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• Top global leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, are gathering this weekend for the BRICS summit to address global crises. • Attendees include World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and New Development Bank representative Dilma Rousseff.

• UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned delegates at the opening of the 81st UN General Assembly session in New York that the multilateral system is straining under fractured geopolitics. • Guterres offered his full backing to Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh, who serves as the President of the 81st General Assembly session.

• The Russian Embassy in the United States called for the two nations to cooperate within a new geopolitical environment to avoid further confrontation. • The embassy stated that this partnership is necessary to prevent a "globalist elite" from provoking new conflicts between the countries.

• India will host the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, 2026. • The event will test whether the expanded and more diverse group of nations can effectively wield its political influence.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host leaders from BRICS nations, including Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, for a two-day summit in New Delhi starting Saturday. • The meeting focuses on insulating developing economies from the economic impacts of conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia.

• Onda Madrid launched the "De cara al mundo" program to provide international analysis on current global conflicts and diplomatic trends. • The broadcast covers a range of critical topics including the 25th anniversary of 9/11, institutional visits to Ukraine, and the healthcare collapse in Sudan.

• World leaders will gather in New Delhi on September 12 and 13 for the 18th Brics Leaders’ Summit. • The expanded grouping will discuss global governance, trade, investment, technology, and food and energy security.

Riyadh has increased its use of the East-West pipeline since the start of the Middle East war to bypass the closure of the strait of HormuzSaudi authorities said Friday drones launched from Iraq led to the temporary closure of a crucial oil export route used to bypass the lockdown of the strait of Hormuz.Riyadh has increased its use of the East-West pipeline, which links Abqaiq, near the Gulf, to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, since the start of the Middle East war to bypass strait of Hormuz closed by Iran. Continue reading...

The deadly fire had begun in the ferry’s cargo hold, then tore through the ship within secondsThe bodies of passengers killed in a ferry fire off the Philippines arrived at a port near the resort town of Coron, Palawan, on Saturday morning, as the country’s coast guard warned the death toll of 35 would grow.Tents were being set up to receive 30 bodies brought from the M/V June Aster, which ran aground near the tourist hotspot after a fire erupted on Wednesday evening and tore through the vessel “in seconds”. Continue reading...

A militaristic operation with features of influencer culture, the new anti-migrant movement seems to show a shift in tactics and rhetoricShortly after 7am last Saturday in the English coastal town of Dover, livestreamed footage distributed by Britain’s newest anti-migrant movement showed dozens of men in paramilitary outfits jumping out from the backs of vehicles, their faces covered beneath balaclavas, their hands in black gloves.Within an hour, hundreds more masked agitators, dressed head to toe in black, some wearing silver crosses around their necks, were marching through the town’s streets, clapping and chanting “Stop the boats” and “Christ is king”, blockading the busy port for hours. Continue reading...

Latest poll shows 0.3-point gap between left and right blocs, with country’s reputation as global champion of human rights said to be at stakeSweden goes to the polls on Sunday in an extremely close election that could see the far right enter government for the first time if the country’s rightwing parties can form a majority.Opinion polls show the centre-left opposition alliance ahead, with Magdalena ⁠Andersson of the Social Democrats the favourite to become prime minister again after four years in opposition, but her bloc’s lead has narrowed considerably in the final days of the campaign. Continue reading...