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Donald Trump has announced new plans to slash foreign aid, after research warned 14 million people could die due to the latest round of cuts

Democrats opposed

Trump moves to cut more foreign aid, risking shutdown

Both leaders expressed scepticism about Putin's intentions

Never ending war

France, Germany up pressure on Putin over Ukraine-Russia talks

The Israeli military has intensified its strikes against Gaza City as it prepares to conquer it

All in on the conquest

Israel army says Gaza City now 'a dangerous combat zone'

Iranians drive past a billboard with the colors of Iran's national flag

Nuclear concerns

Europeans tell Iran offer on table to avoid sanctions

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan addresses parliament during a special session on Gaza

Tension over Gaza

Turkey bars Israeli ships, flights from its territory

Both leaders expressed scepticism about Putin's intentions

Diplomatic efforts

Putin will have 'played' Trump if he refuses to meet Zelensky: Macron

Diplomatic efforts to halt the Russia-Ukraine war have stalled amid Russia's heightened attacks

Willing to cede southern regions

Turkey says Russia scales back Ukraine territorial demands

Doctors Without Borders

Humanitarian efforts in Gaza have 'reached the limit': MSF Luxembourg

Paetongtarn Shinawatra waves as she arrives at Government House in Bangkok on August 29

Plunged into political turmoil

Thai court sacks PM over Cambodia phone call row

Kim Keon Hee is indicted on charges including bribery, stock-market rigging, and accepting luxury gifts

Held in custody

South Korea's ex-first lady indicted for bribery

Multiracial mixing pot: Berlin's Sonnenalle, home to some of the 2015 wave of migrants

Beyond far-right backlash

Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany

Morning Roundup

Luxembourg jobs rise, Russian envoy summoned to Brussels, and US approves weapons sale

Australian police say their priority is to catch a gunman accused of killing two officers

Australian police urge gunman to surrender after officers killed

Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Deadliest Kyiv attack

Zelensky urges more Western pressure on Putin after deadly Russian attack

Ana Mercedes Garcia, mother of one of the tens of thousands of Salvadoran men imprisoned without charge under President Nayib Bukele's war on gangs, has been waiting for his release for over three years

Families lose hope for Salvadorans held in gang crackdown

Thousands line up to join the civilian militia in Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro warned of possible US invasion

Mobilising the militia

Venezuela revives heroes with AI to spur reservists on US 'threat'

The US is offering a reward of up to $50 million for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Provoking regime change?

US targets Venezuela over 'Soles' cartel. Does it exist?

US President Donald Trump looks on as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting on August 26, 2025

Rubio to visit Mexico, Ecuador next week to discuss migration, China

US officials have approved an $825 million missile sale to Ukraine, with Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway chipping in to support war-battered Kyiv, seen here, against Russia's ongoing invasion

Amid Kyiv strikes

US approves $825 mn missile sale to Ukraine

Brazilian authorities said they were targeting a sprawling criminal network that laundered money for a major drug gang

Massive operation

Brazil police target network that siphoned billions from fuel sector

The vast majority of Gaza's population of more than two million people have been displaced at least once during the war

Another day, another sternly worded statement

UN chief condemns 'endless' Gaza horrors as Israel presses offensive

Armoured vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are pictured at a position formerly held Iran-backed Hezbollah in the Khraibeh Valley in el-Meri in south Lebanon on August 27, 2025

Final extension

UN sets 2027 exit for Lebanon peacekeepers after Israeli strikes

The three ministers said Iran was in clear violation of obligations curbing its nuclear programme

Non-compliant with commitments

Europe powers move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear drive

'It shows that the Kremlin will stop at nothing...,

Staff will remain in Ukraine

EU summons Russian envoy after mission damaged in Kyiv strike

Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Amid diplomatic impasse

Deadly Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv, raising fears for peace talks

Law enforcement officers at the scene of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minneosta

Attacker dies by suicide

Motive probed for US shooting that killed two children, injured 17

China's President Xi Jinping to host world leaders from Russia, North Korea and India next week

Under the eyes of Putin and Modi

China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade

Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy supporter Jimmy Lai leaves a police station in Hong Kong in December 2014. He has been behind bars since late 2020

Following closing arguments

Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict to come 'in good time': judge

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