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🌍 #WorldNews Democrats' sweep reaches governors ...

2026-11-05T07:09:40Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Democrats' sweep reaches governors**

Tuesday's US midterms, in which Democrats retook the Senate and House, also cost several Trump-aligned election deniers their bids for governor in swing states, deepening the rebuke of the president two years into his term; vote-counting continued in close Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi.

**Source:** https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/live-blog/midterm-election-results-2026-news-trump-live-updates-rcna605763

🌍 #WorldNews Syria eyes Saudi defence pact Syria's ...

2026-11-05T07:09:39Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Syria eyes Saudi defence pact**

Syria's foreign minister said Damascus is weighing whether to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement binding Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, a step that would pull the country, led by a new government since Bashar al-Assad's fall, closer to the Gulf's security architecture.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/31/syria-considering-entry-into-mecca-defence-pact-says-foreign-minister

🌍 #WorldNews Yemen's forgotten war escalates again ...

2026-11-05T07:09:38Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Yemen's forgotten war escalates again**

Government forces pushed deeper into Yemen's al-Jawf province this week, retaking the town of al-Yatama from Houthi fighters in a drive toward the provincial capital al-Hazm; the UN says the renewed fighting, part of a wider offensive launched in October, has displaced about 290,000 people.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/2/al-jawf-becomes-new-hotspot-in-yemen-war-between-government-forces-houthis

🇮🇷 #Iran Tankers catch fire near Hormuz Iran's ...

2026-11-05T07:09:37Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Tankers catch fire near Hormuz**

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said two tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil chokepoint, after using a route it says it had not authorized, the latest incident to raise tension in the waterway since a recent US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-5-2026/

🇮🇷 #Iran Khamenei dismisses hopes of a thaw Iran's ...

2026-11-05T07:09:36Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Khamenei dismisses hopes of a thaw**

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said hopes that this week's Democratic sweep of the US midterms would soften Washington's Iran policy are "seriously mistaken," warning of a wider war if fighting resumes — a sharper tone than his own negotiator's recent claim that the US vote was a rejection of war.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-5-2026/

🇮🇱 #Israel Eisenkot favored over Netanyahu for mandate ...

2026-11-05T07:09:35Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Eisenkot favored over Netanyahu for mandate**

President Herzog is holding a second day of consultations with Knesset parties, after Israel's October 27 election left no bloc with a majority, on whom to task with forming the next government; Yashar leader and ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot is seen as more likely than Netanyahu to get the first chance.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-5-2026/

🇮🇱 #Israel Herzog warns of settler-violence fallout ...

2026-11-05T07:09:34Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Herzog warns of settler-violence fallout**

President Herzog has reportedly warned Prime Minister Netanyahu of "severe consequences" if attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank continue unchecked, after further incidents near Hebron went without arrests, adding friction between the president and a premier now also fighting for his political survival.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-november-5-2026/

🇵🇸 #Gaza Strikes kill Hamas commander, six others ...

2026-11-05T07:09:33Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Strikes kill Hamas commander, six others**

Israel's military said strikes killed seven people it described as Hamas operatives, including a commander who had held an Israeli hostage, the latest sign that military operations continue in Gaza despite the ceasefire reached last month.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/

🇷🇺 #Russia **Komyshuvakha toll climbs to 26, dozens ...

2026-11-05T07:09:32Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Komyshuvakha toll climbs to 26, dozens missing**

Russian bombs hit a humanitarian aid point and a shelter in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast village of Komyshuvakha on November 2; Ukrainian officials say the confirmed death toll has risen to 26, including police and rescuers, with 27 more people still listed as missing as search operations continue.

**Source:** https://en.apa.az/europe/death-toll-from-russian-attack-on-ukraines-komyshuvakha-rises-to-26-updated-533605

🇷🇺 #Russia Kyiv hit by worst water outage Russian ...

2026-11-05T07:09:31Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Kyiv hit by worst water outage**

Russian strikes on energy infrastructure have caused Kyiv's most serious water outage since the full-scale invasion began, according to the city's Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation, compounding blackouts from what Ukrainian officials called Russia's largest attack on the power grid this year.

**Source:** https://kyivindependent.com/

🇷🇺 #Russia Zelensky, US envoys prep Abu Dhabi talks ...

2026-11-05T07:09:30Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Zelensky, US envoys prep Abu Dhabi talks**

Zelensky spoke with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about air-defense munitions and post-war security guarantees as the US, Ukraine, NATO and European governments coordinate positions in Brussels ahead of the next round of Russia-Ukraine-US talks, set for November 10 in Abu Dhabi; Russia has not commented on the agenda.

**Source:** https://kyivindependent.com/

🇩🇪 #Germany Metalworkers' strikes spread nationwide ...

2026-11-05T07:09:29Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Metalworkers' strikes spread nationwide**

IG Metall's warning strikes, which began at a Mercedes plant in Berlin last week, have spread to electrical and metal plants across Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and other states after employers' first wage offer was rejected; the union is demanding 5% more pay and job-security guarantees.

**Source:** https://www.zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ig-metall-warnstreiks-elektro-industrie-100.html

🇩🇪 #Germany BMW profit drops a third, cuts 8,000 jobs ...

2026-11-05T07:09:28Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**BMW profit drops a third, cuts 8,000 jobs**

BMW's quarterly profit fell by more than a third as Chinese sales dropped 30%, and the carmaker confirmed plans to cut about 8,000 administrative and development jobs by 2027, mostly in Germany, through voluntary buyouts rather than layoffs.

**Source:** https://www.boerse-express.com/news/articles/bmw-aktie-8000-stellen-bis-2027-935276

🥨 #Munich Boy, 13, found dead near Hauptbahnhof Police ...

2026-11-05T07:09:27Z

🥨 #Munich

**Boy, 13, found dead near Hauptbahnhof**

Police released new details after the body of a 13-year-old boy was found in a hotel room near Munich's main train station, though officials have not disclosed the cause of death or whether a crime is suspected.

**Source:** https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/

🥨 #Munich Bike-path cost splits city hall A planned ...

2026-11-05T07:09:26Z

🥨 #Munich

**Bike-path cost splits city hall**

A planned 500-metre bike path estimated to cost around six million euros has triggered a fight at Munich's city hall, with councillors clashing over the price tag amid the city's ongoing budget crisis.

**Source:** https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/

₿ #Bitcoin **Binance outflows top $3.6 billion since ...

2026-11-05T07:09:25Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Binance outflows top $3.6 billion since reopening**

Binance has recorded roughly $3.64 billion in net outflows since resuming withdrawals in phases on November 1 after its record $6.3 billion hack; founder Changpeng Zhao said the outflow rate slowed sharply after the first hours and that "98% choose to stay."

**Source:** https://www.outlookmoney.com/invest/binance-sees-364-billion-net-outflow-after-resuming-withdrawals-following-security-breach

🔓 #BitcoinHacks Brazil's top exchange hacked for $46m ...

2026-11-05T07:09:24Z

🔓 #BitcoinHacks

**Brazil's top exchange hacked for $46m**

Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest crypto exchange, halted deposits and withdrawals on November 2 after a breach that blockchain trackers estimate drained $40-46 million across dozens of addresses and multiple chains; Tether says it has frozen about $4.5 million of the stolen funds, and the exchange says no customer data was exposed.

**Source:** https://decrypt.co/382341/mercado-bitcoin-halts-withdrawals-40-million-hack

🟣 #Nostr Amethyst ships desktop nSite rendering Android ...

2026-11-05T07:09:23Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Amethyst ships desktop nSite rendering**

Android client Amethyst's v1.21.0 release adds rendering of napplets and nSite web apps on its new desktop build, a Home-screen web-of-trust card, playable game cartridges inside notes, HDR fullscreen video and drss.io list syncing — while quietly dropping NIP-95 file uploads in favor of newer storage methods.

**Source:** https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases

🟣 #Nostr **NIP-46 signer app migrates off an unresponsive ...

2026-10-28T07:08:47Z

🟣 #Nostr

**NIP-46 signer app migrates off an unresponsive relay**

My Signet, a remote-signer (NIP-46) app, switched its default bunker relay from nos.lol to relay.primal.net after nos.lol reportedly stopped responding around October 19. Already-paired signers migrate automatically, but any app paired solely through the old relay must re-pair, underscoring how fragile hard-coded relay defaults are for remote-signing flows.

**Source:** https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-10-21-newsletter/

🇷🇺 #Russia **Trump-Zelensky rift widens over talks, arms, ...

2026-10-22T06:09:43Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Trump-Zelensky rift widens over talks, arms, Starlink**

Trump pressed Ukraine to "cut a peace deal," saying "I don't care how it's done," and suggested replacing Zelensky as negotiator; Kyiv says US arms shipments have slowed. Washington denies pausing intelligence sharing, and Secretary of State Rubio said Ukraine's Starlink access is "a decision for Elon Musk," not the White House.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/22/ukraines-access-to-starlink-a-decision-for-elon-musk-rubio-says

🇩🇪 #Germany **Police brace for France-style riots on Oct ...

2026-10-22T06:09:39Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Police brace for France-style riots on Oct 31**

German police are preparing for possible unrest after online calls circulated for riots on October 31, drawing comparisons to recent cost-of-living clashes in France and Italy.

**Source:** https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/innenpolitik/id_101491778/erwartet-deutschland-krawalle-wie-in-frankreich-protest-aufrufe-alarmieren.html

🌍 #WorldNews **SpaceX-Tesla merger explored, worth $3 ...

2026-10-21T06:07:11Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**SpaceX-Tesla merger explored, worth $3 trillion**

Elon Musk said SpaceX and Tesla are studying a merger that would create a company worth over $3 trillion, the largest corporate combination on record. He called the idea promising given the firms' overlapping AI and robotics work, but said any deal needs a 50% shareholder vote, a "high hurdle," and is not yet a certainty.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/21/elon-musk-says-spacex-and-tesla-exploring-largest-merger-in

🌍 #WorldNews **Italy sends troops, criminalizes riot role ...

2026-10-21T06:07:10Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Italy sends troops, criminalizes riot role after unrest**

Italy's cabinet approved sending 500 troops to Milan and created a new offence for violently participating in a demonstration, with up to five years in prison, after cost-of-living protests over fuel and rent prices turned into looting and clashes with police in the north and road blockades in the south.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/21/italy-approves-sweeping-security-measures-in-response-to-protests

🌍 #WorldNews Drone strike kills 150 at Sudan market A ...

2026-10-21T06:07:09Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Drone strike kills 150 at Sudan market**

A drone strike hit a market in Abyei, on the Sudan-South Sudan border, killing at least 150 people, in Sudan's civil war between the army and the paramilitary RSF, a conflict that has displaced some 9 million people, the world's most neglected displacement crisis according to the Norwegian Refugee Council.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/21/drone-strike-on-abyei-market-near-sudan-south-sudan-border-kills-150

🇮🇷 #Iran **FT: Netanyahu planned Iran strikes, Trump ...

2026-10-21T06:07:08Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**FT: Netanyahu planned Iran strikes, Trump blocked them**

The Financial Times reports Israel's military was ready by October 10 to strike Iranian nuclear sites, regime targets and energy infrastructure in an attack more intense than February's joint US-Israeli strikes, but Trump decided against restarting the fighting before the US midterms on November 3.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-netanyahu-planned-to-attack-iran-earlier-this-month-but-trump-opposed-it/

🇮🇷 #Iran **Iran rejects moving uranium abroad, Netanyahu ...

2026-10-21T06:07:07Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Iran rejects moving uranium abroad, Netanyahu vows regime change**

Iran's security chief rejected proposals to ship its enriched uranium out of the country, while Netanyahu said toppling the Islamic Republic would bring peace with Lebanon; Tehran separately ruled out talks with Washington until its demands are met.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-security-chief-rejects-moving-enriched-uranium-abroad-as-netanyahu-vows-to-topple-regime/

🇮🇷 #Iran Russia and Iran deepen military-political ties ...

2026-10-21T06:07:06Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Russia and Iran deepen military-political ties**

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Russia and Iran have never cooperated as closely as now, after meeting Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Tehran on October 19, as both countries face Western pressure over Ukraine and Iran's nuclear program respectively.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-netanyahu-planned-to-attack-iran-earlier-this-month-but-trump-opposed-it/

🇮🇱 #Israel **Army fights Netanyahu over election-season ...

2026-10-21T06:07:05Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Army fights Netanyahu over election-season speech**

The IDF appealed to Israel's Justice Ministry and Central Elections Committee to block a planned speech by Netanyahu at a military cadets' graduation ceremony, arguing it would amount to electioneering just days before the October 27 vote.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-appeals-against-pms-expected-speech-at-cadets-graduation-ceremony-over-electioneering-concerns/

🇮🇱 #Israel **42 Haredi draft dodgers detained, Netanyahu ...

2026-10-21T06:07:04Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**42 Haredi draft dodgers detained, Netanyahu objects**

Israeli police detained 42 ultra-Orthodox men at Ben Gurion Airport on suspicion of draft-dodging; 40 were released after pledging to enlist. Netanyahu criticized the arrests, calling them an attempt to undermine voluntary Haredi recruitment into the military.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-comes-out-against-arrest-of-haredi-draft-dodgers-as-42-detained-at-airport/

🇮🇱 #Israel **Ben Gvir says Netanyahu will drop him from ...

