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Putin Warns Europe as Russian Strikes Kill Civilians in Ukraine: September 12, 2026

KYIV — Russian strikes killed three civilians and wounded dozens across Ukraine, local officials said Saturday, after President Vladimir Putin warned that sending European troops into Ukraine would amount to direct conflict with Russia, the Associated Press reported.

Two people were killed and one wounded when drones struck a residential area overnight in Zaporizhzhia, regional head Ivan Fedorov said. One person died and three were wounded in Kryvyi Rih. In Odesa and surrounding areas, 35 people were wounded in what regional head Oleh Kiper called a “massive attack,” including a residential high-rise whose upper floors were destroyed.

Speaking to reporters at the BRICS summit in India on Friday, Putin said European governments considering troops in Ukraine would mean “a war with Russia,” while claiming Moscow does not threaten Europe. Some European leaders have discussed a possible postwar peacekeeping force — a prospect the Kremlin rejects.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Deutsche Welle he would meet Putin if both were invited to the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday that if Zelenskyy wants a meeting, Putin has said he could fly to Moscow.

Sources: Associated Press

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World Brief, Evening: September 11, 2026

Houthis reached Perim and Dhubab at Bab el-Mandeb; Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline was hit by drones from Iraq and shut as a precaution; and Brent settled near $105 with U.S. crude closing just above $100. Ten stories as of Friday evening, September 11.

1. Perim / Bab el-Mandeb. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim (Mayun) in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, and two Yemeni government sources told Reuters forces also pulled out of the facing coastal town of Dhubab a day after Mocha fell. Witnesses and local officials described Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandab area; Houthi confirmation was not immediate. Government forces said they would try to retake captured Red Sea ground, BBC, Reuters, and Al Jazeera reported.

2. Riyadh / Medina. Saudi Arabia said drones launched from Iraq struck its East-West oil pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions, causing injuries and material damage, and the Energy Ministry temporarily shut the line as a precaution, Reuters and Al Jazeera reported. Riyadh said it would hold off on retaliation for now at Iraq’s request while reserving the right to act; Baghdad condemned the attack and opened an investigation. The 1,200-kilometer line has been moving about 4–5 million barrels a day as a Hormuz workaround.

3. London / New York. Brent settled at $104.61 and U.S. crude at $100.05 on Friday, down on the day but on track for a weekly gain of more than 8% and a weekly finish above $100 for the first time since mid-May, Reuters reported. U.S. diesel cleared $6 a gallon for the first time (GasBuddy). The IEA said Saudi crude supply fell to 6 million bpd in August, the lowest in more than three decades.

4. Washington. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called President Trump at least twice on Thursday seeking U.S. military help against the Houthis, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters; Washington said it would not take direct military action for now but would help with intelligence and targeting. In a September 11 anniversary speech, Trump again called Iran the world’s top sponsor of terror.

5. Kyiv / Saratov. Russia attacked two Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones early Friday, killing two people; Mayor Vitali Klitschko said twelve others including a child were injured, and President Zelenskiy said the jet-powered Shahed campaign was becoming “increasingly terrorist in nature,” Reuters reported. Ukraine’s General Staff later said it struck Rosneft’s Saratov oil refinery in the Volga region, with fires detected at the site.

6. Stockholm. Sweden’s centre-left opposition held a narrow lead two days before Sunday’s election, three Friday polls showed, with combined support of about 49.3–50.8% versus about 47.6–49.0% for the ruling right and Sweden Democrats, Reuters reported. Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson remains favorite to return as prime minister, but one survey showed a margin of a single seat and the Liberals clearing the 4% threshold kept the race tight.

7. New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in New Delhi on Friday ahead of the BRICS Leaders’ Summit Saturday–Sunday, discussing trade toward a $100 billion target by 2030, defence, civil nuclear cooperation, and conflicts affecting Indian seafarers, Indian reporting and Reuters said. Putin said BRICS was “not against anyone”; Xi Jinping’s first India trip in seven years and Iranian President Pezeshkian’s attendance keep the Hormuz fight inside the room.

