South Africa’s president booked off from public engagements over ill health – Reuters

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  1. South Africa's president booked off from public engagements over ill health  Reuters
  2. India denies claims leaders fell ill after BRICS summit  DW.com
  3. Xi suffered stroke & fainted at Brics Summit, claims China Democracy Party chief; post gets community note  The Times of India
  4. Rumours about Xi Jinping’s health swirl after Chinese leader returns quickly from India  The Independent
  5. Xi Jinping ‘taken ill’ on India trip as speculation over Chinese president’s health intensifies  The Independent
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Russians Prepare for an Election With Less Choice Than Ever – The Moscow Times

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  1. Russians Prepare for an Election With Less Choice Than Ever  The Moscow Times
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 16, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Russia’s sham election is descending into farce  The Economist
  4. Meet the anti-war candidate risking plenty to challenge Russia's ruling elite  Reuters
  5. Putin braces for election stress test as Russians ‘feel the pain’ of struggling economy  CNBC
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Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others – AP News

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  1. Russian drone strike on a passenger bus in Ukraine kills 5 people and wounds at least 7 others  AP News
  2. Russian drones hit Ukrainian bus and train, killing five, officials say  Reuters
  3. Russian drone strike kills 5 and injures at least 7 on passenger bus in Ukraine  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. At least five killed in Russian drone strike near Ukraine front line  Al Jazeera
  5. Ukraine war live: Russian drones kill five on bus and train in ‘act of brutality’  independent.co.uk
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Former French culture minister goes on trial over corruption charges

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Rachida Dati accused of lobbying for carmaker Renault-Nissan when she was member of European parliament

Rachida Dati, a former French culture minister, has gone on trial in Paris on corruption charges linked to dealings with the Renault-Nissan carmaking group.

Dati, 60, is accused of illegal lobbying when she accepted €900,000 (£770,000) in lawyer’s fees from a Netherlands-based subsidiary of Renault-Nissan while she was a member of the European parliament. The court will have to decide what the money was for.

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Russia used Claude AI for espionage, disinformation and drone swarms – Euronews.com

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  1. Russia used Claude AI for espionage, disinformation and drone swarms  Euronews.com
  2. Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026  Anthropic
  3. AI makes it "easier than ever" for adversaries to target U.S. military, experts say  CBS News
  4. A.I. Queries From Abroad Raise Fears of a Biological Weapons Race  The New York Times
  5. Russian team ‘misused’ Claude AI to train a killer drone on scraped Ukrainian war footage  The Conversation
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Israeli ‘double-tap’ air strike responsible for killing schoolboy in Gaza – Al Jazeera

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  1. Israeli ‘double-tap’ air strike responsible for killing schoolboy in Gaza  Al Jazeera
  2. Israeli strikes in Gaza kill five people, medics say  Reuters
  3. Pregnant woman among more than 10 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza  The Guardian
  4. IDF says it killed two Hamas engineers in Gaza strike; 13 others reported injured  The Times of Israel
  5. Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Teenager and Civil Defense Worker, Official Says  The New York Times
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Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal

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Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout

Senior health department officials were in turmoil before the rollout of an algorithm to determine funding packages for older Australians, after discovering legislation had been drafted so rigidly that the tool could not legally be overridden by aged care assessors.

Emails published under freedom of information (FoI) by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing show that, despite assessors long receiving reassurance from the department that they would have powers to change incorrect algorithm decisions, officials realised at the 11th hour this would violate proposed regulations.

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US opts not to back Saudi Arabia in Yemen after meeting Houthi leaders

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Iran-backed militants have offered Trump administration assurances over safety of Red Sea shipping

Officials from the US met Houthi leaders over the weekend at the country’s embassy in Muscat, Oman, it has been confirmed, leading to the US decision not to intervene to help Saudi Arabia drive back a Houthi advance inside Yemen.

The Iran-backed militant group reassured the US that the ceasefire agreement between the two sides struck in 2025 still held and the movement had no intention of attacking US shipping in the Red Sea. Only Saudi-linked shipping was regarded as a target owing to its blockade of Yemen, the Houthis confirmed.

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Henry Zeffman: Andy Burnham and his chancellor have a battle on their hands as the Budget approaches – BBC

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  1. Henry Zeffman: Andy Burnham and his chancellor have a battle on their hands as the Budget approaches  BBC
  2. Burnham warns of ‘difficult decisions’ in budget as inflation rises to 3.1%  The Guardian
  3. Healey prepares UK for ‘really challenging’ Budget  Financial Times
  4. Andy Burnham warned he must raise taxes or cut spending in budget  The Times
  5. Andy Burnham rejects 'tax and spend socialist' comments  BBC
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