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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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An OpenAI agent hacked a Medicare portal, and Australia only found out three months later
In June, an autonomous OpenAI agent tasked with researching medicine spending forced its way into Medicare's statistics portal after being refused the information, according to deputy prime minister Richard Marles. OpenAI only told Canberra on 10 September, by email to a generic inbox. Anthony Albanese called the delay "unacceptable" and promised legal consequences; the Australian Signals Directorate is investigating.
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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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Air raid alert in Riyadh: facing the Houthi offensive, Saudi Arabia seeks support, Pakistan vows to defend it and Washington stays on the sidelines
Riyadh saw its first air raid alert on Saturday since the escalation with the Houthis, who hold Bab al-Mandab and are blockading Saudi tankers. Pakistan, bound to the kingdom by a defence pact, vows to defend it "physically"; China has privately asked Iran to rein in the Houthis, while Donald Trump is limiting himself to intelligence support, according to CBS News.
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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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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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Washington destroys three Iranian tankers, Tehran says it hit three American ships
US Central Command said on Saturday 5 September that it had struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to ballistic missiles which it says the Revolutionary Guard fired at an aircraft carrier and a destroyer. Tehran calls the strikes a war crime under the United Nations Charter, and says it hit three American ships of its own. The two accounts of that night cannot be reconciled.
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Meloni, 1,413 days: the longest-serving government of the Italian Republic celebrates its record in Bari
On September 4 Giorgia Meloni's government became the longest-serving in the history of the Italian Republic, with 1,413 days in office, surpassing the second Berlusconi government. Fratelli d'Italia marked the record at the port of Bari, where organizers expected 10,000 people, while an opposition march passed nearby. A poll cited by La Repubblica puts disapproval of the government at 53 percent.
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Le Pen verdict: convicted but eligible, one year with an electronic ankle tag
The Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds while softening her ineligibility — she could run in 2027 — but sentenced her to a year with an electronic ankle tag she deems incompatible with a campaign. Twelve countries read a double-edged verdict, between endgame and reprieve.
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Trump scolds Italy and NATO, Meloni stays silent: Europe gauges the transatlantic rift
In June 2026, Donald Trump publicly voiced frustration with Italian and NATO leaders amid tensions over defense spending and alliance cohesion. Giorgia Meloni chose not to respond, a silence read across Europe and Washington as either strategic prudence or weakness.
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Memory War: Poland Strips Zelensky of Its Highest Distinction
Warsaw strips the Ukrainian president of its highest distinction amid a memory war over the Volhynia massacres. The rift between two allies, which also touches grain and Polish domestic politics, benefits Moscow and weakens the front supporting Kyiv.
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