8. Brasília. Chief Justice Edson Fachin ordered thousands of Banco Master fraud-probe pages unsealed; records show Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — Lula’s leading runoff rival — is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering tied to banker Daniel Vorcaro’s film financing, Reuters reported. A full-court session is set for Tuesday on the Moraes–Mendonça clash; Lula backed full disclosure.

9. Kampala / Tooro. Uganda’s government is mediating last-ditch talks so King Oyo Nyimba can be buried Saturday after a succession fight: a royal-clan committee named cousin Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, while the late king’s sister says his will points to a biological son, Reuters reported. A new king is required to perform burial rituals.

10. Sydney. A controller shortage cancelled about 14 inbound flights and caused hour-plus delays at Sydney Airport Friday morning, Airservices Australia told a Senate committee, Reuters reported. Eight of 49 Sydney controllers are on long-term absence; flow measures lifted at 8:15 a.m. local after unplanned absenteeism. The ATSB is probing a recent string of near-misses.

Coming up. Saturday–Sunday 12–13 September — BRICS summit, New Delhi. Sunday 13 September — Sweden general election. Tuesday 15 September — Brazil Supreme Court full session. Tuesday–Wednesday 15–16 September — Federal Open Market Committee with projections. Sept. 20 — Russia State Duma election. UNGA high-level week Sept. 22–26 and 28. The standing calendar is at The Watch.

Sources: Reuters; BBC; Al Jazeera; AFP.

World Brief: September 11, 2026

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Houthis reached Perim Island at Bab el-Mandeb; U.S. diesel cleared $6 as oil stayed on track for a weekly finish above $100; and Trump said he does not regret the Iran war. Ten stories as of Friday morning, September 11.

1. Perim / Bab el-Mandeb. YemReuters, a day after seizing Mocha. Witnesses and a local official told AFP the Houthis had taken the Bab al-Mandab area and Mayun; Houthi confirmation was not immediate. Saudi Arabia has leaned on Red Sea shipping since Hormuz disruptions, BBC, Reuters, and Al Jazeera reported.

2. London / New York. Brent fell to about $104.35 and U.S. crude to about $99.07 on Friday but remained on track for a weekly gain of more than 8% and a close above $100 for the first time since mid-May, Reuters reported. U.S. diesel cleared $6 a gallon for the first time (GasBuddy); the IEA said Saudi crude supply fell to 6 million bpd in August, the lowest in more than three decades. Prices eased after the Financial Times reported Gulf ministers were seeking a temporary Hormuz shipping deal with Iran.

3. Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its navy struck a U.S. “Saildrone-type” unmanned vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, and the UK Maritime Trade Operations centre reported projectiles hitting two vessels off Oman, Al Jazeera reported. Vessel transits at Hormuz fell to seven on Thursday from 11 the day before, Reuters ship-tracking data showed.

4. Washington. President Trump told Fox News he does not regret the Iran war despite midterm risk — “If I had it to do again, I would do exactly as I did” — and again said the war “ends right after the election,” framing Tehran as trying to influence November, Reuters reported.

5. Islamabad / Dubai. Pakistan’s dual role as Riyadh’s defence partner and a backchannel to Tehran is under strain as Saudi–Houthi fighting escalates; Islamabad delivered a Saudi warning urging Iran to rein in the Houthis, Saudi, Pakistani, and Iranian sources told Reuters. Field Marshal Asim Munir spoke with Iran’s foreign minister on de-escalation; the foreign ministry said no military response to Houthi attacks was under discussion.

6. Kyiv. Russia attacked two Kyiv petrol stations with jet-powered drones early Friday, killing two people; Mayor Vitali Klitschko said twelve others including a child were injured, and President Zelenskiy said the jet-powered Shahed campaign was becoming “increasingly terrorist in nature,” Reuters reported. Ukraine said it struck Russian energy and logistics targets; Russian officials reported deaths in Tula and Kursk from Ukrainian drones.

