🇾🇪⚡- One of the most senior Islamic State officials and its spokesman Abu Hudhayfah al-Ansari was killed in an overnight operation by Yemen's Quick Rapid Forces, QRF.

The QRF were designed by the UAE and worked closely with the former Southern Transitional Council. The forces are based in the al-Rayyan Air Base, and operate in a similar way to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces pre-2023.

🇫🇷⚡️- France's National Rally's schizophrenia keeps increasing as the French presidential campaign unofficially started a few days ago. Marine Le Pen wishes to ban the islamic veil and fine its wearers in the public through a referendum. However, memos banning National Rally officials from discussing remigration and similar topics have been issued within the party.

🇫🇷⚡️- The recent changes in the National Rally's policies are the results of Marine Le Pen's statist line being hardened following the decision to dismiss Jordan Bardella's candidacy and economic liberal ideas. The National Rally's strategy seems to build itself on pleasing French retirees to ensure a safe path to election in 2027.

🇨🇳🇪🇬⚡️- "[China and Egypt] should pursue mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, and set a benchmark for joint development. China and Egypt should forge greater synergy in development strategies, engage in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, proactively tap the potential and expand the scope of pragmatic collaboration in a bid to provide sustained impetus to the mutually beneficial cooperation." - Xi Jinping in a signed article sent to Egyptian outlets prior to his visit.

🇮🇳🇷🇺⚡️- At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has privately urged President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. The plead comes as the U.S. is in the final stages of approving up to 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers. Recently, Russia has started to supply up to 50% of all Indian oil imports.

🇫🇷🇸🇪⚡️- Sweden has bought four French frigates from Naval Group for €4.3B. The first frigate will be delivered in 2030.

🇮🇹🇪🇸🇪🇺⚡️- Italy has extended its Schengen suspension with Spain by 15 days.

🇫🇷🇸🇪⚡️- France will deploy French soldiers in Finland under Swedish command as part of NATO's increased defenses in Eastern Europe.

🇨🇩⚡️- The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has reached 6000 confirmed cases and caused around 2900 deaths according to an update by health officials.

🇫🇷🇲🇱⚡️- Self-proclaimed French "journalist" Thomas Dietrich has accused the X account Sahel Alert of using intelligence from jihadist and anti-junta groups to destabilize juntas across the Sahel, mainly in Mali. Without providing evidence, Dietrich went further and implied that France was backing the account as part of an active disinformation campaign.

Known for his anti-colonial, left-wing stance, T. Dietrich has long downplayed Russian military and economic exploitation in Africa while focusing heavily on French foreign policy. His attack on a local West African news outlet appears to be part of a renewed pro-Russian media push to shield struggling, Moscow-backed juntas from online criticism.

🇦🇹⚡️- Pro-NATO online figure Günther Fehlinger-Jahn has announced his candidacy for the 2028 Austrian presidential election.

🇨🇳🇻🇪⚡️- "China's lawful rights and interests in Venezuela must be protected." - Guo Jiakun, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇳🇵🇨🇳⚡️- The floods in Tibet and Nepal have caused over 1000 deaths according to the latest reports.

🇺🇸🇨🇦⚡️- According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 57% of Americans oppose the new taxes on Canadian imports and 63% oppose the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

🇪🇺⚡️- Eurozone inflation reaches 3.3% in August, highest since September 2023. Energy prices are up by 14.3% in August, compared to 10.3% in July. Economists indicate these increases are direct consequences of the unresolved conflict in the Middle East.

🇬🇧⚡️- Former Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced he is resigning as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras.

🇬🇧⚡️- Restore Britain has announced they will participate in the by-election for Holborn and St Pancras.

🇬🇧⚡️- The Green Party will possibly run their party leader Zack Polanski as a candidate for the seat in Holborn and St Pancras.

🇺🇸⚡️- John Ternus has replaced Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

🇸🇾🇱🇾⚡- Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani visited Tripoli on Sunday, meeting western Libya’s GNU Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah and Acting Foreign Minister Taher al-Baour, as Damascus and Tripoli moved to restore and amend ties.

During the visit, al-Shaibani reopened the Syrian Embassy in Tripoli after more than 14 years of closure, while the two sides signed an agreement to reactivate the Libyan-Syrian Joint Higher Committee.

Note, eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar had previously accused the Tripoli-based GNU of recruiting fighters from the Syrian National Army, SNA—formerly concentrated in northern Syria, particularly around the Azaz–Mare’ area—to fight alongside GNU-aligned forces against Haftar’s Libyan National Army, LNA.