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CAIRO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Hamas has handed over its response to U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan to the mediators, Al Jazeera reported on Friday, citing a source familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Yomna Ehab and Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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(Adds background details throughout about Trump and Portland) WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid to Portland, Oregon, that can be cut as his anger with the city's anti-government and anti-fascism protesters mounts, the White House said on Friday. "We will not fund states that allow anarchy," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters. She gave no details about what funds Trump, a Republican, might try to block. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly use threats of withholding federal funding, which is mandated by Congress, to punish those he views as his political opponents, including Democrats in state and local government and elite universities, which he views as overrun by Marxists. The streets of downtown Portland, the largest city in Oregon, have been filled sporadically in the last few years with left-wing protesters, most recently focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents carrying out Trump's plan to arrest and deport more migrants. Leavitt also said she was dismayed that a conservative independent journalist was among three people arrested by Portland police at a demonstration outside ICE's offices. "This incident is part of a troubling trend for Portland, where left-wing mobs believe they get to decide who can visit and live in their city," Leavitt told reporters. "It is not their city, it is the American people's city." Police said the journalist Nicholas Sortor was arrested along with two others for fighting at the protest and charged with disorderly conduct. Video showed Sortor arguing with protesters and he said on Friday he had acted in self-defense. Leavitt said she had spoken with Sortor and that the U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division was examining whether Sortor was a victim of "viewpoint discrimination" by Portland police. Last week, Trump said he considered the city's anti-fascism protesters, sometimes referred to as "antifa," to be "domestic terrorists" and that he was sending soldiers there to protect ICE agents and facilities. This week, he said he was taking control of the Oregon National Guard, the state's militia. Spokespeople for Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, both Democrats, did not respond to requests for comment. In response to the arrest of Sortor, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement it enforced the law impartially. "As with all such situations, arrests are based on observed behavior and probable cause — not political affiliation or public profile," the police statement said. Wilson and other leaders in Oregon have denounced efforts to militarize policing in Portland and say Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution. As with other states, most federal aid to Oregon helps fund healthcare, education and transportation infrastructure. (Reporting by Gram Slattery; Additional reporting by Jonathan Allen; Writing by Katharine Jackson and Jonathan Allen; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Cynthia Osterman)

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BRAZIL'S PETROBRAS EXPECTS TO START OPERATION OF FPSO BUZIOS 12 IN 2031, SAYS DIRECTOR

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Oct 4 (Reuters) – TRANSUNION: * TRANSUNION: "DISAPPOINTED" TO SEE FICO MORE THAN DOUBLING ITS PRICING AT EXPENSE OF CONSUMERS * TRANSUNION SAYS FICO'S UNILATERAL PRICE INCREASES "CREATE UNNECESSARY COMPLICATION IN MORTGAGE PROCESS AND ADDITIONAL COST BURDENS ON CONSUMERS" * TRANSUNION: COMBINATION OF TRENDED CREDIT INFORMATION & VANTAGESCORE 4.0 SCORE WILL DRIVE GREATER FINANCIAL INCLUSION, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING Further company coverage:

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U.S. SENATE REJECTS REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL; NO CLEAR PATH TO ENDING SHUTDOWN

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* Government shutdown delays key labor data release * ISM data adds evidence of sluggish labor market * Fed officials show diverse views on interest rate path * Profit-taking likely behind uptick in yields (Adds analyst comments, context, graphic; updates market levels) By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields moved marginally higher in thin trading on Friday, as the postponement of key labor data because of the U.S. government shutdown left the market without much directional conviction. With the U.S. government shutting down on Wednesday after lawmakers failed to reach a funding deal, the Labor Department halted the release of a monthly jobs report, scheduled for Friday, that was crucial for the Federal Reserve and for investors to assess the health of the U.S. economy and the direction of interest rates. That left market participants scrambling to get a picture of the economy, using alternative estimates and private surveys released earlier this week that continued to point to a gradual slowdown in the jobs market. "We're stuck in a world where we have to live with the private data and not the government data, and so that causes a good deal of uncertainty around what we should be doing directionally," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth. The most-watched data point on Friday was the Institute for Supply Management's release of the September Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). It showed services sector activity stalled in September amid a slowdown in new orders, while subdued employment added to evidence of sluggish labor market conditions. Treasury yields, which move inversely to prices, were not much changed after the ISM data, except for a brief drop in two-year yields. Friday's bearish uptick in yields was likely also due to the risk-on mood in stocks, which edged higher, said John Canavan, lead U.S. analyst at Oxford Economics. "Maybe that risk-on mood is lending itself to some small Treasury selling," he said. Investors were also likely exiting positions and locking in gains ahead of the weekend after bonds rallied in recent days. "(With) the risk that an exit strategy to the government shutdown could potentially develop over the weekend … there may be some unwinding of a small safety demand Treasuries have seen this week as well, so that's another factor that could be nudging rates a little bit higher," said Canavan. Comments from Fed officials on Friday showed a diversity of views within the central bank on the likely path of interest rates. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee on Friday said he was hesitant to commit to a series of interest rate cuts with inflation still running above the central bank's 2% target. On the other hand, Fed Governor Stephen Miran, a top economic advisor to President Donald Trump, argued for much easier monetary policy. Rates futures traders on Friday were assigning a 97% probability to a 25-basis-point interest rate cut by the Fed later this month, CME Group data showed. Benchmark 10-year yields were last at 4.115%, about two and a half basis points higher on the day, while two-year yields stood at 3.569%, two points higher. Still, the uptick in yields on Friday was marginal, said Hogan. "It's one of those weeks where you have to look at the range versus the daily change in basis points, and the range seems to be lower," he added. Since the beginning of the shutdown, 10-year and two-year yields have decreased by over three basis points. Besides the uncertainty due to lack of official data, the shutdown itself could reduce economic growth by 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point for every week the government is closed, S&P Global Ratings Economics estimated. (Reporting by Davide Barbuscia; Editing by Andrea Ricci and Nick Zieminski)

