White House mistakenly sends war plans to journalist

Plus, cuts risk hunger for low-income Americans.

Get full access to Reuters.com for just $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. In the US, the White House mistakenly shares war plans with a journalist on a group chat, and cuts hit struggling food banks. Elsewhere, Blatter and Platini are cleared of corruption charges, and aid workers claim Sudan's RSF is squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads. Plus, Spain's wild horses are in peril. Today's Top News   Democratic lawmakers demand investigation into security breach. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo United States Top officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the US attacked Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. Listen to Don Durfee on the Reuters World News podcast for more on this security breach. Food banks across the country, already strained by rising demand, say they will have less food to distribute because of at least $1 billion in federal funding cuts and pauses by President Donald Trump's administration, according to Reuters interviews with organizations in seven states. Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal utility power lines ignited the fire, according to a lawsuit. In other news Ukrainian and US delegations are scheduled to meet in Saudi Arabia following Russia-US talks there a day earlier on a limited Black Sea ceasefire proposal that Washington hopes will open the way for broader peace negotiations. Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea as authorities designated three more counties 'special disaster zones'. At least four people have been killed and hundreds forced to flee their homes since blazes broke out. The Royal Australian Air Force, monitoring a Chinese navy warship as it circumnavigated Australia last month, heard it warn it would use live fire in its exercises on a civilian radio broadcast, defense pilots said. The US is putting unacceptable pressure on Greenland, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said, ahead of a high-profile US delegation's trip to the semi-autonomous Danish territory this week. Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court, 2-1/2 years after they were first acquitted of the offences. Thousands gathered in Belgrade to remember a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 and protest against the development of a luxury compound by an investment company set up by Jared Kushner, the son in law of the US President. Business & Markets   Trump's erratic policymaking has given Europe an unexpected spur to action, but any sense of "Europhoria" about the region's chances of turning this moment into a longer-lasting revival is likely premature. Escalating US tariffs and Canadian retaliatory duties could raise costs on items from aircraft components to engine repairs, according to aerospace trade groups in Canada, as a fresh round of the US-led trade war looms. India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of US imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating, two government sources said, the biggest cut in years, aimed at fending off reciprocal tariffs. As Starlink nears regulatory approval in India for satellite broadband services, analysts say a victory there could pave a road into more emerging markets and boost the company's ambitions to add a million subscribers every year. Shell increased its shareholder distribution policy to 40-50% of cash flow from operations from 30-40% with a focus on share buybacks and lowered its spending outlook to a $20 billion-$22 billion range through to 2028. Though artificial intelligence seems new, fund managers have used it to spot patterns for years. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Gary Collier, chief technology officer of Man Group, talks about the surprising lessons he's learned and debunks some common AI tropes. Sudan's RSF squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads, aid workers say    A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp, Sudan. MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo A Sudanese paramilitary force locked in a war with the army has placed new constraints on aid deliveries to territories where it is seeking to cement its control, including areas where famine is spreading, humanitarian workers say. Read more And Finally... Galician wild horses are seen on blanket bogs surrounded by wind turbines in the Serra do Xistral, near Lugo, Galicia region. March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce. Spain's wild horses help stop fires igniting and spreading, preserving Galicia's delicate ecosystems, but Europe's largest herd has dwindled to around 10,000. Read our photo essay Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website 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. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2025 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036