News page banner images issue

Hello all, 

Starting yesterday (September 24, 2025) when I create a news page, there's a few issues with how SharePoint is managing the banner image:

1. It seems to copy the image instead of directly using the one from the library
   • When I move the focal point, it creates yet another cropped copy of the image (both being automatically added to the Site Assets folder, under a new folder automatically created with the page name)
   • If I save and move the focal point again, it creates yet another image
2. The thumbnail in the news web part and hero web part is extremely zoomed in and blurry, rather than the full image as it used to be.
3. I can no longer focus the image on any part of the original 1920x1080 image, as it crops the image to the banner size and then only allows me to focus there, which is almost completely pointless since its around 1920x300 at that point.

I am using a 1920x1080 image. Some screenshots attached:

1. Original 1920x1080 image
2. What it offers when I'm trying to focus the image

Does anyone know if this is a setting that somehow got changed, or a bug? Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!