September 12, 2026
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US
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning papers stayed on the 25th anniversary fallout rather than ceremony: disputes over a school lesson omitting the attackers, the El-Sayed message, claims of surveillance, and a Palestinian flag intruder at Yankee Stadium met with USA chants.
Attention shifted to the Gulf, where the Houthi advance tightened grip on Bab el-Mandeb, Saudi Arabia shut a key pipeline after drone strikes, Washington debated blame, Trump said the Houthis did not want to fight the US while Tehran refused talks and the Navy went on alert.
Trump's Dublin stop drew coverage for backing Irish reunification and Irish leaders' response.
By evening editors converged on AI safety after Anthropic CEO Amodei urged slowing development, joined by Altman, warning exponential growth outpaced safeguards.
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Israel
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Overnight press led with a Wall Street Journal claim Chinese entities sold Iran satellite imagery used for the July strike on a US base in Jordan that killed three soldiers, noting Beijing's denial.
By midday focus moved to Dublin where Trump said Iran was probably behind the drone attack that shut the Saudi East-West pipeline, while insisting the Houthis told Washington they did not want to fight the US and were letting shipping pass Bab al-Mandab.
In the afternoon Israeli outlets reported a US warning to regional neighbors including Netanyahu to prepare for broad escalation, with the IDF maintaining high alert after the Ali Taher demolition and vowing not to withdraw from the ridge.
Evening coverage turned to alarms in Saudi Arabia, a Houthi projectile wounding two on the southern border, explosions reported in Iran, and reports of Houthi advances and displacement in Yemen. Israel-Lebanon talks were pushed to October in Washington.
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Germany
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning editions returned from 9/11 remembrance to the Saxony-Anhalt aftermath. Welt gave space to Theo Müller demanding black-blue cooperation and calling Alice Weidel fit for the chancellery, while Roland Koch saw grounds for a ban motion and Jens Frei floated Bundeszwang as ultima ratio against an AfD state government.
By afternoon the focus turned on Friedrich Merz himself. Bild reported only 14% still saw him as the right chancellor and another state association wanted to campaign without him, Zeit headlined Operation Kanzlersturz, FAZ described a mood Merz could not answer, and Söder told Bild he opposed a putsch but issued conditions.
Away from the party crisis, investigators named the Leipzig Gemüsedosen-bomb suspects and the Houthi offensive in the Red Sea pushed diesel prices up 20 cents, dominating service headlines.
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France
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning papers returned to Friday evening's Rouen-Caen TER derailment near Elbeuf, fixing the toll at 44 injured with five still hospitalised. The focus moved from rescue to cause after a 300-kg rail was found on the tracks, with police sources favouring a malicious act, before prosecutors in the evening said no element yet allowed such a conclusion.
Coverage then shifted to the political rentrée. Live feeds followed the scattered left at the Fête de l'Humanité, where Roussel refused to withdraw and called for roundabout occupations, Mélenchon denounced fuel margins and proposed a sliding wage scale, while Retailleau promised to rebuild France in a civilisational combat and Philippe cast himself as tortoise against hares.
The evening closed on Céline Dion's first Paris show at the Plenitude Arena, opened with On ne change pas after six years off stage, as Matignon floated donation easing and pension de-indexation for the 2027 budget.
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Lebanon
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
After Israel's withdrawal from Ali al-Taher, editors moved from explosion footage to its aftermath and to the state's response. President Aoun made a surprise visit to Nabatieh and Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh with the army commander, pledging residents could rebuild without fear of renewed destruction and declaring no new negotiations with Israel for now.
Reports confirmed the Rome talks were postponed to October, to follow the Paris conference in support of the army, while Israeli demolitions and airstrikes continued in Arnoun, Wadi al-Slouqi, Mansouri and Kfartebnit under what press termed control by fire over the heights.
A second thread was Lebanon's condemnation of the strike on a Saudi oil pipeline, denied by Iraq's Islamic Resistance, amid attention to Houthi pressure at Bab al-Mandeb and Hormuz.
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Ukraine
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Overnight Russia launched a missile and drone barrage on several cities. In Zaporizhzhia a drone destroyed a house, killing two, while fires were reported in Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih. Focus settled on Odesa, where a hit on a block first wounded 16, rising through the morning to 35-38 including an infant, with two unaccounted for.
By afternoon the attack widened north and west, continuing the station campaign from 11 September with a strike in Rivne region. Russia hit Zaporizhstal with four ballistic missiles and struck trains at Lutsk, Fastiv and Kovel stations, wounding five in Volyn. Officials counted over 400 drones and impacts in 20 locations, prompting Poland to scramble aircraft.
Zelensky said he was ready to meet Putin at the G20 in Miami if invited. Budanov said the next Ukraine-U.S.-Russia round could come in October, as a Trump representative claimed a deal was almost agreed.
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Palestine
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Israeli fire in Gaza continued under the ceasefire, with outlets counting two dead and 23 wounded from artillery and gunfire. Focus settled on the south, where a woman and her unborn child died of wounds south of Khan Younis, followed by a drone strike on displaced tents in Al-Mawasi that wounded four. Health authorities put the total at 73,783 killed, including 1,369 since the truce, while Euro-Med counted about 50 killed in a week and reports described quadcopters tracking civilians.
