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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two children, Archie and Lilibet, are set to change schools in the UK because of security concerns.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s two children, Archie and Lilibet, are set to change schools in the UK because of security concerns.

Apple has released its major 2026 operating-system updates: iOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, visionOS 27 and tvOS 27. Siri AI, a context-aware overhaul based on a large language model, is the flagship feature in every release except tvOS, alongside refinements to Liquid Glass.


Apple’s long-delayed Siri overhaul has finally arrived with iOS 27, changing how useful the assistant feels in everyday use.

Apple is rolling out iOS 27 alongside watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, and visionOS 27. The updates center on a long-delayed Siri AI redesign, available today as an English-only beta, with French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish support promised for October. iOS 27 also adds a Liquid Glass opacity slider, redesigned icons, larger widgets, and expanded sound controls.
Russia’s aggression, Donald Trump’s threats involving Greenland and competition for critical raw materials are pushing the Arctic to the top of Europe’s agenda. EU leaders met in Rovaniemi, Finland, to discuss a new strategy focused on security, military mobility, connectivity, critical infrastructure and resources.


Twelve European countries meeting in Finland called on the European Union to strengthen its presence in the Arctic, describing the region as a geopolitical battleground between Russia and US President Donald Trump.

Twelve European countries called on the European Union Monday to increase its presence in the Arctic. Melting ice is opening new maritime routes, while rising tensions with Russia and the United States are placing the region increasingly at the center of geopolitical attention.

EU member states agreed to increase Arctic investment and urged the bloc to take a more strategic, proactive role in the European Arctic. They identified Russia as the region’s biggest threat while noting Chinese and US ambitions. As ice retreats, shipping, fishing, drilling and mining opportunities are expanding. The EU also pledged a stronger partnership with Greenland and a €200m investment package.
The European Union should play a more strategic and proactive role in the European Arctic, 12 member states said in a joint statement on Monday. The signatories included Germany, France and the Netherlands.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose above 5% on Monday, their highest level since October 2023. Analysts say the closely watched threshold could ripple through the U.S. economy and threaten the stock market’s bull run by reducing the relative appeal of U.S. equities.
Onchain records show that an $800 million cryptocurrency stake matching Donald Trump’s holding was placed in a vesting contract. Sales are locked until 2028 after a mandatory 10% token burn.

Türkiye and Syria discussed preparations for President Erdogan’s upcoming visit to Damascus. During his September 14, 2026 visit to the Syrian capital, Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan met Syrian Interior Minister Khattab and Foreign Minister al-Shaibani.

Andrei Rublev’s Trinity was moved from the Tretyakov Gallery to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in 2023 despite museum experts’ warnings. After its climate-controlled case reportedly failed for months, humidity reached 80%, causing the wooden panels to swell and the paint layer to buckle. Tretyakov specialists have removed the icon for an inspection.
Temporal said it raised $550 million in a late-stage round led by Lightspeed, taking its valuation to $12.55 billion—more than double the level seven months earlier. Investors are targeting software startups viewed as beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence boom.
The federal government has approved $76 million in emergency aid for Flair Airlines as elevated jet-fuel prices continue to drain money from air carriers.
Mamdani and others have sued Trump over new restrictions on green cards. The rule would deny green cards to applicants who may use certain public benefits.

The United States imposed Iran-related sanctions on Russia’s VTB Bank on Monday, accusing it of helping evade sanctions on Iran. The Treasury Department said the move comes as Washington seeks to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
The US Treasury Department has added Russia’s VTB Bank, already subject to Washington’s sanctions, to its Iran-related restrictions list. The United States first imposed sectoral sanctions on VTB in 2014.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko announced charges against NABU chief Semen Kryvonos and an unnamed associate of SAPO head Oleksandr Klymenko after being forced to resign amid a corruption investigation. Analysts say the move could spark a major political crisis if it becomes a broader crackdown on anti-corruption institutions, but its backing by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration remains unclear.

Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko was suspended after leaving Ukraine days after resigning. The move comes as a corruption investigation involving officials in his office fuels a major confrontation between the country’s prosecutors and independent anti-corruption agencies.
President Vladimir Zelensky has proposed dismissing Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, and a Ukrainian parliamentary committee unanimously backed the move. Kravchenko accused NABU and SAP of trying to usurp power and made allegations against their leaders, while NABU rejected his claims and called them part of a systemic attack on its work.

