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• US policy toward Iran is all stick and no carrot

  15-06-2019 19:31 via cnn.com
  The motorcycle zipped past our taxi as we headed to Tyre in southern Lebanon, veering off the road onto a dirt track leading up into the hills. The passenger on the back of the motorcycle had what appeared to be long tubes, concealed by cloth, strapped to his back.
  
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• Burnham plays down past critical comments about Trump ahead of UN meeting – UK politics live

  22-09-2026 13:40 via theguardian.com
  Burnham is heading to New York for the United Nations general assemblyIf Andy Burnham wanted to inject some edge into his meeting with Donald Trump later (which he doesn’t), he could bring along a copy of today’s Financial Times. This front page headline speaks for itself.Mortgages ‘on the front line’ as Iran war deals £840 blow to homeownersBritish homeowners are paying an average of £840 a year more when they refinance their mortgages, as the rising borrowin
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Iran ready to reopen strait of Hormuz within seven days if US lifts blockade, official says

  22-09-2026 13:32 via theguardian.com
  Traffic through the key waterway for energy supplies has dwindled to a trickleTehran appears to have relaxed its preconditions for reopening the strait of Hormuz, saying it is prepared to do so within seven days so long as the US takes reciprocal steps to ease the pressure on Iran.Previously Iran had set seven onerous pre-conditions for lifting the blockade including “an end to war on all fronts” and a commitment by the US to cease all aggressive actions against Iran including sancti
  
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• Trump set to address UNGA with Middle East and Ukraine on agenda – US politics live

  22-09-2026 13:31 via theguardian.com
  President also due to hold meetings with 11 world leadersSign up for US Breaking News emailsPresident Donald Trump has said he is working on a “massive” deal to buy fertiliser from Belarus, pivoting away from main supplier Canada amid an escalating trade dispute, and moving instead toward an ally of Russia.“The United States is working on a massive deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus,” Trump said on his Truth Social network. “The pricing would b
  
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• EU deadlocked on changes to Russia sanctions ahead of key Ukraine, Greenland talks - Europe live

  22-09-2026 13:30 via theguardian.com
  Without an agreement sanctions on nearly 3,000 entities accused of supporting the war on Ukraine will lapse at the end of the dayBut there are some good news from Lithuania, too: the country’s president Gitanas Nausėda announced that “the new rotation of US troops is already on its way to Lithuania.”The decision comes after prolonged uncertainty about the US military presence in the region amid growing speculations that a posture review could see some of them pulled out fr
  
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• First Thing: News outlets suspend coverage of Trump in escalating media access row

  22-09-2026 13:20 via theguardian.com
  President’s decision to ban three news organisations from White House prompts backlash from major US news outlets. Plus, an incredible new resource to help trace the history of enslaved people in the 19th centuryGood morning. The row over media access to the presidency has deepened, with major US television news outlets agreeing to suspend their video coverage of Donald Trump after the administration banned journalists from several outlets from entering the White House grounds.The presiden
  
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• Poorer nations will be among the last to benefit if global emissions cut to net zero

  22-09-2026 13:13 via theguardian.com
  Scientists found unequal impact of the climate crisis would not be reversed even if implicit goal of the 2015 Paris agreement is achievedThe unequal impact of the climate crisis on the world’s poorest people, including those in tropical areas, has been highlighted by new research that finds they will be among the last to feel the benefits if global greenhouse gas emissions are cut to net zero.Temperatures have risen more significantly in tropical areas relative to their historic range than
  
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• Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’

  22-09-2026 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of diseaseThe US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its measles dashboard on Friday – but it’s still not counting four measles deaths in Pennsylvania, where the outbreak appears to be accelerating and cases are appearing in ways providers have never seen before.Members of Congress on Monday requested an “immediate br
  
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• Autumnal equinox marks the start of fall, but heat could stick around

  22-09-2026 12:04 via usatoday.com
  
  Our long, hot summer is finally coming to an end this evening with the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of fall here in the Northern Hemisphere.
  At a precise moment each September, usually on the 22nd or 23rd, the sun is directly above the equator, marking the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
  (South of the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, it's known as the vernal or spring equinox and marks the beginning of spring.) 
  But what weather will the U.S. see thi
  
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• Democrat says ICE restricted her oversight visit to country’s largest detention camp

  22-09-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Veronica Escobar tells Guardian she was prevented from speaking to detainees at much-criticized Texas facilityFederal immigration officials in Texas prevented US representative Veronica Escobar from fully conducting her congressional oversight duties at a controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, the lawmaker said in an interview with the Guardian.Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso and surrounding areas on the US-Mexico border in west Texas, conducted an o
  