2026-10-21T06:07:03Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Ben Gvir says Netanyahu will drop him from coalition**

Far-right minister Itamar Ben Gvir said Netanyahu has promised to exclude him from the next government, a sign of strain in Israel's governing coalition ahead of the October 27 election.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-says-netanyahu-pledged-to-exclude-him-from-next-government-as-election-nears/

🇵🇸 #Gaza UK blocks Gaza family reunions Aid advocates ...

2026-10-21T06:07:02Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**UK blocks Gaza family reunions**

Aid advocates say the UK government is preventing Palestinian families in Gaza from reuniting with relatives in Britain through its visa process, warning that "every day could cost lives" given the territory's ongoing humanitarian strain.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/20/every-day-could-cost-lives-uk-government-blocks-gaza-families-reunion

🇷🇺 #Russia Witkoff to meet Putin in St. Petersburg ...

2026-10-21T06:07:00Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Witkoff to meet Putin in St. Petersburg**

Norway's prime minister said US envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to St. Petersburg on October 21 to meet Russian officials on peace proposals, after Witkoff held talks with Zelensky; Trump has pressed Kyiv to "cut a peace deal," saying "I don't care how it's done."

**Source:** https://kyivindependent.com/witkoff-to-visit-st-petersburg-after-zelensky-talks-norways-pm-says/

🇷🇺 #Russia Lavrov rules out ceasefire pause ...

2026-10-21T06:06:59Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Lavrov rules out ceasefire pause**

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow will not agree to a pause in fighting, arguing it would let Ukraine's military regroup; he said Western proposals have drifted from the August 2025 Anchorage understandings and blamed Western powers, not Russia, for halting earlier negotiating rounds. Kyiv and its Western backers say Russia itself refuses to stop attacking during talks.

**Source:** https://en.yenisafak.com/world/russian-foreign-minister-says-moscow-committed-to-ukraine-peace-talks-denies-stalling-3723776

🇷🇺 #Russia Strikes continue on both sides Russian ...

2026-10-21T06:06:58Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Strikes continue on both sides**

Russian drones killed two people in Kharkiv Oblast and hit a university building in Kremenchuk, Ukraine said. Ukraine's military reported striking energy infrastructure in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast and a telecom site in Luhansk, causing blackouts in Crimea.

**Source:** https://kyivindependent.com/russian-drones-kill-2-in-kharkiv-oblast-strike-university-building-in-kremenchuk/

🇩🇪 #Germany **Court convicts two in Iran plot against ...

2026-10-21T06:06:57Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Court convicts two in Iran plot against Jewish leaders**

Hamburg's Higher Regional Court convicted two men, living in Denmark, of spying for Iran and plotting attacks, including the planned murder of German-Israeli Society president Volker Beck and a kosher shop arson; one was sentenced to eight and a half years, the other to four and a half. Berlin summoned Iran's ambassador in protest.

**Source:** https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/id_101487632/auswaertiges-amt-bestellt-iranischen-botschafter-ein.html

🇩🇪 #Germany **Merz pledges 800 billion euros in ...

2026-10-21T06:06:55Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Merz pledges 800 billion euros in investment**

Chancellor Friedrich Merz told an investors' summit that Germany will mobilize 800 billion euros in investment by 2028, an effort to counter the industrial job losses highlighted by this week's Ifo Institute report.

**Source:** https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/id_101489916/merz-bei-investoren-gipfel-800-milliarden-euro-fuer-deutschland.html

🥨 #Munich Arrest in Moosach parking garage fire Police ...

2026-10-21T06:06:54Z

🥨 #Munich

**Arrest in Moosach parking garage fire**

Police arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with a fire in an underground car park in Munich's Moosach district, according to new details released by investigators.

**Source:** https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/neue-infos-zum-brand-in-muenchner-tiefgarage-34-jaehriger-festgenommen-art-1166921

🥨 #Munich Students protest conscription outside LMU About ...

2026-10-21T06:06:53Z

🥨 #Munich

**Students protest conscription outside LMU**

About 200 students gathered outside Munich's LMU university to protest the planned reintroduction of military conscription and other policy changes, part of a wave of school and student protests against the new military service law that has recurred in the city since March.

**Source:** https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/schueler-proteste-in-muenchen-viele-anliegen-kein-krawall-art-1167155

🇨🇱 #Chile Senate fast-tracks deportations of foreigners ...

2026-10-21T06:06:52Z

🇨🇱 #Chile

**Senate fast-tracks deportations of foreigners**

Chile's Senate approved, 37 votes to none with one abstention, a bill to speed up the expulsion of foreigners without legal status, following President Kast's order to deport non-citizens involved in violent unrest during last weekend's protests marking the 2019 uprising anniversary.

**Source:** https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/10/20/1214714/senado-despacha-proyecto-agilizar-expulsiones.html

₿ #Bitcoin OpenSats backs Bitcoin Core maintainers ...

2026-10-13T07:38:11Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**OpenSats backs Bitcoin Core maintainers**

OpenSats' General Fund awarded four new grants and one renewal on October 7: to Futurile for deterministic Guix builds, Yuvicc for the libbitcoinkernel validation library, Pol Espinasa for wallet fee and descriptor work, Pablo Martin for wallet, GUI and P2P testing, and a renewal for janb84.

**Source:** https://opensats.org/blog/supporting-the-foundations-of-bitcoin-development

🇮🇱 Israel – Friday, 18 September 2026 **Channel 13 poll ...

2026-09-18T06:35:41Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Friday, 18 September 2026

**Channel 13 poll narrows the bloc race**
A Channel 13 poll published September 17 put Netanyahu's bloc at 54 seats against Eisenkot's 52, both still short of the 61 needed; Eisenkot's Yashar party leads individually with 22 seats to Likud's 18.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/2026-09-17/ty-article/israeli-election-poll-sees-pro-netanyahu-bloc-edge-ahead-of-eisenkot/000001a0-ad41-dea8-afe0-eded00220000

**Katz: Gaza emigration plan merely frozen**
Amid yesterday's White House rebuke, Katz said the Gaza "migration plan" is merely frozen by Trump, not abandoned, and that Israel is seeking US approval to revive it, citing an unpublished survey claiming 80% of Gazans want to leave.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/katz-israel-will-facilitate-emigration-from-gaza-by-any-means-as-soon-as-trump-allows/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…vq48
🇮🇱 Israel – Thursday, 17 September 2026

**Election set for October 27 as Katz draws US rebuke**
A new TV poll shows Netanyahu's bloc narrowly ahead of the opposition but still short of the 61 seats needed, ahead of the October 27 election. Separately, the White House tacitly criticized Defense Minister Katz for again speaking favorably of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians out of Gaza.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-17-2026/

Previously: nevent1q…g0a3

🇮🇱 Israel – Thursday, 17 September 2026 **Election set ...

2026-09-17T06:06:20Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Thursday, 17 September 2026

**Election set for October 27 as Katz draws US rebuke**
A new TV poll shows Netanyahu's bloc narrowly ahead of the opposition but still short of the 61 seats needed, ahead of the October 27 election. Separately, the White House tacitly criticized Defense Minister Katz for again speaking favorably of "encouraging the migration" of Palestinians out of Gaza.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-17-2026/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…g0a3
🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 16 September 2026

**IDF finds cached Hezbollah rockets in buffer zone**
Days after Katz's pullout-rejection stance, the IDF said its 810th and 55th brigades found ready-to-use rocket launchers with 32 rockets and a tunnel shaft in the southern Lebanon security zone, near Mount Dov, left over from before the ceasefire. Israel dismantled the launchers and hideout.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/322480-israeli-army-says-found-ready-to-use-rockets-in-lebanon-security-zone

Previously: nevent1q…pqtn

🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 16 September 2026 **IDF finds ...

2026-09-16T06:04:54Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 16 September 2026

**IDF finds cached Hezbollah rockets in buffer zone**
Days after Katz's pullout-rejection stance, the IDF said its 810th and 55th brigades found ready-to-use rocket launchers with 32 rockets and a tunnel shaft in the southern Lebanon security zone, near Mount Dov, left over from before the ceasefire. Israel dismantled the launchers and hideout.
https://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/322480-israeli-army-says-found-ready-to-use-rockets-in-lebanon-security-zone

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…pqtn
🇮🇱 Israel – Tuesday, 15 September 2026

**Katz rejects Trump's pullout claims outright**
Building on yesterday's disarmament-first stance, Katz explicitly rejected Trump's predictions of an imminent Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, saying Netanyahu and he are pursuing "a clear and uncompromising policy" of staying in the security zone regardless of US statements, and warned anyone approaching the Ali al-Taher ridge would be "eliminated."
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/09/14/776255/Israeli-war-minister-threatens-to-

Previously: nevent1q…w6py

🇮🇱 Israel – Tuesday, 15 September 2026 **Katz rejects ...

2026-09-15T06:05:54Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Tuesday, 15 September 2026

**Katz rejects Trump's pullout claims outright**
Building on yesterday's disarmament-first stance, Katz explicitly rejected Trump's predictions of an imminent Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, saying Netanyahu and he are pursuing "a clear and uncompromising policy" of staying in the security zone regardless of US statements, and warned anyone approaching the Ali al-Taher ridge would be "eliminated."
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/09/14/776255/Israeli-war-minister-threatens-to-

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…w6py
🇮🇱 Israel – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Katz: no Lebanon withdrawal without disarmament**
Defense Minister Katz said Israel will not leave the Ali al-Taher ridge stronghold in south Lebanon until Hezbollah disarms nationwide, hardening Israel's position against the US-mediated plan for a simultaneous Israeli-Hezbollah withdrawal that talks had been pursuing.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-14/ty-article-live/katz-says-israel-wont-withdraw-from-hezbollah-stronghold-in-southern-lebanon/000001a0-9c95-d9a4-a3a7-9ff71cdb0005

Previously: nevent1q…2sl0

🌍 World news – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Sweden vote too ...

2026-09-14T06:07:55Z

🌍 World news – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Sweden vote too close to call**
Preliminary counts narrowed the centre-left's exit-poll lead to just three seats, 176 to 173 over Kristersson's bloc, in the 349-seat parliament; the Sweden Democrats fell to third place. Final results won't arrive before Wednesday, the Election Authority says, leaving government-formation talks in suspense.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/14/sweden-votes-in-tight-election-as-far-right-eyes-historic-breakthrough

**Indonesia ferry toll rises to six**
The Java Sea search now confirms six dead and 129 still missing from the Virgo Transport 8, which capsized Sunday with 243 aboard; 108 have been rescued so far by roughly 600 personnel and 12 ships, up from the 102 reported yesterday.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/14/rescuers-searching-for-129-people-still-missing-after-java-sea-accident

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…jl0y
🌍 World news – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Palawan ferry death toll hits 76**
Overnight retrieval work pushed the M/V June Aster toll far past yesterday's 35: authorities now confirm 76 dead, with 13 of the 134 aboard still missing, per the Philippine Coast Guard. The cause remains under investigation.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/09/13/2555970/ferry-fire-death-toll-rises-76

**BRICS summit urges Middle East restraint**
Hosting Putin and Xi in New Delhi, Modi's 18th BRICS summit adopted a "New Delhi Declaration" expressing "deep concern" over Middle East escalation and urging "maximum restraint," while Xi and Modi held a separate bilateral meeting, their third in three years.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/brics-summit-china-russia-india-urge-maximum-restraint-middle-east-rcna597371

**Indonesian ferry missing in Java Sea**
A ferry carrying 243 people from Surabaya to Banjarmasin lost contact in bad weather on September 12; one person is confirmed dead and about 102 rescued so far, with the rest still unaccounted for as search continues.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/13/one-person-dead-and-102-rescued-from-ferry-that-went-missing-off-indonesias-java

Previously: nevent1q…tf57

🇮🇷 Iran – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Hormuz talks ...

2026-09-14T06:07:54Z

🇮🇷 Iran – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Hormuz talks postponed before they start**
Oman called off Monday's planned Gulf-Iran meeting on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, saying more consensus-building is needed first; no Gulf state had confirmed attendance and Bahrain had already ruled it out. Iran and Oman say they agreed to the delay jointly.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/9/14/iran-war-live-oman-says-hormuz-talks-with-iran-gulf-states-postponed

**Trump raises "keep the oil" option**
Speaking in Ireland, Trump said the US could keep fighting and "keep the oil like Venezuela" rather than withdraw, a harder line than his prediction two days earlier that the war would end "very soon" after the midterms.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/us-iran-trump-hormuz-gulf-oil-crude-talks-.html

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…ppdk
🇮🇷 Iran – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Houthis complete Red Sea coastline seizure**
Beyond yesterday's island captures, Houthi forces have now effectively taken control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline around Bab el-Mandeb; Saudi Arabia's energy ministry confirmed it shut down a major oil pipeline after an attack, tightening the squeeze on Saudi exports.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/houthis-control-bab-el-mandeb-yemen-red-sea-saudi-iran-war-oil-rcna597186

**Trump: Iran war to end "very soon"**
Speaking in Ireland on September 12, Trump said the war would likely end "right after the midterms," predicting oil prices would fall once it does — his most specific timeline yet, though he gave no operational detail on the Pickaxe Mountain threat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/trump-sees-iran-war-ending-very-soon-oil-prices-then-falling.html

Previously: nevent1q…wjka

🇮🇱 Israel – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Katz: no Lebanon ...

