Father of suspected school shooter arrested

Plus, a deadly super typhoon makes landfall in China.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Linda Noakes Georgia state officials said the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a fatal school shooting knowingly allowed his son to have the murder weapon. In other news, Trump has a plan for a Musk-led efficiency commission and it's all eyes on US jobs data. Plus, Kenya is suffering an epidemic of violence against women. Hear more on the Reuters World News podcast. Today's Top News   People attend a vigil following a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage Georgia state officials arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a school shooting that killed four people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, saying he knowingly allowed his son to have the murder weapon.  Elon Musk will head a government efficiency commission with a vast remit if Donald Trump is elected, potentially putting him in position to change the rules for corporate America, including the wide swath of industries in which his companies compete. After two months of political chaos following snap elections, French President Emmanuel Macron named as prime minister Michel Barnier, the former Brexit negotiator who now faces an equally daunting task. A fire raged through the dormitory of a boarding school for young children in central Kenya, killing 17 boys sleeping there. Asia's strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, made landfall along the coast of China's Hainan province, bringing gales and heavy rain which shut schools for a second day and canceled flights in the South China Sea region. China will no longer send children overseas for adoption, the government said, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy. Business & Markets   Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  Investors are waiting for US jobs data today that could decide the size and speed of coming rate cuts. Hear more on the Reuters Econ World podcast. India's markets regulator will tighten derivative rules to increase entry barriers and make it more expensive to trade as it tries to limit retail investors speculating on risky contracts. We look at how foreign investors are struggling to keep up with India's rise. A Russian court froze the shares in Raiffeisen Bank International's local arm, the biggest Western bank in Russia said, blocking the sale of the unit and escalating a standoff between Moscow and the West. Qualcomm has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's design business to boost the company's product portfolio, as Intel struggles to generate cash and looks to shed business units and sell off other assets. Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings said it had turned down Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard's $38.5 billion cash bid, rejecting an offer that would be the largest-ever foreign buyout of a Japanese company. The Week Ahead Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will battle each other next week in their first televised debate, a high-stakes clash in Philadelphia. In markets, investors are on edge ahead of more key macro events that could shape the tone for trading in the week ahead. The focus may have shifted to US employment and economic growth, but the upcoming consumer price data could still cause a stir. The European Central Bank is all but certain to deliver its second rate cut this cycle, so what matters more is any clues on what's next.  The World in Pictures   Yu Qinquan and Yu Deyi of China in action against Brazil during their men's bronze medal goalball match at the Paris Paralympics. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel A selection of our top photos from around the world this week. View gallery And Finally... A $70,000-plus Tiffany engagement ring at the center of a court battle He put a ring on it. Can he get it back? That's the question Massachusetts' highest court will tackle today when it hears arguments over who is entitled to a $70,000 Tiffany engagement ring after the would-be groom called off marriage plans and sued his former fiancee to get the pricey remnant of their romance back. 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. Reuters Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036