A Europe-wide cyberattack shut airport check-ins from Heathrow to Brussels. Flights halted, lines grew long, screens stayed dark. Collins Aerospace software is being restored; RTX stands behind it.

In Florida, a five-foot alligator dragged a puppy from a backyard creek. A woman punched the gator in the eye to free Dax, a four-month-old Shih Tzu. The gator was captured. She warns others to keep dogs from the water.

Britain, Canada, and Australia recognize a Palestinian state to press a two-state peace. Netanyahu opposes it. "No Palestinian state west of the Jordan," he says; other leaders insist Hamas has no role in Palestine. In the wider theatre, the voices of the 'far right' and the 'progressive' camps ring clear.

Thirty women leaders from across MENA met in Tel Aviv for a cross-border summit on social change. They spoke of activism, enterprise, and diplomacy. Gaza was avoided; backlash was noted. Quiet cross-border work is framed as progress under the Abraham Accords.

John Stapleton, 79, died after Parkinson's and pneumonia. He presented ITV breakfast television; a son and daughter-in-law stood by.

The Digest, 9/21/2025 @1230PM, CDT

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