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Life.ru: Trump blames Ukraine's refinery strikes for US fuel prices. Obozrevatel: "not only Ukraine" — the Democrats too
Donald Trump blamed Ukraine's strikes on Russian refineries for part of the rise in US fuel prices, Life.ru reports. Obozrevatel says he blamed the Democrats as well. Neither …
ABC says 'all' B-1 bombers left RAF Fairford, the Guardian says 'at least 10'; Burnham points to Iran, Tehran denies it
The US flew its bombers out of a Gloucestershire base a week after arrests nearby. The reports we hold agree that the planes left. They differ on how …
Jerusalem Post says the US 'refuses to intervene' in Yemen; An-Nahar and LBCI quote Rubio on a 'binding' pact with Riyadh
Yemen's government launched 'Yemen Dawn' on 5 October to retake Sanaa from the Houthis, with Saudi-led air cover. On the same day, outlets disagreed on whether Washington is …
Russia's envoy says US–Iran talks 'have not begun'; Tehran says it has already answered a US proposal
Four reports from 4 October give three accounts of the same diplomacy. A Russian diplomat says real talks have not started. Iran's foreign ministry says it has replied …
The Jerusalem Post says Iraqi militias "desecrate" the US flag; Iraq's prime minister orders an inquiry into an "infringement" and names no one
A US flag was laid on the road at a Sovereignty Day parade in Baghdad. The Jerusalem Post blames the militias. Iraq's government condemns the act and opens …
Ghalibaf says Hormuz stays shut until June's terms are met; IRNA says a US reply to a seven-day plan is under review
On 4 October, Iranian officials described the Hormuz talks in three ways. One said the strait stays closed until Iran's conditions are met. One said a US reply …
UPI headline says a US nuclear-site worker 'aided' the Houthis; An-Nahar says the charge is an attempt and proves no delivery
US prosecutors have charged a 51-year-old Energy Department engineer from Richland, Washington, with trying to give material support to the Houthis. Two reports carry the arrest. They differ …
Jerusalem Post: Pezeshkian says the US struck Iran three times despite an agreement; IRNA: he stressed dialogue and unity under sanctions
Iran's president spoke about talks with Washington on 1 October. The two reports we hold of his remarks do not lead with the same thing. The Jerusalem Post …
Reuters says 'the Senate' blocked the stock-trading bill; The New York Times says Democrats did
Both reports we hold agree that a bill to limit share trading by members of Congress failed in the Senate on 30 September. Reuters names the chamber as …
Jerusalem Post says Baghdad asked the US back and now cheers its exit; Iraq's armed factions say their weapons stay until US and NATO forces are gone
US-led coalition forces are leaving Iraq. An Israeli analysis calls Iraq's reaction ingratitude. Six headlines from the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, carried by LBCI, say the withdrawal is …
Burnham sees Iran's hand at RAF Fairford: an Independent headline says 'bomb plot', the AP copy it carries says 'security incident', and police found petrol, no explosives
The UK prime minister says there are 'strong indications' Iran played a part in the arrest of five men near a Gloucestershire airbase used by US bombers. He …
Jerusalem Post report sees a US–Iran 'diplomatic stalemate'; Araghchi tells Iran's cabinet it holds a 'privileged position'
Qatar has passed Washington's reply on a seven-day plan to Iran. A report carried by the Jerusalem Post says the talks are stuck and fighting may resume after …
Trump 'rejected' Iran's peace proposal, says a Reuters market headline; a US official says this week's talks are about an amended version of it
A US official told Reuters and The Jerusalem Post that the US and Iran will each meet mediators on Monday or Tuesday. The Jerusalem Post says the talks …
Wyborcza prints 'We can do this to anyone' as a US envoy's alleged words; former envoy Pyatt points to energy gains
Two European papers took one Wall Street Journal report, which we do not hold, in different directions. Gazeta Wyborcza framed it as US pressure over American gas, and …
'No plans to negotiate', says Iranian state media; separate talks with mediators by Tuesday, says an official
Six reports on 28 September give two accounts of US–Iran contacts. Iran's ISNA agency says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet mediators in New York with no American …
Dagens Nyheter says 'terror crime', Wyborcza says explosives law — and De Telegraaf calls RAF Fairford 'an American air base'
Eight European papers reported arrests near RAF Fairford in England on Sunday. They agree that men were held and that a bomb robot was sent in. They disagree …
Cuba calls US sanctions an 'economic war', China says lift them, Trump says 'we want to help Cuba'
