Trump administration moves to gut a core endangered species protection

🔮 The project would bisect the Israeli-occupied West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, fragmenting the land Palestinians hope will form the heart of a state.

🔮 Trump derides EU pitch to Canada as 'laughable', threatens more tariffs BRUSSELS, Sept 17 - U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to take action against the European Union if it moves forward with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to make Canada the bloc's first associate member. "If they do that, if I think it's at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe on many things," Trump told reporters en route to an event in North Carolina, calling the proposal "laughable".

🔮 A further AfD surge in state-level elections this weekend would tighten the squeeze on conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he weighs his options for costly measures to lower fuel prices.

🔮 "We knew there was always a chance that we would be punished after these four years of (government) cooperation, but I didn't think the drop would be this big

🔮 “Rather, the US directed the strikes at the building of the school while being aware of a substantial risk of striking a civilian object and acting recklessly as regards the possibility that this would happen.”

🔮 Those parties, the National Rally of Independents (RNI) and the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), have both put youth employment at the centre of their campaigns, pledging to create about one million jobs over the next parliamentary term. They have also touted roughly $20 billion of infrastructure investment ahead of the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal, and streamed rallies on social media to draw the attention of young voters. "We reject the idea that young people simply want an easy life," the PAM's campaign manifesto says, listing housing, regular income and "dignified work" as policy priorities.

🔮 All 435 congressional seats and 34 of the Senate’s 100 seats will be up for grabs, and Democrats are favoured to regain control of the House while forecasts expect a close race for the Senate majority.

🔮 And because the nation serves as a regional hub for business, tourism and transport, the surge in cases could affect other countries in the South Pacific if left unchecked.

🔮 Military leaders meet in Paris to mull post-UN mission plans PARIS, Sept 17 - European and Arab military chiefs will meet in Paris on Thursday to assess the Lebanese Armed Forces' needs and discuss the looming end of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, amid fears of a renewed Israeli military campaign in southern Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon have held several rounds of U.S.-brokered talks aimed at easing tensions along their border.

🔮 Traders say a prolonged closure of Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline could cut off as much as 4 per cent of global oil supply.