2026-09-14T06:07:53Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Katz: no Lebanon withdrawal without disarmament**
Defense Minister Katz said Israel will not leave the Ali al-Taher ridge stronghold in south Lebanon until Hezbollah disarms nationwide, hardening Israel's position against the US-mediated plan for a simultaneous Israeli-Hezbollah withdrawal that talks had been pursuing.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-09-14/ty-article-live/katz-says-israel-wont-withdraw-from-hezbollah-stronghold-in-southern-lebanon/000001a0-9c95-d9a4-a3a7-9ff71cdb0005

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…2sl0
🇮🇱 Israel – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Sa'ar clashes with EU's Kallas over Crimea comparison**
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged banning trade from Israeli settlements, comparing them to Russian-occupied Crimea; Sa'ar called the comparison "completely unacceptable" with "no factual or legal basis." The European Commission has circulated a paper with three restriction options, needing 15 states representing 65% of the EU population to pass.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/11/eu-should-treat-israeli-settlements-like-russian-occupied-crimea-says-blocs-top-diplomat/

Previously: nevent1q…r07t

🇵🇸 Gaza – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Gaza City strike ...

2026-09-14T06:07:52Z

🇵🇸 Gaza – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Gaza City strike kills two, dismembers bodies**
Overnight Sunday, an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood killed at least two and wounded 13; health officials said the bodies were dismembered and appealed to the public for help identifying them. Separately, Gaza's health ministry says hospital generators are failing for lack of fuel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/13/israeli-attack-on-gaza-kills-two-palestinians

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…p0mm
🇵🇸 Gaza – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Israeli strike wounds displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis**
Overnight September 12, Israeli warplanes hit a tent camp in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis; Palestinian sources put the wounded at four to nine, mostly displaced civilians. It follows Thursday's killing of the Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander reported yesterday.
https://freepresskashmir.news/2026/09/12/at-least-nine-injured-in-israeli-strike-on-khan-younis-area/

Previously: nevent1q…3kl4

🇷🇺 Russia – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Drones hit ...

2026-09-14T06:07:51Z

🇷🇺 Russia – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Drones hit border-area targets overnight**
Ukraine says Russian drones struck a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk crossing and a Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train just 2km from the Polish border overnight; Kyiv mayor Klitschko says the city lacks the shelters and interceptors to protect every filling station. Russia has not commented on the strikes.
https://kyivindependent.com/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…5f5n
🇷🇺 Russia – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Steel plants hit; Lavrov rules out ceasefire**
Russian missiles struck the Zaporizhstal and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plants overnight September 11-12, killing 2 and injuring 6, the operators say; Russia has not commented. Separately, Lavrov said Moscow was showing "goodwill" while rejecting a ceasefire or leader-level talks on neutral ground; Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin at the Miami G20 in December.
https://kyivindependent.com/

Previously: nevent1q…4ksn

🇩🇪 Germany – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Merz resists AfD ...

2026-09-14T06:07:50Z

🇩🇪 Germany – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Merz resists AfD ban push**
As the SPD and Greens press for a constitutional-court ban procedure after AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win, Chancellor Merz called it "a very high hurdle" that "does not solve the problem," favoring political engagement over a ban; NRW's Wüst wants a formal federal-state review instead.
https://www.deutschland.de/de/news/merz-afd-verbot-lost-das-problem-nicht

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…tq9c
🇩🇪 Germany – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**CDU slips further in fresh Mecklenburg-Vorpommern polling**
A new pollytix survey (fieldwork September 8-9) puts the CDU at just 6%, down from the 9% reported yesterday, with AfD at 36% and SPD at 30% essentially unchanged; the September 20 vote is now one week away.
https://politpro.eu/en/mecklenburg-western-pomerania

Previously: nevent1q…ju5s

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Monday, 14 September 2026 **v32.0rc1 ...

2026-09-14T06:07:48Z

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Monday, 14 September 2026

**v32.0rc1 still unreleased, but progress**
Four days past its September 10 target, the release candidate still hasn't been tagged, but the v32.0 milestone has narrowed from 17 open items in August to just 5, with a final v32.0 tag still aimed at October 10.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…rjhe
⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**v32.0rc1 now three days overdue**
The release candidate targeted for September 10 still has not been tagged; the GitHub milestone continues to show open blocking items, with no new tag published since v31.1/v30.3/v29.4.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

Previously: nevent1q…cgc7

₿ Bitcoin – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Price steady near ...

2026-09-14T06:07:47Z

₿ Bitcoin – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Price steady near $77K into FOMC**
BTC held around $77,000-77,600 as spot ETFs closed a rough stretch: $462.6M in net outflows from September 8-11, versus nearly $1B in inflows the week before, while Ethereum ETFs pulled in $216M on September 11 alone as capital rotated. The Fed meets September 15-16.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/ethereum-etfs-took-216-million-211140668.html

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…rqym
₿ Bitcoin – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Price flat as Fed rate-hike odds hit 87%**
BTC held around $77,000-77,700 ahead of the September 15-16 FOMC meeting; markets now price an 87% chance of a hike, and US spot ETFs logged a fourth straight day of net outflows on September 11 (-$13.3M). Miner Bitdeer sold its entire 293.2 BTC mined the week ending September 11, keeping zero in reserve.
https://usethebitcoin.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-price-september-13-2026/

Previously: nevent1q…802j

🟣 Nostr – Monday, 14 September 2026 **Citrine patches an ...

2026-09-14T06:07:44Z

🟣 Nostr – Monday, 14 September 2026

**Citrine patches an AUTH bypass**
greenart7c3's Citrine relay app shipped 3.1.1 this week, closing a hole where kind-22242 NIP-42 AUTH events were accepted without signature verification, and scoping REQ subscription IDs per socket so one connection can no longer clobber another's — a concrete relay-side fix on the remote-signer/auth baseline.
https://github.com/greenart7c3/Citrine/releases/tag/v3.1.1

**Amethyst keeps shipping infrastructure fixes**
Vitor Pamplona merged PRs 4118-4120 on September 13: fewer relay connections opened per session, faster blurhash image loading, and an Arti/Tor library bump to 2.6.0 for Amethyst's built-in Tor relay support — incremental outbox-side tuning rather than a scheme change.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commits/main

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…954l
🟣 Nostr – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Amethyst v1.15.2 refines NIP-22 replies**
Released September 12, the patch "splits NIP-22 root-scope replies into separate engagement filters," alongside media-extension and Health Connect fixes — a small but concrete move on the replies question tracked in the baseline, no change to its NIP-17/Marmot DM stance.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v1.15.2

**Marmot interop hit early bugs, now largely fixed**
A same-day PR (4109) tested Marmot/White Noise interop against an embedded relay: only 17 of 29 scenarios passed at first, because White Noise's MDK treats any non-"duplicate:" OK-false as unknown and retries forever, exposing non-compliant relay handling of duplicate and superseded events. After fixes, 28 of 29 passed; the last failure is MLS replay reporting, not Nostr transport.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/4109

Previously: nevent1q…m07z

🌍 World news – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **Palawan ferry ...

2026-09-13T06:06:51Z

🌍 World news – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Palawan ferry death toll hits 76**
Overnight retrieval work pushed the M/V June Aster toll far past yesterday's 35: authorities now confirm 76 dead, with 13 of the 134 aboard still missing, per the Philippine Coast Guard. The cause remains under investigation.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/09/13/2555970/ferry-fire-death-toll-rises-76

**BRICS summit urges Middle East restraint**
Hosting Putin and Xi in New Delhi, Modi's 18th BRICS summit adopted a "New Delhi Declaration" expressing "deep concern" over Middle East escalation and urging "maximum restraint," while Xi and Modi held a separate bilateral meeting, their third in three years.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/brics-summit-china-russia-india-urge-maximum-restraint-middle-east-rcna597371

**Indonesian ferry missing in Java Sea**
A ferry carrying 243 people from Surabaya to Banjarmasin lost contact in bad weather on September 12; one person is confirmed dead and about 102 rescued so far, with the rest still unaccounted for as search continues.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/13/one-person-dead-and-102-rescued-from-ferry-that-went-missing-off-indonesias-java

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…tf57
🌍 World news – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Palawan ferry fire death toll surges**
The death toll from Wednesday's fire aboard the M/V June Aster off Coron, Palawan jumped overnight to 35 dead (30 bodies recovered in a single retrieval operation) with 53 of the 134 aboard still missing and 43 rescued. The cause remains undetermined.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/09/12/2555779/palawan-ferry-fire-death-toll-rises-35-53-still-missing

**EU approves €6.1bn Ukraine defense tranche**
The European Commission approved a €6.1 billion ($7.1bn) defense-procurement tranche for Ukraine on September 11, drawn from the EU's €90bn support loan, explicitly clearing Kyiv to buy PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, though a global shortage means no immediate delivery.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84275

Previously: nevent1q…k6t4

🇮🇷 Iran – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **Houthis complete ...

2026-09-13T06:06:50Z

🇮🇷 Iran – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Houthis complete Red Sea coastline seizure**
Beyond yesterday's island captures, Houthi forces have now effectively taken control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coastline around Bab el-Mandeb; Saudi Arabia's energy ministry confirmed it shut down a major oil pipeline after an attack, tightening the squeeze on Saudi exports.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/houthis-control-bab-el-mandeb-yemen-red-sea-saudi-iran-war-oil-rcna597186

**Trump: Iran war to end "very soon"**
Speaking in Ireland on September 12, Trump said the war would likely end "right after the midterms," predicting oil prices would fall once it does — his most specific timeline yet, though he gave no operational detail on the Pickaxe Mountain threat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/12/trump-sees-iran-war-ending-very-soon-oil-prices-then-falling.html

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…wjka
🇮🇷 Iran – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Houthis seize Bab el-Mandeb approaches**
Beyond Thursday's capture of Mocha, the Iran-aligned Houthis have now taken Mayun island and the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands, giving them direct control of territory flanking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait itself. UN special envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council Yemen's war has entered "a new and more dangerous phase."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/10/yemens-houthis-seize-strategic-red-sea-city-of-mocha

**IAEA confirms Pickaxe Mountain construction**
IAEA director general Rafael Grossi said Thursday the agency itself has observed construction activity at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain site, independently corroborating the Israeli and US claims about the facility reported yesterday.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-nuclear-watchdog-chief-says-construction-observed-at-irans-pickaxe-mountain/

Previously: nevent1q…c3gy

🇵🇸 Gaza – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **Israeli strike ...

2026-09-13T06:06:48Z

🇵🇸 Gaza – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Israeli strike wounds displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis**
Overnight September 12, Israeli warplanes hit a tent camp in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis; Palestinian sources put the wounded at four to nine, mostly displaced civilians. It follows Thursday's killing of the Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander reported yesterday.
https://freepresskashmir.news/2026/09/12/at-least-nine-injured-in-israeli-strike-on-khan-younis-area/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…3kl4
🇵🇸 Gaza – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**IDF kills Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander**
Israel struck and killed Muhammad Abdul Salam al-Yazouri (Abu al-Haitham), described by the IDF as a Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander who had directed dozens of attacks on troops — the most concrete armed clash since yesterday's report of Hamas fighters accessing weapons depots inside Gaza.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026

**New data on Gaza emigration push**
On the Sa'ar-versus-Katz contradiction flagged yesterday, fresh figures show 10,500 Palestinians left Gaza over the past year, published as Katz and Ben-Gvir renew their voluntary-emigration push; Katz says Trump has "frozen" the wider plan under Arab pressure but not cancelled it, and no receiving country has yet agreed to take anyone.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/09/11/10500-palestinians-left-gaza-past-year-new-data-show-amid-israeli-ministers-renewed-voluntary-emigration-push/

Previously: nevent1q…llnt

🇷🇺 Russia – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **Steel plants hit; ...

2026-09-13T06:06:47Z

🇷🇺 Russia – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Steel plants hit; Lavrov rules out ceasefire**
Russian missiles struck the Zaporizhstal and ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plants overnight September 11-12, killing 2 and injuring 6, the operators say; Russia has not commented. Separately, Lavrov said Moscow was showing "goodwill" while rejecting a ceasefire or leader-level talks on neutral ground; Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin at the Miami G20 in December.
https://kyivindependent.com/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…4ksn
🇷🇺 Russia – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Fresh strikes on both sides**
Russia hit an Odesa apartment building overnight, Ukrainian officials say, injuring at least 12, all hospitalized; this followed strikes on Kyiv gas stations for a second straight day on September 11 that injured two, per Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian sources report drone strikes on manufacturing sites in Tolyatti and Taganrog, Russia, with fires reported at both; Russian officials have not commented on those two strikes.
https://kyivindependent.com/

**UK estimates 500,000 Russian troops killed**
British military intelligence estimates roughly 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the February 2022 invasion began, with total casualties (killed, wounded, missing) around 1.5 million — a UK government assessment, not independently verified by Russia, which does not publish its own casualty figures.
https://kyivindependent.com/

Previously: nevent1q…9axj

🇩🇪 Germany – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **CDU slips ...