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Oct 3 (Reuters) – Teamsters: * TEAMSTERS: OVER 270 WORKERS AT SYSCO PORTLAND VOTED BY A 99.5% MARGIN TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE IF SYSCO FAILS TO PRESENT ACCEPTABLE CONTRACT OFFER ;))

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RPT-IAEA: IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL GROSSI SAID TODAY THAT HE IS DISCUSSING DETAILED PROPOSALS WITH THE RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ON HOW TO RESTORE OFF-SITE POWER TO THE ZNPP

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(Recasts with Trump's announcement, adds Truth Social post in paragraph 2, governor's statement in paragraphs 3-4, context in paragraph 5, 7-8) By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he reversed his administration's plan to cut $187 million from New York's security funding, which the state's governor described would have been "devastating." "I am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism for New York City and State," Trump said in a social media post. Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, who had criticised the initial move, welcomed the reversal and said the cuts would have affected the state's law enforcement and counterterrorism operations. "I’m glad President Trump heard our call and reversed course… Because of our efforts, $187 million in critical funding will be restored," Hochul said in a statement. The grants were part of the Homeland Security Grant Program, which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and pay for states' counterterrorism and emergency preparedness projects. FEMA did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters. A federal judge in Rhode Island earlier this week temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting $233 million in counterterrorism grant funds for Democratic-led states, after eleven states sued over last-minute changes to such grants. As of Friday, the administration has frozen at least $28 billion in funding for Democratic cities and states, escalating the president's campaign to use the extraordinary power of the U.S. government to punish political rivals. (Reporting by Courtney Rozen and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama )

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* Canadian dollar gains 0.1% against the greenback * For the week, the loonie down 0.1% * Price of U.S. oil increases 1% * Bond yields rise across the curve By Fergal Smith TORONTO, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Friday as oil prices rose, but the currency was still headed for a weekly decline. The loonie was trading 0.1% higher at 1.3955 per U.S. dollar, or 71.66 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of 1.3940 to 1.3969. On Thursday, the currency touched its weakest intraday level since May 16 at 1.3986. For the week, it was down 0.1%, which would be its second straight weekly decline. "The CAD has had another poor week," Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret, strategists at Scotiabank, said in a note. "Weaker crude and a mild downturn in Canadian terms of trade are the obvious drags on the CAD’s performance." The price of oil, one of Canada's major exports, was trading 1% higher at $61.06 a barrel, but was also set for a weekly decline. Eight OPEC+ countries are likely to further raise oil output on Sunday. Canada's services economy contracted at a steeper pace in September as businesses shed jobs and outstanding work sank to a five-year low, S&P Global's Canada services PMI data showed. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to meet with U.S President Donald Trump on Tuesday in Washington to discuss economic and security issues, Carney's office said, as the two nations review a North American trade pact. The Canadian dollar is set to strengthen over the coming year as expected Federal Reserve interest rate cuts weigh on the greenback, but uncertain prospects for the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement could put that forecast at risk, a Reuters poll found. Canadian government bond yields moved higher across the curve, with the market tracking moves in U.S. Treasuries after the U.S. government shutdown led to the postponement of a key jobs report. The 10-year was up 1.5 basis points at 3.191%. (Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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