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I will really miss hearing the @LongformPodcast every week. 10+ years of listening incubated my earliest interest in journalism and taught me at least as much as J-school ever did. Feels like the end of an era.

NEW: How the Taliban opened Afghanistan’s mines We checked over 200 mining contracts issued since the takeover in 2021 and of the 128 that included information on contract areas, 88 show signs of activity on satellite imagery ig.ft.com/afghan-mining/

NEW: Tories have massively ramped up spending on social media ads since weekend, in eleventh-hour boost to their online campaign. Conservatives appear to have held back money in order to flood Facebook and Instagram in days leading up to election. Tory spending on Meta

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NEW: The “shocking” security failings that allowed a would-be assassin to climb onto a roof and fire at former president Donald Trump We analysed images and videos from the rally and spoke to former Secret Service agents to piece together what happened 👉ft.com/content/9acf8e…

NEW from the FT VI team: How a series of security faiings let a would-be assassin shoot Donald Trump by Chris Campbell Lucy Rodgers Peter Andringa and Toru Tsunashima ft.com/content/9acf8e…

NEW: Global sea surface temperatures set new daily records for 469 consecutive days in 2023-24 with the North Atlantic particularly affected. Read Attracta Mooney's deep dive on ocean temperatures with excellent #dataviz from Jana Tauschinski ft.com/content/76c374…

Excellent spot by the brilliant Peter Andringa - Harris has spent 10 times as much as Trump on digital ads since becoming the Dem’s candidate, a sign the campaigns are diverging in tactics. Story w/ @arogdc and Sam Learner ft.com/content/691eda…

Ten days that turned the tables on Russia How Ukraine pulled off a spectacular counterpunch against Moscow by invading its invader. My weekend long-read on Kyiv’s Kursk operation, with Anastasia Stognei and Financial Times’s excellent Visual Storytelling Team. ig.ft.com/ukraine-incurs…

NEW: How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law For decades, Palestinian villagers say violent settlers have attacked locals and damaged property. Now some of these same settlers have been given the powers of the state. Thread ig.ft.com/west-bank/

I did really well when this game was in beta testing, so I refuse to do it now that the competition is much bigger and harder. ig.ft.com/us-election-ga…

NEW: Using satellite radar, the FT found over 3,100 buildings in Lebanon were damaged or destroyed in the last two weeks. Experts told us the intensity of Israel's air campaign is "only comparable to Gaza." on.ft.com/4dDeeQ1 w/ Jana Tauschinski+Raya Jalabi | رايه الجلبي+data from corey scher

New in today's FT: our deep dive into the misinformation laying the groundwork to deny the election — which, this time, has started months before election day. (w/ Eva Xiao) ft.com/content/f6980e…

Of the five hospitals along Lebanon's southern border, only one remains open. Israeli airstrikes have shut down much of the south's medical infrastructure. The rescue workers that remain move in constant fear of attack. Financial Times w/ Raya Jalabi | رايه الجلبي on.ft.com/4f4RZUl

NEW: Hospitals in the line of fire in Sudan’s forgotten war. Militiamen have repeatedly targeted healthcare facilities, shelling hospitals and shooting doctors. New visual investigation W/ Andres Schipani Hirofumi Yamamoto Chris Campbell Peter Andringa ft.com/sudan-hospitals

Remember America PAC's $1mn prizes for signing its petition? It turns out the final winner worked for the Trump campaign — and he was on the way to its election-night party in West Palm Beach when he won. Scoop, w/ Alex Rogers: on.ft.com/40tFSvu

Great scoop from ⁦Peter Andringa⁩ The Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador and dumped in prison thought they were going to Venezuela. They had signed paperwork to go home. via Financial Times on.ft.com/4kQyjrg

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