Prism of the week — 2026-W3723 STORIES · 52 COUNTRIES · 1 NARRATIVEREAD THE PRISM

One story. Many countries. Different accounts.

The Refract compares how each country’s media tell the same news.

BRICS summit closes in New Delhi: supply chains, a space council and the Global South

7 countries

Gap between media framings

71/100

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Two accounts that clash

China

Beijing is upholding the unity of the Global South and multipolarity as the guiding principle of the New Delhi summit.

CGTN · ECNS · SCMP

France

Paris is deciphering a constrained summit, where the conflict in the Middle East has eclipsed the expansion ambitions of the…

France 24 · RFI

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China

« Beijing is upholding the unity of the Global South and multipolarity as the guiding principle of the New Delhi summit. »

CGTN · ECNS · SCMP

France

« Paris is deciphering a constrained summit, where the conflict in the Middle East has eclipsed the expansion ambitions of the… »

France 24 · RFI

Indonesia

« Jakarta is asserting its autonomy within the BRICS: Prabowo Subianto refuses to be "dictated to" by any power and demands… »

Antara News EN · CNN Indonesia · Tempo English

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Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin at the Miami G20, the Kremlin replies “impossible”

In an interview with DW released on Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin at the Miami G20 in December. From New Delhi, the Kremlin spokesman replies the same day that it is “impossible” and that Putin will only receive Zelensky in Moscow. Kyiv is preparing for a resumption of three-way talks in October. Eight countries, from Paris to Moscow, read the offer and the refusal.

8 countries

divergence

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

A Russian drone hits a Kyiv–Warsaw train two kilometres from Poland, just after a “diplomatic train” passed

At dawn on Sunday a Russian drone hit the locomotive of a passenger train at Yahodyn station, two kilometres from Poland, shortly after a convoy carrying Boris Johnson, a former CIA director and European advisers had passed. The 206 passengers had been evacuated. Kyiv and Warsaw call it an escalation, Moscow a military infrastructure. Ten countries tell the closest strike to NATO territory in months.

10 countries

divergence

60/100

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Sport international

Trump backs a united Ireland during his visit to Dublin and his Doonbeg golf course, anger among unionists

On Saturday in Dublin, facing Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Donald Trump said he would love to see Ireland “united” and that reunification would be “fantastic”, before a tournament at his Doonbeg golf course. On Sunday he insisted it “is going to happen eventually”. Northern Irish unionists and Reform UK hit back sharply, while London had ruled the question off the table. Twenty countries read an unprecedented remark for a US president.

20 countries

divergence

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Conflits & Securite

BRICS in New Delhi: a joint declaration calls for “maximum restraint” in the Middle East

The eleven BRICS members unanimously adopted a declaration on Saturday voicing “deep concern” over the war in the Middle East, calling for “maximum restraint” without naming any country, condemning unilateral tariffs and demanding a reform of global governance. Xi Jinping says the war serves no common interest; Modi speaks to him of peace on the border. Ten countries, members or not, read the text.

10 countries

divergence

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Indonesian ferry with 243 aboard loses contact in the Java Sea, 103 people rescued

The Virgo Transport 8, sailing from Surabaya to Banjarmasin with 243 people aboard, lost contact early on Sunday in the Java Sea in bad weather. The ship was found, 103 people evacuated including one who died, and rescuers were still searching for 140 passengers. The second ferry tragedy in Southeast Asia in a matter of days: thirteen countries tell the rescue, the weather and the safety of the archipelago's sea links.

13 countries

divergence

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Anthropic's chief calls for slowing AI development, and Altman and Musk agree

In an essay published on Saturday, Dario Amodei asks AI companies to slow the growth of their models' capabilities so that safety can catch up, and proposes a three-part framework. Sam Altman and Elon Musk say they agree. From Washington to Caracas, thirteen countries read the call according to their place in the race: regulation, jobs, sovereignty, fear of an AI beyond control.

13 countries

divergence

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Energie & Climat

Saudi Arabia shuts its East-West pipeline after drone attacks launched from Iraq

Riyadh temporarily shut the East-West pipeline, its bypass around the Strait of Hormuz, after drone attacks on Friday night. Baghdad admits the drones came from Iraq, dismisses two officials and closes three border crossings with Iran; Donald Trump names Iran as the likely culprit. Twenty countries tell the same night, from crude above $100 to Iraqi militias.

20 countries

divergence

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Catastrophes naturelles

Israel on two fronts: a family killed by a strike in Gaza, Hezbollah tunnels blown up in Lebanon, the Rome talks postponed

On 11 September, the Israeli army blew up a Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon, a detonation recorded as a magnitude-4.1 tremor, and says it is ready for further strikes. In Gaza, a strike on a home killed a family of four, including two children, according to Palestinian medical sources; Israel says it killed the commander of Hamas's Khan Younis brigade. The Israel-Lebanon talks planned in Rome are postponed to October.