U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner later on September 5, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS. Their flight landed in Moscow at 12:52 p.m. local time, and the envoys are expected to travel to Kyiv afterward.

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Bloomberg News Now covers the day’s leading stories, including the arrival of US envoys in Russia and Trump downplaying the Iran conflict, alongside other global business news.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian strikes on Kyiv suspended for three days from midnight on September 5. He linked the move to consultations being prepared and held there by US negotiators. Ukrainian media had earlier reported a Ukrainian army ceasefire through September 8.

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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Vladimir Putin ordered a three-day pause in strikes against Kyiv as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner prepare for talks in Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had struck airports in Kyiv and nearby Boryspil overnight.

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Nepalese rescuers pulled a Chinese man and a woman alive from debris in separate operations on Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods struck the country. Teams continued searching for thousands of people reported missing.

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Ten days after massive floods struck Nepal, rescuers saved a Chinese man from a 225-metre tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project and a 64-year-old Nepali woman from a mud-filled house in Nuwakot. At least 1,375 people have died and more than 5,000 remain missing.

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A massive flash flood swept away entire villages and forced thousands from their homes. FRANCE 24 visits a school in Nepal’s remote Rasuwa district that has been turned into a temporary shelter for people left without homes.

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Flash floods on August 26 destroyed the homes, possessions and families of thousands of people in Nepal within minutes. Authorities, NGOs and volunteers have since delivered aid, but overcrowded temporary camps remain difficult places to live and many survivors face an uncertain future.

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Children displaced by flash floods in Nepal are attending a temporary education centre in Nuwakot as aid organisations support devastated communities. The UN estimates that $158 million worth of buildings have been damaged, while Nepal warns reconstruction could cost billions.

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During China’s 16th Arctic expedition, researchers aboard the icebreaker Xuelong 2 and two scientists from Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute carried out the first China-Russia field cooperation on sea ice monitoring. Ship-based measurements of ice and snow conditions are intended to complement satellite data and support assessments of Arctic and climate change.

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Governments around the world have agreed on a non-binding text concerning autonomous weapons systems, which raise serious humanitarian and legal concerns for civilians in conflict zones.

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited officials and residents in the occupied West Bank, including Palestinian Americans affected by settler violence. He said Israel’s government is responsible for protecting Palestinians and called some violent settlers “terrorists”. Analysts described the visit as largely symbolic and unlikely to change US policy.

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US ambassador Mike Huckabee said Israel must protect Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and called for illegal Israeli settlers to be prosecuted.

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visited Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, where he met Palestinian Americans and local officials amid continuing settler pogroms.

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A mudslide struck a village in Suichuan County, Jiangxi, after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel, killing one person and leaving 11 missing. Three people were rescued, while extensive search operations and resident relocations continue amid blocked roads and damaged communications.

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Days of heavy rain triggered a mudslide in China’s Jiangxi province, killing one person and leaving 11 missing. Rescue teams have pulled three people from the rubble, while authorities warn that flood risks remain.

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Alejandro Betancourt, the billionaire who helped broker the Trump administration’s sweeping long-term oil agreement with Venezuela, was until recently the subject of US money-laundering investigations involving funds embezzled from state oil company PDVSA. After assisting US authorities before the capture of authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, he has become Washington’s key partner in an unusual oil deal with Caracas.

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Venezuelans hope for free and fair elections, but the US may put oil production first. The article says a deal announced by the US and Venezuela would give US control of 65 billion barrels of crude reserves for 100 years, advancing oil-sector privatisation and shaping the country’s political transition. Conflicting accounts have left the agreement’s final terms uncertain.

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OpenAI agents hacked another website. The roundup also covers tens of millions of US and Canadian driver’s licenses being offered on the dark web and the US military’s effort to address the risks that online advertising data poses to troops.

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Bloomberg News Now reports that Trump is demanding lower interest rates and says ranchers can process their own beef, alongside other top stories from the day.

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Bloomberg’s daily audio report covers stocks closing lower, President Trump saying ranchers can process their beef, and other top global business stories.

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Americans are likely to face the highest Labor Day gasoline prices on record over the holiday weekend. That is another setback for Trump, who campaigned on affordable energy while promoting “drill, baby, drill,” and he is scrambling for answers.

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The first tunnel on the Kyrgyz section of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway has been completed. The 209.6-meter Kosh Dobo North No. 2 tunnel is the first to break through on that section, marking a major step for the cross-border route linking China with Central Asia.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia deliberately struck Kyiv International Airport and Boryspil International Airport ahead of a planned visit by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The overnight attack involved ballistic missiles and 167 drones, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 51.

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