'Pretend I'm running please'

Plus, Europe weighs new diesel stocks release.

Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. President Trump told voters, "Pretend I'm running please," as he took to the road to support Republicans ahead of the midterms. Read our special report out on how Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged' voting machines spread across the US government. Today's Top News   Denton, Texas. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Trump began a 32-day campaign blitz with stops in Texas and Oklahoma, aiming to bolster Republican candidates as his party fights to hold onto its slim congressional majorities in the midterms. A former Cornell student's lawsuit alleging she was gang-raped in 2024 sparked a public outcry and led New York’s governor to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the investigation. Joseph Ax tells the Reuters World News podcast that a legal loophole makes it harder to prosecute sexual assault. Iran is preparing a broader and more forceful response, including possibly targeting countries that support US military operations, if the United States resumes large-scale military attacks. The Indian pilot stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv replayed the dramatic attack and his desperate effort to open the ‌cockpit door to seek help, in a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. China's construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago is well underway. Analysts estimate it could be completed by mid-2027, strengthening Beijing's military control over the disputed ‌South China Sea. About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed after student protests over teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings turned violent in some ‌places. The number of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, the worst epidemic in the country's history, has surpassed 4,000, ‌government data showed. Business & Markets   European Union countries discussed a French proposal to release diesel stocks in response to US pressure to help cool surging fuel prices. Anthropic warned that government attitudes toward the company and its technology could have broader implications for its business. Read our exclusive. A global bond-market selloff has propelled borrowing costs from the US to Japan to decade highs and is impacting Britain's mortgage market. Alaska Airlines is taking its decade-long Seattle battle with Delta Air Lines overseas, deploying the widebody jets it acquired with Hawaiian Airlines to go head-to-head for premium international travelers. The Week Ahead Latvia's staunchly pro-Ukraine Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs is likely to retain power after Saturday's national election. Brazil goes to the polls on Sunday with voters set to decide in a tight race between leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Nobel Prize announcements start coming out on Monday. The committee will announce the recipient of the Peace Prize on Friday. The US Federal Reserve will release minutes that cover the Fed's meeting last month. Here is what to expect in financial markets next week. Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government   Voting machines in the US, like these in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, are overseen by local election officials. REUTERS/Hannah Beier What began with a search for evidence inside a Puerto Rico voting machine grew into a vast quest involving intelligence agencies, election deniers and White House officials for proof that the 2020 vote was stolen. It failed — but Trump diehards remain undeterred. While Reuters previously reported on the inspection of voting equipment in Puerto Rico and Washington lawyer Kurt Olsen’s hunt for evidence that the 2020 election was rigged, this account reconstructs for the first time how that operation unfolded inside the government.  Read our special report And Finally... A girl and a cat in an alleyway in Lamu town, the main settlement on Lamu Island, off Kenya's northern coast, October 1. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi We present a selection of our best snaps from Reuters photographers around the world this week. View gallery   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036