Modi and Xi meet in China.

China's Xi to Modi:

It is the right choice for both countries to be friends who have good neighbourly and amicable ties, partners who enable each other's success, and to have the dragon and the elephant come together.

Indian PM Modi to Xi:

India is committed to moving our relationship forward on the basis of mutual respect, trust and sensitivity.

A new Harvard-Harris poll shows 60% of US Gen Z (18–24) support Hamas over Israel, while overall 74% of Americans back Israel. Support for Israel rises sharply with age.

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Indonesia is facing its largest unrest since President Prabowo Subianto took office.

Protests began in early 2025 over budget cuts, the free meal program, and changes to military/police laws.

A third wave erupted in August after a proposed 250% property tax hike and lawmakers’ lavish allowances.

On Aug 25, clashes in Jakarta and other cities turned deadly when Affan Kurniawan, a motorcycle taxi driver, was run over by police. His death fueled outrage and broadened demands.

Protesters now call for economic relief, higher wages, transparency, anti-corruption reforms, and the police chief’s resignation.

Several deaths, injuries, and heavy property damage reported.

Prabowo urged calm, but protests persist with students, workers, unions, and activists united against inequality, corruption, and police brutality.

Guatemalan police disarm machete-wielding man without shooting him.

California Governor Gavin Newsom:

Who spends $200 million on a ballroom at their house and then leaves?

People actually think this guy’s serious about another election? Wake up.

We will lose our country. This is not about Democrats. This is about all of us.

Turkish President Erdogan met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin during the SCO Leaders’ Summit, discussing bilateral ties, Türkiye-SCO relations, and regional and global issues.

Lithuania is installing anti-tank obstacles (dragon’s teeth) along its border with Russia and Belarus.

The USS Lake Erie, a U.S. guided-missile cruiser, crossed the Panama Canal into the Caribbean, joining a larger U.S. naval buildup near Venezuela.

Over 4,500 U.S. troops, warships, submarines, and surveillance aircraft are now deployed.

Irish musician Hozier features the surging stock price of Lockheed Martin, a defense contractor, during his performance of "Eat Your Young" to protest war profiteering.

Israeli agent Hikmat al-Hijri:

The Druze sect in Syria demands independence in the south.

We insist: we want independence. This matter is settled!

Netanyahu on Yemen:

Additional senior military figures were also eliminated. This is just the beginning of the strike against senior officials in Sana’a – we will reach them all.

Zelensky:

We will continue our active actions exactly as needed to protect Ukraine. Forces and means are prepared. New deep strikes have also been planned.

Launch of three Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles at Russian territory.

Kremlin:

The European war party does not calm down, which contrasts with the approaches of Putin and Trump.

Kremlin:

We are ready to resolve the problem by political and diplomatic means. But as long as we do not see reciprocity from Kyiv in this, we continue the "special military operation."

Norway to buy at least five British Type 26 frigates from BAE, its largest defense purchase yet.

Greta Thunberg:

Palestinians have been dehumanized to such an extent that they are only spoken of in terms of numbers and UN resolutions.

Greta Thunberg before setting sail for Gaza:

This story is also about a global uprising, about how people are stepping up when our governments fail to do so.

German Chancellor Merz:

All efforts of the past weeks have been answered with an even more aggressive approach by this regime in Moscow against the population in Ukraine.

This will also not stop until we ensure together that Russia, at least for economic reasons, and perhaps also for military reasons … can no longer continue this war.