Ramadan without a truce

Plus, Autopilot trial to test Tesla's defense.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters Daily Briefing War and hunger in Gaza overshadow start of Ramadan, news agencies withdraw photo of Britain's Princess of Wales, and the Autopilot trial will test Tesla's blame-the-driver defense.   Plus, pictures from the Oscars 2024 red carpet.   By Kate Turton Today's Top News Muslim worshippers take part in the evening 'Tarawih' prayers during Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as Temple Mount. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in a somber mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the specter of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month.  Russia said Pope Francis's call for talks with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine was a request to Kyiv's Western allies to abandon their ambition to defeat Russia and to recognize the West's mistake in the Ukraine war. Portugal's center-right Democratic Alliance won Sunday's general election by a slim margin. It is preparing to govern without an outright majority after a warning by the far-right Chega party of instability if it is not included in government. Leading news organizations have withdrawn a photograph issued by Kensington Palace of the Princess of Wales, after post-publication analysis showed it did not meet their editorial standards. Listen to UK Bureau Chief Kate Holton weigh in on the furor.  The US military said it has carried out an operation in Haiti to airlift non-essential embassy personnel from the country and added US forces to bolster embassy security, as the Caribbean nation reels under a state of emergency. UNITED STATES Ahead of Georgia's presidential primary, Race and Justice Editor Kat Stafford joins the Reuters World News podcast to talk about why Black voters who flipped the state blue for Joe Biden in 2020, are less enthusiastic this time round. Biden's re-election campaign said it raised $10 million in the 24 hours following a fiery State of the Union address, where he accused Donald Trump of threatening democracy and torpedoing a bill to tackle US immigration woes. Business & Markets The public microscope has turned onto the arcane world of economic forecasting, a combination of science, art and guesswork that aims to divine the future state of the economy and guide central bankers in adjusting interest rates. As British shoppers try to stretch their spending further each week, supermarket leaders Tesco and Sainsbury's are using their superior financial firepower to win over customers from debt-laden rivals struggling to compete. Chinese regulators recently met financial institutions to discuss state-backed property developer China Vanke where they asked large banks to enhance financing support and asked private debt holders to discuss maturity extension, two sources said. An influx of artificial intelligence startups is heating up the battle for technical talent in Europe, leaving companies like Google DeepMind to choose between paying big or losing out on the region's best minds. Millions of Nigerians are grappling with the worst cost of living crisis in decades. The crisis has deepened since President Bola Tinubu introduced bold but unpopular economic reforms after he assumed office last May.  Next Autopilot trial to test Tesla's blame-the-driver defense A Tesla Model X burns after crashing. March 23, 2018. S. Engleman/Handout via REUTERS Six weeks before the first fatal US accident involving Tesla's Autopilot in 2016, the automaker's president Jon McNeill tried it out in a Model X and emailed feedback to automated-driving chief Sterling Anderson, cc'ing Elon Musk.   Plaintiffs' lawyers in a California wrongful-death lawsuit cited the message in a deposition as they asked a Tesla witness whether the company knew drivers would not watch the road when using its driver-assistance system, according to previously unreported transcripts reviewed by Reuters. The case involves a fatal March 2018 crash and follows two previous California trials over Autopilot. And Finally... Emma Stone. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier A gallery of pictures of stars arriving for the 96th Oscars, where blockbuster biopic "Oppenheimer" claimed seven Academy Awards including the prestigious best picture trophy. The stars and fashion from the arrivals carpet. Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com 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. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036