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Live: Ukrainian military authorities lift air alert in Kiev following a missile attack

The authorities in Ukraine lifted the air alert for the capital after the city was subjected to missile attacks on Friday, 18 September, as the mayor of Kiev had reported. Hours earlier, Moscow forces attacked four Ukrainian cargo ships in the Black Sea, according to the Russian state press. Meanwhile, the Vladimir Putin Administration announced that it confiscated the assets, which are in Russia, of the Swiss food giant Nestlé (NESN.S) and of the French retail chain Auchan.

Mexico beats records of visits, but can it hold on to mass tourism?

Mexico lives an unprecedented tourist boom: in 2025 it received about 100 million visitors and was consolidated among the most visited countries in the world. But behind the record figures are new challenges: the pressure on the environment, the saturation of destinations such as Cancun and the Maya Riviera, the risk of gentification, the regulation of platforms such as Airbnb and the safety of travellers. While the authorities seek to decentralize the activity and promote more sustainable tourism.

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What is at stake in the first legislative elections in Russia in four years?

From this 18th and until September 20th, Russia held its first parliamentary elections from the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine. The opposition denounces that Vladimir Putin's government prevented the parties that do not adhere to their rhetoric of war against Kiev from participating in the elections, so their presence is almost zero. We analyze what these parliamentarians represent with Vladimir Rouvinski, a master in history and international relations.

Russians go to their first legislative elections since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin comes to parliamentary elections in the middle of a somewhat uncomfortable position. With the changes in the Ukrainian Army's strategy of recent months, the Russians began to live in their own flesh the war initiated by the Kremlin four years ago, with drones impacting on strategic structures, dissupply, scarcity, inflation and lack of workers. Our correspondent Xavier Colàs extended the information.

Israel: "Naza" documentary at the heart of a political storm · Global Voices

The documentary "Naza" is at the heart of the controversy in Israel. Awarded to the Venice Mostra, the film gives the floor to anonymous Israeli sources accusing the army of intentionally killing civilians in Gaza. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday, 16 September, that he would "dismiss their citizenship" the people who "defam" the Israeli army.

Ed Sheeran, only after the veto to Macklemore and his cry for "Free Palestine"

Saying "Free Palestine" on a stage cost Macklemore his place on Ed Sheeran's American tour. The rapper was removed after ruling on Gaza and the West Bank, following a request from the Israeli-American council and the opposition of several stadiums owners. Sheeran claims that the decision was not his, but of the promoters and the headquarters, but the controversy has not stopped growing: several of the invited artists and television players, including Finneas, Lukas Graham and Aaron Rowe, left the tour in solidarity with Macklemore.

Legislative in Russia: "The result is played ahead" for Putin's victory

Unsuspended elections are held in Russia from Friday to Sunday. The majority of united Russia, Vladimir Putin's party, should be returned to the Duma. The opposition was rejected. A "result played ahead" before a possible new wave of mobilization for the war in Ukraine. Interview with the specialist Tatiana Kastouéva-Jean.

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France: waiting for the first copy of Zinédine Zidane, icon of tricolor football

Zinédine Zidane is about to unveil her first list of players this Friday, 18 September, since her appointment as head of the French team at the end of July. An opportunity for the French football icon to immediately mark its footprint with the likely call of new faces. The details of Éliott Samuel, journalist in France 24.

Speech on the State of the Union: convincing announcements?

All eyes and ears were turned to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 16 September during the traditional speech on the State of the Union by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. A river talk – the sixth of its kind – on the broad guidelines of its European policy for the coming year.

United States: The Kennedy Center is being demolished?

Photographs of the AFP that show Donald Trump watching a sign that seems to evoke a demolition of the Kennedy Center, Washington's high cultural site that the U.S. president threatens to condemn if his name is not attached to it, make a round of media on Thursday.

In France, exotic fruit crops boosted by climate change

Pineapples, mangoes, grenades, pistachios or passion fruits: in the south of France, farmers experiment with crops formerly associated with tropical regions. An evolution that illustrates the transformations of agriculture in the face of climate change.