Outgoing Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko sought authorization to travel to a Sept. 16 European conference on Ukrainian children in Paris. Organizers said he will not attend as a speaker or participant. Kravchenko resigned on Sept. 7 after NABU detectives uncovered an alleged scam call center protection racket operating from the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Resigned Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko issued a notice of suspicion to NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, alleging that anti-corruption officials illegally copied or took case materials during the “Carthage” operation. President Volodymyr Zelensky urged parliament to accept Kravchenko’s resignation, while NABU and SAPO denied seizing files.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko has left the country, according to former Ukrainian defense adviser Sergey Sternenko. Kravchenko confirmed he was abroad on a business trip and said he would brief international partners on anti-corruption agencies. Parliament is due to vote on his resignation request on September 15.

Resigning Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said he approved charges against NABU Director Semen Kryvonos, accusing him of falsifying official documents to obtain an especially large illicit benefit. Kravchenko also said he approved charges against an unnamed person close to SAPO chief Oleksandr Klymenko and called for both officials to resign.
After years of treating frontier AI as a winner-take-all race, leading labs are calling for coordinated efforts to slow development they fear could become too dangerous and difficult to control. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei led the shift, with OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella voicing support or similar proposals.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged AI companies to slow the pace of technology development, adding to a series of warnings that point to growing safety concerns across the tech industry. The discussion helped weigh on technology stocks.
After its iPhone launch event last week, Apple has released a test of a redesigned Siri AI. Users may need to join a waitlist to access it.

Yulia Navalnaya and Maxim Katz have agreed on a joint strategy for Russia’s September 18–20 State Duma elections. They recommend voting for any party except United Russia on the party-list ballot, backing the strongest challenger in single-member districts, and gathering at polling stations at noon on September 20 as a public protest.
Euler analyst Andrey Polishchuk says sustained peak utilization at US refineries will not make up for the global diesel supply deficit. Falling diesel exports from Russia, the US and Saudi Arabia are expected to widen crack spreads. Higher Chinese refinery use and product exports may boost supply, but also accelerate the drawdown of global inventories.
A GMS survey reported by Die Welt puts the Alternative for Germany at 30% support for the first time, 10 percentage points ahead of the CDU/CSU bloc. The conservatives stand at 20%, the Greens at 14%, and the Social Democrats and Left Party at 11% each. The poll surveyed 1,009 people from September 9-14.
Brazil is closely following Russia’s development of small modular nuclear reactors, Ambassador Sergio Rodrigues dos Santos said. The technology could supply electricity to remote areas outside the centralized grid, but its implementation would require scientific, regulatory, legal and safety assessments. Discussions remain at the research stage.
Hollywood designer Bob Mackie, celebrated for creating sparkling looks for stars including Cher and Elton John, died on Monday at age 87, according to a statement posted on his official Instagram account.
Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie, known for glittering creations worn by stars including Cher, Dolly Parton, Tina Turner and Miley Cyrus, has died at 87, according to posts on his social accounts.
Iconic designer Bob Mackie, known for dressing stars including Cher, Tina Turner and Madonna and for defining 1970s Hollywood glamour, has died at 87.
Fashion designer Bob Mackie has died at 87, according to a statement posted on his social media accounts saying he died Monday. His work helped define 1970s glamour, with iconic outfits created for stars including Carol Burnett and Cher.

Legendary fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie has died at 87. His sequined gowns for Cher, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and other stars dazzled red carpets for decades, marking the end of his celebrated career.
With warnings about catastrophe increasing, the question is whether members of the US Congress can reach consensus in the debate over artificial intelligence.

NFL offenses showed no sign of rust, lighting up scoreboards during one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in league history.
Macklemore says U.S. stadium owners pressured Ed Sheeran to remove him from the rest of the tour. Rolling Stone reported that several American venues said they would not host the concerts if the rapper, an outspoken Palestinian advocate, remained on the lineup.

Macklemore says he was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour after New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft organized a boycott among stadium owners over the rapper’s comments supporting Palestinians.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky says public finances are nearing a critical point and urges lawmakers to quickly pass bills tied to international financial assistance. He warns Ukraine could lose a significant share of the allocated $29.5 billion if voting deadlines are missed. The deadline has been moved from November 1 to October 15.
Axios tech policy reporter Maria Cury says the partnership between Sanders and Bannon over human-controlled artificial intelligence shows how AI has scrambled the political map and political norms.

