Day News Recap: Iran, Russia and Ukraine dominate a day of rising security tensions

Iran warned that its war with the United States is not over and said it has prepared for a long term confrontation, after fresh threats from Tehran and Washington over possible new strikes and wider retaliation. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it would hit new targets and use new weapons if the US attacks again, while Washington also threatened to ground Iranian airlines worldwide from Wednesday.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In the Middle East, Israeli forces detained at least 53 Palestinians in a raid on Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem, and placed the town under lockdown, while Gaza health officials said Israeli fire killed three people, including a woman and a child, in separate incidents. In Syria, a fresh blast at an arms depot in al Eis, south of Aleppo, injured at least four people, adding to a series of explosions at the site.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Ukraine said a large strike on Russia used several weapons, including a new system called Pelican, as Moscow reported mass drone interceptions. Russian drones also struck Zaporizhzhia, hitting apartment blocks, a university and a shopping centre, and European intelligence officials were reported to be warning that Russia could test NATO territory within months.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Russia's ruling United Russia party won a landslide in the parliamentary election, with preliminary results pointing to a record 355 seats in the 450 seat State Duma and 49 war veterans entering parliament. The result underlined Vladimir Putin's grip on power as the war in Ukraine continues, and came amid renewed concern in Europe about Russian intentions.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Across Asia, North Korea fired two short range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, prompting protests from South Korea and Japan, while three South Korean officers were wounded in an explosion during an operation south of the Military Demarcation Line in the DMZ. Typhoon Dujuan also forced mass evacuations in Japan, with nearly two million people told to move and transport and power networks disrupted.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in the region, China expelled two senior military officers over corruption allegations, and confirmed that Xi Jinping will make a state visit to the United States from 23 to 25 September for talks with Donald Trump. The two sides are also discussing an artificial intelligence incident notification channel as their technology rivalry deepens, with Washington and Beijing tightening export controls and model restrictions.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In South Asia and the wider Middle East, Aleema Khanum, the sister of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, was arrested in Lahore ahead of planned protests. Houthis fired missiles toward Riyadh as fighting with Saudi backed forces intensified, while families fleeing Yemen continued to arrive in Djibouti by boat. Sudan's efforts to secure a humanitarian truce kept failing as fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces worsened, and Iran's official data showed a sharp contraction in GDP and the energy sector.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Europe, Friedrich Merz held an early meeting with CDU leaders in Berlin after fresh election defeats deepened pressure on his party, while exit polls showed the far right AfD surging in German state elections. France and Canada also moved closer, with Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney pledging deeper cooperation in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Morocco's parties stepped up campaigning ahead of the September 23 parliamentary vote. France said it would summon Iran's ambassador after Tehran closed a French language centre linked to the embassy.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In the Americas, eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse were flown to Florida to face federal trial, a major step in the long running case. Separately, a UN special rapporteur said US strikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean and Pacific may have breached international law and could amount to crimes against humanity.  🔗  🔗

In business and technology, the Trump administration is reportedly preparing sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court, while Trump also used social media to press for aggressive AI acceleration and to say the US must beat China without stifling growth. He separately said Russia had lost control of its diesel industry and urged an end to the war in Ukraine.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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