Track 1. Lights at Al-Shifa. An Israeli airstrike outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 10, 2025 killed seven people, including five Al Jazeera journalists, prompting international condemnation and calls for investigation after the IDF alleged the lead correspondent was a Hamas operative.

Track 2. Two States, One Beat. On August 11, 2025 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th UN General Assembly in September, conditional on PA commitments and amid global and domestic debate.

Track 3. Shoal of Sparks. On August 11, 2025, during a chase at Scarborough Shoal, Chinese Type 056 corvette CCG 3104 and Type 052D destroyer CNS Guilin collided while pursuing Philippine vessels escorting fishermen, leaving one Chinese ship unseaworthy as BRP Teresa Magbanua escorted civilians to safety.

Track 4. Capital Lines and Checkpoints. On Aug. 11, 2025 President Trump declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., placed the city's police under federal oversight, deployed roughly 800 National Guard troops plus federal agents, and ordered the immediate removal of the city's roughly 3,782 homeless residents to locations outside the capital, sparking local pushback and legal questions.

Track 5. Whispers in Kati. On August 11, 2025 Malian authorities detained between 20 and 50 soldiers—including Generals Abass Dembele and Nema Sagara—in Kati and around Bamako over an alleged coup plot, highlighting fractures inside Colonel Assimi Goïta's junta amid ongoing jihadist violence and political repression.