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A judge orders the White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, yet their reporters are still kept out
Federal judge Timothy Kelly ordered overnight that CNN, MS NOW and Politico immediately regain access to the White House, in a 14-day temporary restraining order: their passes were likely revoked without due process, and the national security argument lacks support. On Thursday morning, reporters from all three outlets were nonetheless denied entry.
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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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CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue the Trump administration after being barred from the White House
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".
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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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Ed Sheeran returns to the stage alone and calls the war in Gaza « catastrophic and unjustifiable » after Macklemore's removal
Ed Sheeran played in Philadelphia on Saturday night with no support act, after Macklemore was dropped from his tour for shouting « Free Palestine » on stage. All four opening acts and his band had withdrawn. He admitted to « mistakes », said he was worried that venues might pre-approve concert content, and called the war in Gaza « catastrophic and unjustifiable ».
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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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NATO downs a drone over Lithuania as a Russian frigate fires flares at a Danish helicopter
NATO air-policing fighters shot down a drone over Lithuania overnight into Tuesday, a first in that airspace; it came down near Pratkūnai, about a hundred kilometres from Vilnius. The same night, Denmark's defence command says a Russian frigate fired two flares at a Fennec helicopter off Gedser. Copenhagen summoned the Russian ambassador and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the move “irresponsible”; Moscow says it is investigating and accuses the helicopter of dangerous manoeuvres.
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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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Israel on two fronts: a family killed by a strike in Gaza, Hezbollah tunnels blown up in Lebanon, the Rome talks postponed
On 11 September, the Israeli army blew up a Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon, a detonation recorded as a magnitude-4.1 tremor, and says it is ready for further strikes. In Gaza, a strike on a home killed a family of four, including two children, according to Palestinian medical sources; Israel says it killed the commander of Hamas's Khan Younis brigade. The Israel-Lebanon talks planned in Rome are postponed to October.
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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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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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