In the West Bank and Jerusalem, coverage turned to settler assaults, arrests and a forced demolition of commercial structures in Wadi al-Joz. Editors cited 1,236 entries into Al-Aqsa in a week and thousands marching in the Old City on the eve of the Hebrew New Year, prompting Hamas calls to mobilize toward the mosque.
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UK
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning papers still noted the 9/11 25th anniversary and the previous day's Commons rejection of the assisted dying bill by 16 votes, with supporters calling it tragic and opponents relieved.
Attention then moved decisively to Reform UK funding. A £36m donation from a Trump-pardoned crypto billionaire, reported as a record, was followed within 24 hours by a second £36m gift from another cryptocurrency billionaire. Farage said the £72m war chest left Reform ready to rule, while Labour attacked the gifts as sleaze and renewed calls for a donations cap.
Elsewhere, anti-migrant protests in Portsmouth drew police warnings over face coverings and an arrest, and Anthropic chief Dario Amodei urged a slowdown in AI development.
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Iran
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Overnight fallout from the drone strike that shut Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline dominated coverage, with Riyadh saying the attack came from Iraqi soil. Baghdad ordered an inquiry, dismissed a commander, and closed the Shalamcheh and later Chazabeh crossings with Iran, suspending flights.
By midday Washington entered the story, with Trump saying Iran was likely responsible, that Tehran desperately sought a deal, and that the war would end soon after the US midterms. Reports of drone launchers found near the Iran-Iraq border led Iraq to accept an Iranian request for a joint investigation.
Parallel coverage followed Pezeshkian at the BRICS summit in Delhi, meeting the Abu Dhabi crown prince and rejecting US hegemony, while state outlets insisted an Iran-Oman understanding did not mean reopening Hormuz as CENTCOM put diverted ships at 100.
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Russia
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Putin spent a second day in New Delhi for the BRICS summit, moving from the business forum to the leaders’ session. State outlets carried his video address on the end of the unipolar system, the need to expand the UN Security Council and claims the bloc was “not against anyone,” followed by adoption of the New Delhi Declaration, presented as quoted by world press.
Overnight exchanges continued the drone war of previous days. Russian outlets reported Ukrainian strikes on Togliatti, Taganrog and Belgorod, with one dead and 14 injured in Belgorod, while describing a massive Russian strike on Ukrainian metallurgy and ports and fighting around Dobropillia and Kharkiv.
Lavrov said Russia would not halt operations during any talks with Kyiv, a line Peskov paired with rejection of a Putin-Zelensky meeting at the G20. The Arkhangelsk road crash that killed 13 dominated early domestic coverage.
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Italy
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning papers tracked the air-ambulance carrying Alessandro Di Battista from Cuba, landing at Ciampino after a 12-hour low-altitude flight and transferring him to Rome's Gemelli hospital.
Attention then moved to Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to meet Vladimir Putin at December's G20 in Miami, with the Kremlin replying he should come to Moscow. The exchange ran alongside reports of Houthi control of the Red Sea coast, the Saudi pipeline attack attributed by Trump to Tehran, and Russian nuclear technicians sent to Iran.
Live sport took over in the afternoon with Lando Norris on pole in Madrid ahead of Antonelli and Lazio's 2-0 lead over Milan erased by Moreira's two-minute double, before the evening closed on Venice 83: Golden Lion to May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown, jury prize to Naza on Gaza, Volpi Cups to Arcel and Malkovich.
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Japan
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Overnight reports of North Korea firing short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan opened the day, with South Korean military announcements carried by TBS and Kyodo.
Attention quickly shifted to Hokkaido, where the Meteorological Agency raised Mt. Tokachi's eruption alert from 2 to 3, imposing entry restrictions. Outlets stressed it was the first Level-3 application in Hokkaido, followed by an evacuation order for the Fukiage Onsen district in Kamifurano and warnings of large volcanic blocks within about 3 km of the crater. NHK maintained live coverage through the morning.
By afternoon editorial choices splintered. Hokkaido Shimbun turned to the LDP's selection of a candidate for the Sapporo mayoral race, Mainichi and others to the Okinawa gubernatorial vote on the eve of polling, and NHK to suspected mass food poisoning at the corporate athletics championships in Kyoto with more than 20 transported.
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Netherlands
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Leaked Miljoenennota papers dominated the morning. De Volkskrant reported the Jetten cabinet shifted about €12bn in burdens onto households, calling purchasing-power repair a half-measure, while RTL noted sharply higher taxes for workers. NRC framed the week as a power vacuum, with a weak coalition and a divided opposition.
Attention then returned to the Graubünden coach crash. The first survivors travelled home as victims were identified as four women and one man, with accounts of escape through a roof window and mourning for 75-year-old festival volunteer Siebrand.
From midday the Amsterdam climate march took over. Turnout grew from thousands to 40,000, with signs against oil, heat records and datacentres. Marchers voiced disappointment in former climate champion Jetten, while De Telegraaf highlighted anger over a ‘Hup Hamas’ banner.
