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Here are the top stories and upcoming coverage plans for Reuters text service as of 6 am GMT/ 2 am ET. For a full schedule of news and events, go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect or on Media Express. TOP STORIES GLOBAL ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/TRUMP (PIX, TV) Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza, saying Hamas is ready for peace CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a U.S. plan to end the war, but vexing issues like disarmament appeared unresolved. JAPAN-POLITICS Takaichi to become Japan's ruling party chief after run-off vote Former Japanese internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday won the race to lead the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and therefore likely become the next prime minister. U.S. USA-TRUMP-MIGRATION-REFUGEES Trump administration planning 7,500-person refugee ceiling, sources say WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to set a refugee admissions cap at 7,500 people this fiscal year, a record low that prioritizes white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity, three people familiar with the matter said. USA-TRUMP-MIGRATION-REFUGEES Trump administration planning 7,500-person refugee ceiling, sources say WASHINGTON- President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to set a refugee admissions cap at 7,500 people this fiscal year, a record low that prioritizes white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity, three people familiar with the matter said. BUSINESS USA-ECONOMY-JOBS For a jobs day data fix in a US shutdown, here is what the experts are saying WASHINGTON – With U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics employees furloughed due to the federal government shutdown, the agency's website shows a release from Wednesday as its most recent data update instead of the monthly employment report for September that had been scheduled for Friday. TECH-AI-OPENAI OpenAI to boost content owners' control for Sora AI video app, plans monetization ChatGPT creator OpenAI will soon introduce controls allowing the owners of content rights to dictate how their characters are used in its AI video-generating tool Sora and plans to share revenue with those who permit such use. ENTERTAINMENT FASHION-PARIS-VICTORIA-BECKHAM Victoria Beckham shows youthful slip dresses at Paris Fashion Week PARIS– Victoria Beckham showed a collection of slip dresses, roomy suits and soft, leather jackets with crinkled edges for her namesake label's spring summer runway show, held at the 17th century Val-de-Grace abbey in Paris on Friday. MUSIC-TAYLOR-SWIFT-ALBUM Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' presents pop phenomenon at the peak of her power LOS ANGELES- Superstar Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrived on Friday with a promotional blitz including midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles. SPORTS CRICKET-TEST-IND-WIN-INNINGS Cricket-India declare first innings at 448-5 against struggling West Indies India have declared their first innings on their overnight score of 448 for five against West Indies, who will come out to bat for the second time trailing their hosts by 286 runs on day three of the opening test on Saturday. BASKETBALL-WNBA Basketball-WNBA commissioner Engelbert vows to "do better" after Collier criticism WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said on Friday the league "has to do better" to make players feel valued after sharp criticism from Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier, while vowing to repair trust as the deadline for contentious collective bargaining talks looms. UPCOMING STORIES FASHION-PARIS/MAISON MARGIELA Maison Margiela Womenswear Spring/Summer 2026 collection during Paris Fashion Week Reporter: Mimosa Spencer USA-TRUMP/MIGRATION-CHICAGO U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week that left doors broken and possessions scattered, an operation that authorities said targeted gang members but which swept in families and U.S. citizens. Reporter: Kristina Cooke, Renee Hickman, Ted Hesson Editor: Deepa Babington Handy, Emily Schmall, Mary Milliken USA-SHUTDOWN/REPUBLICANS President Donald Trump's freezing of funds for Democratic-led states has raised concerns among some centrist Republicans in the U.S. Congress, who worry that leaning into these divisions could make it harder to end an ongoing government shutdown. Reporter: David Morgan Editor: Jessica Koscielniak, Scott Malone, Stelios A Varias USA-TRUMP/DC-CRIME A Reuters review of public safety records and interviews with four experts on crime suggest that it is premature to draw sweeping conclusions about the impact of President Trump's show of force in Washington While some types of crime – especially gun offenses – have become less frequent since Trump ordered troops into the city, overall violent crime hasn't changed that much. Reporter: Brad Heath, Jack Queen, Kripa Jayaram Editor: Ross Colvin