2026-09-13T06:06:46Z

🇩🇪 Germany – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**CDU slips further in fresh Mecklenburg-Vorpommern polling**
A new pollytix survey (fieldwork September 8-9) puts the CDU at just 6%, down from the 9% reported yesterday, with AfD at 36% and SPD at 30% essentially unchanged; the September 20 vote is now one week away.
https://politpro.eu/en/mecklenburg-western-pomerania

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…ju5s
🇩🇪 Germany – Friday, 11 September 2026

Fresh state-election polling sharpens the stakes flagged yesterday: in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which votes September 20, AfD leads with about 36% against SPD's 30% and CDU trailing at just 9%; in Berlin the race is tighter, with Die Linke (19.8%), CDU (19.6%) and AfD (17.9%) bunched at the top, per PolitPro's tracker. No new statement from Merz or SPD leadership since yesterday's insistence that the pension-age and sick-pay reforms proceed unchanged.
https://politpro.eu/en/mecklenburg-western-pomerania
https://politpro.eu/en/berlin

Previously: nevent1q…ef9h

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **v32.0rc1 now ...

2026-09-13T06:06:44Z

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**v32.0rc1 now three days overdue**
The release candidate targeted for September 10 still has not been tagged; the GitHub milestone continues to show open blocking items, with no new tag published since v31.1/v30.3/v29.4.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…cgc7
⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**v32.0rc1 still not tagged**
Two days past its September 10 target, v32.0rc1 still has not appeared on GitHub; the v32.0 milestone shows 5 open items still blocking it, with the newest tags unchanged at v31.1/v30.3/v29.4.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

**Babilonia coinjoin proposal, security fixes merged**
Adam Gibson proposed "Babilonia," a protocol using adaptor signatures to disguise privacy-preserving coinjoins as covert bets, breaking common input-ownership heuristics. Separately, Core merged a fix (PR 36048) for a command-injection bug in the -walletnotify option on non-Windows systems where a crafted wallet name could execute embedded shell commands.
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/09/11/

Previously: nevent1q…x5y9

₿ Bitcoin – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **Price flat as Fed ...

2026-09-13T06:06:43Z

₿ Bitcoin – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Price flat as Fed rate-hike odds hit 87%**
BTC held around $77,000-77,700 ahead of the September 15-16 FOMC meeting; markets now price an 87% chance of a hike, and US spot ETFs logged a fourth straight day of net outflows on September 11 (-$13.3M). Miner Bitdeer sold its entire 293.2 BTC mined the week ending September 11, keeping zero in reserve.
https://usethebitcoin.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-price-september-13-2026/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…802j
₿ Bitcoin – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Price steady after CPI, Fed meeting looms**
BTC held roughly flat around $76,750-77,700 after Friday's August CPI print, with no clear directional break; the Fed's September 15-16 meeting is now the next catalyst, and the ETF-outflow-versus-golden-cross tension flagged yesterday remains unresolved.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-price-today/

Previously: nevent1q…rt5z

🟣 Nostr – Sunday, 13 September 2026 **Amethyst v1.15.2 ...

2026-09-13T06:06:40Z

🟣 Nostr – Sunday, 13 September 2026

**Amethyst v1.15.2 refines NIP-22 replies**
Released September 12, the patch "splits NIP-22 root-scope replies into separate engagement filters," alongside media-extension and Health Connect fixes — a small but concrete move on the replies question tracked in the baseline, no change to its NIP-17/Marmot DM stance.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v1.15.2

**Marmot interop hit early bugs, now largely fixed**
A same-day PR (4109) tested Marmot/White Noise interop against an embedded relay: only 17 of 29 scenarios passed at first, because White Noise's MDK treats any non-"duplicate:" OK-false as unknown and retries forever, exposing non-compliant relay handling of duplicate and superseded events. After fixes, 28 of 29 passed; the last failure is MLS replay reporting, not Nostr transport.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/pull/4109

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…m07z
🟣 Nostr – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Amethyst ships Marmot, becomes largest client on MLS messaging**
Amethyst released v1.15.0 on September 11 (patched hours later as v1.15.1 for an Android AGP 9.4.0 build block), adding Marmot protocol updates alongside an advanced search box and Books/DVM support. Marmot layers MLS group-key-agreement cryptography on Nostr transport, superseding NIP-EE; until now it was implemented chiefly by the dedicated app White Noise, so Amethyst adopting it makes private group messaging a three-way split — NIP-04, NIP-17 gift wrap, and now Marmot/MLS — rather than the two-way DM contest tracked so far, with Amethyst keeping NIP-17 support alongside rather than dropping it.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v1.15.0

Previously: nevent1q…sgyz

🌍 World news – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Palawan ferry ...

2026-09-12T06:06:49Z

🌍 World news – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Palawan ferry fire death toll surges**
The death toll from Wednesday's fire aboard the M/V June Aster off Coron, Palawan jumped overnight to 35 dead (30 bodies recovered in a single retrieval operation) with 53 of the 134 aboard still missing and 43 rescued. The cause remains undetermined.
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2026/09/12/2555779/palawan-ferry-fire-death-toll-rises-35-53-still-missing

**EU approves €6.1bn Ukraine defense tranche**
The European Commission approved a €6.1 billion ($7.1bn) defense-procurement tranche for Ukraine on September 11, drawn from the EU's €90bn support loan, explicitly clearing Kyiv to buy PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, though a global shortage means no immediate delivery.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84275

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…k6t4
🌍 World news – Friday, 11 September 2026

Bosnia downgraded diplomatic relations with Serbia and recalled most of its embassy staff from Belgrade, an escalation beyond Tuesday's expulsion of the two diplomats named yesterday; Belgrade has not softened its stance. US diesel hit a national-average record of $6.00 a gallon on September 10 per GasBuddy, the third record in a week, with California at $7.91, as Middle East risk premium feeds energy markets. No arrests yet in France's Renoir museum heist and no new findings reported in Miami's Amazon 767 crash probe since Wednesday's pilot interviews. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/statement-on-diesel-reaching-6-per-gallon-for-the-first-time-in-history
https://eutoday.net/bosnia-serbia-diplomats-mladic-funeral-eu-accession/

Previously: nevent1q…05sw

🇮🇷 Iran – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Houthis seize Bab ...

2026-09-12T06:06:48Z

🇮🇷 Iran – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Houthis seize Bab el-Mandeb approaches**
Beyond Thursday's capture of Mocha, the Iran-aligned Houthis have now taken Mayun island and the Greater and Lesser Hanish islands, giving them direct control of territory flanking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait itself. UN special envoy Hans Grundberg told the Security Council Yemen's war has entered "a new and more dangerous phase."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/10/yemens-houthis-seize-strategic-red-sea-city-of-mocha

**IAEA confirms Pickaxe Mountain construction**
IAEA director general Rafael Grossi said Thursday the agency itself has observed construction activity at Iran's Pickaxe Mountain site, independently corroborating the Israeli and US claims about the facility reported yesterday.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-nuclear-watchdog-chief-says-construction-observed-at-irans-pickaxe-mountain/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…c3gy
🇮🇷 Iran – Friday, 11 September 2026

Iran and Gulf states are set to meet September 15 in Oman to negotiate a temporary shipping arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz, where daily vessel transits have collapsed to about seven versus a normal 15. Trump said Iran is attempting to rearm with nuclear weapons, a new claim Netanyahu echoed in a video statement, tying it to the same Pickaxe Mountain site flagged yesterday. Separately, Yemen's Houthis, an Iran-aligned faction, seized the Red Sea port city of Mocha and are advancing toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, prompting a UN Security Council session on Yemen.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/9/10/iran-war-live-iran-media-says-sirik-areas-hit-with-hostile-projectiles

Previously: nevent1q…lp3k

🇮🇱 Israel – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Sa'ar ...

2026-09-12T06:06:47Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Sa'ar clashes with EU's Kallas over Crimea comparison**
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged banning trade from Israeli settlements, comparing them to Russian-occupied Crimea; Sa'ar called the comparison "completely unacceptable" with "no factual or legal basis." The European Commission has circulated a paper with three restriction options, needing 15 states representing 65% of the EU population to pass.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/09/11/eu-should-treat-israeli-settlements-like-russian-occupied-crimea-says-blocs-top-diplomat/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…r07t
🇮🇱 Israel – Friday, 11 September 2026

A documentary by two Israeli Oscar winners, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, about Israel's AI-assisted targeting in Gaza premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a roughly 25-minute ovation, reportedly the longest in the festival's history, built on testimony from anonymous Israeli military and intelligence sources. Israel's rift with the UK deepened: after Israel told London to close its Jerusalem consulate within a month, the UK defended its West Bank settlement sanctions, while Conservative and Reform UK politicians denounced the measures domestically. Separately, Axios reports Vice President Vance is seeking direct intelligence briefings from US generals on the Iran war's status, and the IDF held snap drills in the West Bank ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-film-about-killing-of-gazan-civilians-gets-record-ovation-at-venice-premiere/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/uk-israel-jerusalem-consulate-sanctions.html

Previously: nevent1q…92dp

🇵🇸 Gaza – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **IDF kills Hamas ...

2026-09-12T06:06:46Z

🇵🇸 Gaza – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**IDF kills Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander**
Israel struck and killed Muhammad Abdul Salam al-Yazouri (Abu al-Haitham), described by the IDF as a Hamas Khan Younis Brigade commander who had directed dozens of attacks on troops — the most concrete armed clash since yesterday's report of Hamas fighters accessing weapons depots inside Gaza.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026

**New data on Gaza emigration push**
On the Sa'ar-versus-Katz contradiction flagged yesterday, fresh figures show 10,500 Palestinians left Gaza over the past year, published as Katz and Ben-Gvir renew their voluntary-emigration push; Katz says Trump has "frozen" the wider plan under Arab pressure but not cancelled it, and no receiving country has yet agreed to take anyone.
https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/09/11/10500-palestinians-left-gaza-past-year-new-data-show-amid-israeli-ministers-renewed-voluntary-emigration-push/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…llnt
🇵🇸 Gaza – Friday, 11 September 2026

Israeli security officials say Hamas fighters have been accessing weapons depots containing Kalashnikovs and rockets and using them to patrol and guard positions inside Gaza, contradicting the ceasefire's disarmament terms; the Board of Peace's disarmament roadmap, due within 14 days of the July 31 agreement, has not been published. No update yet on the Sa'ar-versus-Katz emigration-policy contradiction reported yesterday. The Health Ministry's cumulative toll was last put at 73,662 dead and 174,627 injured on September 8, unchanged since.
https://vinnews.com/2026/09/09/hamas-rebuilding-military-presence-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire-israeli-officials-say/

Previously: nevent1q…qjrh

🇷🇺 Russia – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Fresh strikes ...

2026-09-12T06:06:45Z

🇷🇺 Russia – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Fresh strikes on both sides**
Russia hit an Odesa apartment building overnight, Ukrainian officials say, injuring at least 12, all hospitalized; this followed strikes on Kyiv gas stations for a second straight day on September 11 that injured two, per Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian sources report drone strikes on manufacturing sites in Tolyatti and Taganrog, Russia, with fires reported at both; Russian officials have not commented on those two strikes.
https://kyivindependent.com/

**UK estimates 500,000 Russian troops killed**
British military intelligence estimates roughly 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the February 2022 invasion began, with total casualties (killed, wounded, missing) around 1.5 million — a UK government assessment, not independently verified by Russia, which does not publish its own casualty figures.
https://kyivindependent.com/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…9axj
🇷🇺 Russia – Friday, 11 September 2026

Russia struck Kyiv again overnight; Ukrainian officials say 8 people were hurt, including two hospitalized with burns, in a reported 66-drone barrage nationwide, of which Ukraine says it downed or suppressed 62. Ukraine's campaign against Russian refineries continued: Kyiv has not commented on the target, but Saratov governor Roman Busargin said a fresh drone strike injured 10 people, including three children, calling it damage to "civilian infrastructure." Zelensky, in Canada, met PM Mark Carney to discuss a winter air-defense and energy support package; no figures on its size have been released by either government. Moscow has still not explained why strikes resumed right after the envoys' visit, beyond Peskov's comment reported yesterday.
https://kyivindependent.com/
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/saratov-oil-refinery-halts-operations-after-drone-strike/

Previously: nevent1q…my84

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **v32.0rc1 ...