7. Brasília. Chief Justice Edson Fachin ordered thousands of Banco Master fraud-probe pages unsealed; records show Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — Lula’s leading runoff rival — is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering tied to banker Daniel Vorcaro’s film financing, Reuters reported. A full-court session is set for Tuesday on the Moraes–Mendonça clash; Lula backed full disclosure.

8. Kampala / Tooro. Uganda’s government is mediating last-ditch talks so King Oyo Nyimba can be buried Saturday after a succession fight: a royal-clan committee named cousin Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, while the late king’s sister says his will points to a biological son, Reuters reported. A new king is required to perform burial rituals.

9. Sydney. A controller shortage cancelled about 14 inbound flights and caused hour-plus delays at Sydney Airport Friday morning, Airservices Australia told a Senate committee, Reuters reported. Eight of 49 Sydney controllers are on long-term absence; flow measures lifted at 8:15 a.m. local after unplanned absenteeism. The ATSB is probing a recent string of near-misses.

10. Gaza. Israel’s military said Friday it killed senior Hamas commander Mohammed Abdel Salam al-Yazouri in a Thursday Gaza airstrike, and Hamas’s armed wing confirmed his death, saying he helped plan the October 7, 2023 attacks, Reuters reported. The military said two other commanders were also killed in the strike.

Coming up. Saturday–Sunday 12–13 September — BRICS summit, New Delhi. Sunday 13 September — Sweden general election. Tuesday 15 September — Brazil Supreme Court full session. Tuesday–Wednesday 15–16 September — Federal Open Market Committee with projections. Sept. 20 — Russia State Duma election. UNGA high-level week Sept. 22–26 and 28. The standing calendar is at The Watch.

Sources: Reuters; BBC; Al Jazeera; AFP.

Sweden’s Left Holds Narrow Lead Before Sunday Election: September 11, 2026

Sweden’s centre-left opposition was polling just ahead of the ruling right-wing bloc ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary election, Reuters reported Friday, in a race that has become a referendum on whether the far-right Sweden Democrats should enter government.

Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson is favored in many surveys to return as prime minister, but her camp remains divided over how to assemble a majority. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s centre-right minority has governed with Sweden Democrat support since 2022 and has pledged to bring the party into cabinet if re-elected.

An Indikator poll for Swedish Radio put the left-wing opposition at 50.8% and the right-wing bloc at 47.6%, a 3.2-point gap that has narrowed in recent weeks. The Liberals crossed the parliamentary threshold in that survey at 5.4%.

Voters go to the polls on September 13. The Sweden Democrats, with roots in the neo-Nazi fringe, are polling around 19% and have demanded cabinet seats after years of informal cooperation.

Sources: Reuters, The Local

Russian Drone Strikes Kill Two at Kyiv Petrol Stations: September 11, 2026

Russian jet-powered drones struck two petrol stations in Kyiv early Friday, killing two people, city and company officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the campaign as increasingly terrorist in nature.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a further 12 people, including a 12-year-old boy, were injured in the capital on Friday. An overnight strike on a residential block injured eight. A woman was killed in Kyiv region, the regional governor said.

Ukraine also carried out drone attacks inside Russia, killing two people in the Tula region overnight and one in Kursk on Friday, local officials said. Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces hit an enterprise and an oil industry facility in the Saratov and Volgograd regions; Russian e-commerce firm Ozon reported a fire at its Saratov logistics hub.

Moscow and Kyiv have intensified strikes on logistics and economic targets while front-line fighting remains largely stalled more than four and a half years into the war. Russia paused its almost constant jet-drone waves during a weekend visit by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, then resumed.

Sources: Reuters

World Brief, Evening: September 10, 2026

Iran-backed Houthis seized Mocha with Revolutionary Guard guidance, Brent spiked toward $109 as Red Sea and Hormuz risks stacked, and NATO allies revealed they foiled a Russian subsea-cable sabotage exercise near Svalbard. Ten stories as of Thursday evening, September 10.

