This is an extremely instructive video. I wish I had seen this before I bought two rolls. But I have not shot them yet. My plan is to shoot them at ISO 800 and have them pulled two stops in development. And if you don’t know what that means looking it up will be the instructive part.

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Labor Day,  September 1st, 2025 

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio blocks Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials from attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September by revoking their previously-valid travel visas. (Sky News) 

The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led maritime convoy, departs from four cities in the Mediterranean and heads towards Gaza to attempt to break the Israeli blockade, carrying humanitarian aid and activist Greta Thunberg and actors Mark Ruffalo and Gustaf Skarsgård, among others. (Al Jazeera) (CBS News) 

Archaeologists discover 40 ancient tombs dating back to at least 2,300 years ago at the Mosul Dam reservoir in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following lowered water levels from a drought. (Arab News) 

The Houthis confirm the death of prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and an unspecified number of ministers from an Israeli airstrike two days earlier. (AP) 

The Houthis raid United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain at least eleven UN personnel. (The Times of Israel) 

The original 1920s manuscripts of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the most well-known works of Czech literature, are rediscovered by the Czech Museum of Literature [cs]. (NOS) (Radio Prague International) 

The South Korean trade ministry reports that semiconductor exports reached a record ₩21 trillion (US$15 billion) in August, up nearly one-third from last year, contributing to total monthly exports of ₩81 trillion ($58.4 billion). (AFP via Barron’s) 

The International Association of Genocide Scholars declares that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. (BBC News) 

United States judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the District of Columbia issues an injunction halting the deportation of Guatemalan unaccompanied minors after advocacy groups filed an emergency appeal against the Trump administration’s plan to repatriate them. (Reuters) 

New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon announces that holders of investor residence visas may buy or build a single home valued above NZ$5 million (US$3.55 million), following changes to the visa rules previously preventing such investments. (Reuters) 

The toll from yesterday’s earthquake in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, increases to at least 800 people killed and 2,800 others injured.  (Reuters) 

An EastIndo passenger MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 helicopter goes missing with eight people on board in the Tanah Bumbu Regency, Indonesia. Search operations are ongoing. (ASN) 

Five people are killed when a Gilgit-Baltistan government helicopter crashes in Thor Valley, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (Dawn) 

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says that Australia will pay Nauru to accept foreign-born criminals who are expelled from Australia following the signing of a memorandum by Nauruan president David Adeang. (AP) 

The South Korean defense ministry announces that it has suspended the “Voice of Freedom” military radio broadcast to North Korea for the first time in 15 years as part of measures to reduce tensions between the two countries. (Reuters) 

Benin’s ruling coalition, composed of the Progressive Union Renewal and the Republican Bloc, nominates finance minister Romuald Wadagni as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election. (Reuters) 

Guyana votes to elect a new National Assembly and president, with polls favouring a second term for incumbent Irfaan Ali of the PPP/C. (Guardian) 

The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee orders the arrest of two contractors who failed to attend hearings on alleged corruption in flood control projects, as part of its probe into incomplete or substandard works awarded under President Bongbong Marcos’s infrastructure program. (Gulf News) 

Sunday, August 31st, 2025 

Norway agrees to purchase at least five new British-made anti-submarine Type 26 frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy in a £10 billion (US$13.5 billion) deal. The ships will be built by a consortium of companies led by BAE Systems. (AP) 

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz announces that the Israeli military killed Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida in an airstrike on Gaza City yesterday. (BBC News) 

At least seven people are killed and 71 others are injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (AFP via Barron’s) 

The Guyanese military report that Venezuelan gunfire targeted a patrol boat escorting election materials on the Cuyuní River in the disputed Essequibo region. (AFP via TRT World) 

At least 610 people are killed and 1,300 others are injured when a M_w 6.0 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.  (The Times) 

Armenia and Pakistan agree to establish diplomatic relations on the sidelines of the 2025 Tianjin SCO summit. (Dawn) 