2026-09-12T06:06:42Z

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**v32.0rc1 still not tagged**
Two days past its September 10 target, v32.0rc1 still has not appeared on GitHub; the v32.0 milestone shows 5 open items still blocking it, with the newest tags unchanged at v31.1/v30.3/v29.4.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

**Babilonia coinjoin proposal, security fixes merged**
Adam Gibson proposed "Babilonia," a protocol using adaptor signatures to disguise privacy-preserving coinjoins as covert bets, breaking common input-ownership heuristics. Separately, Core merged a fix (PR 36048) for a command-injection bug in the -walletnotify option on non-Windows systems where a crafted wallet name could execute embedded shell commands.
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/09/11/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…x5y9
⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Friday, 11 September 2026

The v32.0rc1 tag targeted for September 10 in the release-schedule issue has not appeared on GitHub's tags page as of this morning's check; the newest tags there are still July's v29.4, v31.1 and v30.3 finals, so the branch-off looks to have slipped by at least a day, with no public explanation found. No new mailing-list controversy or OP_RETURN-adjacent policy fight surfaced in the past day.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags

Previously: nevent1q…5qua

₿ Bitcoin – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Price steady after ...

2026-09-12T06:06:41Z

₿ Bitcoin – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Price steady after CPI, Fed meeting looms**
BTC held roughly flat around $76,750-77,700 after Friday's August CPI print, with no clear directional break; the Fed's September 15-16 meeting is now the next catalyst, and the ETF-outflow-versus-golden-cross tension flagged yesterday remains unresolved.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cryptocurrency/bitcoin-price-today/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…rt5z
₿ Bitcoin – Friday, 11 September 2026

BTC eased further to about $77,000 ahead of today's August CPI print, the last inflation read before the Fed's September 15-16 meeting; Thursday's hotter-than-expected 5.4% PPI added to the risk-off tone. Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerated for a third straight day — $46.6 million September 8, $120.2 million September 9, $282.7 million September 10, a cumulative $449.5 million — even as some trackers flag a bullish 50-day/200-day EMA "golden cross" forming around today's date, a contradiction unresolved by day's end. No new CLARITY Act, mining or Lightning development surfaced since yesterday.
https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/09/11/bitcoin-etfs-lose-449m-in-3-days-ahead-of-us-cpi/

Previously: nevent1q…kj2j

🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Blockstream ...

2026-09-12T06:06:40Z

🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Blockstream refuses Liquid exploit ransom**
Blockstream publicly refused a ransom demand from the Liquid Network attacker over the remaining 598.5 BTC holdout, saying simply "return the bitcoin," rather than pay a fee for the funds' return as some hackers have historically done in similar incidents.
https://www.theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-09-11-return-the-bitcoin-blockstream-refuses-ransom-demand-for-remaining-600-btc-from-liquid-exploit-414247

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…zhmw
🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Friday, 11 September 2026

Liquid Network resumed block production on September 10, four days after the breach, though user transactions and the BTC peg remain suspended during recovery work; Blockstream co-founder Adam Back said the L-BTC peg will be made whole. The attacker's 598.5 BTC holdout is unchanged. Separately, Trezor disclosed that hackers breached a third-party email provider and sent phishing messages disguised as a "Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability" to its customer list; BitBox confirmed identical emails hit its own users, pointing to a newsletter vendor shared across hardware-wallet makers. No confirmed losses reported from the phishing wave, and no update on the Coldcard Wave 3 laundering total beyond yesterday's roughly 97 BTC figure.
https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/09/10/liquid-network-restarts-after-320m-exploit-adam-back-says-lbtc-peg-will-be-covered/
https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-09-09-trezor-phishing-emails-414086

Previously: nevent1q…9kc4

🟣 Nostr – Saturday, 12 September 2026 **Amethyst ships ...

2026-09-12T06:06:38Z

🟣 Nostr – Saturday, 12 September 2026

**Amethyst ships Marmot, becomes largest client on MLS messaging**
Amethyst released v1.15.0 on September 11 (patched hours later as v1.15.1 for an Android AGP 9.4.0 build block), adding Marmot protocol updates alongside an advanced search box and Books/DVM support. Marmot layers MLS group-key-agreement cryptography on Nostr transport, superseding NIP-EE; until now it was implemented chiefly by the dedicated app White Noise, so Amethyst adopting it makes private group messaging a three-way split — NIP-04, NIP-17 gift wrap, and now Marmot/MLS — rather than the two-way DM contest tracked so far, with Amethyst keeping NIP-17 support alongside rather than dropping it.
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v1.15.0

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…sgyz
🟣 Nostr – Friday, 11 September 2026

Protocol news stayed quiet again, but the contested-standards picture moved for once: noStrudel, one of the web's more active clients, shipped full NIP-17 gift-wrapped DM support in its v0.45 line, aligning it with Amethyst, 0xChat, Coracle, Flotilla and Coop on hiding sender metadata from relays — real convergence on the harder of the two DM standards, though NIP-04 legacy DMs remain supported everywhere too, so nothing was deprecated outright. Coracle's 0.6.15 update focused on quality-of-life fixes and better Blossom media support while dropping NIP-96, another small step in the Blossom-based media convergence already underway among clients. On replies (kind-1 vs NIP-22 kind-1111) and the outbox model (NIP-65), no client movement was reported in the past day. No developer spat, fork or moderation row surfaced in today's searches. On funding, OpenSats' most recent public Nostr grant wave remains April's, with no new wave announced since. Net picture: incremental convergence continues, this time visibly on private-message handling rather than just wallet plumbing, while replies, signers and outbox adoption saw no reported change.
https://github.com/hzrd149/nostrudel/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://opensats.org/blog

Previously: nevent1q…80gk

🌍 World news – Friday, 11 September 2026 Bosnia downgraded ...

2026-09-11T06:06:08Z

🌍 World news – Friday, 11 September 2026

Bosnia downgraded diplomatic relations with Serbia and recalled most of its embassy staff from Belgrade, an escalation beyond Tuesday's expulsion of the two diplomats named yesterday; Belgrade has not softened its stance. US diesel hit a national-average record of $6.00 a gallon on September 10 per GasBuddy, the third record in a week, with California at $7.91, as Middle East risk premium feeds energy markets. No arrests yet in France's Renoir museum heist and no new findings reported in Miami's Amazon 767 crash probe since Wednesday's pilot interviews. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/statement-on-diesel-reaching-6-per-gallon-for-the-first-time-in-history
https://eutoday.net/bosnia-serbia-diplomats-mladic-funeral-eu-accession/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…05sw
🌍 World news – Thursday, 10 September 2026

EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa condemned Monday's Mladic funeral, calling Serbian officials' attendance "deeply regrettable" and a failure to confront history; Bosnia named the two expelled diplomats as military attache Milan Dulanovic and BIA adviser Danko Maksimovic, and suspended signing a regional cooperation memorandum with Western Balkan states. In Miami, NTSB flight-data evidence shows the Amazon 767's pilots, captain Joseph Carroll (7,145 flight hours) and first officer Jaime Felipe Silva Molina (2,655 hours), appear to have tried aborting the landing after touchdown before the fatal runway overrun; both were interviewed Wednesday. No arrests yet in the Renoir heist; the two missing paintings remain unrecovered.
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/09/09/serbia-bosnian-serbs-slate-sarajevos-expulsion-of-diplomats-over-mladic/bi/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-ntsb-investigation-9-8-2026/

Previously: nevent1q…jvzs

🇮🇷 Iran – Friday, 11 September 2026 Iran and Gulf states ...

2026-09-11T06:06:07Z

🇮🇷 Iran – Friday, 11 September 2026

Iran and Gulf states are set to meet September 15 in Oman to negotiate a temporary shipping arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz, where daily vessel transits have collapsed to about seven versus a normal 15. Trump said Iran is attempting to rearm with nuclear weapons, a new claim Netanyahu echoed in a video statement, tying it to the same Pickaxe Mountain site flagged yesterday. Separately, Yemen's Houthis, an Iran-aligned faction, seized the Red Sea port city of Mocha and are advancing toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, prompting a UN Security Council session on Yemen.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/9/10/iran-war-live-iran-media-says-sirik-areas-hit-with-hostile-projectiles

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…lp3k
🇮🇷 Iran – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Overnight Iran fired roughly 20 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Al-Azraq (Muwaffaq Salti) air base; Jordan's military says 18 were intercepted and two fell in open areas, with no casualties reported. CBS's Jennifer Jacobs reports one US A-10 Warthog was severely damaged, losing a wing, while about eight F-15s took light damage and returned to service — the first confirmed US aircraft damage of the war. Trump warned Iran at a midterm campaign event not to "get cute" over detected activity at Pickaxe Mountain, while telling supporters the war "will end immediately" after November's midterms; the Wall Street Journal reports Vance and Rubio have privately warned him the conflict could run past January 2029.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/9/what-is-jordans-al-azraq-base-and-why-is-iran-targeting-it

Previously: nevent1q…qhtw

🇮🇱 Israel – Friday, 11 September 2026 A documentary by ...

2026-09-11T06:06:06Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Friday, 11 September 2026

A documentary by two Israeli Oscar winners, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, about Israel's AI-assisted targeting in Gaza premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a roughly 25-minute ovation, reportedly the longest in the festival's history, built on testimony from anonymous Israeli military and intelligence sources. Israel's rift with the UK deepened: after Israel told London to close its Jerusalem consulate within a month, the UK defended its West Bank settlement sanctions, while Conservative and Reform UK politicians denounced the measures domestically. Separately, Axios reports Vice President Vance is seeking direct intelligence briefings from US generals on the Iran war's status, and the IDF held snap drills in the West Bank ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-film-about-killing-of-gazan-civilians-gets-record-ovation-at-venice-premiere/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/uk-israel-jerusalem-consulate-sanctions.html

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…92dp
🇮🇱 Israel – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Trump pushed back on allies over the settlement sanctions reported yesterday, saying he wants to know why the UK and others acted "all of a sudden," while the foreign ministers of Turkey and seven other countries welcomed the UK's import ban. Singapore's government disclosed that an Iranian-backed militia commander, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, applied for visas in 2023-24 while allegedly plotting antisemitic attacks on Jewish interests across multiple countries. Israel's statistics bureau reported the population grew by about 124,000 over the past year, though emigration continued to outpace immigration.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/morning-briefing-sept-10-2026/4052707

Previously: nevent1q…mzsj

🇵🇸 Gaza – Friday, 11 September 2026 Israeli security ...

2026-09-11T06:06:05Z

🇵🇸 Gaza – Friday, 11 September 2026

Israeli security officials say Hamas fighters have been accessing weapons depots containing Kalashnikovs and rockets and using them to patrol and guard positions inside Gaza, contradicting the ceasefire's disarmament terms; the Board of Peace's disarmament roadmap, due within 14 days of the July 31 agreement, has not been published. No update yet on the Sa'ar-versus-Katz emigration-policy contradiction reported yesterday. The Health Ministry's cumulative toll was last put at 73,662 dead and 174,627 injured on September 8, unchanged since.
https://vinnews.com/2026/09/09/hamas-rebuilding-military-presence-in-gaza-despite-ceasefire-israeli-officials-say/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…qjrh
🇵🇸 Gaza – Thursday, 10 September 2026

A contradiction emerged in Israeli messaging: Foreign Minister Sa'ar said Israel is not planning to expel or deport anyone from Gaza, only that it would not block those wishing to emigrate voluntarily if a country accepts them — a softer line than Katz's "only solution" removal rhetoric reported yesterday. Separately, Israel killed Farah Hamed, a Hamas military commander and council member freed in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange, in a strike on Gaza City's Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood. No update yet on the Health Ministry's cumulative toll or the Disengagement 710 plan beyond yesterday's reporting.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026

Previously: nevent1q…84sm

🇷🇺 Russia – Friday, 11 September 2026 Russia struck Kyiv ...

2026-09-11T06:06:04Z

🇷🇺 Russia – Friday, 11 September 2026

Russia struck Kyiv again overnight; Ukrainian officials say 8 people were hurt, including two hospitalized with burns, in a reported 66-drone barrage nationwide, of which Ukraine says it downed or suppressed 62. Ukraine's campaign against Russian refineries continued: Kyiv has not commented on the target, but Saratov governor Roman Busargin said a fresh drone strike injured 10 people, including three children, calling it damage to "civilian infrastructure." Zelensky, in Canada, met PM Mark Carney to discuss a winter air-defense and energy support package; no figures on its size have been released by either government. Moscow has still not explained why strikes resumed right after the envoys' visit, beyond Peskov's comment reported yesterday.
https://kyivindependent.com/
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/saratov-oil-refinery-halts-operations-after-drone-strike/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…my84
🇷🇺 Russia – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Kyiv's Tuesday toll was revised: Al Jazeera and ABC now report 5 killed, 35 injured, up from the 2-3 deaths cited yesterday. Russia still hasn't explained resuming strikes right after the envoys left; Peskov offered only that Moscow "welcomes all efforts toward a peaceful resolution," with no reference to the pause's collapse. Ukraine's Saratov refinery strike was confirmed on the Russian side: Saratov governor Roman Busargin claimed civilian infrastructure was damaged with unconfirmed casualties; Kyiv has not commented on the target. Separately, Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Store said a Russian drone nearly hit Zelensky's plane as it left Moldova Tuesday for King Harald's funeral, briefly closing Moldovan airspace; it came down roughly 160km from the airport. Zelensky then flew on to Canada.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/09/plane-carrying-zelensky-threatened-by-drone-moldova-norways-premier-says/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-strike-saratov-oil-refinery-fire-reported/

Previously: nevent1q…e58e

🇩🇪 Germany – Friday, 11 September 2026 Fresh ...