1. Mocha / Bab el-Mandeb. The Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mocha came with direct guidance from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seeking a new front in the U.S.–Iran war, Yemeni government, Iranian, and regional sources told Reuters. The advance tightens the chokehold on Bab el-Mandeb after Hormuz disruptions; Yemeni military sources said the coastal campaign was directed with IRGC input, while Iran publicly denies the Houthis are a proxy. Government forces also reported Houthi pressure toward the Hanish islands and Dhubab opposite Perim Island, Reuters and Al Jazeera reported.

2. London / New York. Brent crude surged as high as about $109.20 a barrel Thursday after the week’s tanker attacks and the Mocha advance, with U.S. crude topping $100 and AAA putting average U.S. regular gasoline near $4.28 a gallon, Al Jazeera reported citing AP and Reuters. Midday Brent had already jumped about 4% to $105.26. CME FedWatch odds of a rate hike at next week’s FOMC meeting rose toward about 70%, up from about 61% a day earlier.

3. Svalbard / Bear Gap. Britain, Norway, and the United States tracked and confronted Russian GUGI deep-sea vessels near Svalbard this spring as they simulated deploying a covert weapon meant to disable undersea cables without fingerprints, two Western officials told Reuters in an exclusive Thursday. No cables were damaged; Norways defence minister said Moscow was told any attempt on critical infrastructure would be detected and met with consequences. The cables feed SvalSat, a major NASA Near Space Network downlink.

4. Pavlohrad / Kyiv / Dnipro. Russian forces killed seven and injured 76 in a broad strike on the southeastern logistics hub of Pavlohrad, hit a Kyiv petrol station for the first time with a jet-powered drone (four injured), and struck a Bunge sunflower-oil plant in Dnipro (two dead), Reuters reported. President Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces hit eight Russian infrastructure sites in a day stretching from Arctic energy sites to the Caspian port of Makhachkala, the Guardian and Kyiv reporting said.

5. Berlin / Frankfurt. The ECB raised key rates 25 basis points Thursday, lifting the deposit facility to 2.50% from Sept. 16, citing Middle East energy inflation, the ECB / Banque de France said. Two sources later told Reuters policymakers see more tightening ahead and could move again as soon as the Oct. 29 meeting if energy prices keep feeding inflation.

6. Dallas. Republicans closed their first midterm convention with President Trump defending the Iran war, predicting it ends after Nov. 3, and pledging $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans keep Congress without detailing how it would be funded, the NBC News and Associated Press reported. Most other speakers largely avoided the unpopular war; Election Day is about 54 days away.

7. Nairobi. Kenya is expected to receive about $400 million in World Bank Rapid Response Option emergency financing within six weeks to help cover risks from high energy prices, a regional Ebola outbreak, and El Niño disruptions, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Nairobi first sought the facility after the Iran war drove oil higher; the Bank said it is helping finalise the crisis-access framework.

8. Lima. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrapped his Colombia–Ecuador–Peru swing in Lima, where President Keiko Fujimori said Peru joined the U.S.-led “Shield of the Americas” counternarcotics coalition, AFP / France 24 reported. Rubio said Washington would not take military action against traffickers inside partner countries without those governments’ approval, even as SOUTHCOM kept striking alleged drug boats in international waters.

9. Sydney. Nvidia said it plans to more than double Australia’s data-centre computing load through partnerships with Firmus, CDC, NEXTDC, and AirTrunk, targeting up to about 2 gigawatts of AI-related capacity by 2027, Reuters reported. Australia’s current computing capacity is about 1.6 GW; the buildout sharpens debates over energy and water use.

10. New Delhi. India hosts the BRICS Leaders’ Summit Saturday–Sunday with the Iran war splitting the bloc, and Russian President Vladimir Putin began a multi-day India visit for talks with Prime Minister Modi ahead of the meeting, The Hindu reported. Xi Jinping’s first India trip in seven years and Iranian President Pezeshkians attendance keep the Hormuz fight inside the room.

Coming up. Saturday–Sunday 12–13 September — BRICS summit, New Delhi. Sunday 13 September — Sweden general election. Tuesday–Wednesday 15–16 September Federal Open Market Committee with projections. Sept. 20 — Russia State Duma election. UNGA high-level week Sept. 22–26 and 28. The standing calendar is at The Watch.

