Reuters World News - ICE shooting, UNGA, Argentina-US and TikTok sale

Episode Date: September 25, 2025

A gunman opened fire at an ICE office in Dallas, killing one person and injuring two others before taking his own life. U.S. President Donald Trump plans mass federal worker firings if government shutdown occurs. Argentina's President Javier Milei secures a financial lifeline from the U.S., boosting his reform agenda ahead of midterms. At the UN, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns of AI-driven arms races and weak global alliances. Plus,Trump to sign an executive order enabling the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to Oracle and Silver Lake.  Recommended Read: Nuns in Scotland offer a path to faith and taste of convent life Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here.  Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices.  You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, a deadly shooting at an ICE office in Dallas adds to fears America's political divide is turning violent. The Trump administration prepares for mass firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. And Argentina's president gets a financial lifeline from Washington. It's Thursday, September 25th. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines, in 10 minutes, seven days a week. I'm Kim Vennel in Wanganui, New Zealand. A gunman opened fire at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office in Dallas on Wednesday,

killing one detainee and injuring two others before taking their own life. The FBI's Joseph Rothrock says the shooter left behind shell casings marked anti-ice, pointing to an ideological motive. I can confirm at this time that the FBI is investigating this. incident as an act of targeted violence. The gunman has been identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. US President Donald Trump quickly seized on the incident on Truth Social, accusing radical left Democrats of stoking anti-ice violence by constantly demonizing law enforcement. He also invoked the recent assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, saying that radical left terrorists

pose a grave threat to law enforcement and must be stopped. Republican Senator Ted Cruz spoke at the scene in Texas, calling for an end to any form of political violence. Look, in America, we disagree. That's fine. That's the democratic process. But your political opponents are not Nazis. The shooting is the third attack this year in Texas at a Department of Homeland Security facility. Here, there is one subject shot in front of the BCA.

Body cam footage showing the moments after a man was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer earlier this month in Chicago challenges the official account of what happened. The Department of Homeland Security says the agent shot 38-year-old Silvero Villez-Gonzales because he was fearing for his own life. Just a left knee injury and he's a margin of his injury. Not an major. But in the footage, the agent can be heard describing his injuries as nothing major. The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to prepare to fire government workers en masse in the event lawmakers cannot agree on a funding package by the end of this month to keep the government running. It's a significant shift from what usually happens during shutdowns,

as reporter Courtney Rosen in Washington explains. When the U.S. government has a shutdown, any employees that are not essential to protecting what they call life or property are put on furlough. So they're not paid during the shutdown. And then when Congress and the White House reach a deal, they come back to work. What's different here is that the Trump administration is saying they're not going to furlough these folks. They're going to dismiss people, fire them that they don't see as necessary. And then later on, after there's a deal struck, if there's a deal struck, they'll decide who to bring back into government or who to rescind the firings for. Courtney says it's unclear whether this is a negotiating tactic from President Trump or a push to slash the workforce.

The Trump administration certainly wants Democrats to see it as a threat and as a negotiating tactic. We're expecting that 300,000 federal workers are going to have exited the government by the end of this year. So we've already seen lots of people leave government either through firings or through leaving voluntarily. This would be a threat to step that up in the event that the government shuts down and to increase those numbers, which is something that the Trump administration has been saying they want to do. They want to continue to shrink the size of government. Airports in Western Denmark have reopened after being shut for hours when unidentified drones flew into their airspace overnight. It's the second such security.

incident in the Nordic country this week. Denmark's justice minister, Peter Humelgard, says the drone incursions are a hybrid attack intended to spread fear. And every year that this war goes on, weapons become even more deadly. And only Russia deserves to be blamed for this. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the UN,

urging world leaders to help stop Russia's war in his country, or be consumed by a new global arms race in the age of AI. Zelensky also warned of the inadequacy of global alliances, pointing to the recent Russian drone incursion into Poland. And if there is no strong platform for international security, will there be any place left on earth that's still safe for people? His speech comes a day after, a sudden and striking rhetoric shift from Trump, who said Ukraine could retake all the land seized by Russia.

And while Zelensky was met with applause, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can expect a chillier reception later today. Protesters, angry over the war in Gaza, gathered at Ben-Gurian airport in Israel, to send off the Israeli leader ahead of his UN address. He's expected to respond to a growing number of countries recognizing a Palestinian state. China's President Xi Jinping, meanwhile,

told the UN his country plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 10% within 10 years and drastically expand wind and solar power. It's in stark contrast to President Trump's comments where he called climate change a con job. Argentina's president, Javier Malay, meeting with US President Trump on the sidelines of the UN summit, receiving a much-needed show of support.

Washington is now negotiating a $20 billion swap line and may even buy Argentine debt. That swap line would give Argentina access to US dollars in exchange for the peso, helping stabilise Argentina's economy, but also exposing Washington to some risk. It also gives Malay a boost ahead of crucial midterm elections next month,

where he hopes to push through his libertarian agenda. Reporter Karen Strawhecker covers emerging markets. There was a huge amount of doubt over what would happen at the election later in October and whether he would get the backing from the population to continue with its reform program. Now, that has ramped up the pressure on Argentina, on Argentina's markets, on the peso,

on the bonds that are issued by the government, on the country's stocks massively in recent weeks. So what the latest show of support by the United States has provided Milay with is really some breathing space to see this through until the election and possibly a little bit beyond to help him address some of the issues that he has in the country that he would like to address. However, the big question mark is, how is he going to address the country's underlying issues?

in particular, they have a very misaligned exchange rate. And the show of support from the US really doesn't fix it. Italy is sending the Navy to help an international aid flotilla trying to reach Gaza after it was attacked by drones in international waters off Greece. That's according to the global Sumud Flutilla, the group organising the effort. And Spain's Prime Minister says they're sending a military warship for protection too.

It has been a crazy, crazy nightmare yesterday. activist Juan Bordera Roma there. About 50 civilian boats are involved in the effort with lawyers and activists on board, including Greta Tunberg. GsF says its boats have been attacked by drones several times already. Ticktokers get ready to rejoice. President Trump is set to sign an executive order later today that clears the way for a deal to sell TikTok's U.S. operations and keep the platform running. Investors for the US split-off entity include Oracle and private equity firm Silver Lake. And for today's recommended read, we head to the Highlands of Scotland, where American nuns are giving the local community a taste of convent life. We'll drop a link to that

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