A US Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton reconnaissance drone spent several hours over the Persian Gulf’s neutral waters after departing from a military base in the region, according to a Middle Eastern air-traffic-control source cited by TASS. The source said the drone can operate at about 14.5 km and that Tritons have recently returned to Middle Eastern skies.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said the country could resume buying Russian gas once the conflict in Ukraine ends. He called for a diplomatic solution through support for negotiations rather than weapons. Salvini said crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, together with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, had driven European fuel prices sharply higher; Italy has spent €3 billion to ease the impact through excise-tax cuts.
Traders were pricing in more than a 92% probability of an interest-rate increase and over a 75% chance of another hike in December, setting up a difficult battle for Warsh.

India’s securities regulator has launched a tokenized bond pilot linking corporate bonds with cash settlement on digital rails. The first three issuances by REC, L&T and IIFL moved ₹1,025 crore. Institutional issuance is covered in Stage I, while tokenized secondary trading and retail participation are planned for Stage II.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns that Ukraine’s battlefield “kill zones” could expand rapidly as the war drives striking technological advances. Leaving a bunker can mean being killed by a Russian drone within minutes.

As fighting intensifies in Yemen, thousands of Yemenis are seeking refuge in Djibouti, deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Displaced Yemenis are registering for refugee status at a camp.
Turkish Airlines has permanently cancelled its Luanda service and four other African routes, becoming the latest international carrier to leave the Angolan capital since its new airport opened in 2023. Built to handle 15 million passengers a year, the facility served fewer than 800,000 in 2025.
Meduza asked readers who recently left Russia to describe their decisions. Their accounts point to economic crisis, internet restrictions, Ukrainian drone attacks and rumors of another mobilization as drivers of what appears to be a new emigration wave. One couple is preparing to move to Paraguay, while others fear they may not get out in time.
European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde says Europe needs domestic AI models and more datacentre capacity to reduce the risk of being cut off by the US or China. She warns that Europe’s dependence on external technology could give trade partners unprecedented leverage, while rapid adoption could raise productivity by up to 4% over a decade.

Europe must become a producer of artificial intelligence technology, partly to safeguard its autonomy and secure the efficiency gains needed to sustain its way of life, ECB President Christine Lagarde said.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says Western allies will not be intimidated by Russian attacks near Poland intended to frighten them away from supporting Ukraine. NATO plans to strengthen its eastern defences, while Poland is increasing border security. Donald Trump claimed Russia and Ukraine agreed not to strike energy infrastructure, but neither side has confirmed it.

Authorities said the park recorded two further fatalities. One involved a 24-year-old climber who fell a significant distance from Recondite Peak on Wednesday; the other was a 33-year-old hiker who died Saturday around the Devil’s Thumb–Big Beehive area near Lake Louise.
Argentine President Javier Milei is preparing legislation this week to increase sanctions on companies operating in the Falkland Islands. Analysts say the move creates uncertainty over whether he could escalate tensions with Britain by targeting other parts of the disputed islands’ economy.
President Donald Trump's digital assets adviser spoke at a Washington event one day after new compromise language was released for the Clarity Act, saying Trump had surrendered what were described as historic ethics powers in the deal.

Donald Trump is pressing a crypto bill as the industry’s conflict with banks intensifies. At a White House gathering last month, he praised Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong as “one of the greats” and called Gemini Space Station co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss “tremendous investors, brilliant people.”

Opposition to the CLARITY Act continued to grow ahead of Tuesday’s Senate cloture vote, despite Republicans releasing a version they called final that incorporated 126 Democratic requests. Banking groups, Democrats, state attorneys general and developer advocates still objected to provisions on ethics, stablecoin rewards, state enforcement and deposit flight, putting the 60-vote threshold at risk.

Eight banking groups said Monday that they want stricter limits on stablecoin rewards, keeping the dispute between banks and the crypto industry alive in Congress as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright predicts that oil and oil-product shipments through the Strait of Hormuz will rise in the coming weeks. He said the current average is up to 10 million barrels a day. The waterway carries about 25% of global oil trade and roughly 20% of LNG trade.

A meeting in Oman on temporary routes to restore some commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been postponed after regional parties failed to agree on the waterway’s future. Iran blamed Saudi Arabia’s objections but said it would continue pursuing a regionally backed agreement with Oman.
Israel’s culture minister has urged an investigation into the making and release of Naza and called for its Oscar-winning co-directors, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, to potentially lose their citizenship over alleged “treason”. The filmmakers say the documentary exposes systemic civilian killings in Gaza, while the IDF calls its allegations false. The film won Venice’s Special Jury Award.