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India
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Xi Jinping landed in Delhi for his first India visit since 2019 and the 2020 Galwan clash, as Modi held morning bilaterals with the leaders of Ethiopia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Abu Dhabi at Hyderabad House.
At Bharat Mandapam Modi opened the summit declaring BRICS was not against anyone, calling for UNSC reform, a shift from pyramid of privilege to platform of partnership and a people-centric, humanity-first approach for the Global South.
Negotiators who had worked until 4am secured consensus on the New Delhi Declaration, bridging Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The text condemned unilateral war and unilateral tariffs without naming countries, and condemned the Pahalgam attack with a zero-tolerance pledge on terrorism, framed as an Indian diplomatic win.
The day closed with the first Modi-Xi bilateral on Indian soil in seven years, where Modi said differences should not become disputes and border peace was essential.
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Poland
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning stayed on the Sejm-Constitutional Tribunal personnel fight carried over from the Academy of Justice operation. wPolityce framed Czarzasty as evading questions on Berek while Bogucki demanded cards on the table, then tracked how Morawiecki's deputies voted and quoted Bogucki that Berek would enter the Tribunal 'with loaded revolvers.'
TVN24 drifted through weather forecasts of a warm September delaying autumn gloom and foreign items on a pipeline attack and a French derailment.
Early afternoon the lead changed to security, with the army responding to Russian drone activity and RCB alerts issued for two voivodeships, repeated as urgent.
Evening returned to the Tribunal dispute, with a former president saying the Sejm 'did not act rightly' on Berek and a claim revealing the source of the forced-takeover report, alongside Sikorski's Kyiv visit on negotiations and Bielan replacing Morawiecki at the helm of the ECR.
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Spain
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
The fallout from the forwarded CNI warning moved from the resigned chief of staff, who insisted he passed the alert, to the government delegate himself, facing possible Audiencia Nacional testimony and an expanded Hazte Oír complaint for inaction, as El Mundo reported the Army was on alert two-three days before 30-J but deployed only that afternoon.
Interior reinforced Ceuta's border and sovereignty islets ahead of a feared Sunday assault while the ground deteriorated: a night of camp riots left three injured, migrants spread to another beach near El Trampolín, minors denounced illegal pushbacks, and minister Rego put unaccompanied minors at 2,100 demanding transfers.
The clash turned openly political, with the PP calling the official account a lie, Feijóo centralizing the response in Génova, Sánchez strained between crisis management and early-election speculation, and on the left Irene Montero launching open primaries for a unified candidacy.
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Turkey
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
The 46th anniversary of the 12 September 1980 coup set the morning tone, with AK Party spokesperson Ömer Çelik, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek and President Erdoğan condemning coups and presenting a new constitution as historic responsibility, a call deputy chair Hüseyin Yayman and MP Mustafa Şen sharpened with an October timetable.
Attention then moved to the exhumation of former intelligence officer Kaşif Kozinoğlu, announced the previous day. Forensic teams opened the grave and took bone samples, while nine suspects detained in the second wave of the probe were referred to court.
By evening the focus shifted to the Gülistan Doku case, with a sixth-wave operation ordering detention of 11 suspects across seven provinces, following earlier claims about chemical destruction of the body.
Parallel items included revised Istanbul school hours ahead of the 14 September start and detentions of figures Çağla Öz and Semih Varol.
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China
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
State media followed Xi Jinping from departure in Beijing to landing in New Delhi for the 18th BRICS leaders' meeting, his first India visit in seven years. Coverage moved in lockstep from send-off notices to arrival footage to the first-stage session. There Xi called BRICS the world's most influential platform for emerging markets, urged members to stand on the right side of history, proposed cooperation on an AI-powered industrial plan and a due role in Middle East peace, and announced China would assume the BRICS presidency next year, with full texts of the speech carried across outlets.
Attention then shifted to a sideline meeting with Narendra Modi on bilateral trade, border issues and shared responsibilities as Global South powers. Outside the choreography, Hong Kong and foreign Chinese-language outlets continued with the five-to-seven-year sentences for three Hong Kong Alliance activists, while SCMP flagged internal splits marking BRICS' 20th anniversary.
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Kenya
12.09.2026
Saturday
9 days ago
Morning coverage remained scattered. Editors followed El Niño forecasts and flood warnings, Ruto's planned four-day Luo Nyanza tour after Raila's death, and Gachagua's US tour where he urged delay in naming the United Opposition flagbearer and taunted Ruto. UDA secretary-general Hassan Omar drew condemnation for suggesting dead voters' fingerprints could aid Ruto's 2027 re-election, while Ruto said Kenya remained open to compliant foreign workers and investors.
By afternoon attention converged on political violence. Deputy President Kindiki's UDA meeting in Embu was disrupted by youths clashing with police, leaving one dead and six vehicles torched, prompting a probe and statements from Kindiki and Governor Mbarire. A rival clash also disrupted the United Opposition rally in Garissa, which Muturi called an attempted assassination.
Other items included CMA warnings against 15 unlicensed platforms and fresh state appointments.
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