Fascinating read detailing not only the US Army’s struggles to recruit, but also its plans to use AI to identify future candidates 👇

Earlier today, the first day of a massive polio vaccination campaign for children in #Gaza got underway. I spoke last night to Helena Humphrey about why it's so very important that it succeeds, and more than 2,100 heroic local health workers are able to reach children at risk.

It's promising to see that the humanitarian pauses that are critical to the success of this campaign are being respected, and that must continue. The heroic local health workers working to vaccinate children, w/ support of UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), UNWRA and partners must be protected.

Don’t want to beat the gender drum but if a nation of men were stripped of their basic human rights I’m pretty sure there’d be a louder chorus of disapproval. We can’t abandon Afghan women. No talking in the street: how the Taliban silenced women like me thetimes.com/article/85c5b3…

Exit polls rolling in - #AfD top in Thuringia, second in Saxony. Predicted result but big news nonetheless. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We went to the NE regions bordering #Russia & saw how #Ukraine is preparing new troops for new battles. One month after #Kursk incursion - the instant morale boost is fading & tough decisions await. Team: Kyla Herrmannsen Anastasiia Levchenko stuart phillips bbc.com/news/articles/…

“It stains your brain” - a teenage boy says he couldn’t escape violence and misogyny on social media. An ex-insider tells me why. For BBC Panorama, I’ve been investigating algorithms’ impact on kids. Can We Live Without Our Phones? BBC One 8PM & iPlayer. bbc.com/news/articles/…

"We're going to leave you with the names of the 72 men, women, and children, who lost their lives as a result of the Grenfell fire." Victoria Derbyshire #Newsnight

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Obsessed.

"Yes, I'm working class - I like a dance, I like dance music." Angela Rayner and Kay Burley discuss the reaction to the video of the deputy prime minister dancing in Ibiza. trib.al/YKanzN3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

“We are shocked and deeply saddened to learn about Rebecca Cheptegei's death following the horrible attack against her. Rebecca’s participation in the #Paris2024 women’s marathon was a source of inspiration, pride and joy. Our hearts and thoughts go out to her family, in

Still looking bratty in some parts of this city apparently

When I covered Ukraine I got messages saying my hair was too done. Now, in Haiti, I’m getting flack because it blew in the wind. Maybe, just MAYBE, we could focus on the reporting and not the reporter— especially if it’s a woman. Rant over. Back to work.

From today’s noon briefing: on the murder of Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, which illustrates a much bigger problem that is all too often overlooked - femicide.

700 children have died at Jalalabad’s main hospital in six months. In one small ward, every family we spoke to had lost more than one child. Aid cuts and the Taliban’s restrictions on women are dealing the deadliest blow to #Afghanistan youngest lives. bbc.com/news/articles/…

This week’s The New Yorker cover, by Mark Ulriksen, is titled: “Childless Cat Lady Inexplicably Enjoying Life.”

Take a look at Ros Atkins's first explainer from Washington DC which is part of BBC Verify's US election coverage. He takes a look at the polls and what the data can (and can't) tell us about the race for the White House: bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ck…

The gender wage gap just widened for the first time in 20 years axios.com/2024/09/11/gen…

Sierra Leonean ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who starred in the TV show ‘Dancing with the Stars’ died on Friday at the age of 29 reut.rs/3XoXN44