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Mitch McConnell returns to the US Senate and casts first vote since June

Politics

The former Republican leader’s return restores a pivotal committee vote as Congress approaches decisions on defence, agriculture and federal spending.

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Suspected sabotage disrupts rail services across the central and eastern Netherlands

Security

Objects deliberately placed at multiple locations disabled safety systems during the morning rush hour, prompting a police investigation while authorities avoided attributing responsibility.

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UN demands access to Gaza for independent investigators as evidence risks grow

Humanitarian

International investigators remain unable to work freely inside Gaza while human remains and potential evidence lie within heavily damaged and access-restricted areas.

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Alex Saab scheduled to change plea in new US money-laundering case

World affairs

The former Maduro ally is expected in a Miami federal court, reopening questions about Venezuelan food contracts and an earlier prisoner exchange that secured Americans' release.

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Jaguar Land Rover creates defence division and offers new Defender to NATO buyers

Security

The British manufacturer is pursuing allied military orders while competing to replace the UK armed forces' ageing Land Rover fleet.

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Intruder breaches RAAF Base Darwin, assaults service member and escapes

Security

Australian police are searching for an unidentified person who entered the strategically important airbase and fled in a stolen vehicle after its security lockdown was activated.

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North Sea industry urges Britain to replace its windfall tax in 2027

Energy

Offshore producers want the government’s permanent price-triggered levy introduced three years early, reopening a consequential dispute over investment, tax revenue and energy security.

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UK earnings growth cools to 3.9% as energy shock complicates Bank of England decision

Energy

A weakening labour market is pulling pay growth lower just as expensive oil creates a renewed inflation risk for households and policymakers.

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Exercise Grapple exposes coordination gaps in Britain's home-defence planning

Security

A two-day civilian-military simulation found usable emergency structures but weak links between national command, local responders, utilities and communities.

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Two scientific experts leave Lucy Letby's defence team over disputed arguments

Security

The researchers still question the insulin evidence in two convictions but say they cannot support other scientific claims advanced on Letby's behalf.

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Trump accepts state-level enforcement concession in US cryptocurrency bill

Politics

The proposed compromise would let state attorneys general pursue violations and impose new conflict-of-interest safeguards on senior officials.

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UK mystery-shopping investigation finds widespread failures to refund online returns

World affairs

Tests at 17 major retailers found missing product and delivery reimbursements despite statutory protections for distance-shopping customers.

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US military reports ammunition shortfall after months of war with Iran

Security

A Pentagon oversight assessment links depleted strategic stocks and resupply bottlenecks to the scale of Operation Epic Fury, sharpening questions about readiness for other crises.

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Internet shutdown in Pakistan-administered Kashmir passes 100 days

Politics

Communications restrictions imposed during June unrest have endured through regional elections, disrupting education, commerce, reporting and access to public services.

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Serbia’s student movement formally enters October parliamentary election

Politics

A protest movement born after the Novi Sad station disaster has submitted a 250-candidate list, turning nearly two years of demonstrations into a direct electoral challenge.

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Ukraine’s postal workers keep pensions and medicine moving near the front

Strikes

Ukrposhta is using mobile routes and daily security assessments to sustain isolated communities as drones increasingly threaten civilian logistics.

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Trump couple confirms Putin-linked Russian businessman hosted two nights of wedding celebrations

Politics

The disclosure creates a new foreign-influence question around the US president’s family, although Donald Trump Jr. is a private citizen and the couple denies any political motive.

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Government review finds England’s Help-to-Buy equity loans delivered high social value

Politics

The evaluation strengthens the policy case for buyer assistance but leaves price inflation, targeting and the risks of a large public loan book unresolved.

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Economists press Bank of England to slow gilt sales as public-finance losses mount

Politics

The intervention puts quantitative tightening and its fiscal costs at the centre of this week’s monetary-policy meeting, with UK borrowing costs already near multi-decade highs.

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England and Wales activate optional digital age checks for alcohol sales

World affairs

Certified phone-based credentials can now replace physical identification at participating licensed premises, while passports and driving licences remain valid alternatives.

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Survey finds one in five minority-ethnic NHS managers plans to leave within three years

World affairs

A study of 950 managers in England reports widespread racism and blocked progression as new national workforce standards begin holding hospital employers to account.

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China’s expanded exit controls take effect, widening national-security travel bans

Security

The rules allow longer restrictions on citizens returning from abroad and add new duties for border officials, deepening concern about Beijing’s control over overseas movement.

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DR Congo says its Ebola outbreak has peaked as daily infections decline

World affairs

Health officials report slowing transmission, but the heavy death toll, regional spread and doubts about surveillance argue against an early relaxation of controls.

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Afrikaner applicants receive unexplained rejections from the US refugee programme

Humanitarian

Hundreds of prospective migrants are challenging or trying to understand refusals as the Trump administration continues a racially selective South African resettlement policy.

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Syrian parliament summons energy minister after fuel-price protests spread

Energy

A formal hearing will examine increases of up to 40% after demonstrators blocked roads and tanker routes across six provinces.

