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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Peru’s new conservative President Keiko Fujimori after talks capping his three-country tour of new South American allies

US Secretary of State

Rubio ends South America swing with Peru security talks

A visitor looks at paintings by former US president George W. Bush at his presidential library in Dallas, Texas on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks that would define Bush's term in office

Ex-president Bush remembers 9/11 through exhibit of his art

Afghan girls at a primary school in Kandahar, five years after the Taliban authorities returned to power

NGO chief sees 'hypocrisy' in Afghan women's rights calls amid aid cuts

The countries where Meta will test Community Notes on social media posts are: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

Community Notes

Latin America could see fresh disinformation after Meta changes

England's Ollie Robinson celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique on day two of the third Test at Edgbaston

Stepping on the gas

England close in on Test series sweep against sorry Pakistan

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Berlin

UAE to invest 40 billion euros in Germany, including for data centres: Berlin

Pope Leo XIV leads his weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on September 9, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

On 28 September

What to know about Pope Leo XIV's visit to Metz

Scientists say that human activity -- primarily burning fossil fuels -- is heating the planet and fuelling extreme weather events

Climate has changed

August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges

A wax effigy of the late Princess Diana wearing the "revenge dress"

Estimated to fetch $150,000–$300,000

Diana's 'revenge dress' to go up for auction in New York

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says the central bank is well placed to navigate global uncertainty

ECB lifts borrowing costs amid energy shock, opens door for more hikes

China's 7ft 4in (2.23m) centre Zhang Ziyu competes for the ball with Aminata Gueye during France's victory in the quarter-finals of the women's World Cup

To face Germany or Belgium

France defeat China to reach women's basketball World Cup semis

Ukraine has captured many foreign soldiers fighting for Russia

Interviews with prisoners of war

Russia trafficking foreigners to fight in Ukraine, Amnesty says

The loan of the Bayeux Tapestry from France has sparked huge interest with the British Museum selling 100,000 tickets so far

Bayeux Tapestry 'mania' sweeps UK as sold-out exhibition opens

Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham took nearly three years to make the film

In their words: Israeli forces describe AI-backed Gaza killing in new film

US diesel prices have hit new records as the war with Iran continues

Driven by higher energy costs

US producer inflation tops expectations as diesel costs jump

Iran is aware Trump is facing the midterms

Intensifying confrontational actions

Defiant Iran seeks to bruise Trump ahead of midterms

Settlements have rapidly expanded under Netanyahu's government

Will Israel's right exploit sanctions in run-up to vote?

During expedition to Georgia

Luxembourg-Belgian pilot crew forced to make emergency landing in Black Sea

Hideo Kojima's 'Metal Gear' game was central to PlayStation's success

'Metal Gear' creator moves to Xbox after Playstation cancellation

The M/V June Aster, which caught fire off the Philippine coast, is aground on an island in Palawan province

Near tourist hotspot

Philippine ferry fire kills 5, dozens missing

Orangutans were hemmed in by fires raging on Borneo islands, leaving them stuck without access to their forest home

Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week

Macron called on Europe to organise its own crewed spaceflights

Within a decade

Macron urges Europe to develop 'crewed spaceflight' programme

This picture taken on February 25, 2026 and released by North Korea's North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the end of the ruling Workers' Party congress.

Thought to have three children

North Korea leader's daughter believed to have younger sibling: Seoul

Suspect drove away

Three-year-old and father dead following motorway accident in North Rhine-Westphalia

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan reviewing a military honour guard in Berlin

Deals worth billions to be signed as UAE leader visits Germany

US Ambassador to Luxembourg Stacey Feinberg in conversation with RTL, 8 September 2026.

Approaching one year in office

'Stay tuned': Ambassador Feinberg says more to come after securing US–Luxembourg flight

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned a presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara and ordered him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist

Sri Lanka court revokes monk's pardon, orders return to prison

The Asian Games began with a Group B men's basketball game between Qatar and Iran in Nagoya

Weather challenges events

Asian Games begin with Qatar basketball win, nine days before opening ceremony

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