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Flotilla reports second attack

The Global Sumud Flotilla, an international aid initiative to deliver vital supplies to Gaza, says one of its boats has been attacked by a drone at a Tunisian port, the second such strike in two days. The GSF, which is seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza using civilian boats, said in a statement that all passengers and crew were unharmed.

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Court

Judge blocks Trump from removing Fed Governor Cook

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an early setback for the White House in an unprecedented legal battle that could upend the central bank’s long-held independence. The preliminary ruling by US District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington DC, does not settle the key issue of whether the Trump administration’s claims that Cook committed mortgage fraud before taking office are sufficient cause for her removal. Cook denies any wrongdoing.

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France

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Macron names loyalist as new PM

French President Emmanuel Macron has named loyalist Sebastien Lecornu, a one-time conservative protege who rallied behind his 2017 presidential run, as prime minister, defying expectations he might tack towards the left. The choice of Lecornu, 39...

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Security

Poland to close Belarus border

Poland is closing its border with Belarus as a result of Russia-led military exercises taking place in Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, amid escalating tensions between Minsk and Warsaw. Russia and Belarus’ large-scale military exercises...

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Middle East

Who is Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya targeted by Israel?

Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official targeted by Israel in Qatar, has become an increasingly central figure in the leadership of the Palestinian militant group since both Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar were killed last year. Israeli officials...

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Military

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Secretive Lockheed, BAE labs team up for new drone

Britain’s BAE Systems and US arms giant Lockheed Martin announced a tie-up between their secretive research units to develop a new uncrewed autonomous air system, a rare research partnership in the red-hot drone sector. The pair laid out plans for...

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Israel

UK: Israel’s Gaza actions not genocide

Britain has not concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza but criticised “utterly appalling” civilian suffering there, in a government letter, ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Israeli president. Israel has been widely accused of the crime, including by the world’s biggest group of genocide scholars, over its nearly two-year campaign in the Palestinian enclave that has killed more than 64,000 people according to local authorities.

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Economy

Reeves focused on inflation fight

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says the government should focus on helping the Bank of England lower inflation, as well as boosting growth, ahead of a budget due later in the year which is expected to raise taxes. Reeves last week insisted the economy was not “broken” when she set a November 26 date for her annual budget, promising to keep a grip on spending to help lower inflation and borrowing costs amid concern in the market over Britain’s fiscal picture.

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Transport

Commuters turn to bikes, boats on day two of Tube strike

Commuters in London have turned to bikes, buses and boats as a staff strike shut down the capital’s underground “Tube” network for a second day. With almost no underground trains running until Friday, demand for shared bike services and river transport surged as Londoners looked for alternative ways to get to work, causing longer journeys and crowding on other parts of the transport network.

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Japan

LDP to pick new leader on October 4

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will elect a new leader on October 4 to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, senior party MPs say, after a formal contest rather than a simplified voting procedure. One senior LDP MP said the full-scale selection procedure may favour Sanae Takaichi, a veteran fiscal dove and right-winger who local media said had decided to run, as well as Farm Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of former premier Junichiro Koizumi.

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Gaza

Israel vows ‘hurricane’ of strikes

Israel says it will ramp up airstrikes on Gaza in a “mighty hurricane”, to serve as a last warning to Hamas that it will destroy the enclave unless fighters accept a demand from US President Donald Trump to free all hostages and surrender. Residents said Israeli forces bombed Gaza City from the air and blew up armoured vehicles in its streets. Hamas said it was studying the latest US ceasefire proposal, delivered on Sunday with a warning from Trump’s that it was the militant group’s “last chance”.

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Russia

EU aims for US sanctions solidarity

The EU’s top sanctions official was in Washington with a team of experts to discuss what would be the first coordinated transatlantic measures against Russia since US President Donald Trump returned to office. With Moscow continuing to pound...

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Iran

Grossi: Not much time left for talks on inspections

Time is running out in talks between the UN nuclear watchdog and Iran on how to fully resume inspections in the Islamic Republic, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi said, adding that he hoped the discussions would conclude within days. The...

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Norway

Norwegians head to the polls

Norwegians are voting on the final day of a parliamentary election dominated by concerns over rising living costs at home and turmoil in international politics, with the ruling Labour Party narrowly favoured to remain in office. A left-wing bloc of Labour and four smaller parties is seen winning 88 seats in parliament, three more than the minimum needed to secure a majority and down from a combined 100 seats in 2021, according to an average of recent opinion polls.

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Ukraine

Russia’s biggest barrage rocks Kyiv

Russia has launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine, setting the main government building on fire in central Kyiv and killing at least four people, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

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Migration

Migrant Abrego: next stop Eswatini?

The Trump administration has unveiled a plan to send Kilmar Abrego, whose arrest and fight to stay in the US have become a flashpoint in its immigration crackdown, to the small African nation of Eswatini. A US Department of Homeland Security official said in an email to Abrego’s lawyers that Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, has replaced Uganda as the country designated for his deportation. The official said the change was made because Abrego has stated that he fears persecution or torture in Uganda.

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Afghanistan

No help from US after quake

Nearly a week after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in Afghanistan and left tens of thousands homeless, the United States has not taken the first step to authorise emergency aid, and it was unclear if it plans to help at all, two former senior US officials said. The lack of response by Washington to one of Afghanistan’s deadliest quakes in years underscores how President Donald Trump has forfeited decades of US leadership of global disaster relief with his deep foreign aid cuts and closure of the main US foreign assistance agency, said the source and the former officials. The US Agency for International Development was officially shuttered on Tuesday.

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