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By Kate Turton

Kamala Harris sits down for her first formal interview since her nomination, Typhoon Shanshan drenches Japan, and Amazon is developing a new version of Alexa with generative AI. Plus, the red carpet style from the Venice Film Festival.

Today's Top News   Kamala Harris visits Dottie's Market in Savannah, Georgia, August 29, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the US southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. The US Army defended an Arlington National Cemetery employee who was pushed aside during a visit by former President Donald Trump, saying that she acted professionally and was being unfairly attacked. Israel's military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said. One of Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a major Russian attack, Kyiv's military said, the first such loss reported since the long-awaited arrival of the US-made planes this month. This as Ukraine's Kursk incursion is testing young Russian conscripts' mettle. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been on a charm offensive across Europe this week, angling for a "reset" in relations between the UK and the European Union. Correspondent Andrew MacAskill joins the Reuters World News podcast with insights on how Starmer is trying to heal some of the wounds caused by Brexit. Typhoon Shanshan deluged large parts of Japan with torrential rain, prompting warnings for flooding and landslides hundreds of miles from the storm's center, halting travel services and shutting production at major factories. Washington urged Honduras to reconsider its intention to leave a long-standing extradition treaty, as Honduran President Xiomara Castro warned of a plot against her leftist government amid a fresh diplomatic clash between the two nations.

Business & Markets   A commuter walks onto an escalator at Gadigal Station on the new Sydney Metro line, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy/File Photo Australia's largest public transport project has achieved something few urban planners expect: social media fame. The $15 billion Sydney Metro line along a major north-southwest artery has featured in hundreds of photos and videos on TikTok and Instagram since it opened in late August. An Indian tax agency has found that British insurer Aviva breached local regulations capping commissions to sales agents with a system of fake invoices and clandestine cash payments, according to a notice seen by Reuters. Some Russian companies are facing growing delays and rising costs on payments with trading partners in China, leaving transactions worth tens of billions of yuan in limbo, Russian sources with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters. Social media giant X said it expects Brazil's top court to order it to shut down, as a pitched legal battle plays out over compliance with local laws and owner Elon Musk's insistence the platform is being punished for resisting censorship. General Motors was ordered by a federal appeals court to face a class action claiming it violated laws of 26 US states by knowingly selling several hundred thousand cars, trucks and SUVs with faulty transmissions. The week ahead Two east German states hold elections on Sept. 1 that could shake up politics before 2025's federal election. Populist parties are expected to do well.  Monday is Labor Day in the US, the date many see as the last of summer. Pope Francis will embark on a 33,000-km tour of four Southeast Asian nations. African government officials, including presidents and prime ministers from countries including Kenya, Senegal and South Africa head to Beijing for the ninth edition of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Here's your guide to the week ahead in financial markets.

Ask Claude? Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp   Amazon says it uses many different technologies to power Alexa. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Amazon's revamped Alexa due for release in October ahead of the US holiday season will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence models, rather than its own AI, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Amazon plans to charge $5 to $10 a month for its new "Remarkable" version of Alexa as it will use powerful generative AI to answer complex queries, while still offering the "Classic" voice assistant for free, Reuters reported in June. Read more

And Finally... Winona Ryder poses on the red carpet for the screening of the film "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" August 28. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki Stars brought some glamor to the red carpet and photocalls at the 81st Venice Film Festival. See the photo gallery

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