The Russian assets of German retailer Metro have been placed under the temporary management of Torg Rus under a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin. Metro said its Russian operations continue as usual, with no changes to operating processes or obligations to suppliers, customers and employees.

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Live coverage follows President Trump’s announcement about plans to construct a steel plant in Iowa.

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A White House official says Trump will announce a $15 billion steel plant to be built by Mesabi Metallics in Iowa. It would be the first mega-steel plant constructed in the United States since the 1960s.

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The frequent engagement between the US and China this year reinforces the optics of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meeting as equals, offering a lesson for India.

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Strategy purchased 1,665 bitcoin for $143 million, bringing its total holdings to 847,666 BTC. The stash represents about 4% of bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and is worth roughly $70 billion.

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France will face Belgium on Matchday 2 of the Nations League. With Kylian Mbappé sidelined by injury, Ousmane Dembélé will captain the team if he starts.

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France travel to Belgium for a 2026-27 UEFA Nations League Group A1 match without injured captain Kylian Mbappe. Both teams won their opening games, while Belgium and France also have other absences through injury or suspension. Probable line-ups are provided for the Brussels clash.

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Officials said Monday that at least 62 people have died after days of heavy rain and flooding in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India.

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India’s government disaster agency says flooding triggered by heavy rain in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has killed 81 people. The state, home to more than 240 million residents, frequently experiences rain and thunderstorms during the June-to-September monsoon season.

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Heavy rain and flooding have killed at least 81 people and injured 62 others in India’s Uttar Pradesh, the state emergency management agency said. Three days of torrential rain damaged more than 1,000 homes, closed schools in affected areas including Lucknow, and prompted rescue teams to evacuate residents.

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At least 62 people have died after heavy rain and flooding in northern India, officials say. Schools were closed on Monday in parts of the state, including the capital Lucknow, as rescue teams moved residents from flooded areas to safer locations.

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Colleen Dulle, a Vatican correspondent for America magazine, says she expected Pope Leo’s visit to France to be marked by measured diplomacy but found it deeply political. She saw him presenting a vision of Europe shaped by its Christian inheritance, conflict-filled history, contact with other cultures and duty to pursue peace. His choice of Metz underscored reconciliation between former enemies.

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Victor Gaetan, a senior international correspondent for the National Catholic Register, says Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France was more than a successful pastoral journey. It offered insight into the intellectual and political character of his early papacy, especially through his broad welcome among people of different faiths and across France’s political spectrum, as well as his intellectual connection to Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum.

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Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to France on Monday by urging Europe to draw on its Christian roots and traditions of dialogue to curb the “desire for domination” driving today’s wars. He also recalled the forces behind the continent’s peaceful integration, delivering the trip’s most overtly political message.

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Speaking in Metz during his four-day visit to France, Pope Leo urged Europe to remember its Christian history. In the hometown of EU founding father Robert Schuman, he called on Europeans to recall the bloc’s founding values, including the rule of law and equality for all regardless of race, colour, class or profession.

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Speaking in Metz, Pope Leo XIV appealed to Europe’s Christian roots and called on leaders to defend the international rules-based order.

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French President Emmanuel Macron called on Europe to rediscover the “courage” of its founders and oppose what he described as a return to nationalisms. He made the remarks in Metz at a meeting on European integration and peace attended by Pope Leo XIV.

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South Korea summoned Ukraine’s acting ambassador after President Volodymyr Zelensky disclosed that two captured North Korean soldiers had been transferred to Seoul. Seoul said the move was meant to remain secret, demanded an apology for what it called a false announcement and said the disclosure seriously damaged trust between the countries.

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South Korea has demanded an apology and explanation from Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul despite an alleged nondisclosure agreement. Ukraine denies that any confidentiality deal existed, deepening a dispute over trust between the two governments.

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South Korea’s foreign ministry protested Kyiv’s disclosure that captured North Korean soldiers had been transferred to South Korea, demanding an official explanation and an apology.

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South Korea has called on Ukraine to apologize after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea. Seoul says the transfer was meant to remain secret.

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UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool that Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank were “a stain on the conscience of the world.”

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Bitget said it detected unauthorized wallet transfers at 18:31 UTC on Sept. 24 and activated emergency protocols. But Hypernative’s reconstruction found that $87.6 million and $202.8 million moved in two later bursts, together representing about three-quarters of the $387.5 million ultimately sent to attacker-controlled addresses. The attacker allegedly compromised a backend wallet system, spoofed withdrawal data and bypassed authorization controls; transfers continued until 21:23 UTC.

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Five men arrested over a suspected bomb plot at a UK air base are set to be released on bail.

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Iran denies any connection to a suspected bomb plot at RAF Fairford, a UK airbase used by the United States, after what was described as a major incident there.

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Iran’s embassy in London rejected what it called “unfounded and malicious speculations” connecting Tehran to five British nationals arrested over the weekend near Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase.

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British police are holding five men while investigating suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England, examining whether the arrests prevented an attack linked to Iran.

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British police are holding five men and examining suspected explosives found near a U.S.-operated air force base in England as they investigate whether the arrests prevented an attack linked to Iran.

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British police say the five men arrested early Sunday near RAF Fairford, a major air base hosting U.S. forces in southwest England, are all British nationals. A police cordon remained around the base on Monday.

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FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey said Monday that he will resign, leaving the United States' most prominent law enforcement agency after serving for just over a year.

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