Three reports from 26 September give three governments' words for the same US pressure on Cuba. None of the three names a single sanction or puts a number …
Iran's offer was to reopen Hormuz, say Al Jazeera and Público; a ceasefire proposal, says De Telegraaf. Trump rejected it
Four outlets agree that Donald Trump turned Iran down on 26 September. They do not agree on what Iran put on the table. Only one report, Espreso TV …
Libération reports an AI channel from Xi's Washington visit; The Independent writes of "everything MAGA didn't need"
Xi Jinping is on a three-day state visit to the White House. We hold four reports on it, and each tells a different story. One says what the …
Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz plan: The Hill calls it a ceasefire offer, Haaretz a plan to open the waterway, and one Lebanese paper lists the $12bn price
Donald Trump said on Saturday he was rejecting Iran's seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The reports we hold agree that he rejected it. They do …
The Jerusalem Post: Pezeshkian 'no longer trusts' talks with the US. IRNA: a framework is agreed and 'the Americans must answer'
Iran's president gave an interview to Al Jazeera as he wrapped up his UN visit. From that one interview, Lebanon's LBCI carried distrust, Iran's state agency IRNA led …
Trump says US and China 'made great strides'; the Washington Post sees 'few apparent breakthroughs'
Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington ended on 25 September with both leaders praising it. We hold nine reports on it, and one names a trade result: France …
Iran's president at the UN: IRNA leads with 'Iran has not started the war', Gulf News with 'US must choose' whether to end it
Two reports of Masoud Pezeshkian's remarks on 25 September lead on different lines. The Iranian state agency leads with self-defence. The Emirati paper leads with a demand on …
Trump calls Xi talks 'very productive'; a Guardian source says he warned on Iran; Ukrainska Pravda sees 'two pandas instead of a result'
We hold six reports from the last day of Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington. They tell three different stories about what the visit produced, and none of …
Gazeta Wyborcza says Belarus freed 15 prisoners in return for eased US sanctions; The Independent does not mention sanctions and says 883 are still held
Two reports say Alexander Lukashenko's government freed 15 prisoners on Thursday after talks with the United States. Only Gazeta Wyborcza says Washington offered to ease sanctions in return, …
Trump hails a 'truly great friendship', Warren says he 'loves dictators' — and one outlet reports a trade truce to January
Xi Jinping reached the White House on Thursday for his first US state visit since 2015. Of 11 reports we hold, most cover the welcome. One carries a …
Mediapart puts AI at the top of Xi's Washington visit, Libération lists tariffs first, NPR names no issue
China's leader Xi Jinping arrived in the United States on Wednesday 23 September for a state visit. The three reports we hold give three different agendas. None gives …
Interfax says Lavrov and Rubio talked for 52 minutes, Vedomosti 'almost an hour' — no report says what they agreed
The Russian and US foreign ministers met in New York on 23 September, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. We hold five reports on the meeting. …
Pezeshkian at the UN: IRNA leads on 'war was imposed on us', Shargh on 'victims of terrorism', An-Nahar on Hormuz and a US walkout
Iran's president spoke to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. Five outlets carried the speech, and each put a different line first. Two Lebanese outlets report that the …
Jerusalem Post reports "first shuttle talks in months"; LBCI quotes Tehran saying "there will be no negotiations"
Four of the six reports we hold describe US and Iranian envoys passing messages through Qatari mediators in New York. One, published between them, quotes the secretary of …
iDNES: American soldiers "on their way" to Lithuania. Rzeczpospolita, an hour earlier: Washington "has not yet decided" on its forces in Europe
Two reports twenty minutes apart read American intent on NATO's eastern flank in opposite directions. Vilnius says the soldiers are moving. Warsaw says nothing is settled. No American …
US calls Australia's online duty-of-care bill censorship: the ABC calls the move 'extraordinary', the Guardian reports a demand to exempt US platforms
Washington used Australia's public consultation to object to a planned online-safety law. Two reports carry the objection. Only the Guardian says the US wants American platforms left out. …
Iran is 'ready to reopen Hormuz' if the US moves first, says an Iranian official; Trump 'asked to arrange a meeting', says Ynet
