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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
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 World04
California leaders rebuke Trump administration’s push over alleged noncitizen voting
<p>Election personnel concerned directive to ‘quickly’ verify 20,000 ballots could disenfranchise citizens</p><p>California’s top leaders have rebuked the Trump administration’s efforts to quash alleged noncitizen voting.</p><p>Less than two weeks before the midterms, federal prosecutors called upon California election officials to verify within 48 hours a list of about 20,000 ballots belonging to suspected noncitizens.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/24/california-noncitizen-voting-trump-administration">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 25, 2026The Guardian World