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Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T12:38:46+00:00

US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midtermsUS president Donald Trump has said he has rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports.“They made a proposal but I reject it,” he told reporters at the White House. Continue reading...

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«В ловушке Фукидида»: что стоит за пышной встречей Трампа и Си в США

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-09-26T12:19:23+00:00

Президент США Дональд Трамп 24 сентября провел пышную встречу председателя КНР Си Цзиньпина в Вашингтоне, после закрытой двусторонней встречи завершившуюся торжественным ужином в Белом доме в ночь на пятницу. Лидеры не жалели комплиментов друг другу и отсылок к «хорошим» периодам отношений.

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Grand Continent Hotels launches new hotel at Vellore

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-26T12:13:17+00:00

The new 50-room hotel has been designed to cater to business travellers, medical tourists, students and their families, leisure travellers and pilgrimage groups visiting Vellore

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A Tetris-Like Maze Blocks Protests in Pakistan’s Capital

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-26T12:12:35+00:00

Pakistani authorities have barricaded Islamabad with more than 1,500 shipping containers to stop opposition protesters, choking off access to the capital.

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Six Dead After Explosion in Athens Tourist District

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-26T12:04:42+00:00

Local officials said a gas leak might have caused the blast, which rattled a part of the Greek capital that draws many visitors.

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Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T12:01:11+00:00

Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rulesAngela Rayner has stood by her criticism of Home Office reforms that would make it harder for foreign care workers to claim permanent residence in the UK, describing them as “disruptive”.Last year, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, announced that low paid migrants on jobs below graduate level would have to be in the country for 15 years before applying for settlement. Rayner previously attacked the plans as being “un-British”. Continue reading...

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Venezuelan shot by ICE in Austin needs surgery to avoid losing feeling in body, supporters say

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T12:00:34+00:00

Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez has bullet lodged in back as accounts differ over events leading to traffic-stop shootingThe Venezuelan man shot by federal immigration officers after a traffic stop in Texas needs surgery to avoid losing feeling on the left side of his body, according to his supporters.Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, has spent the past five days in detention with a bullet lodged in his back, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rapidly removed him from a hospital in Austin where he had been taken on Sunday after the shooting. Continue reading...

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Green shoots? Burnham cultivates rural links in attempt to ‘build back trust’ with farmers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T11:30:14+00:00

Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after relations were soured by the tax changes introduced under Keir Stamer As an arable farmer, Olly Harrison’s WhatsApp messages are normally concerned with the more mundane matters of working the land: logistics, supplies and the occasional chat about the weather.So when a recent message came through from Andy Burnham, it was more than a little unexpected. Continue reading...

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J Infratech files IPO papers; eyes ₹600 cr via fresh issue

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-26T11:12:34+00:00

Apart from the fresh issue, the company's proposed IPO comprises an offer for sale of 1 crore equity shares by promoters, according to the draft red herring prospectus filed on Friday

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UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian human rights violations

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T11:10:09+00:00

Human rights council names and shames businesses with ties to illegal Israeli settlements in West BankThe UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, are Israeli. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update. Continue reading...

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UN adds 61 firms to settlements blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Palestinians

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T11:10:09+00:00

Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoingThe UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, are Israeli. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update. Continue reading...

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Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T11:00:35+00:00

Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resalesThe government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans, as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands.Keir Starmer said last year that the government would “stop fans from being ripped off” by outlawing the for-profit resale of tickets on sites such as Viagogo and StubHub, a pledge Labour first made in its 2024 election manifesto. Continue reading...

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We followed five people in Gaza from dawn to dusk – this is what the headlines don’t tell us

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T11:00:34+00:00

Behind the stories of bombings and mass deaths, the everyday challenges facing Palestinians living under siege portray a quieter tragedy we rarely hear What does it take to make a morning cup of tea in Gaza?For Alaa Hessi, in her final month of pregnancy, this small ritual begins with a calculation of gas rations. Her family gets a ration of 6kg of gas every three months – enough to heat a pot for 18 precious minutes a day. That’s needed for cooking – so for tea, a fire must be built instead. Continue reading...

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Thomas Jefferson letter goes on the market – containing a prescient warning for Trump today

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-26T11:00:34+00:00

Third US president wrote in 1787 about importance of peace, paying off debt and supporting agricultureA remarkably prescient letter written by Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, advising how the newly created country could prosper, has been put up for sale by a private collector. The handwritten document from 1787 warns specifically against many of the missteps Donald Trump has taken to drag down his own second term of office.Written in Paris, where Jefferson was the fledgling government’s minister to France, the note to David Rittenhouse, a friend and fellow member of the American Phil

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Répression en Russie : un analyste critique des fraudes électorales arrêté pour trafic de drogues

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-26T11:00:08+00:00

Moins d’une semaine après les législatives orchestrées par les autorités pour doper la participation et le score du parti présidentiel, Alexandre Kynev se retrouve en prison. Sur sa chaîne Telegram, ce politiste indépendant réputé avait analysé et dénoncé les fraudes et les pressions lors du scrutin.

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