Two Ukrainian officials said Russia is likely using Belarusian LTE networks and repeater stations on Belarusian territory to keep Shahed-type drones connected during mass attacks. They linked the systems to the Sept. 12 strike involving hundreds of drones near Ukraine’s northern border and targeting western regions.

Russia has rapidly expanded mass production of long-range drones and cruise missiles that are harder for Ukrainian air defenses to intercept. The jet-powered Geran-4 and Geran-5 fly faster and carry larger warheads than earlier models. Ukrainian experts and DroneSec analysts say Chinese jet engines, onboard computers, and other electronics enabled the advance, leaving Russia’s drone program “critically dependent” on Chinese components.
The US continues pursuing deportation of noncitizen technology researchers who monitor safety risks on major online platforms. A judge blocked the policy as unconstitutional, saying the government offered no evidence that targeted researchers were linked to a foreign power seeking to censor Americans or manipulate public debate, and warning the broad rule could cover almost anyone working in content moderation.

Dark predictions of humanity’s imminent demise have flooded timelines over the past week. A Silicon Valley engineer put the odds of AI wiping out humanity at better than 10%, while a recent breach of machine-learning site Hugging Face by AI systems that allegedly joined forces to conceal their actions fueled the panic and calls for regulation.

The man arrested in the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned Mississippi home last month, pleaded not guilty to murder and was denied bond.

More than a month after 29-year-old Black woman Tasia Fortune was found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, a suspect charged with murder in connection with her death is expected to appear in court.
Lars Klingbeil, Germany’s finance minister, told UniCredit chief Andrea Orcel on Monday what he demanded in connection with the Italian bank’s potential Commerzbank acquisition.
A Saudi minister says the country's nuclear energy project is progressing according to plan.
Abbott Laboratories says it will pay $385 million to resolve claims connected to a Justice Department investigation and lawsuit concerning the production and 2022 recall of powdered infant formula at its Michigan facility.

Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop targeting each other’s energy facilities. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has voiced doubt over whether Russia wants to end strikes on energy targets.


Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop striking energy targets, but neither side confirmed a deal. Volodymyr Zelensky said he was unsure Russia wanted to honor it and offered reciprocal restraint if partners could ensure Moscow stops attacking Ukraine’s energy and critical infrastructure. A Russian general was reportedly killed in a Ukrainian strike, while NATO chief Mark Rutte called drone attacks near Poland evidence of Putin’s “desperation.”

US President Donald Trump claims Russia and Ukraine have agreed to stop striking each other’s energy targets. Moscow has not commented, while Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv is willing to halt its attacks if partners can ensure Russia genuinely complies and provide specifics on a lasting deal.
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would halt strikes on Russian energy facilities only if its partners secured a genuine Russian pledge not to attack Ukraine’s energy system and other critical infrastructure. Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure, but offered no details, and Moscow has not commented.
Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia have agreed to stop striking energy targets. The announcement followed his appeal during a weekend visit to Ireland for Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian diesel infrastructure.

Donald Trump said in a social media post that Ukraine and Russia had agreed not to strike energy targets. He also attributed most of the rise in global diesel prices to the Russia-Ukraine war, rather than Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Sept. 14 that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to stop striking each other’s energy targets, though neither government confirmed a deal. Trump had also blamed Ukraine’s attacks on Russian fuel infrastructure for rising diesel prices, while Kyiv has continued targeting Russian oil facilities.

Ukraine and Russia have signaled that trilateral talks with the United States could resume in October, though few expect a breakthrough. Kyiv is seeking a partial de-escalation, including reduced attacks on energy infrastructure and renewed Black Sea grain exports, as it prepares for a difficult winter.
President Donald Trump says the United States has recently increased production of Tomahawk cruise missiles, THAAD missile-defense systems and Patriot air-defense systems. He said the country is producing more “Exquisite and Elite Weapons” than ever before and delivering them daily to US forces in the Middle East and elsewhere.
A team led by Simin Ma at Yunnan University has developed perovskite solar cells designed to work underwater. By tuning them for wavelengths that penetrate water, the cells could generate electricity from deep-blue light, while cooler temperatures and lower light levels may slow degradation.

A new B’Tselem report says Palestinian life is being systematically eroded. Israel’s government is threatening to revoke the citizenship of NAZA film directors, settlers are attacking Palestinian farms, and Gaza’s humanitarian crisis continues.


