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Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett reports that US President Donald Trump is sending envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.

The 2022 peace deal ended the war but left key disputes unresolved, giving the TPLF room to regroup as tensions return.

Human rights advocates call for diplomatic measures to guarantee flotilla safety and end Israel's deadly Gaza blockade.

Relatives of detained crew say US forces acted without evidence, claiming the men were fishermen, not smugglers.

Dree Collopy argues it could make people who lawfully enter the US more vulnerable to arrest and deportation.

Lindsay Clancy’s high-profile trial for the murder of her three children has ended in a mistrial.

EU enlargement chief condemns Ratko Mladic ‘glorification’ as incompatible with European values.

US President Donald Trump has repeated an earlier warning that the US may attack Iran's Pickaxe Mountain "very soon".

Trump tells reporters the US is 'not fighting right now' despite a recent exchange of fire with Iran.

Tunisia faces criticism as prosecutions of journalists continue under President Kais Saied's rule.

Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms  The Washington PostRFK Jr. acknowledges one measles death in Pennsylvania  USA TodaySix-week-old child in Pennsylvania dies from measles, coroner says  The GuardianC.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles  The New York TimesMeasles Outbreaks Are Forcing Parents of Immunocompromised Kids to Make Hard Choices  WIRED

Judge orders DOJ to disclose who conceived of now-defunct payout fund  The Washington PostSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News

Rescue of Nepal hydropower workers ‘triumph for humans and humanity’, tunnelling expert says  The GuardianHow engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts  Reuters‘Don’t panic’: How two men were rescued from a flood-stricken Nepali power plant  CNNNepal rescuers try to reach dozens trapped in tunnel as two pulled out alive and one found dead  BBCA tunnel rescue and a flooded wedding: photos of the day – Friday  The Guardian

Live Updates: Iran war is "small potatoes" for U.S., Trump says  CBS NewsBrooks and Capehart on Trump calling Iran war 'small potatoes'  PBSTrump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and defends Vance’s position that it’s not a ‘war’  AP NewsIran war live: Trump says US may target Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain ‘very soon’  Al JazeeraTrump downplays Iran ‘military conflict’ as war shows no signs of ending before midterms  NBC News

Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy case after jury deadlock  CNNMistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy murder case, after jury deadlocks  BBCLindsay Clancy judge declares mistrial – what happens next?  The GuardianLindsay Clancy mistrial raises questions about what could lie ahead in Tyler Robinson case  KUTVLindsay Clancy’s Murder Trial Ended With a Hung Jury. What Now?  The New York Times

Time Is No Longer on Iran’s Side in the Battle of the Blockades  WSJThe US wants to manage the stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran wants to break it  CNNA More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.  The New York TimesTrump turns to a dual economic and military approach in latest attempt to squeeze Iran  AP NewsTrump's Iran strategy: Could this become a forever war?  dw.com

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size  BBCUN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different  CNNThe U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size  NPRExplanation of Vote Before the Vote for UNGA 80 Adoption on the Resolution to “Correct the Map”  United States Mission to the United Nations (.gov)UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small  UN News

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms  AP NewsJudge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots  The New York TimesFederal judge extends block on new USPS mail ballot rules  abcnews.comHere’s who is mostly likely to vote by mail  CNNTrump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for it to implement new mail-in voting rule  SCOTUSblog

How Gloria Steinem’s lifechanging stay in India shaped her approach to feminism  The GuardianGloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold  The New York TimesGloria Steinem’s Final Essay  The New YorkerLater in life, Gloria Steinem found herself free of the 'demands of gender'  NPRColumn | The one thing you must read to understand Gloria Steinem  The Washington Post

Inside the fight against mosquitoes spreading dengue fever in Florida  Tampa Bay TimesSurgeon general urges precautions against dengue  FOX 13 Tampa BayHillsborough County leads Florida dengue fever cases as total doubles in 1 week  WFLADengue cases in Florida nearly double in one week, here's where  Sarasota Herald-TribuneFlorida Surgeon General Reminds Floridians to Take Precautions Against Dengue Ahead of Labor Day Weekend  Florida Department of Health (.gov)

Germany's far-right AfD bids for first taste of power in eastern vote  BBCOpinion | Something Alarming Is About to Happen in Germany  The New York TimesCould the AfD become Germany's first far-right party to lead a state since WWII?  CBS News‘This could just be the beginning’: minorities fear first far-right win in German state election  The GuardianCould the right-wing extremist AfD govern a German state for the first time?  Brookings

Authorities fear the death toll in Viacha will rise and warn people to stay away from the barracks due to a risk of further explosions.

