The smaller “Bergen Group” currently includes the U.S., Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby says it is meant to develop ideas that can later strengthen the wider alliance.

Excluded allies, including some of NATO’s biggest defense spenders, say the criteria are unclear and fear Washington is dividing members into favored and unfavored groups.

Denmark could also be invited following its agreement with the U.S. to expand the American military presence in Greenland.

Source: POLITICO

This pilot, the attacking pilot, is now being interrogated in Saudi Arabia. He’ll be, I assume, moved very quickly to Dubai.

He’s an Omani national. He’ll be investigated and interrogated, and we’ll join the interrogation and find out what happened there exactly.

Officials cited military readiness delays caused partly by Xi’s anti-corruption campaign and Beijing’s interest in Taiwan’s 2028 election.

Some Chinese officials reportedly hope it could produce a government more open to closer ties with Beijing.

U.S. officials also believe China has learned from the wars in Ukraine and Iran that any attack would need to be rapid and avoid becoming a prolonged conflict.

Source: Reuters

Passengers instead left on a replacement Flydubai civilian aircraft after some initially refused to board another Flydubai plane.

Saudi Arabia accepted the emergency landing and treated the injured pilots at a local hospital, but drew the line at Israeli military aircraft entering its territory.

Passengers arrived at Ben Gurion 10+ hours after original departure.

Netanyahu met them at the airport.

Source: Reuters

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers that Kim is considered “extremely obese” and faces a high risk of cardiovascular disease.

Kim is also a longtime heavy smoker, while both his father and grandfather died from heart-related problems.

South Korean intelligence says there are currently no clear signs that Kim is seriously ill.

He says Russia used a jet-powered drone carrying a new payload called KRSN for the first time on September 30.

It has a 40-kilogram main charge and four additional strike modules.

But this isn’t a normal blast warhead.

It’s described as a cumulative-cutting charge — essentially using shaped explosive energy to cut through steel.

Its reported targets are very specific: high-voltage transmission towers and steel bridge structures.

Beskrestnov believes Russia could use these drones to attack Ukraine’s most important high-voltage power lines.

Anthropic tested it against known vulnerabilities in Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine.

Out of 410 attempts, GLM-5.3 produced 50 complete exploits.

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview managed 56.

Mythos is restricted to vetted cybersecurity researchers.

GLM-5.3 is open-weight. Anyone can download it.

Anthropic also found its safeguards were relatively easy to remove. One technique reportedly bypassed them 100% of the time, with little loss in capability.

And stripped versions of the model appeared online within days.

In controlled tests, Anthropic says GLM-5.3 even discovered previously unknown browser vulnerabilities and chained them together.

Source: SCMP

We have to deepen exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait, firmly combat Taiwan independence separatist forces, oppose interference by external forces, promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, and advance the cause of national reunification.

Some officials have slammed the system, with one calling it “absolute shit” and another saying the U.S. would “instantly win the war” if access to American technology were cut off.

Element says the Commission is still testing the platform and that early technical and usability problems are expected.

Source: POLITICO

The U.S. wants the EU to release about 120 million barrels of diesel over six months as Trump seeks to lower fuel prices ahead of the November midterms.

Source: Reuters

A target in the Black Sea was hit, as well as a launch and storage site for attack drones in the Oryol region.

Sanctions were also applied against an oil facility in the Samara region and a supply depot for the occupiers in the Bryansk region.

We will continue depriving Russia of the ability to continue this war.

A source linked to the opposition alliance fighting federal forces claimed it carried out several drone strikes in the capital, including against military headquarters.

If confirmed, it would be the first known drone attack by anti-government forces on Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia had already banned drone flights over the capital and surrounding areas for security reasons.

Source: Reuters

The first two aircraft are expected to arrive in December after maintenance in the UK, with the rest delivered gradually.

Training is also underway, with six pilots and six technicians in the U.S. and 29 maintenance personnel in the UK.

The proposal challenges the Trump administration’s preference for industry self-regulation and its argument that existing consumer protection and liability laws are sufficient.

Congress is also considering bipartisan AI “kill switch,” testing and transparency bills, but broader legislation remains stalled amid disagreements over how quickly the technology is evolving.

Source: Axios