Rep. Byron Donalds, the GOP candidate for Florida governor, has removed several references to Donald Trump from his campaign website as a growing number of Republicans try to distance themselves from him.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York City on Wednesday morning, the State Department said late Tuesday.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio may discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington at the United Nations during contacts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. The ministry said Washington’s UN policy has become more pragmatic since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

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U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez later Tuesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. It will be their first meeting since U.S. forces captured then-President Nicolas Maduro in a January raid.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Polish counterpart, Karol Nawrocki, in New York to discuss bilateral ties, Ukraine and Gaza. Erdogan invited Nawrocki to the COP31 Leaders' Summit, scheduled for November in Antalya, Türkiye.

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Tropical Storm Polo became a Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours, reaching sustained winds of 165mph as it churned south of Zihuatanejo. Forecasters expect Mexico to avoid a direct hit but warn that further strengthening, life-threatening inland flooding and mudslides, dangerous surf and rip currents remain possible. Polo’s rapid intensification is linked to unusually strong El Niño patterns.

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Hurricane Polo has intensified to Category 5, the highest possible level, as it approaches Mexico’s Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could bring life-threatening flooding.

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Hurricane Polo reached Category 5 strength Tuesday morning after an episode of extreme rapid intensification off Mexico’s Pacific coast, an unusual development for the storm.

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Hurricane Polo strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific off Mexico. Forecasters said it could bring heavy rain to southwestern Mexico while remaining offshore.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is pledging $100 million in new aid for Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly, in an effort to preserve the possibility of a two-state solution.

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Oil prices fell Wednesday as hopes grew for a diplomatic solution to the conflict in the Middle East after Iran and the United States held talks for hours at a UN meeting.

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President Trump says US officials held a “very good” meeting with the Iranian delegation at the United Nations on Tuesday.

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The 81st UN General Assembly opened with US President Donald Trump threatening to ‘annihilate’ Iran. Despite the threat, US and Iranian officials held three hours of talks on the sidelines of the gathering.

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Donald Trump said Iranian officials held three hours of talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff during the UN General Assembly, with another meeting expected soon. An Iranian official said Tehran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if Washington took reciprocal steps to ease military and economic pressure, though Iranian factions disputed whether a new position had been approved.

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Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told the UN General Assembly that Qatar is more than a mediator in the US-Israeli war on Iran. He said Qatar will continue pursuing diplomacy while providing humanitarian support to people affected by the conflict.

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Burnham says Britain will not stand by as horrific suffering in Gaza continues to worsen.

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Spain has referred the Trump administration’s extradition request for activist and donor James “Fergie” Chambers to the country’s courts. Chambers is imprisoned in Madrid over alleged support for Hamas, while his lawyers and supporters call the case political persecution. He has applied for asylum in Spain, which bars extradition until the process ends.

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US President Donald Trump signed a security agreement with Denmark and Greenland to strengthen Arctic and North Atlantic security. The deal permits the US to modernize and expand its military activities, including reestablishing a base at Narsarsuaq and building another at Mestersvig, while reaffirming Denmark and Greenland’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the Trump administration weakened allies’ trust in the United States during negotiations over a Greenland deal. She said Trump’s threats toward Denmark and “bullying rhetoric” had left the US facing greater skepticism, damaged trade ties and undermined NATO.

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US President Donald Trump and the prime ministers of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement allowing an expanded US military presence in Greenland while preserving Danish sovereignty over the island. The deal follows months of Trump pushing to annex the territory.

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A new security agreement with Denmark and Greenland grants the United States unrestricted access through Greenland’s airspace and territorial waters for military aircraft, ships and forces. Donald Trump signed the accord in New York alongside Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Jens Frederik Nielsen during the UN General Assembly session.

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The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a security agreement on Tuesday intended to end months of tension over the Danish self-governing territory, following repeated threats by President Donald Trump to take control of the vast Arctic island.

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The United States, Denmark and Greenland signed an agreement at the UN General Assembly in New York to expand Washington’s military presence on the Arctic island. It permits upgrades and expansion at Pituffik Space Base, new bases in the south and east, broader flight and undersea access, and gives the US significant control over other countries’ military presence there.

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Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv would stop striking Russian energy infrastructure if Moscow did the same. He said Ukraine hoped to end the war before winter.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to meet Donald Trump in New York on September 22, with Trump expected to push him toward an energy ceasefire with Russia. Moscow and Kyiv have continued striking energy facilities, while Zelensky says Russia must stop targeting Ukraine’s energy sector, critical infrastructure, and food exports for reciprocal de-escalation to follow.

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