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At the General Assembly, Donald Trump said he would have to decide whether to annihilate Iran absent a deal, then minutes later announced a "very good" three-hour meeting between US and Iranian representatives in New York, led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. A deal, he said, could come after the midterm elections. The Iranian and Cuban delegations walked out; oil prices fell.
Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day visit, with Donald Trump due to greet him personally on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews — an unusual protocol gesture. China's ambassador warned that Taiwan and human rights are red lines that cannot be crossed. Xi is expected to press for an end to Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 agreement, offering Beijing's help on Iran in return.
The three outlets said on Monday they were suing Donald Trump and his administration, three days after the president ordered them barred from the White House and their reporters' credentials were revoked. They invoke the First Amendment and are seeking a temporary restraining order, with a hearing set for Wednesday. Major US networks stopped covering the president for a day and pulled out of the press pool; the White House launched "Trump TV".
The two presidents met on Monday at Trump Tower, on the eve of their speeches to the UN General Assembly. Macron called the meeting "very constructive" and said they discussed an initiative to suspend strikes on energy facilities between Ukraine and Russia; the Red Sea and surging oil prices were also on the table. Volodymyr Zelensky was due to meet Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday.
Two German states voted on Sunday. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the AfD came first with about 38.2% of the vote while the CDU fell to 4.9%, below the 5% threshold, leaving it out of a state parliament for the first time in its history. In Berlin, Die Linke came first with 25.3%, ahead of the CDU. Friedrich Merz called the result a disaster for his party and said he would stay on as chancellor.
Vladimir Putin's party is set to win the State Duma election with 57.5% of the vote, in the first parliamentary ballot since the war began and with no real opposition on the papers. On the final day of voting, Moscow reported more than 1,600 Ukrainian drones intercepted, around 450 of them over the capital; the Moscow oil refinery caught fire and the Kremlin has promised to intensify its strikes on Kyiv.
Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal with Denmark and Greenland granting the United States permanent access, basing and overflight rights on the island, allowing it to open new bases and shutting out China and Russia. Copenhagen stresses that it recognises Danish sovereignty; it is due to be signed next week at the UN, then approved by the Danish and Greenlandic parliaments.
Riyadh saw its first air raid alert on Saturday since the escalation with the Houthis, who hold Bab al-Mandab and are blockading Saudi tankers. Pakistan, bound to the kingdom by a defence pact, vows to defend it "physically"; China has privately asked Iran to rein in the Houthis, while Donald Trump is limiting himself to intelligence support, according to CBS News.
The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by a quarter point to 3.75%-4.00%, its first hike since July 2023. The decision was unanimous under new chair Kevin Warsh, who called inflation 'too high' and signalled further increases could come before year-end. Donald Trump immediately demanded on Truth Social that rates be lowered 'AND FAST!'. Gold rose, the Indian rupee slipped past 96 to the dollar, and the UAE followed with a 25 basis-point move.
The Supreme Court on Monday evening turned down the Trump administration's emergency request to impose new mail-in voting rules on the Postal Service, leaving a federal judge's order in place for the 3 November election. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence; Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. The challenge was brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his counterparts in twenty-two other states; the administration says it can put forward new rules for 2028.
Swedes voted on Sunday, September 13, in a dead heat: the left-wing opposition is projected to win 176 of 349 seats, against 173 for Ulf Kristersson's outgoing majority. The Sweden Democrats fall back for the first time, to around 17.5% of the vote. The final result awaits the count of overseas ballots on September 16. Twenty-one countries, from Oslo to Beijing, read the vote.
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