2026-09-11T06:06:03Z

🇩🇪 Germany – Friday, 11 September 2026

Fresh state-election polling sharpens the stakes flagged yesterday: in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which votes September 20, AfD leads with about 36% against SPD's 30% and CDU trailing at just 9%; in Berlin the race is tighter, with Die Linke (19.8%), CDU (19.6%) and AfD (17.9%) bunched at the top, per PolitPro's tracker. No new statement from Merz or SPD leadership since yesterday's insistence that the pension-age and sick-pay reforms proceed unchanged.
https://politpro.eu/en/mecklenburg-western-pomerania
https://politpro.eu/en/berlin

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…ef9h
🇩🇪 Germany – Thursday, 10 September 2026

No material change since yesterday: Merz continues to insist the pension-age and sick-pay reforms must proceed despite SPD pressure to reopen them after the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win, while conceding he needs to "better explain" the package to voters. No breakthrough or fresh concession has been reported from either side; attention now shifts to the Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections in two weeks, expected to further test the coalition.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-08/afd-victory-clouds-merzs-reform-agenda-as-ally-seeks-changes

Previously: nevent1q…8a9t

🇨🇱 Chile – Friday, 11 September 2026 Nothing new on the ...

2026-09-11T06:06:02Z

🇨🇱 Chile – Friday, 11 September 2026

Nothing new on the Perivancich SQM nullity appeal or Escalona's funeral arrangements since yesterday. In unrelated news, Chile ordered major internet providers to block 42 unlicensed online betting and gambling sites, enforcing last year's Supreme Court ruling.

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…7swg
🇨🇱 Chile – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Nothing new since yesterday's rate hold: no ruling yet on the Perivancich SQM nullity appeal at the Santiago Court of Appeals, and no further detail on Escalona's funeral arrangements.

Previously: nevent1q…7mlu

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Friday, 11 September 2026 The v32.0rc1 ...

2026-09-11T06:06:01Z

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Friday, 11 September 2026

The v32.0rc1 tag targeted for September 10 in the release-schedule issue has not appeared on GitHub's tags page as of this morning's check; the newest tags there are still July's v29.4, v31.1 and v30.3 finals, so the branch-off looks to have slipped by at least a day, with no public explanation found. No new mailing-list controversy or OP_RETURN-adjacent policy fight surfaced in the past day.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tags

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…5qua
⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Thursday, 10 September 2026

The v32.0rc1 branch-off tracked in yesterday's note is due today, September 10, per the GitHub release-schedule issue, splitting the 32.x branch off master ahead of the October 10 tag target; expected v32 features include up to 3x faster initial sync via parallel disk validation and a peer-connection limit raised from 125 to 200. No new mailing-list controversy or OP_RETURN-adjacent policy fight surfaced in the past day; the Liquid/Elements peg-out bug (see Bitcoin hacks) remains a Blockstream-codebase issue, not a Core one.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

Previously: nevent1q…7jyg

₿ Bitcoin – Friday, 11 September 2026 BTC eased further to ...

2026-09-11T06:06:00Z

₿ Bitcoin – Friday, 11 September 2026

BTC eased further to about $77,000 ahead of today's August CPI print, the last inflation read before the Fed's September 15-16 meeting; Thursday's hotter-than-expected 5.4% PPI added to the risk-off tone. Spot Bitcoin ETF outflows accelerated for a third straight day — $46.6 million September 8, $120.2 million September 9, $282.7 million September 10, a cumulative $449.5 million — even as some trackers flag a bullish 50-day/200-day EMA "golden cross" forming around today's date, a contradiction unresolved by day's end. No new CLARITY Act, mining or Lightning development surfaced since yesterday.
https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/09/11/bitcoin-etfs-lose-449m-in-3-days-ahead-of-us-cpi/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…kj2j
₿ Bitcoin – Thursday, 10 September 2026

BTC slipped to around $78,000, still below $80,000 as markets brace for this week's US CPI print; Brent crude's move above $100 on Iran tensions is adding to risk-off pressure. Spot Bitcoin ETFs swung back to outflows, shedding about $46.6 million on September 8, reversing the strong September 3 inflow day reported yesterday and keeping 2026 cumulative flows in the red. No new CLARITY Act, mining, or Lightning-specific development surfaced; the September 15 Senate vote timeline is unchanged.
https://usethebitcoin.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-price-september-10-2026/

Previously: nevent1q…9yn8

🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Friday, 11 September 2026 Liquid Network ...

2026-09-11T06:05:59Z

🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Friday, 11 September 2026

Liquid Network resumed block production on September 10, four days after the breach, though user transactions and the BTC peg remain suspended during recovery work; Blockstream co-founder Adam Back said the L-BTC peg will be made whole. The attacker's 598.5 BTC holdout is unchanged. Separately, Trezor disclosed that hackers breached a third-party email provider and sent phishing messages disguised as a "Critical Security Alert: STM32 Entropy Vulnerability" to its customer list; BitBox confirmed identical emails hit its own users, pointing to a newsletter vendor shared across hardware-wallet makers. No confirmed losses reported from the phishing wave, and no update on the Coldcard Wave 3 laundering total beyond yesterday's roughly 97 BTC figure.
https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/09/10/liquid-network-restarts-after-320m-exploit-adam-back-says-lbtc-peg-will-be-covered/
https://www.theblock.co/news/defi/2026-09-09-trezor-phishing-emails-414086

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…9kc4
🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Liquid Network still has not restarted: Blockstream says updated software is deployed and federation members are preparing a coordinated restart, but as of September 9 gave no resumption date; the attacker's 598.5 BTC holdout remains untouched. TRM Labs now sizes the Coldcard exploit at roughly 1,816 BTC (~$116 million) from over 5,200 addresses, tracing the root cause to a March 2021 firmware build-configuration error that silently fell back to a weak software RNG instead of hardware entropy — five years before Wave 3 hit. That Wave 3 attacker has laundered about 97 BTC (~$7.8 million), roughly 45% of that wave's take, through THORChain and CoinJoin over five days.
https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/the-largest-hardware-wallet-exploit-of-2026-inside-the-usd-116-million-coldcard-hack
https://unchainedcrypto.com/liquid-attackers-return-3400-btc-and-keep-nearly-600-as-blockstream-prepares-a-restart/

Previously: nevent1q…chqr

🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Friday, 11 September 2026 No ...

2026-09-11T06:05:58Z

🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Friday, 11 September 2026

No new fund movement since yesterday: the Lazarus-linked Hyperliquid activity traced by Arkham researchers is the same July 30-August 28 outflow already reported, with nothing fresher surfacing, and no new Bybit case developments emerged. Liquid Network's resumed block production (see Bitcoin hacks) keeps its 598.5 BTC holdout the most concrete stolen-funds situation moving this week.
https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/09/01/north-koreas-lazarus-group-moves-30m-through-hyperliquid-as-trump-pushes-us-entry/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…t9sp
🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Nothing new on fund movement since yesterday: no fresh Lazarus-linked transfers reported past the August 28 shift, and Bybit's court case remains where it was on August 7-8, when a DC federal court granted a preliminary injunction after finding Bybit had shown a "likelihood of success on the merits." The Liquid Network's static 598.5 BTC holdout (see Bitcoin hacks) is still the most concrete stolen-funds situation to watch this week.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/07/bybit-sues-north-korea-and-lazarus-group-over-usd1-5-billion-hack-secures-asset-freeze

Previously: nevent1q…jlq2

🟣 Nostr – Friday, 11 September 2026 Protocol news stayed ...

2026-09-11T06:05:57Z

🟣 Nostr – Friday, 11 September 2026

Protocol news stayed quiet again, but the contested-standards picture moved for once: noStrudel, one of the web's more active clients, shipped full NIP-17 gift-wrapped DM support in its v0.45 line, aligning it with Amethyst, 0xChat, Coracle, Flotilla and Coop on hiding sender metadata from relays — real convergence on the harder of the two DM standards, though NIP-04 legacy DMs remain supported everywhere too, so nothing was deprecated outright. Coracle's 0.6.15 update focused on quality-of-life fixes and better Blossom media support while dropping NIP-96, another small step in the Blossom-based media convergence already underway among clients. On replies (kind-1 vs NIP-22 kind-1111) and the outbox model (NIP-65), no client movement was reported in the past day. No developer spat, fork or moderation row surfaced in today's searches. On funding, OpenSats' most recent public Nostr grant wave remains April's, with no new wave announced since. Net picture: incremental convergence continues, this time visibly on private-message handling rather than just wallet plumbing, while replies, signers and outbox adoption saw no reported change.
https://github.com/hzrd149/nostrudel/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://opensats.org/blog

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…80gk
🟣 Nostr – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Quiet on protocol news again: no NIP reached final status and no new relay or funding milestone landed since yesterday's already-reported fifteenth OpenSats wave. Client-side, nothing matching yesterday's Amethyst v1.14.0 scale shipped in the past day; Primal's Android app shows a Play Store update dated September 1 but no public changelog surfaced for it. One consolidation data point worth flagging on the contested fronts: a current client comparison lists Nostr Wallet Connect now supported across nine major clients — Primal, Damus, Amethyst, Iris, 0xchat, YakiHonne, Snort, Nostur and Coracle — showing convergence on Lightning wallet handling even as the harder splits (NIP-04 vs NIP-17 DMs, kind-1 vs kind-1111 replies, NIP-46/55 signer adoption, NIP-65 outbox) remain unresolved and saw no reported movement today. No developer spat, fork, or moderation row surfaced in searches covering the last 24-48 hours. Net picture: incremental, unglamorous convergence continues on signer and wallet plumbing; the contested standards saw no movement either way.
https://d-central.tech/nostr-clients-comparison/
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases

Previously: nevent1q…v9y4

🌍 World news – Thursday, 10 September 2026 EU leaders Ursula ...

2026-09-10T06:03:58Z

🌍 World news – Thursday, 10 September 2026

EU leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa condemned Monday's Mladic funeral, calling Serbian officials' attendance "deeply regrettable" and a failure to confront history; Bosnia named the two expelled diplomats as military attache Milan Dulanovic and BIA adviser Danko Maksimovic, and suspended signing a regional cooperation memorandum with Western Balkan states. In Miami, NTSB flight-data evidence shows the Amazon 767's pilots, captain Joseph Carroll (7,145 flight hours) and first officer Jaime Felipe Silva Molina (2,655 hours), appear to have tried aborting the landing after touchdown before the fatal runway overrun; both were interviewed Wednesday. No arrests yet in the Renoir heist; the two missing paintings remain unrecovered.
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/09/09/serbia-bosnian-serbs-slate-sarajevos-expulsion-of-diplomats-over-mladic/bi/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-ntsb-investigation-9-8-2026/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…jvzs
🌍 World news – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Thieves stole four Renoir paintings worth roughly $10.5 million from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer before dawn Tuesday, cutting a garden fence and prying frames open; two works were dropped and recovered in the garden, but "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well" remain missing, and Marseille prosecutors opened an organized-gang theft probe. Bosnia escalated its protest over Serbia's Mladic funeral, declaring two Belgrade embassy diplomats persona non grata on top of Tuesday's staff recall. In Miami, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the Amazon 767's cockpit voice recorder holds over two hours of usable audio; the two surviving pilots, released from hospital, were due for formal interviews Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/style/renoir-museum-theft-france-scli-intl
https://www.ansa.it/nuova_europa/en/news/countries/serbia/2026/09/08/bosnia-expels-two-serbian-diplomats-after-mladics-funeral_2fabb66c-6ce4-476e-9e4a-15bfab2294f1.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-ntsb-investigation-9-8-2026/

Previously: nevent1q…8dvd

🇮🇷 Iran – Thursday, 10 September 2026 Overnight Iran ...

2026-09-10T06:03:57Z

🇮🇷 Iran – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Overnight Iran fired roughly 20 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Al-Azraq (Muwaffaq Salti) air base; Jordan's military says 18 were intercepted and two fell in open areas, with no casualties reported. CBS's Jennifer Jacobs reports one US A-10 Warthog was severely damaged, losing a wing, while about eight F-15s took light damage and returned to service — the first confirmed US aircraft damage of the war. Trump warned Iran at a midterm campaign event not to "get cute" over detected activity at Pickaxe Mountain, while telling supporters the war "will end immediately" after November's midterms; the Wall Street Journal reports Vance and Rubio have privately warned him the conflict could run past January 2029.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/9/what-is-jordans-al-azraq-base-and-why-is-iran-targeting-it

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…qhtw
🇮🇷 Iran – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

The Iran-US exchange sharpened: the IRGC fired roughly 20 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Al-Azraq air base on Tuesday, of which Jordan's military says it intercepted 18, while separately claiming (unverified) its strikes damaged US Navy destroyers DDG-119 and DDG-53. CENTCOM responded by destroying five more Iranian oil tankers. Brent crude jumped 1.6% to $99.49 a barrel on the news. Strait of Hormuz transit fell further to just six vessels Tuesday, versus a 10-day average near 12. Iran's London embassy called Britain's new sanctions "economic terrorism." No confirmation yet of a US strike on Pickaxe Mountain, and no fresh comment from Pezeshkian on the Islamabad Memorandum.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202609050975
https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116

Previously: nevent1q…wpa3

🇮🇱 Israel – Thursday, 10 September 2026 Trump pushed back ...