Both governments talked about talks on Tuesday, as Trump and Pezeshkian headed to the UN in New York. The nine reports we hold do not agree on who …
Reuters says thousands of flights snarled, NOS and The Independent say hundreds; The Guardian gives a radio fault, not a cable cut
The US aviation regulator halted flights at airports in the north-east on Monday. Six reports from five outlets disagree on why, on which airports and on how many …
Gulf News: Iran's airlines 'to be shut down' on 23 September. Le Figaro: they 'could be' paralysed
Two reports carry the same claim from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Both headlines state the grounding as settled. The one text we can read says it could …
Suspilne says Zelensky 'supported Trump'; Censor.NET says he answered with terms
Trump wrote that Russia has 'lost control' of its diesel industry because its refineries were 'blown up'. Six reports in five languages carry it. They split on who …
Iran says it will strike back only if attacked; Trump says Iran's leaders face being wiped out without a deal, and Hormuz stays shut
Eight reports cover the standoff, and every threat in them comes with a condition. Each outlet puts that condition on the other side. None of them spells out …
New York Times account: Trump ordered, then halted, a Houthi strike. Axios account: he only weighed one and chose to wait
Four Lebanese and Israeli outlets carry two American press accounts of the same days, and the accounts disagree on whether Trump ever gave an order. Nobody on the …
Reuters says Trump "will convert" the arch; ABC says the project "has not yet been approved"
One Truth Social post on Sunday morning. Ten reports in eight countries. Three write the drones and snipers as settled, two say plainly that nothing has been approved, …
taz calls it “a mistake by an AI”; the Washington Examiner says it was the Pentagon’s “blind faith” in one
American planes were airborne and armed personnel were preparing to board a Chinese ship over intelligence that said it carried nuclear weapons. Both reports we hold say the …
De Telegraaf says Iran keeps the door to talks open; Welt says Tehran rules them out
Iran's chief negotiator says Tehran has passed Washington its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, through mediators. Five reports from one Sunday, and not one of them …
Asharq Al-Awsat says the Yemeni army is grinding the Houthis down, France 24 says their "lightning offensive" seized swathes of Yemen
A missile targeted Riyadh and the United States warned the fighting could "escalate rapidly". Nine reports, four names for the fighters, no casualty figure from Riyadh, and no …
Iran says Washington is preparing to attack; Trump says "this week is no different"
Iran's central military command said on Sunday it had information that the United States, backed by regional states, was preparing to resume action, and that US bases would …
Life.ru: Kremlin sees 'no positive' in Trump's 'hellish sanctions'; Espreso and Censor.NET: a law that punishes the deportation of Ukrainian children
Espreso TV says Donald Trump signed a sanctions law by the late senator Lindsey Graham on 18 September. A Russian report describes the law through the Kremlin's objection. …
Der Standard headlines Trump's 'AI Force' as AI regulation; the post An-Nahar quotes promises not to 'hinder or stifle' the industry
On Saturday Donald Trump said he will form an 'AI Force' and soon name a 'czar' to lead it. Ten outlets reported the same post. They do not …
A Trump win that 'secures Washington's core goals', says a Washington Examiner column; sovereignty not weakened, say Denmark and Greenland in Shargh
The United States, Denmark and Greenland have a security deal on the island. A Washington Examiner opinion column calls it a Trump victory aimed at China. Shargh reports …
An AI error 'almost started a war' with China, says The Independent; Frankfurter Allgemeine says it nearly led to action against one ship
Three European outlets pass on one CNN report that an error by a US military AI system nearly led to force against China. They disagree on how close …
Trump claims 'permanent control' of Greenland's security; Denmark and Greenland say sovereignty stands
Nine outlets in seven countries read one deal three ways: Trump got everything, Trump lost, or NATO won. None of the 11 reports we hold carries the text …
Trump says the US gets 'permanent control' of Greenland's security; Denmark and Greenland say their sovereignty is intact
Washington and Copenhagen have agreed a deal on Arctic security. The two sides describe it differently, and none of the reports we hold has seen the text.
Reuters says $24.3bn "cleared", Al-Modon says a "possible sale", LBCI says 48 jets
Five reports on one American approval. Three carry the price, one counts the aircraft, two say nothing has been bought yet.
