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European Union Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen will join this week’s G20 energy meeting in Houston, Texas, alongside unexpected Russian and Venezuelan officials, exposing an increasingly uncomfortable rift between Brussels and Washington over what energy security actually means — and who should be responsible for delivering it. The G20 energy ministerial meeting, hosted by the US administration from 14–16 September under the banner of “energy abundance,” reflects Washington’s push for a model centered on expanding oil and gas production, increasing electricity supply and rolling back environmental regulations viewed as obstacles to energy investment. The approach stands in sharp contrast to the…

Published on 15/09/2026 – 23:07 GMT+2 The Trump administration is redirecting $52 million in military aid from countries in Europe and the Middle East to help back US-aligned governments in the Americas. The US State Department notified Congress on Tuesday that it would divert the funds from Iraq, Tunisia and NATO members Slovakia and North Macedonia to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama. The US State Department said the funding would go towards combatting “narcoterrorism in our backyard” and helping “continue to secure the Panama Canal,” adding that it would “prevent adversaries from establishing strategic footholds in our hemisphere.” The impacted…

“I mean, look, I spoke to her but it is not traditional that she will stay the day after,” Metsola said Tuesday. “I think there was a lot of questions why, and I think that’s not up to me to judge.” Wilkinson, the Canadian ambassador, confirmed that Ottawa had made its preference clear. “I know that they had some complexity in their schedule, and they were working that out,” he said. Associate status? The scheduling drama came after a bout of confusion over what the EU-Canada relationship is becoming. Canada’s growing ties with the EU have drawn speculation as to…

Published on 15/09/2026 – 21:44 GMT+2 At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen have been injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the last 24 hours. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said on Tuesday afternoon that at least 12 people had been injured in strikes on the Ukrainian capital since the morning, with one critically injured person dying in hospital. Kyiv police said warehouses, a business center and a fast-food restaurant were damaged in attacks on the city, with Ukrainian media reporting that the restaurant was a McDonald’s. In the southern city of Kherson,…

Mobile polling teams visited homes in rural areas on 14 September, carrying ballot boxes and portable voting booths. Footage showed residents casting their ballots outside their homes, while members of Russia’s Central Electoral Commission oversaw the process alongside Russian servicemen and police officers. Russia’s parliamentary election is due to take place nationwide from 18 to 20 September. The Kremlin presents the vote as a measure of public opinion on the war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year. Early voting is also under way in several frontline regions, where Russian authorities say the arrangements are needed to comply with martial…

Merz had planned to fly to New York on Sept. 22 — two days after the elections — where he was to be awarded the Henry Kissinger Prize by the American Academy in Berlin and was scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly. Next week is the U.N.’s so-called high-level week, during which numerous heads of state and government will address the General Assembly and hold important meetings. Signs that the chancellor would cancel have dripped out during the past few days. Initially, Merz’ presence at the award ceremony for the “Henry Kissinger Prize” was canceled so that the Chancellor…

Thousands of French police officers took to the streets of Paris to protest against their working conditions on Tuesday. The protest — led by the Alliance Police Nationale union — began at the Champs-Élysées and culminated at the National Assembly. After the march, union representatives headed to the Interior Ministry to share their grievances — they subsequently told reporters that the meeting showed positive signs authorities were taking their grievances into account. Mounting anger among police officers has been fuelled by a range of issues: including discontent around the special police duty allowance (ISSP), their “risk bonus”, which has not…

Protesters gathered outside the Çağlayan courthouse, chanting for the release of people detained in recent raids. Police surrounded the group and warned that the demonstration was unauthorised before moving in and taking protesters away in police buses. Two journalists were among those detained. The protest followed operations carried out across Turkey on 12 and 13 September under the name “My Family Is Safe”. Feminist activist Feride Eralp said 162 people had been taken into custody nationwide, with more than 20 arrested and more than 30 detained in Istanbul. She also said six LGBTQ associations in the city had been raided.…

Foreign ministers are huddling with Paris on the issue Tuesday and Wednesday, said two EU diplomats, who expressed skepticism about the move at a time when Moscow is stepping up strikes on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and threatening neighboring countries. “Talks are ongoing to find a solution. Russia has given us no reason to allow any delistings,” one said. Paris initially cast its advocacy for Usmanov, who has been sanctioned by the EU, the U.S., the U.K. and Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as a concession to Slovakia — which had long advocated for his removal from the list.…