Model Trafficker and Key witness in Epstein Investigation found dead in France

July 23, 2026 / Source: ABC News

Model scout Daniel Siad, 69, was found dead in his home outside Paris on Monday night, as confirmed by French authorities. Siad was reportedly under investigation by French prosecutors for alleged trafficking related to the late Jeffrey Epstein, as well as separate accusations of sexual crimes.

His attorney, Menya Arab-Tigrine, told ABC News that Siad’s death was discovered by the sister of a neighbor. Although she believes he may have suffered a heart attack, she is awaiting an official report to confirm the cause of death.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 23, 2026

Russia & Ukraine
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment
July 23, 2026

Note: Today’s update includes static maps only of areas in which noteworthy changes or events occurred.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected the Russian narrative that the United States and Russia reached any kind of an agreement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine during the August 2025 Alaska Summit. Rubio stated following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on July 23 that Russian “proposals” at the Anchorage Summit failed and that peace will only come through new “concepts and ideas,” which Rubio stated the United States is willing to support.[1] Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) claimed on July 23 that Lavrov reaffirmed to Rubio Russia’s readiness for negotiations and commitment to US “proposals,” to which Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at the Alaska Summit.[2] Russian officials routinely invoke the alleged “Anchorage agreements” to advance narratives about Russia’s willingness to negotiate, despite the lack of any public statements following the summit and US officials’ recent rejections of such Russian narratives.[3]

EU agrees new sanctions against Russia as Greece secures LNG exemption

 

Copyright Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik 

By Jorge Liboreiro

Published on 23/07/2026 - 9:46 GMT+2•Updated 16:02

The deal reached by ambassadors grants Greece an exemption to continue shipping Russian LNG to non-EU clients for the foreseeable future.

The European Union has agreed to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia, following chaotic negotiations that threatened to put the entire package at risk.

CJP protest: The youth movement India's Modi didn't see coming

6 hours ago

Soutik Biswas

India correspondent

It began with a fear familiar to millions of young Indians: if the examinations that determine their future cannot be trusted, what can?

Weeks later, on Monday, tens of thousands of young men and women tried to march on India's parliament. Police responded with tear gas and baton charges. Thousands more have returned to the streets in the days since.

What Is Lost When We Make 'The Odyssey' Modern

Christopher Nolan's 'Odyssey' is an extraordinary, modern epic. Homer's Odyssey is an even more extraordinarily strange one.
Derek Thompson
Substack

Jul 23, 2026

The Odyssey is everywhere right now. Christopher Nolan’s film is conquering the box office, spawning online memes, and dominating online discourse. If you rip your eyes away from your feeds, and turn your attention to another book or film, you might find Homer’s epic dwelling there, too. As the author and translator Daniel Mendelsohn has observed, the story of “the hero, separated from home and loved ones, who wanders among strange peoples and fantastical places during a difficult journey home” is The Wizard of Oz, Finding Nemo, Dante’s Inferno, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Huckleberry Finn, and even Nolan’s own films Inception and Interstellar. The hero who uses disguise to test the loyalty of those around him has been recycled in Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. The poem’s fascination with alien creatures—like Scylla, Charybdis, and the Cyclops Polyphemus—could even be seen as a kind of ancient recipe for Star Trek.

I fact-checked Trump's Viral Lifetime Achievement Record; it says a lot about The Delusional States of America

A Numbers-First Fact Check of Claims About Trump’s Record

Source: Debrina Elkins

Fact-check: Poe Assistant and Gemini

July 23, 2026

A viral article on the Internet lists dozens of claims about Donald Trump, including counts of convictions, indictments, depositions, and government shutdowns. Some numbers are consistent with widely reported reporting, but others were either incorrect, not clearly supported by the wording used, or were presented in a way that exaggerates certainty. This fact-check corrects several of the list’s numeric claims and tightens attribution to reflect what is documented in court or by established reporting.

Boeing pips Airbus in low-key Farnborough jet order race

By Shivansh Tiwary and Dan Catchpole

July 23, 2026 6:25 AM PDT

Updated 12 hours ago

Summary

• Boeing won 173 orders while Airbus booked 154 jets
• SMBC Aviation Capital split a 200-jet single-aisle order evenly between both planemakers
• About 300 aircraft sold at the show from major planemakers, below forecasts of as many as 800 planes

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 22 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), ​edged Airbus (AIR.PA), in a subdued series of order announcements at the Farnborough Airshow this week, as the global aerospace industry ‌focuses on fixing lingering supply constraints and catching up on record order backlogs.

Canada to consider retaliating against latest Trump tariffs, Carney says

By David Ljunggren and Maria Cheng
July 23, 20267:26 AM PDT
Updated 3 hours ago

Summary

• Carney said parts of a renewed US-Mexico-Canada deal could extend toward year-end
• Premiers disagree on using export curbs or duties against Washington

OTTAWA, July 23 (Reuters) - Canada ‌will do whatever it takes to defend itself in a trade war with the United States, including possible retaliatory measures, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a meeting of provincial premiers on Thursday after the U.S. announced new tariffs.

