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The Palacio de Justicia in Buenos Aires, lit at night, with its columned facade and Argentine flag above the central tower.
World

Argentina's 1995 Immunity Law Lists 8 Ways to Sue a Foreign State. Two Courts Say Juan Carlos Ruffier's Case Against the U.S. Fits None of Them.

Two Argentine courts have held that the United States is immune from a damages suit filed in 2016 by Juan Carlos Ruffier over his 2005 arrest in Paraguay and nearly nine years apart from his son. His lawyers have asked Argentina's Supreme Court to hear the case, arguing that alleged FBI surveillance and paperwork on Argentine soil fall within the law's exceptions. The appeal is still pending before the appeals court.

A quiet lane curving past brick and tile-roofed houses behind tall clipped hedges in a village on an overcast winter day, with bare trees and a lamppost. No people or vehicles are visible.
Field Notes

The Five Fairford Suspects Are Out on Bail. British Police Say They Have an Open Mind. Washington Says a Foreign Actor.

The five London men arrested near RAF Fairford were released on police bail on Monday afternoon, about a day and a half after their arrest, without charge and under what police called stringent conditions. Britain's head of counter-terrorism policing said he was keeping an open mind about a foreign state. Marco Rubio said the plot "clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor".

A red-hulled tanker at anchor on calm sea, other ships faint on the horizon.
The Long View

Iran Says a Faction Ended the Truce. That Account Suits Everyone Telling It.

The New York Times, citing Iranian officials, reports that a hardline group attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz in early July without the knowledge of the president, the Revolutionary Guards commander or the national security council, wrecking the memorandum meant to end the war. Iranian officials told Washington the same thing in July. Analysts argued then that the chain of command had decided.