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* Dozens of flights, thousands of passengers affected * Airport announces gradual reopening two hours later than scheduled * Gradual restarts from 0500 GMT (Recasts headline, paragraph 1 with reopening, adds detail in paragraph 6) By Karin Strohecker MUNICH, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Munich airport said on Saturday it was gradually resuming flights from 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), with delays expected through the day, hours after both runways were closed for the second time in less than 24 hours due to a drone sighting. The airport advised travellers to check with their airlines as it prepared for the restart, two hours later than originally scheduled, after the Friday evening closure. Dozens of flights had been diverted or cancelled, stranding some 6,500 passengers, authorities said. European aviation has repeatedly been thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings that some authorities have blamed on Russia. The Kremlin has denied any involvement. Authorities have yet to attribute Thursday's or Friday's drone sightings to a specific actor. "German air traffic control restricted flight operations at Munich Airport as a precautionary measure due to unconfirmed drone sightings and suspended them until further notice," a statement on the airport website read. In a later update, the airport said 23 flights were diverted, 12 flights to Munich and 48 departures cancelled or postponed. "As on the previous night, the airport and airlines took care of the passengers," it added. "Camp beds, blankets, drinks and snacks were handed out." The previous evening, the captain on a London-bound aircraft whose departure was cancelled told passengers that runways had been closed "because of drone sightings near the take-off and landing runways" and that police helicopters were aloft. The airport website showed due arrivals had been diverted starting at 8:35 p.m. (1835 GMT). Munich airport was closed for several hours late on Thursday and in the small hours after unconfirmed drone sightings that disrupted dozens of flights. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt promised earlier on Friday to bring forward legislation making it easier for the police to ask the military to shoot drones down. (Reporting by Karin Strohecker and Mrinmay Dey, additional reporting by Kirsti Knolle; Writing by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Chris Reese, Rosalba O'Brien and William Mallard)

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* Koizumi would be youngest modern PM, Takaichi first woman * Next leader will head LDP without parliamentary majority * Investors wary of spending pledges designed to win back voters * Vote result expected around 0600 GMT * Read our Live coverage here (Adds details on voting in paragraphs 7-8, quotes from Koizumi in paragraphs 9-10, Takaichi quote in 12-13) By Tim Kelly, John Geddie and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Japan's next prime minister is likely to be the nation's first female leader or the youngest premier in 140 years as the ruling party held a runoff vote for leader on Saturday. The Liberal Democratic Party was choosing between hardline nationalist Sanae Takaichi, 64, and the telegenic political scion Shinjiro Koizumi, 44, to regain trust from a public angered by rising prices and drawn to opposition groups promising big stimulus and clampdowns on foreigners. The runoff is expected to conclude around 0600 GMT. A vote in parliament to choose a prime minister to replace Shigeru Ishiba is expected to be held on Oct. 15. ADVANTAGE KOIZUMI IN SECOND ROUND The new LDP president is likely to succeed Ishiba as leader of the world's fourth-biggest economy because the party, which has governed Japan for almost all the postwar period, is the biggest in parliament. But this is not assured as the party and its coalition partner lost their majorities in both houses under Ishiba in the past year. Various other parties, including the fiscally expansionist Democratic Party for the People and the anti-immigration Sanseito have been steadily luring voters, especially younger ones, away from the LDP. Takaichi, the only woman among the five LDP candidates, came out top in a first round with 183 votes to Koizumi's 164, but both were short of a majority. Her advantage is expected to slip in the runoff where there are fewer votes by rank-and-file members, who tend to break for her. Koizumi, by contrast, has stronger backing among lawmakers who have 295 votes in the second round compared to 47 votes from rank-and-file members, one for each prefecture. "The LDP must rebuild, restore the people’s trust and move forward," Koizumi said in a speech ahead of the runoff vote, lamenting the "immaturity" that he said contributed to him falling short in a leadership race last year. "I may still have shortcomings, but what I became convinced of through this leadership election is that the LDP still has the strength to serve the people of this nation," he said. If selected, Koizumi would be a few months older than Hirobumi Ito when he became Japan's