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• Australia investigating how F-35 fighter jet parts bound for US went missing in Hong Kong

  22-09-2026 12:00 via theguardian.com
  Disappearance of jet components sparks concern some of the program’s technology secrets could have been exposedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Department of Defence is examining how F-35 fighter jet parts bound for the US from Australia were unexpectedly diverted to Hong Kong, the acting prime minister, Richard Marles, has said.Marles said “very much everything that has occurred at the Australian end
  
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• Jacinda Ardern and husband Clarke Gayford buy $5.3m home in Sydney’s northern beaches

  22-09-2026 10:54 via theguardian.com
  Former New Zealand prime minister’s purchase is the highest sale price recorded in suburb of Dee Why this yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinda Ardern and her husband, Clarke Gayford, have bought a $5.3m home in Sydney’s northern beaches, according to a source with knowledge of the sale.The former New Zealand prime minister settled on a home in Dee Why after looking at properties in the area including in nearby Curl Curl. Continue reading...
  
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• AI could be a bubble and is not yet making Australia more productive, Michele Bullock says

  22-09-2026 10:54 via theguardian.com
  
  RBA governor says AI is ‘great white hope’ but its adoption is so far adding to inflation, rather than economic growthGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank governor said AI could be a bubble and there was no evidence it is making the economy more efficient, as the Albanese government claims the technology will solve Australia’s economic malaise.Ahead of an expected interest rate rise next week Michele Bullock also said the slump in house pr
  
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• Mother charged after allegedly fatally stabbing one child and seriously injuring two others in Blue Mountains

  22-09-2026 10:33 via theguardian.com
  A woman has been accused of murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent to cause murderGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mother has been charged after allegedly fatally stabbing one child and seriously injuring two others in the Blue Mountains.Emergency services responded to reports on Sunday that three children and a woman had been found in a vehicle in Valley Heights with stab wounds. New South Wales police said bystanders who were first on the scene at
  
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• Terry Denton, beloved Australian illustrator best known for Treehouse series, dies aged 76

  22-09-2026 10:16 via theguardian.com
  The illustrator and author ‘gave joy to millions of children around the world’, his family saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe beloved Australian illustrator and author Terry Denton, most famous for his work on the Treehouse series, has died aged 76.His publisher, Curtis Brown, released a statement on social media saying Denton died surrounded by his family on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Caution versus ambition: strategy debate dominates Lib Dem conference

  22-09-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Party strategists say careful targeting of seats has paid off and should continue, but some say a wider vision is neededOne of the more dramatic moments in a Liberal Democrat conference otherwise short of them came late on Sunday, when the party frontbencher Lisa Smart told the polling veteran John Curtice that, in effect, he no longer understood modern politics.Curtice had warned the Lib Dems they risked being left behind, with the lack of a coherent national message seeing them all but ignored
  
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• Andy Burnham does not rule out Brexit reversal being in next Labour manifesto

  22-09-2026 10:00 via theguardian.com
  PM says immediate focus is on rebuilding bridges with EU as he prepares for first meeting with Ursula von der LeyenAndy Burnham has opened the door to fighting the next election on the UK rejoining the EU, but said his immediate priority was continuing to rebuild bridges with European allies.The prime minister, who will hold his first meeting with the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, on Tuesday, did not rule out including reversing Brexit in Labour’s next manifesto &nda
  
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• UK borrows £18bn in August, putting pressure on Healey before budget

  22-09-2026 09:16 via theguardian.com
  Higher-than-expected figure will make chancellor’s aim of calming jittery bond markets more difficultBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government borrowed a higher-than-expected £18.3bn last month, increasing the pressure on John Healey as he attempts to calm jittery bond markets before next month’s budget.Official figures released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday said public sector net borrowing – the difference between government spending and in
  
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• Brigitte Bardot’s personal items sell for nearly €1m at auction in Paris

  22-09-2026 09:14 via theguardian.com
  Dog collars, guitars and self-portraits among 285 objects, with money going to her animal welfare foundation and sonAn auction of the French film star turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot’s personal items has fetched nearly €1m (£858,000, US$1.15m, A$1.61m) in Paris, almost 20 times the estimate, according to the auction house Millon.A total of 285 objects were auctioned, ranging from straw hats, sunglasses and nightgowns to tableware and furniture from Bardot’s h
  
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• ‘What we have is unique’: the Indian craftsmanship behind global luxury fashion

