The meeting planned for tomorrow in Oman between Iran and Gulf states over the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed.

Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella:

I will never stop defending Israel because it is the people of God, and I will always be with Israel.

The NSA is launching its biggest restructuring in at least a decade, creating five new mission centers focused on AI, China, cybersecurity, warfighting and global intelligence.

Director Gen. Joshua Rudd’s plan will give the new mission chiefs deputy director-level authority, with some potentially recruited from outside the agency.

The NSA’s elite hacking unit, Tailored Access Operations, will fall under global intelligence and is expected to receive a major budget increase.

The restructuring is set to begin in mid-October, with full implementation targeted for January 2027.

Source: WaPo

Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc is projected to win 51.3% of the vote, ahead of the right-wing bloc on 46.8%, according to an SVT exit poll.

A separate TV4 poll also put the centre-left ahead. Official counting is under way.

If confirmed, the result could return Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to power and keep the far-right Sweden Democrats out of government.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

If I become your president through the vote of the French people, speaking in the name of France, I will say that the French do not accept Germany rebuilding the leading conventional army on the continent.

Because my question is: what for? We do not want war. We do not want a war economy, and we will not allow any nation whatsoever to decide to place itself militarily above all the others — and especially above the French.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

The financial order of the world is going to collapse. Do you hear me?

The financial order of the world is going to collapse. We will have to face it.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon:

The United States is preparing for war with China.

We will never participate in that war if I am president of this Republic.

Israel’s Culture Minister Miki Zohar threatened to revoke the citizenship of filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their Gaza documentary NAZA won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Zohar called the film “vile” and said it “constitutes treason.”

The documentary examines the systems behind Israel’s killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, using testimony from IDF soldiers and intelligence officers.

Source: Haaretz

Canada is in talks to contribute to the EU’s €90bn loan for Ukraine as Prime Minister Mark Carney pushes for closer ties with Europe and less dependence on the U.S.

The two sides hope to agree on Canada’s contribution before an EU summit in Montreal in late October.

Source: FT

A Gulf official told Barak Ravid that Saudi Arabia proposed changes to the Omani-Iranian Hormuz plan, fearing it could create a new status quo in the strait unacceptable to Riyadh and other GCC states.

Republican Rep. Randy Fine calls for the breakup of the United Kingdom.

Reporter: Chinese entities may have provided the Iranians with satellite imagery.

Trump: They basically do what we do. I think he's behaved reasonably well, and we've behaved reasonably well.

Trump on Russia:

A lot of the diesel comes from Russia.

Russia's plants are being hit by Ukraine.

I've asked Zelensky not to hit the diesel plants, refineries.

Trump:

Witkoff and Kushner are doing a great job.

Look at Gaza as an example. There's not a lot of fighting in Gaza.

Hamas is now willing to give up their weapons. Nobody could have done the job they did.

Trump:

The lasers are very, very good for certain types of missiles, certain slower missiles.

I think the lasers are going to be the future.

Trump on Flock cameras:

I sort of like them. Some people don't; they think it's an infringement. But I like them.

Trump on Canada:

I find Canada to be the worst country to deal with.

With that being said, they're dying to make a deal.

Trump on AI:

It's going to be more good than bad, by a lot.

Whoever wins AI wins.

The Kennedy Center is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy and could close as early as Tuesday.

A trustees’ report says it may soon be unable to pay employees or maintenance costs.

Source: WaPo

Austria blocked Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami from attending the IAEA’s annual conference in Vienna after pressure from the U.S., preventing him from delivering a scheduled address.

Eslami had requested a sanctions waiver to enter Austria, but it was denied. A lower-level Iranian representative may still speak later in the week.

Source: Bloomberg

Canadian PM Mark Carney:

We are not looking to become a member of the European Union.

What we are looking—and will begin discussions for—is unique alliance with the European Union, between Canada and the European Union.