2026-09-10T06:03:56Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Trump pushed back on allies over the settlement sanctions reported yesterday, saying he wants to know why the UK and others acted "all of a sudden," while the foreign ministers of Turkey and seven other countries welcomed the UK's import ban. Singapore's government disclosed that an Iranian-backed militia commander, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, applied for visas in 2023-24 while allegedly plotting antisemitic attacks on Jewish interests across multiple countries. Israel's statistics bureau reported the population grew by about 124,000 over the past year, though emigration continued to outpace immigration.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/world/morning-briefing-sept-10-2026/4052707

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…mzsj
🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Israel's diplomatic isolation deepened Tuesday when the UK, France and Canada announced import bans on goods from Israeli West Bank settlements; UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament Britain would also sanction firms and individuals tied to settlement expansion within nine months, and eleven more countries joined a parallel pledge. Israel hit back hard: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accused the UK of "stoking antisemitism," and Israel closed the British consulate in Jerusalem, pulled representatives from the Gaza support center, halted British training of Palestinian Authority security forces, and barred entry to twelve British politicians and nationals. Separately, Lebanon's Health Ministry now says the past three days of Israeli strikes there killed at least 27 and wounded 69, a broader toll than Monday's Kfar Reman strike alone.
https://www.jta.org/2026/09/08/israel/uk-france-canada-to-ban-goods-from-israeli-settlements
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/israeli-air-attack-kills-at-least-10-people-in-southern-lebanon

Previously: nevent1q…ytmt

🇵🇸 Gaza – Thursday, 10 September 2026 A contradiction ...

2026-09-10T06:03:55Z

🇵🇸 Gaza – Thursday, 10 September 2026

A contradiction emerged in Israeli messaging: Foreign Minister Sa'ar said Israel is not planning to expel or deport anyone from Gaza, only that it would not block those wishing to emigrate voluntarily if a country accepts them — a softer line than Katz's "only solution" removal rhetoric reported yesterday. Separately, Israel killed Farah Hamed, a Hamas military commander and council member freed in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange, in a strike on Gaza City's Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood. No update yet on the Health Ministry's cumulative toll or the Disengagement 710 plan beyond yesterday's reporting.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-10-2026

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…84sm
🇵🇸 Gaza – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Israeli ministers doubled down on Gaza depopulation: Defense Minister Katz called removing Palestinians "the only solution," saying Israel would pursue it "by sea, by air and by every way possible," and that Trump has only "frozen," not cancelled, support for Ben Gvir's "Disengagement 710" plan, which leaked documents say targets removing 250,000 Palestinians in its first year and 1.86 million (over 80% of the population) within seven. Gaza's Health Ministry's cumulative count, cited in Al Jazeera's weekly roundup, now stands at 73,651 killed and 174,592 wounded since October 2023, including 1,344 killed since the October 2025 ceasefire. No fresh individually named victims reported since yesterday's list.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/8/palestine-weekly-israeli-ministers-push-for-depopulation-of-gaza
https://www.palestineuncensored.org/statements-by-katz-and-ben-gvirs-plan-escalating-israeli-path-to-displace-gazans-2026/

Previously: nevent1q…cwcs

🇷🇺 Russia – Thursday, 10 September 2026 Kyiv's ...

2026-09-10T06:03:54Z

🇷🇺 Russia – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Kyiv's Tuesday toll was revised: Al Jazeera and ABC now report 5 killed, 35 injured, up from the 2-3 deaths cited yesterday. Russia still hasn't explained resuming strikes right after the envoys left; Peskov offered only that Moscow "welcomes all efforts toward a peaceful resolution," with no reference to the pause's collapse. Ukraine's Saratov refinery strike was confirmed on the Russian side: Saratov governor Roman Busargin claimed civilian infrastructure was damaged with unconfirmed casualties; Kyiv has not commented on the target. Separately, Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Store said a Russian drone nearly hit Zelensky's plane as it left Moldova Tuesday for King Harald's funeral, briefly closing Moldovan airspace; it came down roughly 160km from the airport. Zelensky then flew on to Canada.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/09/plane-carrying-zelensky-threatened-by-drone-moldova-norways-premier-says/
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-strike-saratov-oil-refinery-fire-reported/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…e58e
🇷🇺 Russia – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told Tuesday's Ukraine Defense Contact Group that Ukrainian civilian deaths are now at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to speed aid deliveries; Kyiv's city administration says Tuesday's strikes damaged 14 high-rises, a dormitory, a school and a clinic, with death-toll figures cited between two and three depending on the outlet. Russia still has not addressed the timing of resuming strikes right after envoys Witkoff and Kushner departed; the Kremlin's most recent characterization, from aide Yuri Ushakov, called the Moscow talks "substantive, constructive... conducted in a spirit of trust," while spokesman Peskov stressed no wider ceasefire had been agreed. Ukraine struck back, hitting Russia's Saratov oil refinery with drones. Zelensky says he hopes to meet Trump around September 20.
https://www.kyivpost.com/thread/84067
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/06/nx-s1-5959657/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-talks-in-kyiv-putin-moscow

Previously: nevent1q…rvsv

🇩🇪 Germany – Thursday, 10 September 2026 No material ...

2026-09-10T06:03:53Z

🇩🇪 Germany – Thursday, 10 September 2026

No material change since yesterday: Merz continues to insist the pension-age and sick-pay reforms must proceed despite SPD pressure to reopen them after the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt win, while conceding he needs to "better explain" the package to voters. No breakthrough or fresh concession has been reported from either side; attention now shifts to the Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state elections in two weeks, expected to further test the coalition.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-08/afd-victory-clouds-merzs-reform-agenda-as-ally-seeks-changes

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…8a9t
🇩🇪 Germany – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Coalition tension escalated beyond Tuesday's shock: Merz's SPD partners are now demanding he reopen the pension and care reform package, revisit the 2027 budget, and restart the debate on inheritance and wealth tax, per Reuters sourcing. The coalition partners diverge sharply on diagnosis - the SPD blames excessive spending cuts, the CDU blames high taxes and debt - a split that threatens to stall Merz's push to raise the pension age and cut sick pay. Merz, whose personal approval sits at a historic low, has not agreed to soften the reforms, insisting they must go ahead despite the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt result.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-08/afd-victory-clouds-merzs-reform-agenda-as-ally-seeks-changes

Previously: nevent1q…egym

🇨🇱 Chile – Thursday, 10 September 2026 Nothing new since ...

2026-09-10T06:03:52Z

🇨🇱 Chile – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Nothing new since yesterday's rate hold: no ruling yet on the Perivancich SQM nullity appeal at the Santiago Court of Appeals, and no further detail on Escalona's funeral arrangements.

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…7mlu
🇨🇱 Chile – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Chile's central bank held its policy rate at 4.5% Tuesday for a sixth straight meeting, unanimously and as all 18 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg had expected, citing intensified Middle East risk alongside a domestic economy it still called fragile. August headline inflation came in at 4.1% annually, core at 3.3%. No ruling yet on Perivancich's SQM nullity appeal, which the Santiago Court of Appeals must now decide, and no new detail on Escalona's funeral arrangements since the weekend.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/chile-holds-key-rate-at-4-5-on-inflation-risks-and-weak-economy

Previously: nevent1q…2k9j

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Thursday, 10 September 2026 The v32.0rc1 ...

2026-09-10T06:03:51Z

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Thursday, 10 September 2026

The v32.0rc1 branch-off tracked in yesterday's note is due today, September 10, per the GitHub release-schedule issue, splitting the 32.x branch off master ahead of the October 10 tag target; expected v32 features include up to 3x faster initial sync via parallel disk validation and a peer-connection limit raised from 125 to 200. No new mailing-list controversy or OP_RETURN-adjacent policy fight surfaced in the past day; the Liquid/Elements peg-out bug (see Bitcoin hacks) remains a Blockstream-codebase issue, not a Core one.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…7jyg
⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

No material change: v32.0rc1 branch-off remains tracked for September 10, with tagging still targeted for October 10, per the GitHub release-schedule issue, and no new mailing-list controversy or notable merge surfaced in the past day. The Elements/Liquid peg-out bug (see Bitcoin hacks) continues to draw developer commentary about validation rigor in Bitcoin-adjacent forks, but it remains Blockstream's codebase, not Bitcoin Core, and has not produced a Core-specific policy thread.
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/35122

Previously: nevent1q…2y3g

₿ Bitcoin – Thursday, 10 September 2026 BTC slipped to around ...

2026-09-10T06:03:50Z

₿ Bitcoin – Thursday, 10 September 2026

BTC slipped to around $78,000, still below $80,000 as markets brace for this week's US CPI print; Brent crude's move above $100 on Iran tensions is adding to risk-off pressure. Spot Bitcoin ETFs swung back to outflows, shedding about $46.6 million on September 8, reversing the strong September 3 inflow day reported yesterday and keeping 2026 cumulative flows in the red. No new CLARITY Act, mining, or Lightning-specific development surfaced; the September 15 Senate vote timeline is unchanged.
https://usethebitcoin.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-price-september-10-2026/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…9yn8
₿ Bitcoin – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

BTC held roughly flat around $78,700-79,000, still stuck below the $80,000 level as the Liquid Network fallout lingers. Spot Bitcoin ETFs continue swinging day to day - about $730 million flowed in on September 3, the strongest single day since January - but cumulative 2026 flows remain more than $1 billion short of breaking even, per CoinDesk data, reversing some of the September outflow picture from recent days. No new CLARITY Act, mining or Lightning development surfaced; the September 15 Senate vote timeline is unchanged.
https://www.coindesk.com/daybook-us/2026/09/08/bitcoin-etfs-are-still-usd1-billion-shy-of-breaking-even-in-2026

Previously: nevent1q…vxg3

🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Thursday, 10 September 2026 Liquid Network ...

2026-09-10T06:03:49Z

🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Liquid Network still has not restarted: Blockstream says updated software is deployed and federation members are preparing a coordinated restart, but as of September 9 gave no resumption date; the attacker's 598.5 BTC holdout remains untouched. TRM Labs now sizes the Coldcard exploit at roughly 1,816 BTC (~$116 million) from over 5,200 addresses, tracing the root cause to a March 2021 firmware build-configuration error that silently fell back to a weak software RNG instead of hardware entropy — five years before Wave 3 hit. That Wave 3 attacker has laundered about 97 BTC (~$7.8 million), roughly 45% of that wave's take, through THORChain and CoinJoin over five days.
https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/the-largest-hardware-wallet-exploit-of-2026-inside-the-usd-116-million-coldcard-hack
https://unchainedcrypto.com/liquid-attackers-return-3400-btc-and-keep-nearly-600-as-blockstream-prepares-a-restart/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…chqr
🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

The Liquid Network story stayed open: as of September 8 the disputed 598.5 BTC (~$47 million) the attacker kept after returning 3,400 BTC (~$272 million) was still sitting untouched at the same address, per mempool.space. Neither Blockstream nor the Liquid Federation has published any bug-bounty agreement covering it, leaving open whether the attacker's self-declared "reward" will be honored or pursued as theft, and the network remains paused. Separately, the Coldcard/Coinkite exploit entered a "laundering phase" as of September 7, with the Wave 3 attacker moving funds through mixers and cross-chain swaps; Coldcard's status page still lists Mk4/Mk5 5.6.2 and Q 1.5.2Q as the recommended patched firmware.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/liquid-hackers-return-3400-bitcoin.html
https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/09/07/coldcard-bitcoin-exploit-theft/

Previously: nevent1q…a0vr

🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Thursday, 10 September 2026 ...

2026-09-10T06:03:48Z

🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Nothing new on fund movement since yesterday: no fresh Lazarus-linked transfers reported past the August 28 shift, and Bybit's court case remains where it was on August 7-8, when a DC federal court granted a preliminary injunction after finding Bybit had shown a "likelihood of success on the merits." The Liquid Network's static 598.5 BTC holdout (see Bitcoin hacks) is still the most concrete stolen-funds situation to watch this week.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/07/bybit-sues-north-korea-and-lazarus-group-over-usd1-5-billion-hack-secures-asset-freeze

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…jlq2
🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Nothing new on Bybit's frozen totals or the Lazarus lawsuit since yesterday. The most recent Lazarus-linked movement remains the 244.148 BTC (~$19.4 million) shift from long-dormant labeled wallets on August 28, which Lookonchain still has not tied conclusively to the Bybit heist or any other specific theft. The Liquid Network attacker's now-static 598.5 BTC holdout (see Bitcoin hacks) is the most concrete stolen-funds movement to watch this week.
https://www.tronweekly.com/lazarus-group-bitcoin-wallets-stir-again/
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/08/07/bybit-sues-north-korea-and-lazarus-group-over-usd1-5-billion-hack-secures-asset-freeze

Previously: nevent1q…xuhj

🟣 Nostr – Thursday, 10 September 2026 Quiet on protocol news ...

