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Trump posts an uncaptioned map showing Canada, Greenland and Iceland under the US flag, and Reykjavik summons the ambassador
Donald Trump posted an uncaptioned map on Truth Social on 7 September showing Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Central America and the Caribbean coloured in the US flag. Iceland summoned Ambassador Billy Long; Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said there is nothing funny about mocking the sovereignty of states.
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Rubio and De la Espriella seal the Barranquilla accords, and the US tour of Latin America skips Brazil
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella in Barranquilla on 8 September, a month into his term. Two memoranda were signed, on civil nuclear energy and on lithium and copper. The tour continues to Ecuador and Peru; Brazil is not on it. Colombia's opposition alleges US interference in the election.
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Houthis strike four Saudi cities and Aramco sites; Riyadh promises a firm response
On the morning of Tuesday 8 September, Yemen's Houthis struck Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran with drones and missiles, targeting an international airport, an air base and Aramco facilities. The Riyadh-led coalition reports 73 civilians wounded and fires that halted some energy operations. The kingdom promises a firm response, while the Yemeni forces it backs say they intend to retake Sanaa.
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Trump bans imports of Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles a day after Ottawa's tariffs took effect
On Tuesday evening, 8 September, Donald Trump signed executive orders banning imports of Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles from 29 September, and adding a 50% surcharge on mattresses, cheeses, paper and aluminium from 15 September. Canadian goods are also excluded from federal procurement contracts. Ottawa had just applied its own duties on about $20 billion of US goods. Mark Carney is urging the country to “pivot”.
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Twelve countries move to ban trade with Israeli settlements; Israel orders the British consulate closed
On Tuesday 8 September, twelve countries — the United Kingdom, France, Canada and nine European states — said they intend to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, which British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband linked to “ethnic cleansing”. Two hours later Israel ordered the British consulate in East Jerusalem to close, told diplomats to leave and barred twelve Britons from entry. Washington said it would not follow.
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The CDU's "heaviest defeat": Merz holds his ground as the succession fight opens in Saxony-Anhalt
The day after the AfD's victory, Friedrich Merz told reporters at the CDU headquarters in Berlin that he was "deeply shocked", calling the result the party's heaviest defeat in decades. He is holding his position for now, but the internal fight has begun: Sepp Müller is running for the CDU chairmanship in Saxony-Anhalt, and the coalition's reform agenda looks harder to carry.
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Thousands attend Ratko Mladic's funeral in Belgrade as Sarajevo recalls its embassy staff
Several thousand people filed through Belgrade on Monday for the funeral of Ratko Mladic, who died on 27 August aged 84 in the UN prison in The Hague where he was serving a life sentence for genocide. Patriarch Porfirije officiated; the burial took place at Topcider cemetery. Bosnia's foreign minister recalled almost all staff from his embassy in Serbia, and Brussels again rejected any "glorification".
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Shipping collapses in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran announces a restricted zone
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level since May: a ten-day moving average of ten vessels a day, down from more than fifteen on Friday, according to Kpler cited by Reuters. Iran has announced a new restricted zone near the strait and three tankers turned back after a warning from the Revolutionary Guard. Canada has joined the US-French-British effort to reopen the passage.
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AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% and falls three seats short of an absolute majority
The AfD won Sunday's regional election in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the vote, 23 points more than in 2021, on a record turnout of 77.8%. It takes 39 of the Landtag's 83 seats and falls three short of an absolute majority. Sahra Wagenknecht's BSW scraping in at 5.3% makes both an AfD majority and a cordon-sanitaire coalition of all the other parties impossible at once.
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Falklands: Milei announces oil sanctions and a naval base, London reasserts sovereignty, Washington leaves doubt hanging
In a national televised address on September 4, Javier Milei announced a package of decrees, a bill and a national security council targeting the Sea Lion offshore oil project, 220 kilometers north of the Falklands, along with a naval base in Tierra del Fuego. He disputes the 3,600 islanders' right to self-determination. The announcement follows remarks by Donald Trump suggesting Washington is reassessing its position; London replied with an "unshakeable commitment".
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Nepal: two workers pulled alive from a tunnel nine days after the Bhote Koshi flood
Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan were pulled alive on Friday 4 September from the tunnel of the Trishuli-3A hydropower site in Rasuwa, nine days after the Bhote Koshi flood. Searches continue at several Himalayan sites where hundreds of Nepali, Chinese, South Korean and Indian workers are still missing; Nepal's armed police force lost thirteen of its own at Timure.
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