The foiled plot to attack Swift concerts

Austria says main suspect backed Islamic State.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Edson Caldas Austria finds chemicals in the house of the main suspect in a planned attack on Taylor Swift concerts, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus arrives to lead Bangladesh, and how the Harris surge scrambled Trump's battle plan. Plus, a special report on how a US health agency became a shield for polluters. Today's Top News   People and security walk outside Happel stadium after Swift's three concerts this week were canceled. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl  Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna were cancelled due to a planned attack at the stadium. The cancellation follows a series of attacks on music events in the last decade. A 19-year-old suspect had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group and had chemical substances at his home, authorities said. Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to strife-torn Bangladesh to lead a new interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighboring India. Thousands of police and anti-racism protesters gathered on streets across Britain to challenge far-right groups that failed to materialize following more than a week of violent racist attacks. A "show of unity" prevented a repeat of the riots, London's police chief said. Israel has been fortifying its home front for months, but the urgency has risen sharply over the past 10 days as the country waits for a threatened attack from Iran and its proxies. Britain and Egypt asked their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspace. Last month was the second hottest July for the planet on record. Meanwhile, water temperatures in and around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have risen to their warmest in 400 years over the past decade, placing the world's largest reef under threat. US election A little over two weeks ago, Donald Trump's presidential campaign had visions of an expansive national strategy that would result in a landslide victory. Now, as they struggle to blunt a surging Kamala Harris, campaign advisers say they are recalibrating to protect states once thought of as safe. Reporter Gram Slattery joins today's Reuters World News podcast with insights on how Trump's campaign is scrambling to fight a surge in support for the Democratic ticket. Follow the latest election coverage here. Paris Olympics 2024 This tally tracks the top five countries as medals are awarded. Updates every 30 minutes. Olympics news: Australians are jubilant as the sports-mad country bags a national record 18 gold medals, China wins its first gold in artistic swimming with a big lead over the US, and we bring you the best photos from Day 12 of the Games. Find today's schedule here.  More Olympics news Business & Markets   Investors are tiptoeing back into shares of US tech stocks following a sharp tumble, even as some still-elevated valuations threaten to punish dip buyers if markets stumble again. The Bank of Japan managed to calm investor nerves during global market turmoil by reversing a calibrated strategy to communicate steady interest rate rises, but the flip-flop tests the bank's resolve to phase out decades of radical stimulus. Seeking some calm, markets remain edgy following the volatility jolt of the past week and traders now seek some re-assurance the real economy has not shifted underneath them. Travel companies including Airbnb and Marriott International are forecasting a slowdown in leisure travel as US consumers wait longer to book vacations in a time when the economic outlook remains uncertain. Companies and others responsible for some of America's most toxic waste sites are using a federal health agency's faulty reports to save money on cleanups, defend against lawsuits and deny victims compensation, a Reuters investigation found. A Missouri neighborhood's tale. The Wider Image   In the Amazon, an Indigenous trek marks territory where Brazil is absent. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Fifty Munduruku warriors hack their way with machetes through the undergrowth of the Amazon rainforest, marking the borders of their ancestral lands to finish a task that the Brazilian government has not. It is a quiet but defiant act from a people fighting for decades to urge Brazil's government to fully recognize their lands, a move that would grant legal protections against loggers, miners, and even the government's own infrastructure projects. See our photo essay And Finally... World's largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas. REUTERS/Evan Garcia As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object – except this printer is more than 45 feet wide, weighs 4.75 tons and prints residential homes.  Read more 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. 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