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US judge blocks fixed visa limits as states challenge a broader residency rule

Politics

The administration faces simultaneous legal pressure over student and journalist visas and the use of public benefits in green-card decisions.

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Swedish parties open coalition talks after an election leaves the blocs three seats apart

Diplomacy

Magdalena Andersson and Ulf Kristersson are exploring rival paths to government while overseas ballots and difficult cross-bloc red lines leave the final outcome unsettled.

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Navalny’s team and Maxim Katz issue a joint tactical-voting list for Russia’s Duma election

Politics

Former rivals have coordinated recommendations against United Russia ahead of the September 18–20 vote, creating a rare common strategy within Russia’s divided opposition.

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Flávio Bolsonaro campaigns in Minas Gerais as Brazil’s presidential race tightens

Politics

The far-right candidate used a symbolic rally in Juiz de Fora to set out a hardline platform less than a month before his contest with President Lula.

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One Nation abandons an Australian gas-reservation policy it supported months earlier

Energy

Pauline Hanson’s party replaced its domestic-reserve position with a joint-venture model after industry consultations, prompting scrutiny of its energy policy and donor relationships.

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Pauline Hanson offers qualified apologies after remarks about Indigenous Australians and Albanese’s mother

Politics

The One Nation leader partially reversed her refusal to apologise after condemnation united Indigenous senators from across Australia’s political divide.

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NATO fighters destroy drone after it crosses from Belarus into Lithuania

Strikes

The unidentified aircraft triggered alerts and a live defensive interception, underscoring the growing counter-drone burden on NATO's Baltic air-policing mission.

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Panama Canal plans another vessel cut as El Niño drought lowers its water reserves

Security

Daily transits are set to fall to 29.5 in October, adding pressure to a trade route that depends on freshwater stored in Lake Gatun.

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Vučić says he will resign Serbia's presidency and run for prime minister

Politics

The planned September 27 resignation turns Serbia's October 25 election into a direct contest between its dominant leader and a student-led opposition movement.

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Houthi missile and drone attacks on southern Saudi Arabia injure 13 civilians

Strikes

The strike on Khamis Mushait and alerts across nearby cities widen Yemen's renewed conflict while Saudi Arabia weighs its response.

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DR Congo and Rwanda schedule new Geneva talks to test their stalled security accord

Diplomacy

Delegates are due to reconvene on September 16-17 over armed-group disarmament and Rwandan disengagement, the core reciprocal obligations of their peace framework.

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Immigration enforcement drains Springfield’s Haitian community and tests its economic recovery

World affairs

Departures, detention and the loss of temporary protection are disrupting schools, workplaces and families just as the Ohio city prepares for major new investment.

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US repeals federal greenhouse-gas limits for coal and gas power plants

Energy

The Trump administration’s completed rollback shifts federal energy policy further toward coal and gas, with legal challenges and consequences for emissions, grid planning and allied climate diplomacy now looming.

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Bolivia’s carbon-market expansion raises Indigenous land and consent concerns

World affairs

A proposed national framework and long-term private contracts are turning Amazon forest carbon into a contested asset, putting consultation, benefit sharing and community control at the centre of Bolivia’s climate policy.

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Johannesburg refill shops expand access to food in exact affordable quantities

World affairs

Six container-based stores in Alexandra township are testing whether pay-by-weight retail can reduce the premium that low-income households face when they cannot afford supermarket-sized packages.

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Turkish Airlines permanently ends Luanda service as Angola’s new airport remains underused

World affairs

The loss of another international route exposes the gap between the capacity promised for Dr António Agostinho Neto airport and its present passenger volumes, connectivity and aviation oversight challenges.

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Russian convoy resumes supply deliveries to Moscow’s military bases in Syria

Security

The first replenishment mission since an August agreement shows that Tartous and Hmeimim remain part of Russia’s regional military network despite the fall of Bashar al-Assad.

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India approves emergency electricity exports after Nepal floods wreck hydropower capacity

Humanitarian

New Delhi will supply up to 654 megawatts for 18 hours a day as Nepal tries to restore an electricity system that depended almost entirely on hydropower.

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Poland finds suspected Russian military drone on its Baltic coast

Strikes

Officials say the recovered aircraft appears Russian but stress that current evidence does not connect it to a recent attack or airspace violation.

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Al Green moves to force a House vote on impeaching Trump over immigration-enforcement deaths

Politics

The Texas Democrat’s plan has exposed a tactical split in his party during the final House session before the US midterm election.

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Carney opens Toronto investment summit as Canada seeks capital beyond the US market

Diplomacy

The government is presenting 167 potential projects to global funds while a deepening trade dispute makes diversification more urgent and execution more difficult.

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UK detention envoy sets limits on his role at first public engagement

Diplomacy

Alistair Burt says ministers retain control over policy as families seek a stronger British response to difficult overseas detention cases.

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Ukraine warns that delayed reform votes put $29.5 billion in financing at risk

Politics

Kyiv is accelerating dozens of government decisions and pressing parliament to pass partner-linked legislation as wartime revenue losses and a separate defence shortfall strain the state budget.

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