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Overnight News Digest September 4th 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-09-04
Chances keep rising for a new storm to form. Here’s what the models show
A new tropical depression or storm is likely to form in the Atlantic by the end of the week or over the weekend, and although it’s too soon to know where it could end up, the system is still about a week away from land. As of 2 p.m, Thursday, the National Hurricane Center raised the probability of formation once again to a 60% chance of development in the next two days and a 90% chance in the next seven days. If the system does form, it would be named Gabrielle. Forecasters said the tropical wave is expected to enter a pocket of more storm-friendly conditions — like warmer water and less destructive winds — in the next few days that will give it a chance to strengthen.
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x "Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers." -Ray Bradbury — Breezie (@breeze420.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T19:15:31.278Z
x Pritzker: It appears they are amassing ICE officers… It’s been reported that about 300 officers are planning to come in and do what they did in LA — terrorize neighborhoods and cause mayhem. Their plan is to create enough chaos on the ground that troops will have to be called in — Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T19:57:27.188Z
Israel Assassinates 'Voice of Gaza,' Al Jazeera Journalist Anas al-Sharif
The Israeli army assassinated Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and several of his colleagues on Sunday in a targeted airstrike on a journalists' tent outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The strike has effectively wiped out the entire staff of Al Jazeera in Gaza City, claiming the lives of one child and six journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondent Muhammad Qreiqeh.
Widely celebrated as the "voice of Gaza," al-Sharif's assassination comes after months of incitement against him and puts an end to his coverage ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of Gaza City. The Israeli army has reportedly given Gaza City residents until October 7 to evacuate, when the Israeli army reportedly plans to invade northern Gaza as part of its stated plan of conquering the entire Strip.
Al-Sharif and Qreiqeh each have two children. Both stayed behind in northern Gaza as their families fled south when Israel forcibly displaced the population at the beginning of the genocide in late 2023.
Meteorologists issue warning as data reveals dire threat that will impact entire continent: 'Will have major repercussions'
Asia just had one of its hottest years in recorded history, and that heat came with a heavy cost. According to the World Meteorological Organization's new State of the Climate in Asia report, 2024 was ranked as either the hottest or second-hottest year on record for the region. In a year defined by prolonged land and ocean heatwaves, severe floods, vanishing glaciers, and unseasonal droughts, the message is clear: This is no longer a future threat — it's here. The WMO's report shows that Asia is now warming at nearly twice the global average. In 2024 alone, heatwaves blanketed the continent for months. Sea surface temperatures were the highest ever recorded, with almost 15 million square kilometers — roughly one-tenth of the planet's entire ocean surface — affected by marine heatwaves.
x We need an HHS Secretary who respects science and does not make policy based on conspiracy theories. Vaccines are safe and effective. Kennedy is threatening the health of our kids and all Americans. He must resign. — Senator Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) 2025-09-04T19:59:01.231Z
4 Powerful Telescopes Agree: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Really Is Bizarre
NASA and ESA instruments Hubble, SPHEREx, JWST, and TESS have all captured the object as it makes its way towards the Sun. The results show that not only was 3I/ATLAS actively outgassing long before we spotted it, but its atmosphere (or coma) has a higher proportion of carbon dioxide than scientists usually see in comets, interstellar or otherwise. This could tell us something about the environment in which 3I/ATLAS formed, the space conditions through which it has traveled, or even the internal composition of the comet. The comet first came to our attention on 1 July 2025, and astronomers have been avidly goggling at it ever since – not least because they have a very limited window in which to do so. Its closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, will take place on October 29; but, because it's on the other side of the Sun from Earth, it will be hidden behind the star's blazing glow by this time.