Sources: Reuters; Al Jazeera; Associated Press; ECB / Banque de France; AFP / France 24; NBC News; The Guardian; The Hindu.

UK Airports Near Normal After NATS Outage Cancels 2,000 Flights: September 10, 2026

LONDON — Operations at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester were largely back to normal on Thursday after a National Air Traffic Services systems failure cancelled about 2,000 UK flights and left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded earlier in the week, Reuters and British outlets reported.

The hours-long Tuesday outage hit NATS’ flight-processing system — the second major failure in three years. Cirium counted roughly 2,000 affected arrivals and departures across Tuesday and Wednesday. British Airways cancelled hundreds of flights; Ryanair estimated early losses around £3 million after cancelling 260 flights.

Transport minister Heidi Alexander summoned NATS CEO Martin Rolfe, told Parliament she did not believe the disruption was unavoidable, and said she did not think it was a cyberattack. The government gave NATS a week to report back and ordered a separate Civil Aviation Authority review due in six months.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called the episode “an absolute rerun” of 2023 and again urged Rolfe to resign. NATS said the root cause differed from the 2023 rogue flight-plan failure and pledged a full investigation.

The CAA said passengers are unlikely to receive EU261-style cash compensation because the outage likely qualifies as “extraordinary circumstances,” though airlines must still rebook or refund and provide care. Airlines UK warned the episode again left carriers absorbing costs for failures outside their control.

For travelers, the practical update is simpler: check with airlines before heading to the airport, but the immediate wave of cancellations has eased as aircraft and crews are repositioned.

Sources: Reuters; The Independent; BBC

Weidel and Merz Clash as AfD Remigration Fight Dominates Berlin: September 9, 2026

BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz and AfD co-leader Alice Weidel collided in the Bundestag on Wednesday in the first major parliamentary confrontation since the far-right party’s historic win in Saxony-Anhalt, with Merz accusing the AfD’s “remigration” agenda of amounting to ethnic cleansing, Reuters and the BBC reported.

Weidel opened by telling Merz his conservatives had been “pulverised” after winning just 17.2 percent in the eastern state, where the AfD took nearly 44 percent. Merz answered that remigration, if carried out as described, would be “nothing other than a synonym for ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin colour,” and warned hospitals, nursing homes and restaurants would seize up without migrant skilled workers.

The AfD rejected the charge. Lawmaker Bernd Baumann told Reuters the party means lawful deportation of people required to leave Germany and accused Merz of “fabricated demonization” to preserve the mainstream “firewall” against coalitions with the AfD.

Three days after the vote, Saxony-Anhalt still lacked a clear path to government. The AfD fell short of a majority, mainstream parties refuse to enter coalition with it, and Merz accused the AfD of breaking a pledge to govern only with an absolute majority.

Merz also attacked the AfD’s Russia line and its call to end support for Ukraine, saying the party stood against Germany’s interests. The AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt branch is classified as right-wing extremist by domestic intelligence; the national party rejects Nazi comparisons while opponents cite past remarks downplaying the Nazi period.

The clash matters beyond one state: it hardens the national fight over migration, Ukraine and whether Germany’s postwar cordon sanitaire around the far right can hold after the strongest state result for such a party since World War II.

Sources: Reuters; BBC; The Guardian

Volkswagen Sets Aside €16 Billion for Job Cuts and Plant Overhaul: September 10, 2026

BERLIN — Volkswagen has set aside roughly €16 billion ($18.6 billion) to fund job cuts and potential plant closures under a landmark restructuring pact approved last week, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

The figure covers Europe’s biggest carmaker’s costliest overhaul in decades as it confronts Chinese competition, tariffs and surplus factory capacity. German magazine Der Spiegel first reported the earmark; a Volkswagen spokesperson declined to comment on the cost total.

According to the reporting, up to about €10 billion would cover measures such as severance and early-retirement schemes tied to eliminating roughly 60,000 positions over time, while about €6 billion would be reserved for the possible end of vehicle production at four German plants — Emden, Zwickau, Hanover and Neckarsulm — that lack defined model plans for the 2030s. No final closure decisions have been made.

