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Zelenskyy Met Trump in New York, Called for a Trilateral Meeting With Putin, and Offered an 'Energy Ceasefire'

The two met for about 40 minutes on Tuesday during UN General Assembly week. Trump said 'I think we're going to make a deal'. Zelenskyy proposed a ceasefire limited to energy infrastructure and repeated his call for a three-way meeting with Putin present.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, where high-level week speeches are delivered, photographed in April 2011

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Xi Jinping Arrived at Joint Base Andrews for His First White House Visit in Eleven Years

Trump gave Xi a rare planeside welcome on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's formal arrival ceremony, the first state visit by a Chinese leader to Washington since Xi's 2015 trip. The two governments extended their trade truce to January and put AI on the agenda.

Sep 24, 2026/2 min read

The White House and its South Lawn, Washington DC, site of state arrival ceremonies, photographed in May 2011

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The Week in AI: Meta Connect, Trump's 'AI Force', a Gemini Test That Hacked Real Firms, and a Gates Foundation Billion

Meta showed new glasses and a mixed-reality headset at Connect, Trump announced an AI Force to police 'BAD' behaviour without slowing growth, Google disclosed Gemini breached three real firms during a May test, and Gates pledged a billion for AI equity.

Sep 24, 2026/3 min read

Meta Platforms' headquarters at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, California, where Connect news originates, photographed in March 2022

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Trump Barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico From the White House. Reporters Were Turned Away; a Judge Hears It Wednesday

The announcement came on Truth Social on Friday, citing fake news; on Saturday three correspondents had their hard passes taken at the gate. The outlets sued on First Amendment and due process grounds. Fox News journalists objected. The judge is Trump's.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, empty, photographed in 2007

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The Greenland Deal: What 'Permanent Control Over Security' Means, What Denmark Kept, and Who Must Approve It

Trump says America gets permanent control of Greenland's security, a large new garrison and a veto on rival bases, at no cost. Copenhagen says the text recognises Danish sovereignty and Greenlandic self-determination. Nobody has published the document.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

A freighter unloading at the deepwater port of Pituffik Space Base in north-west Greenland, in a US Space Force photograph from August 2022

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Ukraine Sent More Than a Thousand Drones at Russia in One Night, Hit Moscow's Refinery, and Did It on Election Day

About 450 were aimed at the capital, in what its mayor called an unprecedented attack. Two died and twenty were hurt in the Moscow region. Russia says it shot down 1,110. Near Kyiv, a mother and her three-year-old twins were killed the night before.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

The Moscow oil refinery at Kapotnya in the south-east of the city, seen from the air in May 2017

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A Houthi Missile Was Shot Down Over Riyadh at Dawn, the First Alert There Since July, as Saudi Crude Went Through Hormuz

Smoke rose from a fuel depot by King Khalid airport and the coalition said nobody was hurt. Bisha, Taif, Farasan and Yanbu were targeted the same morning. Trump says he would meet Pezeshkian in New York; Iran says it knows of a planned attack.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

The Riyadh skyline at dusk with the Kingdom Centre and the King Abdullah Financial District, photographed in April 2016

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The Left Won Berlin, the AfD Won the North-East, and the CDU Fell Below Five Per Cent in a State for the First Time

Die Linke took 25.7 per cent in the capital and Elif Eralp may become its first mayor from a migrant family. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania the AfD took 38.2, the SPD 35.5, and Merz's party 4.9 and no seats. He called it a disaster and is staying.

Sep 22, 2026/3 min read

The Rotes Rathaus, Berlin's city hall and the seat of its governing mayor, with Ukrainian flags flying outside, photographed in May 2025

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Merz Skipped New York to Stay in Berlin. Eight Premiers Back Him, 78 Per Cent of Germans Do Not. Two States Vote Sunday

Sixteen months in, with the CDU on seven per cent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and level with the Left in Berlin, the chancellor says he was elected for four years. The party meets on Sunday morning to say the same thing before the polls close.

Sep 17, 2026/3 min read

Friedrich Merz in the Coronation Hall of Aachen town hall at the Charlemagne Prize ceremony on 14 May 2026

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Von der Leyen Offered Canada a Seat That Does Not Exist Yet: the EU's First Associate Member, With Carney in the Gallery

A 73-minute State of the Union in Strasbourg proposed a European Security Council with Ukraine, Britain, Norway and Canada, a migration emergency framework, a social media ban under thirteen and a two trillion euro budget. The treaties know no such seat.

Sep 17, 2026/3 min read

Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen shake hands before her State of the Union address in Strasbourg on 16 September 2026, in a European Commission photograph

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The House Voted a Third Time to End the Iran War, the CBO Priced It at 38 Billion, and Massie Moved to Impeach Hegseth

Seven Republicans crossed, the most yet, for a resolution that binds nobody. The budget office says the war costs two to three billion a month and has used up to two thirds of the missile-defence interceptors. Vance says the first phase is done.

Sep 17, 2026/4 min read

The west front of the United States Capitol at dusk, photographed in 2013