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24/09/2026

🇺🇸 TRUMP-XI SUMMIT: WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, AND WHY IT MATTERS
Washington, D.C. — President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet Thursday at the White House for their third in-person summit in under a year, as the two leaders try to hold together a fragile trade truce while tackling an increasingly tense rivalry over AI, tech, and Taiwan.
Trump and First Lady Melania personally greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, with a rare red carpet welcome at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday evening — the first time in six decades a US president has greeted a visiting leader at the base in person. The three-day state visit, the first Chinese state visit to Washington in over a decade, includes a Rose Garden military review, a bilateral meeting, a state dinner, and a National Archives tour.
Trade, tariffs, and China's dominance of the rare earths market — critical to US manufacturers and the Pentagon — top the agenda, alongside a fast-escalating rivalry in artificial intelligence. Taiwan remains a persistent flashpoint, with a $14 billion US arms package to the island still on hold months after Washington approved an $11 billion sale in December. Trump is also expected to press Xi on the release of Americans imprisoned in China and seek Beijing's cooperation on the wars in Iran and Ukraine, along with tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Both leaders arrive with leverage and motive: Trump faces midterms in six weeks, while Xi returns home to prepare for a major Communist Party Congress. Analysts expect the summit to extend, rather than resolve, the uneasy pause both sides have maintained since their May meeting in Beijing — with China reportedly pushing for a Trump visit to the APEC summit in November as a further step toward locking in stability through the rest of the year.

24/09/2026

⚔️ TIGRAY REBELS DECLARE 'FULL-BLOWN WAR' AS FIGHTING ERUPTS ACROSS ETHIOPIA
Mekelle, Ethiopia — Ethiopia's Tigray region has plunged back into war, with TPLF Vice President Amanuel Assefa declaring "we are in the situation of full-blown war now" as fighting rages across the neighboring Afar and Amhara regions.
Tigrayan forces seized federally controlled airports in Mekelle, Shire and Axum on Wednesday, forcing Ethiopian Airlines to suspend flights to the region. Fighting has spread into Afar, where Tigrayan forces are battling alongside local armed groups near the towns of Abala and Erebti, and into Amhara, where they've allied with the Fano militia — a group that fought alongside the government against Tigray in the 2020-2022 war but has since turned against Addis Ababa.
The two sides offer conflicting accounts of who started it. Tigray's regional government says its forces launched a "defensive battle" after federal forces struck first with aircraft, drones and artillery. But Getachew Reda, an adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, accused the TPLF of launching "an all-out offensive," accusing its leadership of "taking irresponsibility to new heights."
The escalation follows the TPLF's announcement Sunday that it had allied with six other armed groups in a bid to overthrow Abiy's government — a dramatic realignment from the 2020-2022 war, which killed an estimated 600,000 people. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned the conflict risks becoming "broader and more devastating," urging a return to the Pretoria Peace Agreement. Analysts also warn of regional spillover, with Eritrea and Sudan both watching closely amid rising tensions with Addis Ababa.

24/09/2026

🇪🇸 POLICE FIRE TEARGAS AS 87-YEAR-OLD DISABLED WOMAN EVICTED FROM MADRID HOME
Madrid, Spain — Riot police clashed violently with protesters in Madrid's Retiro district on Wednesday as they forced through the eviction of Maricarmen, an 87-year-old disabled woman who had lived in her apartment for 71 years.
Hundreds of demonstrators, many of whom had camped outside overnight, tried to block the fourth attempt to remove her, chanting "Maricarmen stays." Police fired rounds of teargas and made repeated baton charges to clear a path for the judicial committee carrying out the order, striking several protesters in the process.
Maricarmen's ordeal began after a developer bought her building and offered her the chance to purchase her flat for €247,000 — an impossible sum on her €1,350 pension. Her rent was then hiked from €500 to €1,650 a month. A tearful Maricarmen, in a video recorded before the eviction, thanked supporters for their "cruel struggle against a person who wants to make money."
Her case has become a national flashpoint, with roughly 10,000 people marching in Madrid afterward and solidarity protests erupting in at least eleven cities, including Barcelona. Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez called it a "social tragedy" while pointing blame at Madrid's regional government, as tenants' unions warn of a general strike over the country's deepening housing crisis.

24/09/2026

🏔️ CLIMATE INJUSTICE AND REBUILDING IN NEPAL: A NATION DEMANDS ANSWERS AT THE UN

*Kathmandu, Nepal* — As world leaders debate the climate crisis at UN Headquarters, Nepal continues grappling with the human toll of a catastrophic Himalayan glacial collapse, with over 1,400 bodies recovered and 6,000 people still missing.

New scientific reports confirm global heating destabilized the glacier before it gave way, unleashing floods that have devastated communities across the country. Families are now left to rebuild homes, livelihoods, and entire villages from scratch.

Nepal's tragedy has become a rallying point in the global climate conversation, with growing demands for reparations from the wealthy, high-emitting nations blamed for driving the warming behind the disaster. For many Nepalese, the debate in New York feels distant from the grief and rubble back home.

23/09/2026

📺 WHITE HOUSE TV POOL COLLAPSES AFTER NETWORKS STRIKE OVER CNN, POLITICO AND MS NOW BANS

*Washington, D.C.* — The nearly century-old White House TV pool system broke down Monday, September 21, after major networks refused to provide televised coverage of President Trump in solidarity with CNN, which was barred from its assigned pool duties.

The collapse follows Trump's Friday announcement banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, accusing the outlets of "coordinated" negative coverage. Reporters from all three were turned away and had press credentials confiscated over the weekend. Fox News' Bryan Boughton, acting chair of the TV pool consortium, confirmed there would be "no replacement pool put in place," though print and radio pool coverage continues as normal.

