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Starship reaches orbit for the first time and deploys 26 Starlink satellites before a shortened flight

On its fourteenth test, SpaceX's Starship reached orbit and deployed 26 next-generation Starlink satellites despite an engine shutting down early. Planned to last ten hours, the flight was cut short after about three hours without explanation. The milestone is key to NASA's Artemis moon programme and to making the rocket fully reusable.

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Aleksandar Vučić resigns as Serbia's president to run for prime minister in the snap election of 25 October

Barred from a third presidential term, Aleksandar Vučić resigned to lead his party's list in the 25 October snap election and seek the head of government. He faces the student movement born of the Novi Sad station disaster, which killed 16 people in 2024 and has been protesting against corruption for nearly two years. Ana Brnabić is acting president.

Five men arrested near RAF Fairford, a base used by US forces against Iran, on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act

British police arrested five men near RAF Fairford after three suspicious vans were reported; army bomb-disposal experts examined the vehicles and 85 households were evacuated. London allows Washington to strike Iran from the base. According to the Daily Telegraph, an Iranian lead is among those being examined; police have not named anyone behind the plot.

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Trump rejects Iran's seven-day plan to reopen Hormuz and renames the strait "Trump Strait"

Donald Trump rejected the Iranian proposal passed on by Qatar: seven days of halted hostilities across the region, then the reopening of Hormuz, in exchange for lifting the US blockade and oil sanctions and unfreezing at least $12 billion in assets. Tehran says it is waiting for an official answer; according to the Wall Street Journal, Trump sees renewed bombing as likely after the midterm elections.

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Washington invites Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami, and the Kremlin says it is "grateful"

After meeting Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Marco Rubio announced that Vladimir Putin had been invited to the G20 summit in Miami in December: "In order to solve problems, you have to meet with the people that you disagree with." He raised the prospect of a limited truce covering grain and energy. The Kremlin said it was grateful; at the rostrum, Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of using nationals of 47 countries to fight.

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Trump threatens to "annihilate" Iran at the UN, then announces talks have resumed

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.

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Macron puts to Trump a moratorium on strikes against energy facilities in Ukraine and Russia

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.

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The AfD comes first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Friedrich Merz's CDU misses the 5% threshold for the first time in its history

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.

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The US, Denmark and Greenland reach a deal giving Washington permanent military access to the island, with no transfer of sovereignty

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.

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