first prime minister in 1885, under the nation's prewar constitution. SENSE OF URGENCY The winner will inherit a party in crisis. "Recently, I have heard harsh voices from across the country saying we don’t know what the LDP stands for anymore," said Takaichi in her speech before the second round vote. "That sense of urgency drove me. I wanted to turn people’s anxieties about their daily lives and the future into hope," she added. Takaichi, who says her hero is Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, offers a starker vision for change than Koizumi and is potentially more disruptive. An advocate of late premier Shinzo Abe's "Abenomics" strategy to jolt the economy with aggressive spending and easy monetary policy, she has previously criticised the Bank of Japan's interest rate increases. Such a policy shift could spook investors worried about one of the world's biggest debt loads. Farm Minister Koizumi promises to boost wages and provide relief to households struggling with inflation – but within the fiscal restraints set by Ishiba and other recent administrations. Takaichi has also raised the possibility of redoing an investment deal with U.S. President Donald Trump that lowered his punishing tariffs in return for Japanese taxpayer-backed investment. Koizumi has defended the deal. Her nationalistic positions – such as her regular visits to the Yasukuni shrine to Japan's war dead, viewed by some Asian neighbours as a symbol of its past militarism – may rile South Korea and China. She also favours revising Japan's pacifist postwar constitution and suggested this year that Japan could form a "quasi-security alliance" with Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by China. If elected, Takaichi said she would travel overseas more regularly than her predecessor to spread the word that "Japan is Back!" The winner is expected to hold a press conference around 0900 GMT. (Reporting by Tim Kelly, John Geddie, Chang-Ran Kim, Satoshi Sugiyama, Makiko Yamazaki and Joseph Campbell; Editing by William Mallard)

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Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Victoria Beckham shows youthful slip dresses at Paris Fashion Week Victoria Beckham showed a collection of slip dresses, roomy suits and soft, leather jackets with crinkled edges for her namesake label's spring summer runway show, held at the 17th century Val-de-Grace abbey in Paris on Friday. Guests arrived after dark, crossing rain-slicked cobblestones to reach the cloisters inside. Scores of Bollywood AI videos vanish from YouTube after Reuters story Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from Google's YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights. Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have asked a New Delhi judge to remove and prohibit creation of AI videos infringing their intellectual property rights. Their lawsuits also challenge YouTube's AI training policy. Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' presents pop phenomenon at the peak of her power Superstar Taylor Swift's 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl," arrived on Friday with a promotional blitz including midnight sales at Target stores, a release party at movie theaters around the globe and pop-up experiences in New York and Los Angeles. It follows "The Tortured Poets Department", which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, and sold the equivalent of 8 million albums in the United States, according to Luminate, a firm that tracks music sales. George Clooney says Trump should create incentives, not tariffs, for movie industry Movie star George Clooney said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 100% tariff on all films produced overseas was the wrong solution for a real issue. Clooney spoke before the annual Albies awards ceremony in London, a program that he and his wife Amal created to recognize global human rights defenders. Brazilian scammers, raking in millions, used Gisele Bundchen deepfakes on Instagram ads A group of suspected scammers in Brazil using Instagram ads featuring deepfakes of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and other celebrities appears to have made millions of dollars through online fraud, according to police investigators. Authorities arrested four suspects tied to the scheme this week and froze assets across five states in an investigation that found over 20 million reais ($3.9 million) in suspicious funds identified by federal anti-money laundering agency COAF. Factbox-Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl' album sets stage to break records Taylor Swift's 12th studio album "The Life of a Showgirl" on Friday debuted to midnight Target runs, theater-release parties and glitzy pop-ups that lit up the United States, from New York to Los Angeles. "The Tortured Poets Department", her last album, had opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and moved the equivalent of 8 million albums in the U.S., according to music sales data from Luminate.

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