Rest of the World Report | August 1, 2026 — Saturday Edition

The Rest of the World Podcast · Aug 1, 2026 · 18m

Apologies for not having this out with the print edition this morning, but logistics (ie, houseguests who had been watching our doggo while we were away) made even writing it tough without being too rude so, it had to wait til this evening.

Hamas agreed to disarm, but the document that says so still has more blanks than answers. The Iran war never actually ended, and Washington is bracing to escalate it again this weekend. And ICE just made it easier to hide how many people are dying in its custody, at the exact moment more people than ever are dying in it, and children keep intersecting with…