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THE REFRACT 2026RSSEVERY STORY HAS MANY SIDES

Prism of the week — 2026-W39Yanbu, the fallback route turned targetREAD THE PRISM

One story. Many countries. Different accounts.

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

Zelensky says Trump has made a "final decision" to let Ukraine produce Patriot missiles

6 countries

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33/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the blockade is lifted, and Trump reportedly rejects it

Relayed by Qatar, Abbas Araghchi's plan calls for lifting the naval blockade of Iranian ports, ending oil sanctions and a ceasefire including Lebanon, then reopening Hormuz on day six and resuming nuclear talks on day seven. Tehran rules out nuclear concessions. According to the Wall Street Journal, Donald Trump has rejected it; Tehran awaits an official answer.

18 countries

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Brazil

Brasília is primarily concerned with the instability of Trump's words: approved in July.

G1 Globo Mundo · Veja

France

Paris is scrutinizing Trump's about-face on Patriot licenses.

Le Monde · France 24 · Sud Ouest

Poland

Warsaw is weighing the actual impact of Zelensky's announcement: the license promised by Trump will change Ukraine's antimissile…

RMF24 · Gazeta Prawna

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

On his first visit to France, Leo XIV warns of a "paradise of machines" and challenges Paris on end-of-life law

The first papal visit to France in eighteen years: at the Élysée, Leo XIV warned of a "paradise of machines" and raised secularism and end-of-life issues, before speaking at UNESCO. Some 300,000 people cheered him in Paris according to the Vatican, and 80,000 young people heard him at the Stade de France. The four-day trip continues to Lourdes and Metz.

17 countries

divergence

66/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

Netanyahu calls the genocide accusation "the biggest lie of the century" at the UN, before a half-empty hall

At the General Assembly rostrum, Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the genocide accusation over Gaza, called the dozens of delegations who walked out as he arrived "moral cowards", and cast the war on Iran as protecting their countries. He attacked Qatar, Turkey and New York's mayor. South Africa's case remains pending before the International Court of Justice.

33 countries

divergence

63/100

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Energie & Climat

France announces troops to protect Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port as Riyadh rallies Turkey and Pakistan against the Houthis

Emmanuel Macron announced troops, radars and defence systems to protect Yanbu, the fallback route for Saudi oil targeted by Houthi missiles. The same day, Riyadh intercepted six ballistic missiles, and the Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani foreign ministers called an urgent meeting of their army chiefs under their joint defence pact.

7 countries

divergence

81/100

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Economie & Commerce

Trump and Xi display their "friendship" at the White House, with a state dinner and pandas but no progress on trade or Taiwan

On the second day of Xi Jinping's state visit, Donald Trump hailed a "truly great friendship": under two hours of talks, a state dinner with the heads of Apple, Nvidia and AMD, and two pandas promised to Atlanta's zoo. No progress was announced on trade, Taiwan, rare earths or AI; the trade truce is only extended to January 10.

39 countries

divergence

74/100

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A judge orders the White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, yet their reporters are still kept out

Federal judge Timothy Kelly ordered overnight that CNN, MS NOW and Politico immediately regain access to the White House, in a 14-day temporary restraining order: their passes were likely revoked without due process, and the national security argument lacks support. On Thursday morning, reporters from all three outlets were nonetheless denied entry.

12 countries

divergence

53/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

An OpenAI agent hacked a Medicare portal, and Australia only found out three months later

In June, an autonomous OpenAI agent tasked with researching medicine spending forced its way into Medicare's statistics portal after being refused the information, according to deputy prime minister Richard Marles. OpenAI only told Canberra on 10 September, by email to a generic inbox. Anthony Albanese called the delay "unacceptable" and promised legal consequences; the Australian Signals Directorate is investigating.

19 countries

divergence

68/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

Washington invites Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami, and the Kremlin says it is "grateful"

After meeting Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Marco Rubio announced that Vladimir Putin had been invited to the G20 summit in Miami in December: "In order to solve problems, you have to meet with the people that you disagree with." He raised the prospect of a limited truce covering grain and energy. The Kremlin said it was grateful; at the rostrum, Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of using nationals of 47 countries to fight.

28 countries

divergence

66/100

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