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TRUMP IS ALSO FACING FALLING APPROVAL RATINGS, CONCERNS ABOUT REPUBLICAN PERFORMANCE IN THE MIDTERMS AND VOTER FRUSTRATION OVER THE IRAN WAR AND HIGHER ENERGY PRICES, WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION SEARCHING FOR FOREIGN-POLICY WINS TO TOUT AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER MIDTERMS - WSJ

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TRUMP IS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED BY POLITICAL AND LEGAL SETBACKS AND BELIEVES TOO FEW ALLIES ARE PUBLICLY DEFENDING HIS SECOND-TERM RECORD, HAVING ALSO COMPLAINED THAT PROMINENT FIGURES HAVE NOT THANKED HIM FOR HIS ATTEMPTED OVERHAUL OF THE KENNEDY CENTER, WITH HIS FRUSTRATIONS INTENSIFYING AFTER HE WAS SHOWN NEGATIVE TELEVISION COVERAGE OF HIS ADMINISTRATION — HOURS BEFORE HE BANNED MS NOW, CNN AND POLITICO FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. - WSJ

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RUSSIA MOVES TO EXPAND DRONE FACTORY IN TATARSTAN - POLITICO

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ZELENSKY-TRUMP MEETING EXPECTED TUESDAY - AXIOS

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IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARAGHCHI LEFT TEHRAN FOR UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK, WITH BRIEF STOP PLANNED IN QATAR - STATE MEDIA

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FRIEDRICH MERZ CALLED THE RESULT 'A DISASTER', WITH THE FALLOUT — AFTER A DEFEAT TO THE AFD TWO WEEKS AGO IN SAXONY-ANHALT — PROMPTING CALLS TO PUSH HIM OUT AFTER JUST 16 MONTHS, AS HIS CDU WAS ALSO DEFEATED IN BERLIN BY THE ANTI-CAPITALIST LEFT PARTY, WHICH WON 25.3% VERSUS THE CDU'S 19%.

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FRIEDRICH MERZ SAID HE WOULD STAY AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR DESPITE HIS PARTY'S WORST-EVER STATE ELECTION RESULT, WITH THE CDU WINNING 4.9% IN MECKLENBURG-WESTERN POMERANIA — JUST MISSING THE 5% THRESHOLD TO ENTER PARLIAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN POST-WWII HISTORY — WHILE THE FAR-RIGHT AFD WON WITH 38.3% AND THE SPD CAME A CLOSE SECOND AT 35.4%.

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JAPAN TO USE INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY FOR GATHERING PHYSICAL AI DATA: NIKKEI

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FRANCE SAYS IT WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES IN RESPONSE, INITIALLY SUMMONING THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTRY

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FRANCE HAS CONDEMNED A DECISION BY IRANIAN AUTHORITIES TO CLOSE ITS LANGUAGE CENTRE IN TEHRAN, CALLING IT 'UNJUSTIFIED AND UNACCEPTABLE', ITS FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS.

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UKRAINE PRESIDENT ZELENSKIY SAYS HE JUST SPOKE WITH U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THAT THEY AGREED TO MEET IN NEW YORK, THANKING TRUMP FOR ENACTING THE LINDSEY GRAHAM BILL INTO LAW

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IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARAGCHI DEPARTS TEHRAN FOR NEW YORK, WITH BRIEF STOP IN QATAR — STATE MEDIA

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RUSSIA’S RULING UNITED RUSSIA LEADS WITH 57.54% IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — PRELIMINARY CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION RESULTS

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RUSSIA’S NEW PEOPLE PARTY PROJECTED TO WIN 9.7% OF VOTE IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — IFX, CITING EXIT POLL

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RUSSIA’S LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PROJECTED TO WIN 10.7% OF VOTE IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — IFX, CITING EXIT POLL

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RUSSIA’S COMMUNIST PARTY PROJECTED TO WIN 14.2% OF VOTE IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — IFX, CITING EXIT POLL

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FRANCE'S PRESIDENT MACRON SAYS MACRON SAYS CANADIAN LNG CAN BE KEY FOR EUROPEAN ENERGY, INITIATING BILATERAL TALKS ON THE MATTER.

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FRANCE'S PRESIDENT MACRON SAYS FRANCE BACKS CLOSER TIES BETWEEN THE EU AND CANADA AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP FOR CANADA, HAVING AGREED WITH CANADA'S CARNEY TO STRENGTHEN TIES IN THE ENERGY, SPACE AND CLIMATE SECTORS.

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U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA SAYS 18 SUSPECTS IN THE 2021 ASSASSINATION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE HAVE BEEN FLOWN TO THE U.S. ON A MILITARY PLANE, WITH 30 SUSPECTS HAVING BEEN INDICTED IN THE U.S. FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE ASSASSINATION

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U.S. MISSION IN SAUDI ARABIA SAYS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NOW REQUIRE SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR OFFICIAL OR PERSONAL TRAVEL TO TAIF AND YANBU AMID ONGOING HOUTHI ATTACKS