Reuters World News - Jerusalem, Hyundai raid, Japan and France

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

Israel’s ambulance service reports fatalities in a Jerusalem shooting. Seoul will pick up South Korean workers following a raid at a Hyundai plant in the U.S. state of Georgia last week. Ruling party lawmakers in Japan prepare their bids to replace outgoing premier Shigeru Ishiba. And France's government faces more turmoil ahead of a confidence vote.  Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Find the Recommended Read 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, hundreds of South Koreans detained after an immigration raid in Georgia are flown home. A deadly shooting in Jerusalem leaves several dead. Japan considers replacements after the resignation of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. France's political turmoil looks set to deepen with a no-confidence vote. And the biggest names in music turn out for the MTV VMAs. It's Monday, September 8th. 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 Vinal in Wanganui, New Zealand.

First to Jerusalem, where several people have been killed in a shooting at a bus stop on the outskirts of the city. Israeli police say they killed the two attackers. It was not immediately clear who carried out the shooting or what was the motive. Palestinian militant group Hamas praised what it called two Palestinian resistance fighters. for carrying out the attack, though it stopped short of claiming responsibility. You can find the latest on this story on Reuters.com and the Reuters app. South Korea is set to fly back hundreds of detained workers following a massive immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia.

South Korea says the images of helicopters circling... GSTE in position, no side. Federal agents rolling up in armored vehicles en masse and shackling workers. are regrettable. U.S. President Donald Trump says the Washington-S.-Sol relationship remains strong. The raid is, however, forcing other major companies in Asia to rethink investing in the U.S. with more raids on the cards. Reporter Josh Smith is in Seoul. Under previous administrations, there appeared to be quite lax enforcement. So South Korean companies got very used to sending in a lot of workers on Estes or

B-1 visas or other legal measures. And so what we would expect from companies now is them trying to navigate, you know, not being able to send people in in the ways that they've been used to for a very long time. And given that they're, in the case of Hyundai as well as other companies, are really trying to ramp up some of this investment as pressed by President Trump, this is really cast doubts over those efforts. President Trump says several European leaders will visit Washington this week to discuss the war in Ukraine. Trump says he's not happy about the status of the war and says he will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin again soon.

It comes as Russia hit Ukraine with the biggest air attack of the war so far. The attack set fire to the main government building and also killed at least four people, including a baby. That's according to Ukrainian officials. President Trump is walking back the rhetoric on Chicago. You might have seen his social media post on the weekend, and apparently AI-generated image depicting himself as an officer from Apocalypse Now, with the text, Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of War. Asked whether he wants to go to war with Chicago,

the president, speaking before boarding his helicopter, called it fake news. We're not going to war. We're going to clean up our city. We're going to clean them up so they don't kill five. people every weekend. That's not war. That's common sense. Trump made that statement before heading to the U.S. Open in Queens, where he received a mixed welcome from the crowd. Both booze and cheers heard as Trump appeared on the big screen at Arthur Ash Stadium. Speaking on the tarmac after returning from the match, Trump appeared unfazed.

I really enjoyed it. They were really nice. The fans were really nice. Carlos Alcaraz won the match, by the way, beating. Yanuk Sinner and claiming the US Open Crown for a second time. Over to Gaza, where a UN hunger monitor is warning there is a narrow window to stop famine from spreading. Israel has launched a new offensive in Gaza and is pushing further into Gaza City, the enclave's largest urban area. Donald Trump posted an ultimaton to Hamas on truth social, saying the Israelis have accepted

Trump's terms and Hamas must accept. as well. He said Hamas is aware of what the consequences will be, but did not elaborate. He later suggested a Gaza deal could come soon. Japan is in limbo as it awaits a vote on who will replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Ishiba announced his resignation on Sunday after a series of bruising election losses. The frontrunners to lead his LDP party and become Prime Minister are thought to be Shinjero Kuisumi, who would be the youngest prime minister of the modern era, and Sinai Takachi, who would be the first woman at the helm. And as reporter John Getty in Tokyo explains,

Takaiichi in particular is causing investors in the world's fourth largest economy to fret. The reason investors are particularly interested in that is Takaichi was very close to the late Prime Minister Shinsa Abe and a supporter of his abenomics, which has increased spending and loose monetary policy. and for investors, that is kind of sounding alarm bells, given the state of Japan's debt levels and questions over the sustainability of that. The yen is falling in the wake of Ishaber's resignation.

Oil prices, meanwhile, climbed in early trade after OPEC-plus agreed to raise output at a slower pace from October on expectations of weaker global demand. Analysts say expectations of tighter supply from potential new U.S. sanctions on Russia are also lending support. And speaking of tight supply, a quick pivot to the issue of beef. Specifically, how drought, international trade and screw worm

are affecting the cattle industry and pushing the price of beef out of reach for a lot of people. We have an episode about just that on Reuters' On Assignment podcast out now. We'll put a link to that in this episode's description. French Prime Minister Francois Bairou is expected to lose a confidence vote today,

plunging the Eurozone's second largest economy deeper into political crisis. Reporter Gabe Stargarde is in Paris. For quite a few years now, France has been mired in a mounting debt crisis. Francois Bayruh, the Prime Minister, is the latest person tasked to try and solve this problem. But basically what he did is that he said, let's have a confidence vote on me and on my proposal to cut 40 or billion euros from next year's budget. If he loses this boat, his government collapses. There have been four governments in less than two years.

Obviously, that's an incredibly unstable political state that France finds itself in. It's unclear exactly what the next steps would be. Macron is the only person who could say dissolve parliament and call fresh legislative elections. He could also name a new prime minister, which seems the most likely path, perhaps with the leftist. But that new Prime Minister is going to have to face the same problems that Beiru has faced, which is that France has to push this debt reduction plan through a parliament, which is just totally unwilling to concede on any of these issues. In Australia, the woman convicted of killing three of her relatives

by serving them a beef Wellington lunch laced with deadly mushrooms has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum of 33 years without parole. Presiding judge, Justice Christopher Beale, says Aaron Patterson showed no pity. The prosecution submitted that you must have anticipated that your victims would suffer in the way they did. I am satisfied of that beyond reasonable doubt. To hear the whole story of the so-called Mushroom Murder case, you can go back and listen to a special episode we did where we unpack the whole thing.

Put a link to that in today's podcast description. And finally today, the biggest names in music have turned out, for the MTV Video Music Awards. From Sabrina Carpenter to Ariana Grande to Ricky Martin, who performed on the night. All the stars hit the red carpet. Inside, the biggest gong went to Lady Gaga, who beat Taylor Swift and Beyonce to be named Artist of the Year. And for today's recommended read, to Afghanistan, where the World Health Organization

has asked the Taliban to allow women aid workers to travel with the people. without male guardians, so they can help women struggling to access care after last week's earthquake. For more on any of the stories from today, check out Reuters.com or the Reuters app. Don't forget to follow us on your favourite podcast player. If you're listening on a smart speaker, just ask for the latest news from Reuters seven days a week. We'll be back tomorrow with our daily headline show.