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Swedish election: the left-wing opposition edges ahead of the outgoing majority as the far right falls back for the first time
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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Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin at the Miami G20, the Kremlin replies “impossible”
In an interview with DW released on Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin at the Miami G20 in December. From New Delhi, the Kremlin spokesman replies the same day that it is “impossible” and that Putin will only receive Zelensky in Moscow. Kyiv is preparing for a resumption of three-way talks in October. Eight countries, from Paris to Moscow, read the offer and the refusal.
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Volodymyr Zelensky's plane nearly hit by a drone after taking off from Moldova, Oslo says; the Kremlin denies any threat
On 9 September, the aircraft carrying Volodymyr Zelensky to Oslo was nearly hit by a drone after taking off from Moldova, according to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre; Chisinau and Kyiv say the departure was delayed by a drone threat, and one drone came down about 160 km from the airport. The Kremlin, through Dmitry Peskov, says there was no threat to the plane. A drone also entered Romanian airspace.
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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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Nepal: 1,204 bodies recovered, over 4,200 missing — the race into the tunnels a week after the flood
A week after the Bhote Koshi flood, Nepal counts 1,204 bodies recovered and more than 4,200 missing. Rescuers are racing to reach survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels, 38 Australians remain unaccounted for, and China has reopened the Tibet road into the disaster zone.
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Violence in Ceuta: Spain asks the European Union for help after a month of migration crisis
A month after a record crossing from Morocco, the Spanish enclave of Ceuta has seen a surge of violence since 26 August 2026: groups of residents attacked migrants and tore down camps, a military vehicle was stoned and twelve Moroccan nationals were arrested. Madrid is asking the European Union for help.
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Nigel Farage wins back the seat he gave up: a by-election he triggered himself, boycotted by all his serious opponents
Nigel Farage won back the Clacton seat on 14 August with 22,239 votes against 9,455 for a satirical candidate wearing a bin on his head. He had resigned that same seat in July, under investigation over an undeclared £5 million donation. The major parties boycotted the vote; the inquiry resumed hours after the result.
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Karoline Leavitt leaves the White House: a family decision for some, an electoral calendar for others
Donald Trump announced on 12 August that his press secretary would leave at the end of the month to become an outside adviser. At 28, she was the youngest in history. She cites her family; part of the press notes she is leaving two months before the midterm elections. No successor has been named.
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A Texas oil company linked to Trump lands drilling equipment in Greenland without permission, Nuuk issues a firm warning
Greenland Energy, a Texas company linked to Donald Trump's circle, unloaded fifteen containers of drilling equipment on Greenland's east coast in late July, without permission. The Nuuk government issued a firm warning on 30 July and had the exploratory drilling postponed, for lack of permits and an environmental impact study. Notably, neither Washington, London nor Copenhagen covers the story.
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