Photograph: AxiosUkraine talks:
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U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reports progress on scheduling negotiations. Russia’s territorial demands remain unchanged.
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The far-right party took 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, its best state result ever. It won 39 of 83 seats, three short of a majority.
Three seats short. Every other party refuses to govern with AfD.
Schools and policing are state powers. Migration and deportation law are set in Berlin and Brussels.

Washington says the strait is open and under U.S. control. Iran says it will create a restricted zone.
Where would Iran’s zone be?No coordinates or start date have been announced.
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Al Jazeera · 2026
Each mark is 1% of normal traffic, not one ship. This is the August 27 comparison cited in the September 8 reporting.
Canada’s retaliation took effect just after midnight on September 8. It covers roughly $20 billion of U.S. goods.
Photograph: ABC NewsCanada’s duties: 15%, 25%, or 50% · Sept. 8
U.S. duties on Canadian goods · Aug. 25
Same scale in $ billions. Each full block represents $1B of goods, not a shipment or tax revenue.
Photograph: AxiosU.S. envoy Steve Witkoff reports progress on scheduling negotiations. Russia’s territorial demands remain unchanged.
Lebanese authorities say two strikes on the village killed eleven people in a residential building, including two children, and a paramedic in a vehicle.
The Civil Rights Division wants roughly 1,000 monitors for the midterms. Fraud has not previously been part of its monitoring mandate.
Each dot represents 10 proposed monitors.
Photograph: NBC News