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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘sounds strong’ but is isolated, son says
<p>Kim Aris tells the Guardian chance to speak with detained Nobel laureate was ‘public relations’ move from military leaders</p><p>Myanmar’s former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be in good physical and mental health but is living in near-complete isolation, her son has said after the first call with his 81-year-old mother in more than five years.</p><p>“She still sounds certainly all there mentally, and physically she sounds strong,” Kim Aris said. “I don’t think she has anybody outside of the military or the police around her, so essentially she’s been held in solitary confinement from what I gather.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/25/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-speaks-son-pr-move">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 25, 2026The Guardian World World03
New York Archdiocese to pay $800 million to sex abuse survivors
Around 1,300 survivors agreed to the $800 million payout from the Catholic Church, marking one of the largest clergy abuse settlements in the US.
DE Oct 25, 2026Deutsche Welle (DW) World04
Obama slams Trump’s ‘cruelty and corruption’ at Ohio rally for Democrats
Former US president says Trump 'chose to make a series of bad decisions', highlighting the US-Israel war on Iran.
QA Oct 25, 2026Al Jazeera English