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Footage from Japan shows flooded streets and rescue efforts after Typhoon Dujuan brought torrential rain to the Tokyo region, leaving at least four people dead and six missing. The storm triggered landslides in residential areas of Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, swamped roads and caused flight cancellations and wider transport delays as it moved along eastern Japan’s Pacific coast on Monday. Officials confirmed the deaths and missing persons on Tuesday as search and rescue teams worked in affected neighbourhoods. Thousands of homes were left without power as the typhoon dumped record-breaking rainfall around Tokyo, disrupting travel across the capital region.
However, if the proposed cabinet and policy program is rejected, President Nicușor Dan will gain the constitutional power to order new elections — the first since 2024, when the AUR made major gains and became the second-largest party in parliament. Mureșan acknowledged that the far-right faction is now polling at around 35 percent, compared to just 21 percent for his own center-right PNL. “Early elections are not my preferred option,” said Mureșan. “I believe that we should try to form a pro-European government now. But should this not be possible, I think they should not be ruled out.” The request…
Fresh tensions have flared between Hungary and Ukraine after Budapest accused Kyiv of including it in Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s new regional development forum without its consent. Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar clashed with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on X overnight, insisting that Hungary had never agreed to join the Carpathian Eight (C8). Zelenskyy launched the C8 last Friday to boost regional investment, listing Hungary as one of its members. But Budapest denied any involvement on Monday, saying it had rejected an invitation to join. In a social media post, Sybiha accused Magyar of following in Viktor Orbán’s footsteps on Ukraine…
Indian farmers and tribal villagers staged symbolic “water funerals” in Madhya Pradesh to protest the Ken-Betwa River Link Project. Protesters lay on funeral pyres placed in the water, covered themselves in mud and stood in the river with nooses around their necks. They say the multi-billion-dollar project threatens their homes, land and livelihoods, and are demanding fair compensation and rehabilitation. Authorities say eligible families are being compensated and resettled.
Published on 22/09/2026 – 11:30 GMT+2•Updated 12:30 Prime Minister Andy Burnham will urge the European Union not to shut the UK out of its “Made in Europe” public procurement scheme when he meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Burnham is expected to warn of the risk of “collateral damage” to UK industries from the EU scheme, which is designed to boost domestic production and shield European companies from unfair competition from China. “Europe’s argument is not with us. We both suffer the same effects…
US President Donald Trump first threatened to “annihilate” Iran in an address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, but then said US and Iranian officials had met on the sidelines hours later, in what is the first confirmed direct contact between the two sides since the war began in February. At a tumultuous moment for the world — and for his presidency — Trump lauded his own fortitude compared to other leaders as he defended his decision to start a war with Iran in his speech at the UN headquarters in New York. Trump then suggested that he could…
Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing four people, officials said on Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely change, provided a backdrop to the visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States. Zelenskyy was due to meet other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, at the UN General Assembly in New York. Zelenskyy is hoping to recruit their help to end Russia’s more than four-year full-scale invasion of…
Published on 22/09/2026 – 21:57 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and US President Donald Trump appeared to get along well as they met for the first time in New York this week. The leaders gave short statements and took questions from the media on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday after holding talks together. Trump, who remained polite and friendly throughout, opened by saying he thought Burnham was going to be a “great prime minister” and that he had “a lot of assets on his side,” adding that the US was with him “all the…
French President Emmanuel Macron asked Brussels to take emergency steps to boost Europe’s diesel and jet fuel supply as the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz and renewed attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East threaten to further tighten global oil markets, according to a letter seen by Euronews. Macron said that the oil market has so far been kept supplied largely through higher refinery output, weaker Asian demand and the drawdown of existing stocks. However, he warned that this cushion is rapidly eroding, with France already having 14% of gas stations suffering with shortages or near-shortages on…
Chinese dancer Wu Yufei is preparing to take the stage at the America’s Got Talent final with four humanoid robots from Chinese company Unitree. The team combines dance routines with kung fu moves, while the robots also perform flips and other acrobatic moves. Wu says the machines can learn choreography extremely quickly, but humans still have an advantage when it comes to adapting to unexpected changes during a performance. After months of training, he says he has developed a sense of “team spirit” with the robots.