A peace found in the White House. Azerbaijan and Armenia sign an accord brokered by Trump, ending decades of war over Nagorno-Karabakh. Security tied to U.S.-led economic ties and a new regional trade route, to lift trade and investment.

In London, Tate Britain opens a Ithell Colquhoun retrospective. Her Surrealism, Scylla from 1938, pushes at the lines, and France watches with growing interest.

Trump moves the Obama and Bush portraits to a hidden stairwell. A swap—an Obama portrait replaced by a Trump assassination scene—stirs the room.

In the Chagos Islands, the deal costs £35bn, ten times Labour’s estimate, surrender to Mauritius and rental back. A report says Starmer misled Parliament, citing tax rises and broken pledges, and questions Labour credibility.

Denver Post doxxes three private CORA users who shared public records, defending it as transparency. Do Better Denver calls it retaliation in a policy fight. Officials pushed the move.

The Digest, 8/12/2025 @600AM, CDT

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