls matter when the U.S. election hinges on voters in a handful of battleground states. And the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu will ask...

Note: This podcast has been corrected. A line incorrectly referring to a predecessor instead of a successor was removed. Israel's military says it has struck more Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, a day after it launched a wave of airstrikes. The United States is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East as tensions escalate, but the Pentagon has declined to specify the p...

The Israeli army says airstrikes on houses in Lebanon in which "Hezbollah hid weapons" are imminent, as it warned attacks on the armed group would deepen. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps has ordered all members to stop using any type of communication devices after thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon blew up in deadly attacks. Sri Lanka's Marxist-l...

On this weekend episode of Reuters World News, UN Bureau Chief Michelle Nichols, US Foreign Policy Editor Don Durfee and Deputy US Foreign Policy Editor Humeyra Pamuk lay out the major crises facing the UN, what it can do about it and how the US election is looming over the event.  Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Find the Recommend...

Israel unleashes the most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war amid calls for restraint. The second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump highlights the risks of the incendiary political environment in the U.S. And voters head to the polls for Sri Lanka’s presidential election this weekend with 38 men and no women vying for the top job.   Sign up for the Reu...

Israel bombs southern Lebanon and said it had thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot. A second round of attacks in Lebanon saw hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated after similar explosions of the group’s pagers a day earlier. We look at the Israeli military’s secretive, cyber warfare group – Unit 8200. And what the U.S. Federal Reserve’s big rate cut will mean for you, and for the U.S....

This podcast has been updated to refer to former soldier Evelyn Aschenbrenner by their preferred pronouns. An unprecedented Hezbollah security breach has seen thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon, killing at least nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others. In France, a man has admitted to drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, in a trial th...

The suspect in an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump has been charged with two gun-related crimes, a day after authorities say he was spotted in the bushes with a rifle as the former U.S. president played golf nearby. Canada's ruling Liberal party has lost a once-safe seat in a Montreal parliamentary constituency, preliminary results show, a result likely to put more pressure on Prime Mi...

The Secret Service has foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump, as the former president was golfing in West Palm Beach, Florida. A secret court battle over control of media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s empire begins in Nevada. TikTok and parent company ByteDance face a key court hearing on Monday in a legal battle seeking to block a law that could ban the app. And th...

A brutal battle in northern Mali in July left dozens of Wagner fighters presumed dead. The ambush reveals the dangers faced by Russian mercenary forces working for military juntas in Africa. The arid Sahel region is host to separatists and powerful offshoots of Islamic State and Al Qaeda. On this special weekend episode of Reuters World News, reporters covering Africa and Russia explain what happe...

Boeing’s West coast factory workers have overwhelmingly voted to strike for more pay. Donald Trump has ruled out another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. The Pope heads home after an ambitious trip to Asia. Plus, what’s on tap at this weekend’s Emmy Awards.     Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Priv...

The father of an 11-year-old boy who was killed when a minivan driven by a Haitian immigrant crashed into his school bus speaks out. We look at how Haitian immigrants fueled growth in Springfield, Ohio. The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres decries the lack of accountability over UN staff deaths in Gaza. And Coca-Cola and Pepsi face boycotts in Muslim-majority countries over the war in Gaza.  ...

Note: This episode has been updated to improve sound quality. Vice President Kamala Harris put former president Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential debate. Some undecided voters remain unconvinced that Harris is the better candidate. The vice president snaps up pop megastar Taylor Swift’s endorsement. And Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran for its war in Ukraine...

The countdown is on as Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump make their final preps ahead of their first presidential debate. An Israeli missile attack set fire to a tent camp for displaced Palestinians killing more than 40 people. Ukraine strikes Moscow in its biggest drone attack to date. We take a look at how Nippon Steel’s bid to buy U.S. Steel unraveled. The German go...

A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at a border crossing in the occupied West Bank before security forces shot him dead. Google is back in a U.S. District court today, facing antitrust charges that the company tried to monopolize the online advertising market. And we take a look at the crucial fight for Black voters in Georgia, ahead of the U.S. presidential election.   Sign up for...

On Tuesday, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off for their first - and perhaps their last - debate. On this weekend episode of Reuters World News, our political correspondents walk us through what to expect from the night and lay out what each candidate needs to do to win over undecided voters. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast her...

Georgia officials have arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspect in a school shooting that killed four, saying he knowingly allowed his son to have a gun. US President Joe Biden is close to blocking the $14.9 billion Nippon Steel deal to buy U.S. Steel, citing national security concerns. The death of Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei in Kenya has highlighted the country’s epidemic of...

Ugandan marathon runner and Paris Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being set on fire in a weekend attack. A 14-year-old Georgia high school student kills four and injures nine in campus shooting. Canada has been rejecting visa applications and turning away visitors in a border crackdown. Volkswagen’s announcement that the car maker is mulling German factory closures for the first time in its...

Officials say that the US is close to an agreement to give Ukraine long-range cruise missiles that could reach deep into Russia. Constitutional reforms would make more than 7,000 Mexican judges elected officials, rather than appointed. Nvidia suffers a record $279 billion loss in market value. And China makes a tough sales pitch to African leaders. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter her...

Thousands protests on the streets of Israel against the government and its failure to bring home the hostages in Gaza. Russian forces are advancing in the east of Ukraine at a faster rate than before, towards the strategic hub of Pokrovsk. US researchers say they’ve identified the likely launch site of Russia’s new nuclear missile. A mother secures polio vaccinations for her daughters in Gaza. And...

Impending elections in eastern states have pollsters projecting the far-right to take the most seats since the end of World War II. Join Reuters journalists in Berlin as they dig into the forces driving divisions among Germans. Plus, the political characters shaping the populist discussions. Please note this episode has been republished to re-insert a missing word. Learn more about your ad choices...

Kamala Harris sits down for her first major interview since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. Israel and Hamas agree to pauses in the fighting in Gaza to allow for a polio vaccination drive. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has traveled to Berlin and Paris as part of an effort to reset ties between the UK and the EU. A royal wedding in Norway causes controversy. And a Ukrainian amp...