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POLITICS

Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’: Kyiv backs it if Moscow does, Russia silent

Zelenskyy said Russia struck a power plant in Kyiv and energy facilities in the Kharkiv region after Trump’s announcement, which came with no details.

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Archive photograph from 2015 of the Trypilska thermal power plant in the Kyiv region of Ukraine, with two tall chimneys and an electrical substation
POLITICS

Streeting: UK does not support Trump’s Russia diesel deal

The defence secretary said it was for Ukrainians to choose their leader, after Trump suggested Ukraine should get a new one.

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Official portrait of Wes Streeting in a blue suit and red tie, standing beside a Union Jack flag
WORLD

Trump asked Xi to buy US arms, ambassador says

US Ambassador to China David Perdue said the president has raised the idea of selling American weapons to Beijing during recent talks with Xi Jinping.

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US Ambassador to China David Perdue presents his credentials to Xi Jinping
POLITICS

Trump rejects Iran’s seven-day Hormuz plan

Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran would not back down and was waiting for a formal reply through mediators rather than Trump’s public remarks.

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A merchant ship transits the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway at the centre of the dispute between Iran and the United States
DEFENCE & SECURITY

Trump: Iran’s seven-day Hormuz deal ‘would not be acceptable’

Before speaking to reporters, the US president had posted on Truth Social an image of the strait labelled “Trump Strait”.

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Donald Trump speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in September 2025
DEFENCE & SECURITY

Hormuz could reopen in seven days under Iran’s plan

Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran did not accept coercion, threats or intimidation and would not surrender its sovereign rights under pressure.

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Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran's coast to the north and the Musandam Peninsula to the south
GENERAL

Xi at Trump’s state dinner: ‘You make us feel truly at home’

At the White House arrival ceremony on 24 September, Xi announced that two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, would come to Zoo Atlanta “in a few days”.

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Xi Jinping and Donald Trump walking side by side along a garden path in Beijing during Trump’s visit to China in May 2026, with officials behind them
POLITICS

UK to review Chagos deal without US backing

Defence Secretary Wes Streeting, who was in the cabinet that agreed the deal, said the decision still stood, but that the agreement had always needed American support.

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A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber flies low over the coastline of Diego Garcia, where the UK and US operate a joint military base, in August 2020
POLITICS

Trump praises UK’s Burnham as a ‘natural businessperson’

Before the two met in New York, Trump had dismissed Burnham as “extremely liberal” and described the former mayor of Greater Manchester as the “mayor of a town”.

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham shakes hands with US President Donald Trump at their bilateral meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York, 22 September 2026
GENERAL

News outlets take Trump to court over White House ban

Television networks dropped their shared coverage of President Trump on the day the lawsuit was filed, the Fox News Washington bureau chief told pool members.

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Television camera positions used by the White House press corps
SCIENCE & TECH

US proposes AI incident alert system with China

The talks came before a meeting between Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping at the White House on 24 September.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands at earlier talks in Geneva in 2025
DEFENCE & SECURITY

Denmark, Greenland and US sign ‘permanent’ Arctic security deal

The deal, which updates a defence arrangement dating back to 1951, is designed to be permanent and has no set end date, according to its text.

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Aerial view of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland