In Brussels, a night at the airport broke. A cyberattack shut the check-in and boarding lines. Only manual work remained. Delays and cancellations followed.

8,000 drones fill U.S. airspace. There were 350 incursions at more than a hundred military sites in 2024. At Falcon Peak 25.2, Eglin, twenty counter-drone systems were tested with nets and acoustic detection. Officials want a 24-hour coast-to-coast response team.

In Kigali, the cycling stage is seen as a choreographed image-laundering operation to mask rule. A Rwandan journalist warns of repression: jailed reporters and exiles amid Congo violence. Freedom House says not free; RSF ranks 146th of 180. Since 1994, 17 reporters have been killed or jailed.

Paris gave the Legion d’Honneur to Pisani-Ferry and Bourlanges. They spoke bluntly about the Trente Glorieuses and the post‑Cold War era.

In Doha, an elderly British couple were released after eight months with the Taliban. They had lived in Afghanistan eighteen years and ran an education charity. The Taliban cited violations. Their daughter thanked supporters.

The Digest, 9/19/2025 @1100PM, CDT

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