Mobs loot the houses of Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani and parliament member Nafa Urbach. (Jakarta Globe) 

In a press conference, President Prabowo agrees to revoke the allowance for parliament members and put moratoriums to their foreign trips. (CNA) 

A university student dies one day after participating in a protest in Yogyakarta one day prior, after he was allegedly separated from other protestors and assaulted by police. (Kompas) 

Philippine public works secretary Manuel Bonoan resigns over the flood control controversy, while President Bongbong Marcos appoints transportation secretary Vince Dizon as Bonoan’s replacement. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

At least 88 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli military as Israel continues its heavy bombardment of Gaza. (Financial Times) 

Saturday, August 30th, 2025 

Austrian prosecutors indict former intelligence officer Egisto Ott on charges of espionage, abuse of office, and providing sensitive information to fugitive Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek and Russian intelligence services. (AP) 

Fourteen people are killed and three others are critically injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a prison bus outside of Mariental, Namibia. (BBC News) 

Three people are killed and 103 others are injured when a train derails between Alexandria and Matrouh Governorate, Egypt.  (BBC News) 

The Colombian commerce ministry officializes a complete export ban of coal to Israel to prevent further atrocities in the Gaza Strip. (Colombia Presidency) 

Unrest in Indonesia, following a government truck killing a 21-year-old, continues as a mob loots the houses of parliament members Ahmad Sahroni, Eko Patrio and Uya Kuya. (Jawa Pos) (Reuters) 

Four people are killed amid spreading protests in Indonesia, including three government workers who jumped from a building on fire and one who was attacked by a crowd. (The New York Times) 

Former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy is assassinated by an unknown gunman in Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. A manhunt is underway for the suspect. (BBC News) 

A man drives a car into a crowd outside a bar in Évreux, France, after a dispute, killing one person and injuring five others, including two critically. (The Guardian) 

Nicaraguan opposition groups report that attorney Carlos Cárdenas, arrested on August 15 during police operations against government critics, has died in state custody, marking the fifth such death of a detainee since 2019. (Reuters) 

Hemedti, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is sworn in as head of a parallel government in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, where the RSF has established a presidential council and prime minister while continuing its conflict with the Sudanese army. (Reuters) 

Friday,  August 29th, 2025 

A severe weather system in Greater Poland causes heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds, triggering the evacuation of an office building in Poznań due to flooding. A tornado later forms in the vicinty of Gniezno. No injuries are reported. (TVP Info) 

Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli government aircraft and maintains a ban on trade and maritime traffic with Israel in response to the Gaza war. (AP) 

South Korean special prosecutors indict former prime minister Han Duck-soo without detention on charges of abetting the imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, preparation of false public documents and perjury for falsely testifying that he had not been aware of the martial law declaration. (Kyodo News) 

At least three people are killed and four others are injured after protesters set fire to the Regional House of Representatives building in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AFP via RNZ) 

Samoans are called in a snap election to elect the members of the Legislative Assembly. (Reuters) 

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Friday,  August 29th, 2025 

Israel recovers the deceased bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who had been killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN) 

The English Court of Appeal rules that the government may continue housing asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, Essex, overturning a previous order to relocate them. (The New York Times) 

Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee is indicted on bribery and other charges related to a wider investigation into her and her husband, former president Yoon Suk Yeol. (Reuters) 

The Philippine Commission on Elections denies the far-right Duterte Youth‘s motion for reconsideration to cancel their party-list registration and disquialifies them from holding their three seats at the House of Representatives. However, Duterte Youth may still appeal to the Supreme Court. (ABS-CBN News) 

The Thai Constitutional Court removes prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she had with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen. (BBC News) 

Israel recovers the deceased bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who had been killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN) 

The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to withdraw its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on December 31, 2026. (AP) 

Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the Houthis launched a drone towards Israel which was intercepted by the Israeli military. (The Times of Israel) 

The Lebanese army reports that two soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an Israeli drone crashed and exploded in An-Naqoura, southern Lebanon, while they were inspecting it. (Reuters) 

The End