The fallout was immediate — Trump could barely be heard at a Monday ribbon-cutting event with no TV pool present to amplify his remarks. The Washington Post and AP separately said they'd withhold or limit their own photo coverage of Trump in protest, with AP stating "no news organization — or person — should be retaliated against by the government over the words they use."

CNN, Politico and MS NOW are now preparing a lawsuit against the administration on First Amendment grounds. The White House Correspondents' Association has called the move unconstitutional, while Trump defended the ban on Truth Social, insisting "the White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press."

22/09/2026

🚤 US MILITARY STRIKES ALLEGED DRUG BOAT IN CARIBBEAN, KILLING FOUR 'NARCO-TERRORISTS'

*Washington, D.C.* — The US military struck a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, killing four people, as the Trump administration's monthslong campaign against alleged Latin American traffickers grinds on.

US Southern Command said the Joint Force Western Hemisphere carried out a "lethal, kinetic strike" on a go-fast boat traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, claiming "confirmed intelligence" tied the vessel to trafficking. No evidence was released showing the boat was actually carrying drugs — a pattern in nearly all of the campaign's strikes so far.

The attack marks the 69th such strike since the operation began roughly a year ago, pushing the total death toll to at least 231 people across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. It follows a string of consecutive strikes in recent weeks, including one that killed six people just a month earlier.

The campaign has drawn growing scrutiny from lawmakers questioning the intelligence behind the strikes, with House Democrats introducing bills to curb the operation and Washington's broader military actions tied to Venezuela. One earlier strike is already under review after reports that survivors were killed following the initial attack.

22/09/2026

🇺🇳 **TRUMP THREATENS TO 'ANNIHILATE' IRAN IN FIREBRAND UN SPEECH, EXPECTS DEAL AFTER MIDTERMS**

*New York, United States* — President Trump delivered a fiery address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, September 22, warning Iran it could face "annihilation" if no deal is reached, while predicting Tehran would ultimately come to the table after November's midterm elections.

"Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before... or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again?" Trump told the chamber, adding he could "drive them into hell with no chance of survival." Iranian delegates walked out during the remarks, leaving just one representative seated.

Trump insisted a deal would come "right after the election," claiming Iran is "waiting to see how I do" politically, though he dismissed any suggestion the midterms would sway his decision. He defended the seven-month-old war as necessary to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions and said the US would "get it done, one way or the other."

The speech comes as Trump's approval rating has slumped to a record-low 32%, gas prices sit near $4.47 a gallon, and a UN Human Rights Council report accused US forces of possible war crimes during the conflict. Trump is set to hold a packed slate of sideline meetings Tuesday, including with UK PM Andy Burnham, Ukraine's Zelensky, and Gulf state leaders amid rising concern over Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

21/09/2026

🇮🇷 US APPROVES VISAS FOR TOP IRANIAN LEADERS TO ATTEND UN HIGH-LEVEL MEETING EVEN WITH SIDES AT WAR

*Washington, D.C.* — The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to attend this week's UN General Assembly high-level meeting in New York — even as the US and Iran remain locked in a stalemated war now stretching past seven months.

The State Department said it approved visas for Iran's "core delegation" and essential staff, citing US obligations as host country. The delegation will face travel restrictions and a ban on purchasing luxury goods, and will be notably smaller than last year's. "We will not let the Iranian regime's elites exploit UNGA for a luxury retail splurge paid for by the Iranian people's suffering," a State Department spokesperson said.

The move comes with no sign of a breakthrough on reopening the Strait of Hormuz or restarting nuclear talks, and as Iran-backed Houthi rebels escalate attacks on Saudi infrastructure and Red Sea shipping. Despite letting Iran's delegation in, Washington will once again block Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from attending, extending a standing visa ban tied to sanctions on Palestinian officials.

21/09/2026

🌍 **WAR, RUNAWAY AI AND CLIMATE SHOCKS TAKE CENTER STAGE AS WORLD LEADERS MEET AT UN**

*New York, United States* — World leaders gather at the United Nations this week under a cloud of war and division, facing fresh fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten humanity even as climate shocks and rising prices squeeze hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

The high-level week of the 81st UN General Assembly kicks off Tuesday, September 22, with roughly 130 heads of state and government set to speak. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron headline the opening day, following UN Secretary-General António Guterres' "state of the world" address. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian take the podium Wednesday.

Guterres, addressing reporters ahead of the gathering, named three "existential threats" facing the world: runaway AI, the climate crisis, and deepening global inequality. "At a time when the world faces three existential threats, international cooperation is more necessary than ever," he said, describing an "era of deep uncertainty." This marks his final General Assembly as UN chief, with his term ending December 31.

Major wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo, and Myanmar loom large over the agenda, alongside pressure to reform the UN Security Council, where the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France still hold outsized veto power decades after World War II. With the world's problems mounting faster than solutions, this year's assembly is being called one of the most consequential in years.

21/09/2026

📉 **AUSTRALIA WARNS OF RISKS FROM AGEING POPULATION, FALLING BIRTH RATES**

*Canberra, Australia* — Australia's government has issued a fresh warning over the economic risks posed by an ageing population and declining birth rates, as fewer working-age Australians are left to support a growing number of retirees.

Official projections show the number of Australians aged 65 and over will nearly double over the coming decades, while the fertility rate continues to sit well below replacement level. Officials say the shift threatens to strain healthcare, pensions, and aged care systems, while shrinking the tax base needed to fund them.

The government is expected to lean further on migration and workforce policies to soften the impact, as it faces mounting pressure to plan for a future with far fewer young workers per retiree.

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