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Russian oligarch close to Putin reportedly paid for part of Donald Trump Jr’s lavish wedding

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T18:17:43+00:00

US president’s eldest child married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in three-day celebration across two exclusive private islandsUS politics live – latest updatesA top Democrat has demanded answers after it was reported that a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin paid hundreds of thousands of dollars toward Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas earlier this year.Trump Jr, the US president’s eldest child, married Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson in a lavish three-day celebration across two exclusive private islands in May, which according to ProPublica was partially bankrolled

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¿Por qué la ultraderecha baja en Suecia mientras avanza en Europa?

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-09-14T17:51:21+00:00

El retroceso de Demócratas Suecos por primera vez en cuatro décadas, después de que conservadores y democristianos asumieran parte de su discurso, acerca la victoria al bloque de centroizquierda

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Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:43:02+00:00

Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’Before the facility was shuttered, detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration jail were frequently locked in outside metal cages no bigger than a phone booth, according to a damning government watchdog report that said the practice “does not align with standards for humane treatment”.The findings from the office of the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were published on its website – and offer rare criticism of the Trump administ

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‘NAZA,’ Israeli Film About Killings in Gaza, Faces Backlash

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:41:28+00:00

The film “NAZA” investigates the killing of Palestinians by Israeli forces in Gaza. Israel’s culture minister has suggested revoking the directors’ citizenship.

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Andrew Davies admits to drawing on ‘stimulating’ Made in Chelsea for Jane Austen adaptation

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:41:06+00:00

Screenwriter points to parallels between two worlds while academic says some of author’s characters ‘would make perfect reality show contestants’If Jane Austen’s novels run on closed social worlds, courtship rituals, status anxiety, gossip and relentless scrutiny of who’s coupling with who, it follows that the obvious contemporary equivalent would be reality television.That’s according to Andrew Davies, the writer who has spent decades modernising British period dramas. Continue reading...

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Maryland boy recovering from surgeries after rabid beaver attack at state park

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:38:59+00:00

Teen was swimming at a popular spot at the time of the attack, the latest in a string that have occurred in the stateA 13-year-old Maryland boy is reported to be recovering from multiple surgeries and nerve damage after being attacked by a rabid beaver.The teen, Dominick Cebula, was swimming at a popular spot in Cunningham Falls state park in Thurmont, Maryland, on 26 July when a beaver attacked his chest underwater, a relatively rare kind of encounter that more recently has been recurring, according to reporting from local news outlets. Continue reading...

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Satcom to play key role in remote areas: TRAI Chairman

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-09-14T17:17:59+00:00

With spectrum allocation awaiting final approval, India’s satcom rollout will depend on government decisions and security clearances for operators

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El Ártico se convierte en una frontera estratégica de la UE

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-09-14T17:08:01+00:00

Una docena de países europeos instan a Bruselas a garantizar “de forma colectiva” la seguridad en una región amenazada por los intereses de Rusia, China y hasta Estados Unidos

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Addio a Bob Mackie, il sultano delle paillettes

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-09-14T17:07:26+00:00

Il sarto statunitense scomparso il 14 settembre a 87 anni, ha passato la vita a dimostrare che spogliare una diva, se fatto con abbastanza perline, è in realtà un atto di raffinatezza. Da Marilyn Monroe a Cher, da Tina Turner a Sharon Stone, il ritratto critico del costumista che ha trasformato il camp in un genere rispettabile

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UK politics: Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill - as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:04:56+00:00

In an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father Roy, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s, the Press Association reports.Burnham has spoken about his father’s illness which meant that he did not know his son had become prime minister.[We] will continue bringing forward further reforms to strengthen confidence in our democracy.Following on from the previous minister for democracy’s letter to you of 10 July 2026, we wanted to reiterate the government’s concerns, shared by

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Bolsonaro 2.0: Brazil braces for the return of the far right

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:04:05+00:00

With Lula mired in scandal, Flávio Bolsonaro is firing up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbingA giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morning breeze as his eldest son, Flávio, touched down at an airfield on the fringe of a city that will soon help decide the future of one of the biggest democracies on earth.“Brazil is rudderless. Brazil has no president and Brazil needs a president – and that president is Flávio Bolsonaro,” the far-right senator declared as he waded into the flock of s

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‘A coin flip’: inside Brazil’s knife-edge election as Flávio Bolsonaro closes in on Lula

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:04:05+00:00

Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbingA giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morning breeze as his eldest son, Flávio, touched down at an airfield on the fringe of a city that will soon help decide the future of one of the biggest democracies on earth.“Brazil is rudderless. Brazil has no president and Brazil needs a president – and that president is Flávio Bolsonaro,” the far-right senator declared as he waded into the flock of supporters who had gathered to welcome h

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‘A coin flip’: on Flávio Bolsonaro’s campaign trail as Brazil’s far right edges back to power

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:04:05+00:00

Neck-and-neck with Lula in polls, Flávio Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbingA giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morning breeze as his eldest son, Flávio, touched down at an airfield on the fringe of a city that will soon help decide the future of one of the biggest democracies on earth.“Brazil is rudderless. Brazil has no president and Brazil needs a president – and that president is Flávio Bolsonaro,” the far-right senator declared as he waded into the flock of

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‘A coin flip’: on the campaign trail as Brazil’s far right edges back to power

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T17:04:05+00:00

Neck-and-neck with Lula in polls, Flávio Bolsonaro fires up his base in the bellwether state of Minas Gerais – starting at the scene of his father’s stabbingA giant banner of Brazil’s incarcerated former president Jair Bolsonaro fluttered in the morning breeze as his eldest son, Flávio, touched down at an airfield on the fringe of a city that will soon help decide the future of one of the biggest democracies on earth.“Brazil is rudderless. Brazil has no president and Brazil needs a president – and that president is Flávio Bolsonaro,” the far-right senator declared as he waded into the flock of

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Vladimir Poutine, un président bunkérisé dans une Russie mise sous cloche

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-14T17:00:10+00:00

« Le système Poutine » (1/3). Les pléthoriques « siloviki », ces officiers issus des services de sécurité, ont pris le pouvoir et sont omniprésents dans les élites. Dans la société, ils ont diffusé un climat de peur et de suspicion qui interdit toute remise en question du Kremlin et de la guerre en Ukraine.

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"Дизель зросте до 105 гривень за літр. Чекати ніхто не буде", - паливний експерт Дмитро Льоушкін

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-09-14T16:59:53+00:00

Засновник групи Prime Дмитро Льоушкін розповів УНІАН, скільки коштуватимуть бензин та дизель найближчими тижнями, як удари по російських НПЗ впливають на ринок та чи загрожує Україні дефіцит пального через атаки на АЗС.

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Aux Pays-Bas, la douleur des victimes du système de la protection de l’enfance en milieu fermé

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-09-14T16:57:56+00:00

Pendant plus de trente ans, des dizaines de milliers d’enfants souffrant de graves problèmes psychiatriques ont été placés dans des institutions fermées. Le gouvernement néerlandais leur a présenté des excuses le 29 août mais la fermeture de tous ces centres n’est pas prévue avant 2030.

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Ukraine and Russia have agreed not to hit energy targets, Trump claims – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-09-14T16:55:41+00:00

US president blames conflict, and ‘not Iran’, for spike in US diesel pricesJennifer Rankin in Brussels and Charlotte Higgins and Amy Hawkins in KyivCatching up with other news from across Europe, the head of Nato has said a Russian drone attack on a train close to Ukraine’s border with Poland would not deter Kyiv’s western backers. Continue reading...

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