Israeli rights group B’Tselem says settlement expansion, displacement and restrictions in the occupied West Bank are not isolated abuses but a decades-old, coordinated mechanism aimed at making Palestinian life unsustainable and replacing it with permanent Israeli control. Its report identifies five connected fronts: violence and intimidation, movement restrictions, economic strangulation, social and political destruction, and ethnic cleansing and territorial takeover.
The Cboe VIX Index, a measure of volatility, rose to 18 on Monday, potentially offering a clue about whether bond-market concerns or AI risks matter more to stocks.

BitFuFu’s Bitcoin production recovered in August, while CleanSpark posted a modest increase and Canaan declined. Canaan sold its entire ETH position and 54 BTC, using part of the proceeds to buy back 13.6 million shares.

Forecasters have spent months expecting El Niño to become very strong or “super” by fall. The key indicator used to measure its strength has now crossed that threshold and is expected to keep rising sharply.
Economic growth is difficult to achieve in many rural areas, yet the prospect of substantial tax revenue from data centers does not always outweigh other local concerns.
Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case involving money laundering.
India has approved expedited electricity exports to Nepal after devastating glacial floods damaged at least 12 hydropower projects and caused shortages. Up to 654 megawatts will be transmitted for 18 hours a day through December 31. The floods killed more than 1,400 people in Nepal and Tibet, while thousands remain missing.

The Houthis’ advance along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, including the seizure of Mocha and movement toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is drawing new attention to their extensive financing system. Researchers say it spans ports, tariffs, Iranian oil, hawala networks, cryptocurrency exchanges and foreign facilitators, complicating US efforts to cut the group’s funding without disrupting civilian lifelines.

Brazilian Ambassador to Russia Sergio Rodrigues dos Santos said mutual respect is a core BRICS value. He stressed that the group does not impose some members’ views at others’ expense, instead pursuing consensus and mutually acceptable solutions, distinguishing BRICS from the European Union.
Aave’s USDT0 lending pool on Monad showed a 6.10% annual percentage rate, but about $51.5 million of its $55.9 million supplied balance was borrowed, leaving an estimated $4.4 million unborrowed. The figure indicates limited pool-wide withdrawal liquidity for large exits, but does not show that any withdrawal was attempted or failed.

A U.S. Senate aide and a lobbyist familiar with the negotiations said the proposal would require AI firms to verify that safeguards around their tools are sufficient to prevent harm.
At a Sunday New York Fashion Week runway presentation, footage shows the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s chief executive and president taking hold of an animal-rights demonstrator and placing a hand over her mouth.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is using Toronto’s Canada Investment Summit to urge hundreds of global investors to back Canada beyond its traditional access to the US market. Amid escalating tariffs with Washington, his government aims to catalyse $1 trillion in investment over five years across energy, critical minerals, ports, AI and advanced manufacturing.

Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, is trying to win over leading international investors to lessen the country’s economic reliance on the United States as a trade war with President Donald Trump grows more intense.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting dozens of global investors in Toronto this week, seeking funding for more than 160 projects he says are vital to guiding Canada’s economy through its trade war with the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is courting some of the world’s biggest investors as he seeks to reduce Canada’s economic dependence on the United States amid an escalating trade war with President Donald Trump.
A police officer in Carcassonne is under investigation after video appeared to show a man being violently thrown to the ground during the Fête de la musique on 21 June. The case follows a separate scandal over recordings of city officers making racist, misogynistic and conspiracy-related remarks.
ABC News legal contributor James Sample explains why Democrats are concerned that ICE could be deployed to voting locations, as local election officials prepare for pressure from the federal government.

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said Estonia is discussing with France whether to join Paris’s “forward nuclear deterrence” initiative. He said participation requires specific capabilities and readiness, adding that Estonia is already under NATO’s nuclear umbrella and that deeper nuclear cooperation could be pursued if possible.
Large technology companies including Palantir Technologies, Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton could restrict or stop using advanced AI models unless Anthropic and OpenAI guarantee they will not misuse the companies’ intellectual property, The Information reported on Monday.
Lawmakers removed the 23-year-old mayor of an Atlanta suburb, officials said Sunday, accusing him of misusing a municipal credit card and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager.

CNN analysis says Donald Trump proposed giving every adult US citizen $5,000 if Republican majorities were reelected in the 2026 midterm elections. Sen. Roger Marshall was among the first lawmakers to promote the idea.
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