NOS says "first extraordinary member", Digi24 says "associate member", Politico says "associated partnership"
Mark Carney told the European Parliament that Canada welcomes Ursula von der Leyen's offer. Four of the six reports we hold name the new status, and no two …
ABC says the US is warning staff off the Yemen border; the Guardian says it met the Houthis and stood back
Two reports 80 minutes apart put Washington on opposite sides of the same week. Neither counts a casualty.
Politico says Trump would 'love' a united Ireland; Der Standard makes it 'cool', Dagens Nyheter 'fantastiskt'
One sentence in Dublin, eleven reports, five words for it. Four keep the caveat he attached. El Mundo alone says he also questioned British rule in the Falklands.
Reuters says a 'Russian official' will go to Houston; Le Figaro says a diplomat, the second since 2022
Reuters and Le Figaro both cite the White House for news that Russia will attend next week's G20 energy meeting. Neither names the Russian. Only Le Figaro says …
Guardian names Taylor Farms lettuce as the source; Independent headline says origin of 13,000 cases 'still unknown'
US officials declared the largest recorded cyclospora outbreak over on Friday. Three reports give three case figures. Only one headline says the source is unknown, and that report's …
The Independent says Bartiromo was 'fired'; her attorney, in the same report, says she was not
Two reports, three words for one event — fired, firing, ouster — and neither names anyone at Fox News as having decided.
Shargh: American officials claim new missiles were fired at US warships. IRNA, ten minutes later: "Trump's self-made quagmire", and no missiles
Five reports on the fighting between Iran and the US Navy, all published within 46 minutes of each other. Between them they give the fighting four names and …
HotNews says the money depends on Congress, Welt says on Trump's own win
Four European reports carry the same American promise — $5,000 to every adult. Two attach different conditions, two attach none, and not one quotes the words Trump used.
Fox News says 'Epic Fury' has degraded Iran's military; IRNA says Iran controls Hormuz
Brent crude passed $100 on Wednesday, the first time since late July. Nine reports on the sixth month of the war, and not one gives a number for …
Iran's Guard Corps says it trapped a modern US underwater drone; a US official says an older model broke down
Eight reports on one morning at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. Four carry only Iran's account, two carry only Washington's, one carries both, and one describes …
Russian outlets call it "constructive and very frank"; Kyiv says the Kremlin "shows no readiness to make concessions"
Fifteen reports on one hour of telephone between Putin and Trump. Eleven name the same Kremlin aide as their source. None carries an American account.
France 24 says the Chapel Hill G20 was convened to keep AI unregulated. TASS reports a trade statement and no dispute.
G20 ministers met in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on 1 and 2 September. The two France 24 reports we hold were both filed on the first day and …
Axios says China derailed the G20 statement. France 24 says the G20 backed it. Same document.
Nineteen G20 members backed a text the United States wrote as chair. China did not. Ten reports call that outcome an agreement, a failure, or nothing at all …
The BBC says the UN voted to adopt a new world map. Anadolu says it adopted a non-binding resolution promoting one.
The UN General Assembly passed the "Correct the Map" resolution on Friday, 164 to one. The five reports we hold describe what that did in four different ways …
Zelensky says Witkoff and Kushner are in Kyiv on Sunday. The Independent says an envoy is 'scared' to go.
Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due in Moscow and then Kyiv this weekend. Five reports name three different sources for that plan, two different days, …
One diesel record, three framings: the Iran war, Trump's holdings, and a price only one outlet prints
Four reports carry a US diesel record on 4 September. The New York Times says the war in Iran drove it, MSNBC says the president stands to gain …
Four outlets, one injunction, two names for the order it blocked
A federal judge in Maryland blocked Trump's new birthright citizenship order on Wednesday. The Washington Examiner headlines it as a ban on "birth tourism" and is the only …
Big Bend: both reports carry the pause, neither reports the other's measure of it
The Hill scopes the pause to two named projects and a date. Axios scopes it to roughly 600 miles and a restraining order, then leads on construction going …
Fox says Bartiromo is out. Her lawyer says she is still employed
Four US outlets, four words for one event: firing, termination, departure, removal. One quotes Fox's release, one quotes the attorney, none carries both — and none has Fox …
Vance refuses the word "war". Seven of our nine reports use it anyway
The vice president's reason, via the Washington Examiner: "right now, there is no active shooting." AP reports a night of American bombardment the same week — and two …
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