Researchers make surprising discovery about states that ban plastic shopping bags: 'May be even more effective'
Over the past decade, many cities and states across the country have passed plastic bag bans and taxes in an effort to curb plastic pollution. While it still may be too early to gather definitive data regarding these measures, a pair of researchers has found surprising results. For years, plastic waste has had a significant and detrimental impact on the environment, affecting ecosystems, wildlife, and even human health. It pollutes ecosystems, contaminates water and soil, and poses countless risks to living organisms. As environmental groups and activists put pressure on local governments to pass proactive legislation to address the growing concern of plastic waste, plastic bag bans have become a common occurrence throughout America.
x Second Amendment for me but not for thee. — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T19:18:14.647Z
Wildfire devastates historic California gold mining town, homes burn in blaze caused by lightning
One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners who had faced discrimination and were driven out of a nearby camp. The quick-moving fire in the Sierra Nevada foothills threatened the few remaining historic structures in Chinese Camp, forced the evacuation of its roughly 100 residents and closed a highway that’s a main route between San Francisco and Yosemite National Park. It’s not clear yet whether the town’s handful of Gold Rush era structures -- including an old post office built in 1854 -- were damaged in the fire that erupted Tuesday and continued burning without any containment.
National park officials elated as trail cameras capture rare creature moving through forest — here's why it matters
In a win for wildlife watchers and conservationists alike, Thai officials shared a rare and heartening sight: a family of wild gaur, the world's largest bovines, moving through the dense greenery of Huai Kha Khaeng Forest. The trail camera footage, shared by the country's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation on Facebook, shows not just adult gaur but calves too — a signal that the population isn't just surviving but growing. And that's no small feat. Gaur, which can grow over 6 feet tall and weigh up to 2,200 pounds, are considered a vulnerable species, primarily because of habitat loss and poaching. Their meat, horns, and even organs have been targeted for years. As a result, their global population dropped an estimated 70% since the 1980s, according to the World Land Trust.
x Matthew Brennan's debut season gets better and better 😲 The young Brit surpassed Mark Cavendish's tally of 11 wins in his first pro season (2007) by winning Stage 3 at the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men, taking the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider's running total to 12 💪 📸 Sprint Cycling - SWpix.com — Velon CC (@veloncc.bsky.social) 2025-09-04T14:32:14.785Z
Ukraine’s TB-2 Bayraktar Drones Are Striking Russian Forces Again After A Long Hiatus
After a long hiatus, the Bayraktar TB-2 twin-tail boom medium altitude, medium endurance (MAME) drone is once again carrying out strike missions against Russian forces. The most recent example came on Wednesday, in an attack on a Russian boat and troops on the Black Sea coast. Though limited in numbers, these strikes mark a resurgence of sorts for a weapon so effective in the early days of the all-out war against Russian land convoys and vessels that a song was written about it. While still used to surveil less contested areas, the propeller-driven drones had receded from the front lines as a strike weapon due to their vulnerability to Russian air defense and electronic warfare. “The Navy destroyed another high-speed boat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which was trying to deliver an airborne troops unit to the Tendrivska Spit. 7 occupiers were destroyed, 4 wounded,” the Ukrainian Navy said on Telegram. While the Navy did not say how the strike took place, a video on the post shows the surveillance and attack from the view through the Bayraktar’s distinctive video feed symbology.
US tells countries to reject UN ship fuel emissions deal or face tariffs, sources say
The United States has told countries to reject a United Nations' marine fuel emissions-cutting deal or face tariffs, visa restrictions and port levies, U.S. and European officials and sources told Reuters. The Trump administration is looking to boost U.S. economic might, including by taking a bigger role in global shipping, and has used tariffs as a weapon to extract better terms from Washington’s trade partners. In April, countries struck a draft agreement through the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (IMO) that would impose a fee on ships that breach global carbon emissions standards. Washington pulled out of the talks in April leading up to the draft deal, and said in August it would retaliate against countries that supported the accord. It has argued the measures would place unnecessary burdens on the shipping industry, and would be of little help to reduce emissions.
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Macron says 26 countries ready to send troops for Ukraine ceasefire
Twenty-six Western allies have formally committed to deploying troops "by land, sea or air" to Ukraine the day after a ceasefire deal is agreed, Emmanuel Macron has said. Security guarantees for Kyiv would come into force the moment the guns fells silent, the French leader said, after a summit of 35 countries dubbed the "Coalition of the Willing". However, hopes of a deal to end the fighting have dimmed since Russia's Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump in Alaska last month. Prospects for direct talks between Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky look increasingly unlikely, even though Trump believes "we're going to get it done".
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