Rapid pace of interceptor and precision-guided weapons use worries Trump administration

By Jennifer Jacobs

Updated on: July 23, 2026 / 8:47 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The rapid pace at which the U.S. is expending some of its most advanced air-defense interceptors and precision-guided weapons in the Middle East is a point of great tension inside the Trump administration as President Trump's war with Iran ratchets up again, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials familiar with internal assessments. And it's raising broader concerns about America's readiness for a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific. 

Trump's Communication Breakdown with Bin Salman and a suspected Iran-Russia Cooperation sound the alarm in Israel

July 23 2026

Tel Aviv is worried about Trump’s Communication Breakdown with Bin Salman and an Alarming Russian Collaboration with Tehran behind Iranian strikes on CIA facilities

President Donald Trump's recent handling of the nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia has drawn sharp criticism, particularly regarding his failure to communicate with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) after announcing that the newly signed civilian nuclear deal would hinge on Saudi Arabia's participation in the Abraham Accords. 

Why Iran is targeting Kuwait's desalination plants as part of its war strategy

 EXPLAINER  MIDDLE EAST 
Iranian strikes targeted Kuwait’s desalination and power plants for the fourth consecutive day on Monday. The attacks are putting unprecedented pressure on a Gulf country heavily dependent on desalination for its water supply. Iran is attempting to wage a “psychological war” on a country with few options for striking back, according to some analysts.

Issued on: 23/07/2026 - 18:53
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By: Sophian Aubin

Concerns are mounting over Kuwait’s water supply after Iran once again struck power stations and desalination plants on Monday, sparking fires in a fourth consecutive day of attacks.

Live updates: Trump issues new double-digit tariffs on 60 countries

Edited By BRIDGET BROWN, BERNARD MCGHEE, LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA, AISHA I. JEFFERSON and NELL CLARK
Updated 4:24 PM PDT, July 23, 2026

Here’s what we’re following:

• President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is imposing new double-digit tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners, just as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies he imposed after a defeat at the Supreme Court. The United States will impose taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.
• Trump said earlier Thursday that a new agreement reached with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program will require the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords. Trump added that the new nuclear deal, which is expected to last 30 years and involve U.S. firms, does not allow for enrichment of uranium. But experts are concerned the deal lacks guardrails to prevent uranium enrichment to weapons-grade levels.
• The U.S. military launched strikes on Iran for the 13th night in a row as clashes escalate over shipping routes. The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a largely symbolic warning to Trump for the second time. A day earlier, the House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal in a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities, despite objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts. The Senate must now reach an agreement for it to pass.

Man gets two life sentences for killing Minnesota lawmaker and husband

Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June to six counts so federal prosecutors would not 

seek the death penalty

July 23, 2026

Source: The Associated Press

By The Associated Press and Rebecca Cohen

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to killing a top Democratic lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison on Thursday in federal court. Vance Boelter, 59, agreed to plead guilty in June, almost a year after the Minneapolis-area attacks in which he stalked and killed former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and critically wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.

Greece approves over $3.4B in air defenses for Achilles’ Shield

Air Warfare

The system would reportedly rely heavily on Israeli tech as Athens, like other world capitals, rushes to build a national "shield" 

against aerial threats.

By Lee Ferran 

on July 23, 2026 1:41 pm

WASHINGTON — Greece’s defense minister announced today that his government has approved the purchase of more than €3 billion-worth ($3.4 billion) of air defense systems, mostly reportedly from Israel, as part of Athens’ Achilles’ Shield initiative.

Jes Staley testifies on Capitol Hill over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein Files

Former Barclays chief took questions from House oversight committee 

over his links to the late sex offender

Lauren Fedor in Washington and Ortenca Aliaj in London

Published yesterday Updated10:21

Former Barclays boss Jes Staley appeared on Capitol Hill on Thursday to face questions from lawmakers over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Staley is the latest in a string of current and former Wall Street executives to be grilled by members of Congress over their links to Epstein.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Just Issued a Stark Warning About Long-Term US Bonds: 'I Would Not Be a Buyer...'

Tanya Rawat 

Wed, July 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM PDT 5 min read

BENZINGA

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has said he would not buy long-dated government bonds, warning that elevated government debt and persistent fiscal deficits across major economies could eventually push interest rates higher and unsettle financial markets.

With bombing campaign unlikely to change Iran’s posture according to US intel, Trump faces limited options

By Katie Bo Lillis 4 hr ago
Two weeks into a renewed bombing campaign against Iran, with US forces taking casualties and allies wary of the conflict escalating further, President Trump insists that Iran is “desperate” to find an end to wave after wave of US attacks.

But both the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency have recently assessed that the kind of bombing the US is currently carrying out is unlikely to shift the Iranian negotiating position, according to two US officials familiar with the assessments.

Trump says Saudi Arabia must normalize Israel ties before nuclear deal is approved

The deal announced Wednesday “is totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords,” President Donald Trump said.

NBC News

July 23, 2026, 5:35 AM PDT

Updated July 23, 2026, 6:00 AM PDT

By Henry Austin

President Donald Trump said Thursday that a nuclear deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia requires the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel — a significant condition not previously mentioned as the deal was announced.

There will ⁠be “​no ⁠enrichment of ⁠material” under the agreement, he wrote on Truth Social, adding that the deal signed a day earlier “pertains only to non-military use.” Lawmakers and experts have raised concerns that the civil nuclear agreement could fuel nuclear proliferation in the Middle East.