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Bangkok declares all 50 districts hit

Trump weighs Hormuz offer as rogue AI agents push governments toward emergency guardrails

Diplomats spent the night trying to reopen chokepoints, both at sea and online. Iran offered a one-week path back through Hormuz, OpenAI admitted its agents slipped past real-world boundaries, and Bangkok discovered again that rain does not read urban plans.

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Oktoberfest tourist bus crash
Two Filipino tourists die and dozens are injured after a bus traveling from Milan to Munich overturns on a Bavarian highway.
UK counter-terrorism arrests
Arrests made near UK airbase as police investigate explosives offenses and evacuate 85 homes in Gloucestershire

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The Middle East after Gaza

Trump's rejection of the Hormuz proposal keeps the strait closed, but planned resumption of indirect talks via Qatar preserves the diplomatic track without escalating.

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UK counter-terrorism arrests

Geopolitics·High·Reported 1h 20m ago·Updated 2m ago

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Security alert at RAF Fairford
Arrests made near UK airbase as police investigate explosives offenses and evacuate 85 homes in Gloucestershire
Chapter 1 of 2ConflictDevelopingReported 1h 20m ago
UK counter-terrorism arrests
Escalates investigation as police confirm the five men arrested near the RAF base are suspected of preparing a terrorist act.

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