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Algeria severs diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and closes its airspace to Emirati aircraft
On 10 September, Algeria announced it was severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, citing "provocative or hostile actions", and gave the Emirati ambassador 48 hours to comply. Algerian airspace is closed to Emirati aircraft from 11 September. The Emirates say they hope the decision is temporary; the two countries already differ over Western Sahara, the Sahel and Libya.
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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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Donald Trump promises $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans keep Congress
On 9 September, Donald Trump promised a $5,000 "dividend" to every American adult if Republicans keep the House and Senate in November's midterm elections, which renew all 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats. With around 270 million adults, the cost would exceed a trillion dollars; media outlets recall two similar promises that went unfulfilled, and legal scholars question the lawfulness of a payment conditioned on an election result.
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US destroys five Iranian tankers, Tehran strikes Jordan's Al-Azraq base, and Brent crude climbs back above $100
US Central Command destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on 8 September, calling it a response to two ballistic missile attempts against a Navy warship. Iran struck the Al-Azraq base in Jordan, which says it intercepted 18 of 20 missiles, then claimed attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, where one seafarer was killed and another reported missing. Brent crude passed $100 for the first time since July.
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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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Trump bans imports of Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles a day after Ottawa's tariffs took effect
On Tuesday evening, 8 September, Donald Trump signed executive orders banning imports of Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles from 29 September, and adding a 50% surcharge on mattresses, cheeses, paper and aluminium from 15 September. Canadian goods are also excluded from federal procurement contracts. Ottawa had just applied its own duties on about $20 billion of US goods. Mark Carney is urging the country to “pivot”.
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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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Anak Krakatau shuts eight Indonesian airports and grounds hundreds of flights in Jakarta
The eruption of Anak Krakatau in the Sunda Strait suspended operations at eight Indonesian airports and paralysed part of Jakarta's air traffic. The continuous eruptive episode lasted about twenty-five hours before activity returned to a Strombolian pattern. Five fallback airports were opened around the clock. The number of passengers affected ranges from 150,000 to 170,000 depending on the source.
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AfD wins Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% and falls three seats short of an absolute majority
The AfD won Sunday's regional election in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the vote, 23 points more than in 2021, on a record turnout of 77.8%. It takes 39 of the Landtag's 83 seats and falls three short of an absolute majority. Sahra Wagenknecht's BSW scraping in at 5.3% makes both an AfD majority and a cordon-sanitaire coalition of all the other parties impossible at once.
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Witkoff and Kushner received for three hours at the Kremlin, expected in Kyiv under a three-day truce
Vladimir Putin received US emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin on Saturday 5 September for three hours and ten minutes. The two men are expected in Kyiv on Sunday, where Volodymyr Zelensky is to receive them for the first time. The local three-day truce framing the visit suspends strikes on Kyiv and Moscow alone: elsewhere along the front, the bombardments continued.
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Falklands: Milei announces oil sanctions and a naval base, London reasserts sovereignty, Washington leaves doubt hanging
In a national televised address on September 4, Javier Milei announced a package of decrees, a bill and a national security council targeting the Sea Lion offshore oil project, 220 kilometers north of the Falklands, along with a naval base in Tierra del Fuego. He disputes the 3,600 islanders' right to self-determination. The announcement follows remarks by Donald Trump suggesting Washington is reassessing its position; London replied with an "unshakeable commitment".
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