The difference is tapping versus sabotaging - the latter would disable the cables with significant and wide-ranging consequences including to civilian communications and industries.

Breaking: A 26-year-old American activist, Aysenur Eygi, has been shot and killed during an anti-settlement protest near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to US and Palestinian officials. The Israeli military has admitted firing at the demonstrators and has not

Trump just said of a woman who accused him of sexual assault: “She would not have been the chosen one. She would not have been the chosen one.”

And here she is: 26-year-old Aysenur Eygi

And a regular weekly protest at that, as the protesters were running away, our Nic Robertson just reported.

That makes two former Republican VPs, including Trump’s own Mike Pence, who refuse to support him. There is no precedent for this.

In case you missed us, CIA Director Bill Burns and I were on stage at the @FTWeekendFestival this afternoon, you can watch it back here. With thanks to roula khalaf for expertly hosting us: m.youtube.com/watch?v=rp5Peo…

Trump’s own campaign could not find a single example of this “school secretly sends child for gender-affirming surgery without parental consent” thing having ever happened anywhere in the US. Experts say it has not and could not. It’s a lie. cnn.com/2024/09/04/pol…

It’s long been noticeable how similar their talking points are to the Kremlin’s: cnn.com/2024/09/07/med…