The supervisory board unanimously backed “Future Plan 2030” on September 3, adding tens of thousands of planned reductions on top of cuts already under way since late 2024. Works-council representatives have stressed that compulsory layoffs remain ruled out through 2030 under existing agreements and have framed headcount targets as planning assumptions linked to margin goals.

CEO Oliver Blume has argued the company must slim its lineup, raise efficiency and protect investment capacity even as capital spending plans are tightened. For drivers and dealers, the industrial story is the product pipeline: fewer models, a sharper EV transition and uncertainty for communities built around German assembly plants.

The cost disclosure lands as European auto makers reassess where they can still make money building cars. Volkswagen’s bet is that paying for a smaller footprint now is cheaper than defending overcapacity through the end of the decade.

Sources: Reuters; Financial Post

World Brief: September 10, 2026

Houthis seized Mocha on the Red Sea; Trump said the Iran war ends after the midterms and threatened Pickaxe Mountain; and the ECB lifted rates another quarter-point. Ten stories as of Thursday morning, September 10.

1. Mocha / Bab el-Mandeb. Iran-aligned Houthi forces seized Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mocha on Thursday, four Yemeni government military sources told Reuters, tightening leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait as Brent rose about 3.5% above $100. Saudi Arabia has leaned more on Red Sea shipping since Hormuz largely closed.

2. Washington / Dallas. President Trump said Wednesday he expects the U.S. war with Iran to end immediately after November’s midterms and warned the United States may strike Pickaxe Mountain near Natanz, Reuters reported. Iran said it attacked 10 ships near Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian tankers.

3. New York. AAA put U.S. regular gasoline at $4.22 a gallon — nearly 42% above the $2.98 prewar level — while diesel hit a record $5.94 as Brent settled near $101, with oil above $100 after the latest Middle East attacks, Reuters and established wire reporting showed. Trump said he does not expect oil to cool before the midterms.

4. Kyiv / Dnipro / Arctic Russia. Russian strikes killed civilians across Ukraine, including at a Bunge plant in Dnipro, while Ukrainian Special Operations Forces claimed their deepest strike of the war on Arctic gas plants more than 3,000 km inside Russia, Al Jazeera and Reuters reported.

5. Berlin / Frankfurt. The European Central Bank raised key rates 25 basis points on Thursday, lifting the deposit facility to 2.50% — the second hike this year — as Middle East energy costs keep inflation elevated, Reuters and The Guardian reported. Lagarde said inflation is set to remain well above the 2% target for an extended period.

6. New Delhi. India hosts the BRICS Leaders’ Summit on Sept. 12–13 with the Iran war splitting the bloc — member Iran and the UAE on opposite sides — and Xi Jinping due for his first India visit in seven years, Channel News Asia reported.

7. Wellington. Nearly 10,000 New Zealand public servants walked off the job Wednesday over pay offers they say leave them worse off in real terms, weeks before a national election, Reuters reported.

8. Brasília. Supreme Court Chief Justice Edson Fachin suspended rival rulings over the federal police chief’s tenure and called a full-court session for Sept. 15, framing the clash as the court’s biggest crisis since the return to democracy, Reuters reported.

9. Bukavu. A school fire in Bukavu, the eastern Congo city held by Rwanda-backed AFC/M23 rebels, killed at least 17 people including children, local and medical sources told Reuters. The cause was not immediately clear.

10. Quito / Lima. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended lethal U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats in Ecuador and said cartels would “eat these countries alive” if left unchecked, then flew to Lima amid protests, France 24 and AFP reported.

Coming up. Through today — ECB decision, Berlin. Sat–Sun — BRICS, New Delhi. Sunday — Sweden election. Sept 15–16 — FOMC with projections. Sept 20 — Russia State Duma election. UNGA high-level week Sept 22–26 and 28. Standing calendar: The Watch.

Sources: Reuters; Associated Press; Al Jazeera; ECB; Channel News Asia; AFP.

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