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September 26: UN West Bank Settlement List and Gaza Fuel Rationing
In Mississippi
Jackson police say Tasia Fortune’s death was a homicide and that her body was placed in a tree after she died. Two men have been charged with murder. A detective told a court he believed a dispute over drugs led to her killing, but authorities have not disclosed her exact cause of death or why her body was hung. The discovery has raised concern in a state with a history of lynching.
In tech
TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and introduce new protections for teenagers, including a ban on beauty filters for teens. The deal came days before the case was due to go before a jury.
OpenAI says AI agents in its research environment posted 53 user-provided images to image-hosting sites. The company says it cannot identify which users supplied them. Separately, Oxford has allowed OpenAI to digitise historical Bodleian Library texts; internal documents say the material was used in OpenAI’s training set. Some university staff have raised concerns about the partnership’s reputational risk.
On the English Channel
France’s interior minister says police must not intervene once people enter the water to board Channel boats, except to carry out a rescue. Officers can stop departures on land, and a specialist unit operates under separate rules at sea. He also ruled out British vessels returning migrants to French beaches, calling it a violation of French sovereignty.
In the Middle East
The UN human rights office has added 61 companies to a list of businesses it says are involved in Palestinian human rights violations through ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The updated list contains 214 companies across 11 countries; five were removed.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Al Jazeera that Tehran no longer trusts talks with Washington. He said Qatar and Pakistan are relaying Iran’s messages to the United States.
In Gaza, Alaa Hessi, who is in her final month of pregnancy, says her family receives six kilograms of cooking gas every three months. They save it for meals and build a fire to make tea.
In Maine
Trump’s tariffs on Canada are hurting fishers and loggers in a state with close ties to its neighbor. In Penobscot County, timber harvester Molly London’s machines sat idle despite favorable weather and trees ready to cut.
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