- Iran's economy faces another blockade: Red tape and gridlock are clogging up land routes Fortune
- Will shutdowns forced by US blockade damage Iran’s oil wells? Iran International
- Iran’s Attempts to Get Around the Hormuz Blockade Are Hitting a Wall WSJ
- Iran trade plummeting under US blockade, bureaucratic errors New York Post
- Opinion | Iran’s Hormuz leverage is dwindling The Washington Post
US proposes AI safety notification mechanism in talks with China
Scott Bessent and He Lifeng meet in New York for US-China talks ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting later this week.
Qatar says it is working to revive Iran-US talks
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson tells Bloomberg that mediators are shuttling between Iran and US to revive talks.
France’s Macron and Canada’s Carney announce plans to build stronger ties
Announcement comes as Canada seeks a closer relationship with the EU amid a trade war with the US.
German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay on
Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky approves ‘new long-range operations’ in response to Russian strikes – The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine war latest: Zelensky approves 'new long-range operations' in response to Russian strikes The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine's growing fleet of new high-speed interceptors is downing Russia's fastest attack drones Yahoo
- Ukraine's answer to Russia's new jet-powered drones takes a Shahed-like form businessinsider.com
- Zelenskyy unveils new interceptor drone for jet-powered Shahed drones – video Українська правда
- Zelenskyy Approves New Long-Range Strikes on Russian Targets, Orders Jet-Powdered Drone Interceptor Scale-Up UNITED24 Media
Sister of Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan arrested
Aleema Khanum is accused of mobilising her brother’s supporters ahead of country-wide protests.
Middle East braces for more violence as Iran claims US is planning to renew bombing campaign
Tensions grow as Trump tells Fox News he is considering ‘wiping Iran out’ after attacks on Riyadh by Houthi rebels
Governments across the Middle East are bracing for an escalation of violence after Iran claimed it had received intelligence that the US was preparing for a renewed bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic.
In a potential sign of growing tensions before the UN general assembly in New York this week, Donald Trump cut short a weekend visit to the Camp David presidential retreat on Sunday with no official explanation, and a new security alert was issued by the state department to all US citizens in the Middle East.
Continue reading...Friedrich Merz vows to stay in office after CDU ‘disaster’ in German state elections
Far-right AfD wins in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and leftwing Die Linke on course for victory in Berlin
Germany’s embattled chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has vowed to stay in office and fight for future-proofing economic changes despite heavy losses for his conservatives in two state elections, one to the far right and the other to a leftwing party.
Preliminary results indicated Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) tallied just 4.9%, below the 5% threshold needed to enter the state parliament and indicating they may be excluded altogether. It would be the CDU’s worst-ever state score, which Merz called a “disaster”.
Continue reading...Earl Spencer says he has ‘never got over’ the death of Diana – The Independent
- Earl Spencer says he has ‘never got over’ the death of Diana The Independent
- Key takeaways from BBC interview as Earl Spencer defends claims about King BBC
- Princess Diana’s Brother, Charles Spencer, Addresses Conspiracy Theories, Her Neurodivergence and More (Exclusive) People.com
- See Princess Diana and King Charles in photos amid book revelations USA Today
- Earl Spencer’s vengeful claims reflect badly on him The Times
‘Strange sound’ leads homeowner to unearth massive Viking silver hoard while digging for new patio – New York Post
- ‘Strange sound’ leads homeowner to unearth massive Viking silver hoard while digging for new patio New York Post
- Puzzling sound in backyard leads homeowner to massive 1,000-year-old treasure foxnews.com
- A metal-detector hobbyist found roughly 4.5 kilograms of silver coins near Sysmä church village on 3 September, in what Lahti Museums calls the largest late-Iron-Age coin hoard known from Finland, packed into two birch-bark containers and buried among st Space Daily
- News - Medieval Silver Hoard Found in Finland archaeology.org
- A Metal Detectorist Dug Up 10 Pounds of Viking Silver in a Finnish Field, and Finland's Law Decides Exactly How Much of It He Gets to Keep en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br
Burnham hails Greenland deal ahead of expected first Trump meeting
While Burnham praised the agreement, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey called it a "pretend" victory for Trump.
Man, 82, dies after brawl with 76-year-old over sunlounger on Greek beach
Row at Athenian riviera resort turned violent after two elderly bathers reportedly argued over shortage of loungers
Greek police are investigating the death of an 82-year-old man after a brawl over a sunlounger at a beach on the Athenian riviera.
The man had arrived at the popular bathing spot of Vouliagmeni before 10am on Sunday hoping to secure a sunbed, but he soon began arguing with a fellow bather – described by authorities as a “76-year-old man unknown to him” – when it became clear loungers were in short supply.
Continue reading...‘When do I blow entire nation up?’ Trump’s ultimatum after Iran warns of ‘decisive war’ – The Times of India
- ‘When do I blow entire nation up?' Trump's ultimatum after Iran warns of 'decisive war' The Times of India
- Trump 'deciding' whether to 'blow the entire nation up' in Iran threat USA Today
- Trump on Iran: ‘My question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up?’ thehill.com
- Trump weighs Iran strikes as Houthi advance threatens wider war stripes.com
- Trump to address UN General Assembly as Iran war looms large abcnews.com
House Republican doubles down on jab at Trump’s immigration enforcement
Florida’s María Elvira Salazar warns Trump that advisers are ‘compromising his legacy’ and not showing ‘whole picture’
María Elvira Salazar, the Republican congresswoman who has accused the president of going too far on immigration enforcement, doubled down on her criticism of the administration on Sunday, warning Donald Trump that some of his advisers were “compromising his legacy”.
In an interview with CBS News’s Face the Nation, the Florida representative who is locked in a tight race for re-election pleaded with the US president not to “squander” his relationship with Hispanic voters. Though she couched her remarks as criticism of top administration advisers, it was clear that her focus was on Trump’s much-vaunted ambition to carry out the largest mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in US history.
Continue reading...‘It just stinks’: Utah senator calls out Russian oligarch who paid for Trump Jr’s wedding party – KSL News
- 'It just stinks': Utah senator calls out Russian oligarch who paid for Trump Jr's wedding party KSL News
- Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party nytimes.com
- Trump says Donald Trump Jr. repaid Russian oligarch for wedding party ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Donald Trump Jr. Repaid Russian Businessman Who Funded Wedding Afterparty, President Says WSJ
- Don Jr.’s Wedding Fails the Sniff Test Bloomberg.com
Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers
Trump said the updated plans were at the request of the US military and for national security purposes.
Trump says triumphal arch will be military complex with drones and snipers
Trump said the updated plans were at the request of the US military and for national security purposes.
Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says – Reuters
- Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says Reuters
- Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, and cap foreign students in classrooms AP News
- Italy to limit foreign students, ban burqa and hijab in schools timesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Meloni Eyes More Stringent School Laws to Counter Far-Right Rise Bloomberg.com
- Meloni promises to ban veils in Italian schools and limit foreign students politico.eu