Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for 30th of September, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. Trump secures Netanyahu's agreement to Gaza deal but Hamas support in question
Trump and Netanyahu backed a U.S. peace plan for Gaza calling for a ceasefire, hostage-prisoner swap, Israeli withdrawal, and Hamas disarmament. The plan’s future remains uncertain as Hamas has yet to accept it and Netanyahu resists any move toward Palestinian statehood.
2. Moldova election complete: PAS wins 50.2%, strengthens EU path
With more than 99.9% of ballots counted, Moldova’s pro-European ruling party, the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), held on to its parliamentary majority after Sunday’s pivotal election, strengthening the 2.4 million-strong country’s push towards the EU and away from Moscow.
3. North Korea tells UN: We will never give up nuclear programme
North Korea told the UN it will never abandon its nuclear programme, calling denuclearisation a threat to its sovereignty. Despite Trump’s push for talks, Pyongyang continues to reject negotiations and insists its nuclear deterrent is essential.
4. Israel's Netanyahu apologises to Qatar for attack on Doha, source says
Netanyahu apologised to Qatar’s leaders for Israel’s 9 September airstrike on Doha, which killed a Qatari citizen while targeting Hamas officials. He assured both Qatar and President Trump that Israel would not violate Qatari sovereignty again.
5. UN says 22 killed in youth-led protests in Madagascar
At least 22 people were killed and more than a 100 injured in Madagascar’s youth-led protests, with the United Nations blaming excessive force by security forces. Demonstrators demand President Andry Rajoelina’s resignation as unrest over water and power shortages spreads nationwide. Rajoelina said he was dissolving the government.
Operations at several energy facilities in Saudi Arabia were suspended on Tuesday after attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces injured more than 70 ...
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at leas...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a €200 million (...
At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, 6 September, local officials said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States must recognise that the “rules of the game” in its war against Iran had changed “before it is too late”, a day after Washington struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
Indonesia has reopened Jakarta's main airport and four others after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau forced widespread flight cancellations, though fresh eruptions have kept authorities on alert.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday a €200 million ($232 million) deal with Greenland, called the Global Gateway Partnership Package, aimed at strengthening the EU-Greenland partnership, amid growing U.S. interest in the Arctic island.
Britain is set to ban trade in goods and some services from Israeli settlements in the West Bank as the government steps up efforts to protect the prospects of a two-state solution.
Female employees at the Eiffel Tower were asked to leave their workstations and step out of sight during a private visit by a Hindu religious delegation, prompting a staff protest and an investigation by Paris authorities.
Fresh off President Xi Jinping's state visit to Kyrgyzstan, project officials have announced the successful drilling of a key tunnel along the long-stalled China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway, making it the first construction milestone for a flagship Belt and Road project.
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