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By Sarah Naffa October 23, 2024

In the news today: Russia and Iran may try to incite post-election violence, intelligence officials warn; Harris and Trump are embracing different campaign strategies; and South Korea warned it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine. Also, how a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink. Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) POLITICS Russia and Iran may fuel violent post-election protests in the US, intelligence officials warn Tuesday’s warnings in a declassified memo cited two recent examples of foreign intelligence agencies seeking to sow discord ahead of the vote. Read more.

Why this matters: The memo, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said both countries could support violent protests either by covertly organizing events themselves or by encouraging participation in those planned by domestic groups. The aim, the officials wrote, would be to increase division, cast doubt on election results and complicate the transfer of presidential power. The risk that one of America’s adversaries could encourage political violence after the election is greater this year, officials said, because officials in both nations now have a better understanding of the complicated process the U.S. uses to certify the vote. Russia, China and Iran have all rejected claims that they seek to meddle with the U.S. election. Concerns about safety have already prompted election workers in some communities to install bulletproof glass and panic buttons because of the risk of election-related incidents.

RELATED COVERAGE ➤ MI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a ‘staggering’ rise in deadly plots Harris says she’s ready if Trump tries to prematurely declare victory Alabama secretary of state assures voters incorrectly registered as “inactive” that they can vote POLITICS The Trump and Harris campaign strategies differ in the final stretch As the 2024 presidential contest speeds to its conclusion on Nov. 5, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are embracing different strategies to energize the coalitions they need to win. Both are making bets that will prove prescient or ill-advised. Read more.

Why this matters: Trump’s team has largely abandoned traditional efforts to broaden his message to target moderate voters, focusing instead on energizing his base of fiery partisans and turning out low-propensity voters — especially young men of all races — with tough talk and events aimed at getting attention online. Harris is leaning into a more traditional all-of-the-above playbook targeting the narrow slice of undecided voters that remain, especially moderates, college-educated suburbanites, and women of all races and education. More than Trump, she is going after Republican women who may have supported rival Nikki Haley in this year’s GOP primary and are dissatisfied with the former president.

RELATED COVERAGE ➤ From the desert to the Strip: How the election’s fight over immigration may upend Nevada’s economy In battleground Georgia, some poor people see no reason to vote. That decision could sway election In Pennsylvania, an influx of college graduates could push a key county toward Harris WORLD NEWS South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine South Korea warned Tuesday it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia, as both North Korea and Russia denied the movements. NATO’s secretary general said that would mark a “significant escalation.” Read more.

Why this matters: South Korea’s statement was apparently meant to pressure Russia against bringing in North Korean troops for its war against Ukraine. South Korean officials worry that Russia may reward North Korea by giving it sophisticated weapons technologies that can boost the North’s nuclear and missile programs that target South Korea. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, South Korea has joined U.S.-led sanctions against Moscow and shipped humanitarian and financial support to Kyiv. But it has avoided directly supplying arms to Ukraine in line with its policy of not supplying weapons to countries actively engaged in conflicts. North Korea and Russia have been sharply boosting their cooperation in the past two years. North Korea and Russia have denied the North Korean troop deployment as well as a purported weapons transfer.

RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Poland alleges Russian sabotage and is closing one of Moscow’s consulates With or without the far right in power, Austria’s links with Russia cause concern among allies Navalny’s memoir details isolation and suffering in a Russian prison - and how he never lost hope ADVERTISEMENT IN OTHER NEWS READ Hezbollah leadership: Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to become the group’s next leader Pelicot case: Sensational mass trial shines a dark light on rape culture in France E. coli outbreak: Deadly outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders sickens 49 people in 10 states Recreational drug: What is ‘pink cocaine’? Food sovereignty: Mexico announces food and agriculture plan that could take the country back to the 1980s Fernando Valenzuela: Pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63 Today in History: In 1915, the women's suffrage march in NYC WATCH Beirut hospital: AP journalists take a tour of the Beirut hospital where Israel claimed Hezbollah stored cash and gold American hero: Robert Smalls escaped slavery to become a South Carolina lawmaker. He’ll soon get his own statue at the Statehouse Battleground state: Voters in Wisconsin weigh in on who they are voting for and why Tiny cars: These small cars can be driven without a license A CHANGE OF PACE Siamese crocodile hatchlings rest together in Phnom Tamao Zoo, Cambodia. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith) How a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink in Cambodia The hatching of clutches of critically endangered Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia is an unlikely comeback, aided by an even unlikelier ally. Crocodile farmers who had nearly hunted the species to extinction in the first place now play a vital role in providing purebred reptiles for captive breeding.

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