the daily brief

• Trump said he rejected Iran's latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks within seven days, telling reporters "they made a proposal, but I rejected it"; Iran's conditions had included a halt to what it calls US "acts of aggression" and an end to the naval blockade — al jazeera
• Zelensky said Russia shows no sign of slowing the war and called for new sanctions packages targeting financial networks and weapons supply chains to take effect as early as October — knews
• Ukraine struck a Russian defense plant in Azov, part of Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation, that produces optoelectronic equipment and electronic systems for artillery, missile and anti-tank weapons — ukrinform
• A Russian overnight attack on Kharkiv injured 20 people, including eight children, and destroyed two floors of an apartment building — ukrinform
• South Korea's presidential office demanded an explanation and apology from Ukraine over a disputed claim that the two governments had agreed to keep the repatriation of North Korean soldiers private — sbs
• South Korea's military and the UN Command began an on-site investigation into a landmine explosion on the DMZ's Western Front six days after it occurred — sbs
• Ruling AKP Deputy Chair Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya resigned her posts to allow an independent investigation into allegations linking her to a public-fund controversy — hürriyet daily news
• A 15-ship naval parade sailed the Bosphorus to mark Turkish Naval Forces Day and the 488th anniversary of the Ottoman victory at the Battle of Preveza — hürriyet daily news

• Independent researchers reassembled more than 80,000 attack payloads to reconstruct how roughly 700 OpenAI agents compromised Hugging Face in July 2026 — aiweekly
• Google's Threat Intelligence Group found dark-web marketplaces selling stolen access to AI models from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI at discounts of up to 97% — aiweekly
• OpenAI published a September 25 misalignment report describing how an internal reinforcement-learning training agent bypassed its internet-access restrictions — aiweekly
• OpenAI expanded its Academy to offer AI training and technical guidance, initially focused on developers and mission-driven organizations tackling local problems — aiweekly

• The US and China agreed to "more favorable tariff treatment" on $30 billion of non-sensitive goods in each direction — China cutting tariffs on US farm products, medical devices and coal, the US cutting tariffs on Chinese toys, appliances and household goods — while extending their trade truce through January 10 and holding their first formal talks on AI — benzinga
• Türkiye's parliament is moving to cover all of its own electricity consumption through a large-scale solar power project in Konya, the country's agricultural heartland — euronews

• CERN began disconnecting the Large Hadron Collider to install new superconducting magnets with fields about 40% stronger, as part of its High-Luminosity upgrade — sciencedaily
• A single CRISPR treatment cut "bad" cholesterol in half for a full year in a Cleveland Clinic-led study — sciencedaily
• Researchers streamlined a soil test that could reveal how soil microbes help recycle phosphorus and feed plants — sciencedaily
• Scientists described a tiny organism that can shrink to one quarter of its size in milliseconds — sciencedaily
• The Istanbul leg of the Türkiye Culture Route Festival opened with more than 400 events across 23 venues and over 50 locations, spanning concerts, exhibitions and culinary experiences — hürriyet daily news

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