Gold is going up, up, up.

Plus, cautious optimism at Gaza talks.

Get full access to Reuters.com for just $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Gold zooms past $4,000 for first the time in an historic flight to safety, Hamas hands over lists of names for swap deal, and most Americans don't want troops deployed without an external threat. Plus, trio win Nobel chemistry prize for developing 'Hermione's handbag' materials. Today's Top News   Members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril United States Some 58% of Americans - including seven in 10 Democrats and half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump's threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more US cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority. Trump keeps bringing up the Insurrection Act — this is what it is. Former FBI Director James Comey will appear in a federal court  to face criminal charges of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation. Justice Department Correspondent Sarah Lynch breaks down why his case is so unusual. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast now. In other news Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country's budget by year-end, making the possibility of a snap election less likely. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces had captured almost 1,930 square miles of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted a trade deal with India to be implemented as soon as "humanly possible" as he began a two-day visit, joined by more than a hundred leaders from the business, culture and university sectors. Hamas said it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic about talks in Egypt on Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza. Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel chemistry prize for developing a new form of molecular architecture, yielding materials that can help tackle challenges such as climate change and lack of fresh water. Business & Markets   Gold raced past $4,000 an ounce for the first time as investors piled into a historic rally in the safe haven asset to hedge against global economic and geopolitical uncertainties, while also betting on US interest rate cuts. Watch our daily market rundown for more. New Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran may not have won converts to his call for steep interest rate cuts at last month's policy meeting, but his inaugural session has stirred fresh debate about how much rates are restricting the economy and the risks involved in getting that assessment wrong. Turkey could meet more than half of its gas needs by the end of 2028 by ramping up production and increasing US imports, in a shift that threatens to shrink the last major European market for Russian and Iranian suppliers. A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest trial alleging its talc products cause cancer. Hollywood and Bollywood groups are lobbying an Indian panel for stricter copyright protection that will prevent artificial intelligence firms from using their intellectual property to train AI models, letters show. Weight-loss drugs and MAHA are hammering US sugar beet farmers   Sugar beet plants grow in Euclid, Minnesota, July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Karl Plume/File Photo  For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the world's top sugar-consuming nation has shielded growers from more volatile crops like corn, soybeans and wheat. But not this year. A dramatic drop in US consumption and excess imports have ballooned stockpiles. Refined beet sugar prices are down 33% from a year ago, their lowest level since 2019, and a sugar supply glut is projected to last through at least 2026. Read more And Finally... Gordon Ramsay at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay goes behind the camera for a new series, "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars", that shines the spotlight on restaurants working to attain the coveted culinary accolade.  Read more 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. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you've engaged with its contents. 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