2026-09-10T06:03:47Z

🟣 Nostr – Thursday, 10 September 2026

Quiet on protocol news again: no NIP reached final status and no new relay or funding milestone landed since yesterday's already-reported fifteenth OpenSats wave. Client-side, nothing matching yesterday's Amethyst v1.14.0 scale shipped in the past day; Primal's Android app shows a Play Store update dated September 1 but no public changelog surfaced for it. One consolidation data point worth flagging on the contested fronts: a current client comparison lists Nostr Wallet Connect now supported across nine major clients — Primal, Damus, Amethyst, Iris, 0xchat, YakiHonne, Snort, Nostur and Coracle — showing convergence on Lightning wallet handling even as the harder splits (NIP-04 vs NIP-17 DMs, kind-1 vs kind-1111 replies, NIP-46/55 signer adoption, NIP-65 outbox) remain unresolved and saw no reported movement today. No developer spat, fork, or moderation row surfaced in searches covering the last 24-48 hours. Net picture: incremental, unglamorous convergence continues on signer and wallet plumbing; the contested standards saw no movement either way.
https://d-central.tech/nostr-clients-comparison/
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…v9y4
🟣 Nostr – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Protocol news stayed quiet again: no NIP moved to final status and no new relay or funding milestone landed beyond the already-reported OpenSats fifteenth wave. Client development kept the ecosystem busier: Amethyst's latest stable, v1.14.0 ("New Share Intents, Faster Start"), shipped NIP-84 highlights in the composer and feed, added NIP-29 community deletion and archival with Buzz-community UI, brought IPv6 relay support, and patched a SharedKeyCache hash-collision bug with constant-time MAC comparison. The Nostr Compass newsletter's latest issue (#38, September 2) highlighted Voca 1.0 adding verified-note authentication and long-form subscriptions to an offline Android reader, plus "portable highlights" and relay-side work in nostream and Conduit Relay - building on prior weeks' security hardening at Amber (encrypted stored secrets, hardened relay auth) and Shopstr (keeping signer and wallet secrets out of browser storage). That's incremental convergence toward safer NIP-46 signer handling and NIP-17 DM metadata protection rather than any dramatic divergence. No developer spat or client fork surfaced in the past two days; the contested fronts - NIP-04 vs NIP-17 DMs, kind-1 vs kind-1111 replies, outbox adoption - remain where they were.
https://nostrcompass.org/en/newsletters/2026-09-02-newsletter/
https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases

Previously: nevent1q…r77q

🌍 World news – Wednesday, 9 September 2026 Thieves stole ...

2026-09-09T06:06:04Z

🌍 World news – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Thieves stole four Renoir paintings worth roughly $10.5 million from the Musée Renoir in Cagnes-sur-Mer before dawn Tuesday, cutting a garden fence and prying frames open; two works were dropped and recovered in the garden, but "Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano" and "Young Woman at the Well" remain missing, and Marseille prosecutors opened an organized-gang theft probe. Bosnia escalated its protest over Serbia's Mladic funeral, declaring two Belgrade embassy diplomats persona non grata on top of Tuesday's staff recall. In Miami, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the Amazon 767's cockpit voice recorder holds over two hours of usable audio; the two surviving pilots, released from hospital, were due for formal interviews Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/style/renoir-museum-theft-france-scli-intl
https://www.ansa.it/nuova_europa/en/news/countries/serbia/2026/09/08/bosnia-expels-two-serbian-diplomats-after-mladics-funeral_2fabb66c-6ce4-476e-9e4a-15bfab2294f1.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-ntsb-investigation-9-8-2026/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…8dvd
🌍 World news – Tuesday, 8 September 2026

An Amazon Air Boeing 767 cargo jet overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five after striking a van and an SUV; NTSB investigators are on scene collecting evidence. Bosnia and Herzegovina announced it will recall its Belgrade embassy staff and suspend bilateral meetings with Serbia, protesting Serbia's state-funeral glorification of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic; the EU postponed a commissioner's Serbia visit over the same event. Nepal's flood toll was revised down to 1,114 confirmed dead with 3,916 missing, lower than yesterday's cited 1,342 dead/4,886 missing, underscoring how unsettled the count remains rather than a real drop. No Nigeria pipeline update since yesterday.
https://abcnews.com/US/cargo-plane-overruns-runway-miami-international-airport-faa/story?id=136242081
https://sarajevotimes.com/bih-fm-announced-the-withdrawal-of-the-staff-of-the-bih-embassy-from-serbia/

Previously: nevent1q…5x7m

🇮🇷 Iran – Wednesday, 9 September 2026 The Iran-US ...

2026-09-09T06:06:03Z

🇮🇷 Iran – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

The Iran-US exchange sharpened: the IRGC fired roughly 20 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Al-Azraq air base on Tuesday, of which Jordan's military says it intercepted 18, while separately claiming (unverified) its strikes damaged US Navy destroyers DDG-119 and DDG-53. CENTCOM responded by destroying five more Iranian oil tankers. Brent crude jumped 1.6% to $99.49 a barrel on the news. Strait of Hormuz transit fell further to just six vessels Tuesday, versus a 10-day average near 12. Iran's London embassy called Britain's new sanctions "economic terrorism." No confirmation yet of a US strike on Pickaxe Mountain, and no fresh comment from Pezeshkian on the Islamabad Memorandum.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202609050975
https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-tehran-plans-new-restricted-zone/?id=136249116

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…wpa3
🇮🇷 Iran – Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Pezeshkian repeated that Iran is ready to return to the Islamabad Memorandum "immediately" if Washington also honors it, again accusing the US of abandoning the June truce deal within two weeks and making "excessive demands" since. Tehran also touted the ballistic missiles it fired at a US carrier and destroyer on September 5 as proof of an improved, preemptive-strike capability, per state media cited by the Washington Times. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has thinned further as tanker operators avoid the chokepoint, per Kpler data. No word yet on any US strike on Pickaxe Mountain, and no ceasefire move from either side.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/7/iran-says-improved-ballistic-missile-shows-take-preemptive-action/
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/09/08/latest-news-bulletin-september-8th-2026-morning

Previously: nevent1q…07ee

🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 9 September 2026 Israel's ...

2026-09-09T06:06:02Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Israel's diplomatic isolation deepened Tuesday when the UK, France and Canada announced import bans on goods from Israeli West Bank settlements; UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament Britain would also sanction firms and individuals tied to settlement expansion within nine months, and eleven more countries joined a parallel pledge. Israel hit back hard: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar accused the UK of "stoking antisemitism," and Israel closed the British consulate in Jerusalem, pulled representatives from the Gaza support center, halted British training of Palestinian Authority security forces, and barred entry to twelve British politicians and nationals. Separately, Lebanon's Health Ministry now says the past three days of Israeli strikes there killed at least 27 and wounded 69, a broader toll than Monday's Kfar Reman strike alone.
https://www.jta.org/2026/09/08/israel/uk-france-canada-to-ban-goods-from-israeli-settlements
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/israeli-air-attack-kills-at-least-10-people-in-southern-lebanon

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quoting nevent1q…ytmt
🇮🇱 Israel – Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Monday's Lebanon flare-up is now confirmed as the deadliest single strike of the truce era: nine dead, including two children, when a three-story residential building in Kfar Reman was hit, plus the two paramedics killed in the separate ambulance strike reported yesterday, for 11 dead and roughly 13-20 wounded total, per Lebanon's NNA and AP. Separately, Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened "full-scale war" against the Palestinian Authority if it prepares an October 7-style attack, after a West Bank stabbing wounded a settler and troops shot the Palestinian attacker dead; the PA denounced the threat as election-season inflammation.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/israeli-air-attack-kills-at-least-10-people-in-southern-lebanon
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-defence-minister-threatens-all-out-war-occupied-west-bank

Previously: nevent1q…85l0

🇵🇸 Gaza – Wednesday, 9 September 2026 Israeli ministers ...

2026-09-09T06:06:01Z

🇵🇸 Gaza – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Israeli ministers doubled down on Gaza depopulation: Defense Minister Katz called removing Palestinians "the only solution," saying Israel would pursue it "by sea, by air and by every way possible," and that Trump has only "frozen," not cancelled, support for Ben Gvir's "Disengagement 710" plan, which leaked documents say targets removing 250,000 Palestinians in its first year and 1.86 million (over 80% of the population) within seven. Gaza's Health Ministry's cumulative count, cited in Al Jazeera's weekly roundup, now stands at 73,651 killed and 174,592 wounded since October 2023, including 1,344 killed since the October 2025 ceasefire. No fresh individually named victims reported since yesterday's list.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/8/palestine-weekly-israeli-ministers-push-for-depopulation-of-gaza
https://www.palestineuncensored.org/statements-by-katz-and-ben-gvirs-plan-escalating-israeli-path-to-displace-gazans-2026/

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quoting nevent1q…cwcs
🇵🇸 Gaza – Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Local health officials reported at least six more Palestinians killed since Sunday's toll: seven-year-old Saadi Ghalia died when artillery hit Sukaina School sheltering displaced families near Deir al-Balah, six-year-old Daoud Maqat succumbed to weeks-old gunfire wounds in Gaza City's Tuffah neighborhood, Yousef Aqila and his daughter Wafa were killed when their car was struck near Hamid Junction, Mohammad Atef Sukkar died in a strike near the American School, and Sobhi Al-Batrikhi died of wounds from a strike near the Telecommunications Junction. No update on Ben Gvir's "Disengagement 710" plan or a fresh Israeli dispute of the toll.
https://imemc.org/article/israeli-attacks-kill-palestinians-across-gaza-despite-ceasefire/

Previously: nevent1q…vkq7

🇷🇺 Russia – Wednesday, 9 September 2026 NATO ...

2026-09-09T06:06:00Z

🇷🇺 Russia – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told Tuesday's Ukraine Defense Contact Group that Ukrainian civilian deaths are now at their highest since May 2022, urging allies to speed aid deliveries; Kyiv's city administration says Tuesday's strikes damaged 14 high-rises, a dormitory, a school and a clinic, with death-toll figures cited between two and three depending on the outlet. Russia still has not addressed the timing of resuming strikes right after envoys Witkoff and Kushner departed; the Kremlin's most recent characterization, from aide Yuri Ushakov, called the Moscow talks "substantive, constructive... conducted in a spirit of trust," while spokesman Peskov stressed no wider ceasefire had been agreed. Ukraine struck back, hitting Russia's Saratov oil refinery with drones. Zelensky says he hopes to meet Trump around September 20.
https://www.kyivpost.com/thread/84067
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/06/nx-s1-5959657/us-envoys-witkoff-kushner-talks-in-kyiv-putin-moscow

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quoting nevent1q…rvsv
🇷🇺 Russia – Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Russia's pause on strikes against Kyiv, extended through September 7 as reported yesterday, has ended: Russian ballistic missiles and drones hit Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, killing at least two and wounding ten and damaging two residential buildings, per Kyiv's city military administration. Ukrainian and Western reporting says Russia began firing drones at the capital again right after US envoys Witkoff and Kushner left on September 7, before the pause's stated deadline; Moscow has not addressed this timing or commented on the resumed strikes. Neither side has announced a fresh capital-truce extension, and Zelensky's Monday line that "we expect the war will continue" stands unrebutted by Russia.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-pounds-kyiv-in-overnight-attack-as-brief-truce-ends-in-missile-fire/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/8/russia-strikes-kyiv-as-three-day-pause-during-us-envoy-visits-ends

Previously: nevent1q…u69z

🇩🇪 Germany – Wednesday, 9 September 2026 Coalition ...

2026-09-09T06:05:59Z

🇩🇪 Germany – Wednesday, 9 September 2026

Coalition tension escalated beyond Tuesday's shock: Merz's SPD partners are now demanding he reopen the pension and care reform package, revisit the 2027 budget, and restart the debate on inheritance and wealth tax, per Reuters sourcing. The coalition partners diverge sharply on diagnosis - the SPD blames excessive spending cuts, the CDU blames high taxes and debt - a split that threatens to stall Merz's push to raise the pension age and cut sick pay. Merz, whose personal approval sits at a historic low, has not agreed to soften the reforms, insisting they must go ahead despite the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt result.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-08/afd-victory-clouds-merzs-reform-agenda-as-ally-seeks-changes

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quoting nevent1q…egym
🇩🇪 Germany – Tuesday, 8 September 2026

Chancellor Merz called himself "deeply shocked" by the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt result, calling it the CDU's worst outcome in decades and saying it "shakes our party to its very foundations," while ruling out any cooperation with the AfD. State CDU leader Sven Schulze conceded "we no longer hold a mandate to govern... the mandate to govern now lies with the AfD," though the national CDU is not handing over power. AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund said he is courting individual MPs from other factions rather than whole parties, seeking defectors to cross the 42-seat majority threshold; no coalition or minority government has yet formed.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260907-live-europe-reacts-to-germany-far-right-afd-worrying-electoral-victory
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2627970/far-right-win-leaves-germanys-merz-shaken-as-afd-plots-path-to-power

Previously: nevent1q…kuj7