CNN’s forecast has Helena Foulkes, a former CVS executive, taking the Democratic nomination for Rhode Island governor; incumbent Dan McKee is expected to lose.

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Former CVS executive Helena Foulkes defeated Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee in the Democratic primary, NBC News projects. McKee faced a significant spending disadvantage and voter dissatisfaction with his tenure.

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The Republican midterm convention is putting Donald Trump at the center of the party’s campaign despite voter concerns about the unpopular Iran war and rising prices. Supporters still see him as able to rally Republicans, while some question how the conflict fits his “America First” vision and worry about its political fallout.

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US Republicans have opened their first-ever midterm convention in Dallas. Dubbed “Trumpapalooza,” the gathering is intended to persuade Trump supporters that he is effectively on the ballot on November 3.

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US Republicans opened an extraordinary midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday, betting that making Donald Trump the centerpiece of their campaign can rescue a party facing bleak election forecasts, despite the president’s deeply negative approval ratings.

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US Republicans are holding their first-ever midterm convention. Al Jazeera’s Emma Withrow examines the political motivations behind the gathering and the contentious November elections the party is preparing for.

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The Republican Party is holding an unusual two-day convention in Dallas ahead of the November midterms, with Donald Trump speaking both nights and JD Vance closing the first. Designed as a campaign rally and fundraiser rather than a nominating convention, it aims to mobilise voters as Trump’s approval rating sinks and Republicans face difficult races for control of Congress.

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Jacob Coxon, a former researcher at Anthropic and OpenAI, told NBC News that he believes there is a “substantial probability” AI could “kill us all” by the end of the next decade. He discussed his resignation from Anthropic, growing concerns over AI advances and possible responses.

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An Anthropic researcher is resigning because of concerns that artificial intelligence is being developed irresponsibly.

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A researcher at a leading artificial intelligence lab resigned and wrote on social media that some people in the field believe the systems they create could kill all of humanity within a decade.

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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo was nearly hit by a drone. A Ukrainian presidency source said Moldova had issued an alert after a Russian drone entered Moldovan and Romanian airspace, but called claims that Zelenskyy was at risk exaggerated.

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Norwegian Prime Minister Store said Zelenskyy’s plane nearly came under a drone strike as it departed Moldova. He added that providing Ukraine with additional air defence was among the issues discussed in Zelenskyy’s meetings with Norwegian officials.

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A source told the Kyiv Independent that a suspected Russian Shahed-type drone violating Moldovan and Romanian airspace on Sept. 8 nearly struck President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plane as it departed Moldova for Norway. The incursion prompted airspace closures, emergency alerts and NATO fighter scrambles, while its timing raised fears of a possible Russian assassination attempt.

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Norway’s prime minister says the plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was “almost hit” by a drone while travelling from Moldova to Oslo for the funeral of Norway’s King Harald V.

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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said a drone nearly struck the aircraft carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it took off from Moldova. Zelenskyy was traveling to Oslo for King Harald V’s funeral and met Store and defence industry executives about the FREYJA European anti-ballistic system.

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The iPhone is set for its biggest change in nearly two decades, with a screen that can fold in half.

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Apple’s new iPhone Duo is the company’s first folding-screen device, but it is neither the first foldable on the market nor the first product to use the Duo name. The article looks back at earlier Duos from NEC, Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Asus, including consoles, software, laptops, chargers, and phones.

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Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first-ever foldable smartphone. The device uses an asymmetric design that opens into a 7.6-inch Super Retina XDR display.

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Apple unveiled its first foldable handset, the iPhone Duo, alongside other products at its annual September hardware event. Here are six key takeaways from the launch.

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Apple unveiled its first folding iPhone alongside five other major product launches. Here are the key details about what is new.

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Apple unveiled a range of products at its fall iPhone event. The centerpiece was the tech giant’s highly anticipated first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, alongside an always-listening Apple Watch.

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The Dallas GOP gathering featured an unexpected video message from Democratic Sen. John Fetterman before President Donald Trump’s keynote tonight.

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman appeared in a video at the GOP convention, promoting the efforts of President Donald Trump and Sen. Dave McCormick to shape the U.S. Steel deal with Nippon Steel.

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US President Donald Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump described his conversation with Putin as “great”, after US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks in Moscow and Kyiv on proposals to end the conflict.

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Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the United States should stop assisting Kyiv to help end Russia’s war against Ukraine. His comments came as Washington pushed to revive peace talks. Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. agreed to resume trilateral negotiations, but a recent diplomatic effort produced no breakthrough.

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Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine’s government knows precisely what it must do to genuinely move toward a peaceful settlement of the conflict. He described the Kiev regime as being in a very difficult position because of shortages of funds and weapons, prompting some flexibility that he said was not the kind required.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kiev regime was displaying “flexibility” because it lacked money, but not the kind that could help achieve a settlement. He said Ukraine’s economic situation was rapidly worsening, with insufficient funds and weapons, and that Kiev became flexible only after opening “Pandora’s box” by striking civilian infrastructure in Russia.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says a number of countries are interested in providing a platform for possible talks on Ukrainian reconciliation. He says the venue, including Russia’s preferred location, will matter if both sides decide they are ready to resume negotiations.

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Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said Washington could soon stop providing direct assistance to Kyiv as a way to end hostilities in Ukraine more quickly. He added that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had discussed achieving a peaceful settlement and how to accomplish it.

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The National Transportation Safety Board says one pilot aboard the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed in Miami on Sunday mentioned to the other pilot that they were traveling too fast during the final 1 minute and 42 seconds of the cockpit voice recording.

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The NTSB said one pilot aboard the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed in Miami on Sunday repeatedly remarked to the other about excessive speed during the final one minute and 42 seconds of the cockpit voice recording.

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Seven months after launching the war on Iran, US President Donald Trump says the conflict will end immediately after November’s midterm elections. He initially described it as a “short-term excursion” that could be over in “four to five” weeks.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would seek an additional $45 million in security funding for Ecuador and provide military equipment as the countries deepen cooperation against drug trafficking. During a visit to Quito, he also announced new sanctions and a terrorist designation.

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During a Wednesday visit to Ecuador, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would seek an additional $45 million in security funding and more equipment for the Latin American country to help combat drug trafficking.

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Hurricane Lowell battered Kauai with rain, flooding and powerful winds, leaving many residents without electricity and causing extensive destruction across the island.

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Marcos Llorente put Atletico Madrid ahead early, but Dominik Szoboszlai equalised before half-time and Alexis Mac Allister struck from outside the box to complete Liverpool’s 2-1 comeback. New signing Bradley Barcola left with a calf injury.

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Newly declassified documents show Spain’s intelligence service alerted Moroccan and Ceuta authorities on 29 July to social-media calls urging migrants to cross the border the next day. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says the information did not reveal the scale of the crisis, while opposition parties accuse his government of misleading the public.

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