| | |   | Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril | 
 |   Some 58% of Americans - including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.  Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump's threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more US cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority. Trump keeps bringing up the Insurrection Act — this is what it is.    Former FBI Director James Comey will appear in a federal court  to face criminal charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation. Justice Department Correspondent Sarah Lynch breaks down why his case is so unusual. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast now.  
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 |   Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the possibility of a snap election less likely.  Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces had captured almost 1,930 square miles of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield.  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted a trade deal with India to be implemented as soon as "humanly possible" as he began a two-day visit, joined by more than a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors.  Hamas said it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic about talks in Egypt on Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza.  Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of fresh water.
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 | | | Weight-loss drugs and MAHA are hammering US sugar beet farmers | 
   | Sugar beet plants grow in Euclid, Minnesota, July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Karl Plume/File Photo  | 
 |   For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the world's top sugar-consuming nation has shielded growers from more volatile crops like corn, soybeans and wheat.   But not this year. A dramatic drop in US consumption and excess imports have ballooned stockpiles. Refined beet sugar prices are down 33% from a year ago, their lowest level since 2019, and a sugar supply glut is projected to last through at least 2026. | 
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 | | | Gordon Ramsay at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne | 
 |   Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay goes behind the camera for a new series, "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars", that shines the spotlight on restaurants working to attain the coveted culinary accolade.  | 
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