A drone light show lit up New York City’s skyline on Wednesday night during a test of the ‘Tribute in Light’ installation for the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The display will feature 2,977 drones, each representing a person who died on September 11, 2001.

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Organisers say 2,977 drones recreated the Twin Towers at full scale, with each light symbolising a victim of the 9/11 attacks. The public memorial artwork, titled “2,977 Lights Over New York Harbor”, was made with artists, producers and members of the 9/11 community, including victims’ families, survivors and first responders.

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Nearly 3,000 drones illuminated New York City’s skyline during a test for a 9/11 tribute marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks in 2026.

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The piece revisits the 2016 debate over whether Donald Trump’s outrageous statements should be taken seriously, literally, both or neither. It argues that the question remains relevant as his rhetoric reaches new levels of absurdity, while too many people continue to get it dangerously wrong.

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Live text updates follow Manchester United’s UEFA Champions League match against Sabah, with Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford among the featured players.

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Morocco's foreign ministry said on Thursday that no evidence showed Rabat was involved in the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in July. It said Morocco rejected being pulled into Spain's domestic political battles.

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Moroccan authorities said Thursday that there was no evidence linking the kingdom to the deadly migrant rush into Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta in July. The statement was Morocco’s first official response to a Spanish police report accusing its security forces of being “totally permissive” during the mass crossing.

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Several people were killed and others injured when a bus crashed in the Alpine village of Susch in eastern Switzerland, police said Thursday.

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Police said a tourist coach crashed in Susch, in eastern Switzerland’s Graubünden canton, killing several people and injuring others. Dutch media reported that the bus was carrying tourists from the Netherlands, while a Dutch travel association said the number of casualties was not yet known.

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A coach believed to be carrying tourists through one of Switzerland’s most scenic Alpine valleys overturned near the entrance to the country’s national park, leaving several people dead.

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Oracle reported quarterly results that exceeded expectations, while its revenue backlog also came in stronger than forecast. Cloud infrastructure revenue more than doubled, sending the company’s stock up 7%.

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Canada and Ukraine signed a sweeping 100-year partnership on Thursday centered on defence production. Ottawa plans to work with Ukraine’s battle-tested industry to build millions of drones and expand co-operation on counter-drone technology, munitions and AI. Canada also pledged fresh funding for air defence and energy security.

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Prediction market Polymarket has appointed former Amazon finance chief Warren Jenson as its first chief financial officer as it develops a regulated U.S. exchange and a global platform.

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Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi called for stronger international cooperation to protect the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and prevent the Hormuz crisis from being repeated there. He accused Iran of using Houthi military operations to shift the conflict’s burden onto neighboring countries, warning of risks to fuel and food supplies. A Houthi spokesman said Red Sea trade remains safe and stable and described the operations as limited and defensive.

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Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of Yemen’s port city of Mokha on Thursday, according to Houthi and Yemeni officials. The city lies about 80 kilometres from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital Red Sea shipping route that typically carries around 12% of global goods.

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Iran-backed Houthi forces reportedly seized Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha and advanced toward positions overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The move comes as shipping through Hormuz remains severely constrained, raising the risk of further disruption to oil and commercial traffic. Yemeni government sources said the Houthis also reached the Hanish Islands as Saudi-backed forces withdrew south.

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The Houthis have advanced to Yemen’s Mokha port and seized the strategically important Zuqar Island, according to a report. Satellite imagery shows the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a gateway to the Red Sea.

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Yemen’s Houthi militia captured the port city of Mokha, raising fears that intensified fighting could push the country back into civil war. Near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, Mokha overlooks a key shipping route that has become an alternative to the disrupted Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis said navigation and trade remained safe, while accusing Saudi Arabia of strikes in Taiz province.

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Military sources say Yemen’s Houthi movement has taken the Red Sea port city of Mokha from Saudi-backed pro-government forces. The capture would move the Iran-backed group closer to control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, while the offensive has reportedly killed hundreds and displaced thousands in the past week.

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Senate Republicans released a revised version of landmark cryptocurrency legislation ahead of a pivotal initial vote on the bill next week.

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From New York to New Zealand, people too young to remember 9/11 shared voice notes about their experiences. They described how they first learned of the attacks and how, 25 years later, 9/11 continues to shape their views of the United States and the world.

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The family of the late Tooro king, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, says his previously undisclosed son should inherit the throne under the king’s will. The royal clan’s succession committee instead selected Oyo’s cousin, television news presenter Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, prompting competing claims over the will, tradition and the proper succession process.

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A succession dispute has engulfed Uganda’s Tooro kingdom after the late King Oyo Nyimba’s family rejected a royal committee’s choice of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as successor. The family says Oyo left a will naming his son, whose identity has not been publicly confirmed, while the kingdom’s prime minister urged both sides to remain calm.

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A succession dispute has broken out in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom ahead of King Oyo’s burial. Clan elders selected UBC TV presenter Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as monarch, but Oyo’s family says a 2022 will named his undisclosed young son as heir. The queen mother also says the family is being effectively confined at the palace.

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Uganda’s traditional Tooro kingdom was plunged into a bitter succession dispute on Thursday after the family of late King Oyo Nyimba rejected clan members’ choice of a television news anchor as his successor.

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The fund overseeing the wealth of the Danish billionaires behind Lego A/S plans to sharply increase investment in plastics technologies as Europe prepares to impose much stricter recycling rules.

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The MTV Video Music Awards will return to the West Coast in Los Angeles on Sept. 27, with Snoop Dogg serving as host.

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Algeria said it was severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates over what it called the UAE’s increasingly provocative or hostile actions. The UAE ambassador was summoned and given 48 hours to comply. Emirati adviser Anwar Gargash urged diplomacy based on rationality, communication and clear interests, without explicitly naming Algeria.

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Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, saying that all efforts to preserve bilateral ties had been exhausted, state media reported. The UAE Foreign Ministry has not yet responded, while Algeria gave no further details about the decision.

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Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates.

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Algeria has decided to sever diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after, according to Algerian state television, exhausting all means of preserving bilateral ties. Relations had grown increasingly strained over alleged interference in internal affairs and disagreements on regional security.

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