Previously: September 1’s roundup covered two oil tankers struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump’s AI-generated Kharg Island threat, a sixth day of Russian strikes on Kyiv killing 12, the Nepal-Tibet flood toll passing 1,000, the Grand Canyon flash flood, and Apple’s CEO handover from Tim Cook to John Ternus.
Middle East — US Strikes IRGC Targets After Hormuz Mine Attempt, Iran Calls Wedding Strike a “War Crime”
US Central Command said American forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in southern Iran around midday Tuesday, hitting sites near Bandar Abbas and in Konarak, Chabahar, Qeshm, and Sirik. CENTCOM said the strikes followed an attempted IRGC mine attack on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and threats against American service members in the region, extending the tanker-strike campaign covered in September 1’s roundup. President Trump said on Truth Social the strikes were retaliation for Iran’s “failed attempt” to seed the strait with mines.
The strikes’ fallout sharpened Wednesday when Iran’s Red Crescent said a US strike hit a wedding ceremony in Sirik county, killing at least four people — including two children — and wounding more than 50. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson called it “a war crime,” and Iran’s Red Crescent urged the International Criminal Court to open an “independent, impartial, thorough, and effective investigation.” Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary warned of a “new strategy on the battlefield.” Reporting from the New York Times and BBC identified the munition involved as a US Precision Strike Missile.
Sources: Stars and Stripes — US forces strike IRGC targets in Iran, CENTCOM says · CNBC — U.S. strikes Iran after new Hormuz Strait shipping attacks: Centcom · Washington Times — U.S. strikes IRGC targets in Iran after attempted attacks on vessels in Strait of Hormuz · Al Jazeera — What do we know about the fatal US bombing of a wedding in Iran’s Sirik? · Times of Israel — Iran decries wedding strike as ‘war crime,’ threatens US will face ‘new strategy on battlefield’ · Sunday Guardian Live — Iran Red Crescent Seeks ICC Probe Into US Strike On Wedding Ceremony
Ukraine — Seventh Day of Kyiv Strikes, SBU-HUR Shootout Over Foiled FSB Assassination Plot
Russian drones struck three Kyiv districts before dawn Wednesday, injuring at least seven people — including two doctors — damaging a medical facility in Shevchenkivskyi district and sparking a fire at an educational building in Holosiivskyi district, on a seventh consecutive day of near-nightly attacks on the capital that began in the run-up to the strikes covered in September 1’s roundup.
Separately, Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it and military intelligence (HUR) had foiled a Russian FSB plot to assassinate Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps — a Russian-staffed unit fighting alongside Ukraine — who had reportedly been abducted from his home after attending Ukraine’s Independence Day events on August 24. A raid tied to the investigation turned into an armed confrontation between SBU personnel and what prosecutors described as a Ukrainian Defense Forces unit, reportedly linked to HUR, with at least three HUR personnel wounded in the exchange of gunfire in a Kyiv residential courtyard.
Sources: Kyiv Independent — Shootout between SBU and HUR in Kyiv during investigation of Russian FSB plot · Euromaidan Press — Ukraine’s Security Service says it foiled FSB plot to assassinate Russian opposition leader in Kyiv · Kyiv Post — SBU, HUR Foil FSB Plot Against Russian Opposition Leader as RDK Commander Reportedly Disappears · The New Voice of Ukraine — SBU, Ukraine intelligence say they foiled FSB plot against Russian opposition figure
Disaster — Nepal-Tibet Flood Death Toll Tops 1,100, About 4,500 Still Missing
Nepal’s death toll from the border flash flooding climbed to 1,114 as of Wednesday, according to the country’s disaster management authority, with roughly 3,916 people still listed as missing. China separately reported 16 dead and 546 missing on the Tibetan side, keeping the combined missing count above 4,400, six days after the toll first crossed 1,000 as reported in September 1’s roundup. The US State Department said it is still tracking around 75 unaccounted-for Americans across the cross-border region.
Sources: ABC News — Nepal-Tibet flood death toll tops 1,100 as tens of thousands search for missing
Tech & Business — Anthropic Locks In $35B Nvidia-Backed Compute Deal, FTC Sues Amazon Over Ad Overcharges
Anthropic signed a $35 billion cloud-computing agreement Monday with Nvidia-backed provider Lambda, securing roughly 350 megawatts of GPU capacity at a new data center being built by Hut 8 in Nueces County, Texas, for training and running Claude models. Nvidia occupies three roles in the deal at once — supplying the chips, backing Lambda as an equity investor, and holding the lease on the Texas campus — a structure that underscores how central Nvidia has become to financing the infrastructure race among the labs that consume its chips.
Separately, the FTC and attorneys general from more than a dozen states sued Amazon on Monday, alleging the company systematically overcharged more than 1.2 million advertisers — including over 500,000 small and medium businesses — by more than $20 billion since 2019 through undisclosed manipulation of its sponsored-listings ad auctions. Amazon said the suit misunderstands how its ad auctions work and presented no evidence shoppers were harmed.
Sources: Bloomberg — Anthropic Strikes 35 Billion To Nvidia-Backed Lambda For Cloud Capacity · CNBC — FTC sues Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of misleading advertisers · Daily Hodl — FTC Suing Amazon Over Alleged Secret Ad Overcharges Exceeding $20,000,000,000