  22-09-2026 08:30 via theguardian.com
  Generations of artisans from Mumbai to Lucknow have shaped the world’s most coveted designs. Plus, the gen Z memes giving classic Bollywood a new lifeThe zardozi embroidery on a Dior dress, the T-strap leather sandals at a Prada show, the mirror-work technique used on a Fendi bag – for decades, the skill of Indian artisans has been an invisible force behind some of the world’s most coveted fashion.Now, that work is beginning to claim its own place in the spotlight, and the Mumb
  
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• Trump’s bizarre social media blitz leaves world guessing ahead of UN address

  22-09-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  President has been posting on Washington arch, AI and his ‘25 top achievements’ – the chances of an uplifting speech appear slimThe annual gathering of the United Nations general assembly has historically been a platform for US presidents to display their most serious face and a positive vision to the world.From Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower to John F Kennedy and Barack Obama, over eight decades US leaders have used the setting to expound on grand themes before a global au
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Europe thinks Russia is preparing to test Nato’s limits

  22-09-2026 07:40 via theguardian.com
  In today’s newsletter: Intelligence chiefs warn that Russia’s appetite for risk is growing, as sabotage and other covert attacks target countries supporting UkraineGood morning. As the UN general assembly kicks off in New York later today, we anticipate a heavy focus on the ongoing conflicts in Iran, Ukraine and the Gulf – as well as the inevitable body language analysis of Andy Burnham’s first in-person meeting with Donald Trump.But another related conflict is likely to
  
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• Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

  22-09-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and TrinidadNearly 4m records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have been made searchable online for the first time.The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College Lo
  
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• At least four people killed in Japan as typhoon Dujuan triggers heavy rain, landslides

  22-09-2026 06:48 via theguardian.com
  Rescuers search for missing in collapsed homes after storm causes landslides, travel chaos and power outagesTyphoon Dujuan has killed at least four people and injured 22 in Japan, while tens of thousands of houses near Tokyo remained without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities said on Tuesday.Dujuan – which brought violent winds of 144km/h (89mph) – was moving away from Japan on Tuesday morning, allowing authorities to downgrade most heavy rain and landslide w
  
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• British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting

  22-09-2026 06:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented ifcompany had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT useBritish Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local ⁠law enforcement that the shooter ⁠had used ChatGPT to ​plan the massacre.The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court on Monday names OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, as defendants. It is seeking d
  
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• Trump seeks ‘massive’ Belarus fertiliser deal amid Canada trade war

  22-09-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Trump’s announcement on Russia ally comes as he steps up his trade war with Canada, a long-term US ally and top supplier of potashPresident Donald Trump has said he is working on a “massive” deal to buy fertiliser from Belarus, pivoting away from main supplier Canada amid an escalating trade dispute, and moving instead toward an ally of Russia.“The United States is working on a massive deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus,” Trump said on his Trut
  
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• Hope for UK mothers accused of child abduction after fleeing domestic violence

  22-09-2026 06:00 via theguardian.com
  Women escaping abusive partners abroad could get new protections from legal analysis of Hague conventionBritish mothers who bring their children with them when returning to the UK after fleeing from domestic abuse abroad – which can lead to them being accused of abduction – could be given greater legal protection and support.The government has agreed to examine how domestic abuse features in international child abduction cases, with a view to giving survivors of domestic abuse more h
  
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• No criminal charges in death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells, grand jury finds

  22-09-2026 05:00 via abcnews.com
  
  The grand jury reviewing the evidence in the death of Nolan Wells has found that no criminal charges are warranted at this point, according to the Jackson County Grand Jury Report released late Monday night. The report says that the "position of, condition of, time of discovery, and location" of the 18-year-old's body off the coast of Mississippi this July is "consistent with drowning."Wells vanished after he and friends had gone out celebrating the Fourth of July holiday on barrier islands
  
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• Grand jury finds no criminal charges warranted in Nolan Wells's death

  22-09-2026 05:00 via abcnews.com
  
  The grand jury reviewing the evidence in the death of Nolan Wells has found that no criminal charges are warranted at this point, according to the Jackson County Grand Jury Report released late Monday night. The report says that the "position of, condition of, time of discovery, and location" of the 18-year-old's body off the coast of Mississippi this July is "consistent with drowning."Wells vanished after he and friends had gone out celebrating the Fourth of July holiday on barrier islands
  
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• Grand jury finds no criminal charges warranted in death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells

  22-09-2026 05:00 via abcnews.com
  
  The grand jury reviewing the evidence in the death of Nolan Wells has found that no criminal charges are warranted at this point, according to the Jackson County Grand Jury Report released late Monday night. The report says that the "position of, condition of, time of discovery, and location" of the 18-year-old's body off the coast of Mississippi this July is "consistent with drowning."Wells vanished after he and friends had gone out celebrating the Fourth of July holiday on barrier islands
  
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