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Following a record 43.8% AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt and polls putting his approval near 10%, Chancellor Friedrich Merz cancelled a UN trip and summoned CDU leaders for a 20 Sep post-election meeting that party insiders call a last chance before a potential leadership swap by 21 Sep.
At dawn on 18 Sep 2026, during the first hours of Russia’s three-day parliamentary election, Kyiv launched its largest reported homeland strike to date, sending hundreds of UAVs toward Moscow and forcing the capital’s airports to suspend operations.
In the early hours of 19-20 Sept 2026, Yemen’s Houthi forces fired ballistic and cruise missiles plus drones deep into Saudi territory, triggering the first full air-raid alert in Riyadh since the July escalation and igniting an Aramco fuel tank at King Khalid International Airport before Saudi interceptors claimed to down the incoming weapons.
A record-low 10-13% approval rating and an AfD landslide have forced Chancellor Friedrich Merz to scrap his UN visit and summon party chiefs for an emergency session on Sunday, two days before insiders’ 21 Sept. deadline to decide whether he stays.
On 17 Sept 2026 the House passed, 262-159, a bill letting President Trump slap tariffs of up to 100 % on countries such as China and India that keep buying Russian oil and gas, drawing immediate public rejection from both Asian giants.
In the eleven hours before polls opened on 18 Sep 2026, Kyiv sent a record wave of more than 350 UAVs toward Moscow, forcing shutdowns at all three capital airports and challenging Russia’s air-defence network on the very day the Kremlin began its tightly managed parliamentary election.
On 18 September 2026 the State Department formally notified Congress of a prospective $2.68 billion Foreign Military Sale to upgrade Ukraine’s air-defense network, moving the deal into the mandatory review phase.
Between 13–15 Sep 2026, Kyiv formally sanctioned 20 Russia-linked oil tankers and 58 Rostec-connected entities, while the U.S. House Rules Committee advanced amendments that would newly authorise—and in one draft explicitly target India, China and eight others—for punitive tariffs of up to 100 % on imports because of ongoing purchases of Russian crude.
On 18 Sept 2026, President Donald Trump declared that Washington had struck a trilateral deal granting the United States unlimited, permanent authority to build and operate military facilities across Greenland without Danish or Greenlandic veto.
Between 11–19 Sept 2026 Houthi forces swept down Yemen’s Red Sea coast, seizing Bab el-Mandeb and, for the first time, fired drones/missiles deep enough to force Saudi Civil Defense to warn—and minutes later clear—millions in Riyadh of an incoming strike.
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