Turkish intelligence says Ilya Yashin Илья Яшин has been released as part of this mass prisoner swap Also confirms Evan Gershkovich & Free(d) Paul Whelan Plus Rico Krieger - the German citizen in Belarus jail + Vadim Krasikov - a convicted Russian assassin, in a German prison

1. Russia broke with parity in this exchange. West got twice as many out as gave up; 2. Putin made this concession after initially seeking parity; 3. Includes Russian activists given punitive exemplary sentences to deter others. They are free voices again; 4. No “red lines” or

I would watch a feature length documentary about the two women who voice The Minions in Italian

I’ve received a flood of angry text messages from veterans whose political ideologies differ regarding former President Trump’s comments. I’ll be working late this evening.

.Emmanuel Macron tonight rejected cohabitation with a left-wing prime minister and hinted that he would seek someone from outside party politics to lead a new French government six weeks after a snap election produced a much splintered National Assembly - Élysée statement here

Back in D.C. & on #TheContextBBC with Christian Fraser talking #DNC2024 #Trump #Solingen & if things can get worse in the UK. Tune in!

Update: it's now official, in a just-released communiqué Macron has rejected a government led by the New Popular Front (NPF). It's an unprecedented situation in the history of the 5th French Republic: the loser in the election effectively rejects yielding power to the winner.

Can’t believe what I have just watched. Dan Evans from four love down in the fifth set, WINNING the longest match in US Open history. Brilliant! Heroic!!

Harris: "My values have not changed"

I may one day go to Brazil. So I have begun the transition to Blue Sky. 🦋Anyone else?

From noted socialist, Goldman Sachs

New BBC News (World) AI: Decoded How AI can improve weather forecasts and our understanding of the impacts of climate change 🌍🌦️ Featuring: - Dr Florence Rabier ECMWF - Prof. Stephen Belcher Met Office - Dr Shruti N. University of Oxford cc: Christian Fraser youtube.com/watch?v=mauJ7J…

I'm delighted to announce the publication of my first book, UNREDACTED: RUSSIA, TRUMP AND THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, by Mariner Books in America on October 8th, 2024. Pre-order now: a.co/d/2JXvykF

REPORTER: Your friend Dick Cheney over the weekend endorsed Harris and called Trump 'the single biggest threat to the republic in its history.' Should Republicans listen to Dick Cheney? MITCH McCONNELL: Well, you'd have to ask the Cheneys about that. Thank you. *walks away*

.Christian Fraser hosts a panel of US political analysts including me to preview #Debate2024 between Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump tonight on BBC News (UK) The Context. Please join us 9 PM in London and 4 PM in Washington. Check your local PBS listing too. #USElection2024 #bbc

For a reporter writing about it, Debate Day is hours of boredom, followed by 90 minutes of panic.

Legend!

There is a complaint from Republicans that Donald Trump was unfairly fact checked by last nights moderators. He was fact checked four times. He lied 33 times….

This is truly incredible. Jared Isaacman outside the Dragon capsule. He is taking the new spacesuit through a series of mobility checks to see how it behaves in the vaccum of space.... spacex.com/launches/missi…

As close to a space walk as I’ll ever get! Thanks so much to ⁦Nicole Stott⁩ and ⁦Nina de Roy dos Santos⁩ 🙏