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Ukraine: Russia strikes a second major bridge in Kyiv, Zelensky vows to target Russian refineries
After the South Bridge, Kyiv's North Bridge was hit on Saturday and Moscow urged foreigners to leave the capital. Zelensky announced stepped-up strikes on Russian refineries, while US-Russia talks reportedly include selling Lukoil assets to Trump allies.
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Iran: Washington sends a third aircraft carrier and 9,000 troops to the Middle East as Trump threatens to hit "very hard"
The United States is sending about 9,000 troops and a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East. Donald Trump threatens to hit Iran "very hard" if it is linked to the FlyDubai attack, while his advisers met secretly at Camp David and mediation to end the war continues.
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Medina: Riyadh accuses the Houthis of targeting the power station that supplies the Prophet's Mosque
Saudi Arabia accuses Yemen's Houthis of striking a power station in Medina that supplies the Prophet's Mosque. The Houthis deny it and denounce Saudi strikes on Sanaa. The Arab League speaks of a "dangerous escalation" as condemnations multiply across the Muslim world.
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Diesel: Washington presses Europe to tap its reserves and threatens to restrict exports
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is asking Europeans to release diesel "immediately" to bring prices down. According to Reuters, Washington threatened France and Germany with restrictions on US diesel exports. Brussels is warning against the move and convening member states as prices hit records.
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Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight: a pilot stabs his captain and the plane makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
Flydubai flight FZ1073, carrying more than 160 Israeli passengers, made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday after a pilot stabbed the captain. Israel calls it an attempted attack; passengers and a relief crew regained control of the aircraft. Flydubai has suspended its flights to Israel.
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The last US troops leave Iraq, where Iran's influence is growing
The last US forces of the coalition against the Islamic State leave Iraq on 30 September, in the middle of the war between Washington and Tehran. Baghdad promises to disarm pro-Iranian militias by June 2027; several refuse, and Iraqi officials fear a return of the Islamic State.
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Two mass shootings kill 27 in one night in South Africa, near Johannesburg and Cape Town
Overnight from 26 to 27 September, gunmen killed 17 people at a tavern in Wedela township near Johannesburg, then 10 more in Lwandle near Cape Town. Police are examining a turf war between illegal miners and a business rivalry; no arrests have been announced. "This cannot go on like this," Cyril Ramaphosa said, five days after another mass shooting near Durban.
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Torrential rain in India and Nepal: at least 70 dead in floods and landslides
Exceptional rain has killed at least 56 people in India and 14 in Nepal, where 11 people are missing. Uttar Pradesh received nearly nine times its normal rainfall in two days; the Ganges and several major rivers are above danger levels. Nepal fears flash floods in 49 districts, a month after floods there killed more than 1,450 people.
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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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After the Trump–Xi summit, Washington and Beijing announce an AI incident channel and tariff cuts on $30 billion of goods
At the end of Xi Jinping's visit, the two countries announced tariff cuts on $30 billion of goods in each direction, a trade council, an AI dialogue in November and a channel for AI-related incidents. Donald Trump nonetheless said he rejects any brake on AI and any cooperation with China on the technology, while Beijing criticised Washington at the UN over Iran and Cuba.
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