Andrew and Tristan Tate are currently in a Miami jail fighting extradition to the UK over separate charges and deny all the allegations.

The majority of the papers on Saturday focus on Reform UK following the party's annual conference.

The US rapper rolled back the years for more than two hours at the first of his two shows in London.

The Netherlands has relocated 86 tonnes of the shiny stuff - what's going on?

A Massachusetts judge has declared a mistrial in the murder case against the US mother after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

Middle East tensions have choked the production and transportation of oil, causing a surge in the price of car and jet fuels.

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - with the US as the only nation to vote against it.

A new trio has taken the wheel of the motoring TV show from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.

Parts of central and southern Europe have seen temperatures above 40C this week. As things warm up in the UK, is there a heatwave on the way?

His comments sparked discussions around parenting, gender and culture, and just how important those three simple words are.

After more than 10 years, Amelia Dimoldenberg announced Chicken Shop Date was shutting up shop.

Counterfeit versions of a drug which is still in clinical trials are flooding the black market.

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for US Breaking News emailsPresident Trump threatened in a social media post on Friday to stop trade with some countries unless the US Federal Reserve moves to cut interest rates.Trump cited August’s strong jobs report as sufficient justification to lower rates, and warned that, if the central bank didn’t go along, he’d halt trade between the US and any nations with which it maintains a trade deficit. Continue reading...

A total fire ban is in place for greater Sydney with extreme fire danger exacerbated by hot and windy conditionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSummer heat is due to arrive early across much of eastern Australia with potentially record early September temperatures predicted for Brisbane and Sydney, while snow was expected in southern New South Wales.Maximum temperatures in Sydney during the first days of September were on track to match the city’s midsummer average of 26.4C, warmer than any other start to spring since the city’s Observatory Hill station opened in 1858. Continue reading...

Ruling allows defense department to proceed for now in exerting greater editorial control over military news outletA federal judge has declined to stop the Pentagon from firing journalists who say they were illegally punished for speaking out about the need for the Stars and Stripes publication to maintain its editorial independence.The ruling by US district judge Trevor McFadden allows the Pentagon to proceed for now in exerting greater editorial control over the historically independent military news outlet. Continue reading...

Indira Talwani’s ruling presents major setback for president as first states begin to send out mail ballots for midtermsA federal judge on Friday again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting, the latest in a legal back-and-forth playing out less than two months before election day.US district court judge Indira Talwani initially placed a temporary order blocking the president’s mandate and has now extended that prohibition with a stronger preliminary injunction. The ruling comes hours after North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for the 3 November midterm elections. Continue reading...

Interior department given three months to decide whether wolves can be removed from endangered species listDonald Trump signed an executive order on Friday directing the interior department to consider de-listing gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act and to contemplate whether the agency could make it easier to authorize killing them.The order gives interior secretary Doug Burgum three months to determine whether gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves have recovered enough for the federal government to de-list them. Continue reading...

The Israeli army had helped plan the delivery of food aid on 1 April 2024, but things went wrong from the beginning and ended in seven deaths• Exclusive: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrikeOn the evening of 1 April 2024, a team of aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) stood on Gaza’s Mediterranean shore overseeing the unloading of a barge full of desperately needed food on a makeshift jetty made of sand and rubble.The Gaza war had been raging for six months and Israel’s closure of land crossings had left the whole territory facing the threat of famine. WCK and local Palestinian contractors had constructed the jetty out of everything they could lay their hands on, including debris from the bombed house of one of the contractors, so that the pallets of humanitarian assistance could be delivered by boat from Cyprus. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic• Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workersSeven aid workers killed in an airstrike in Gaza were marked as targets under an Israeli military practice of establishing guilt by association, a Guardian investigation shows.A top Israeli military prosecutor announced last month that he would not pursue criminal proceedings for the April 2024 incident in which drones fired missiles at three clearly marked World Central Kitchen (WCK) cars soon after they had escorted a food aid delivery to Gaza. Three British humanitarian workers along with an Australian, a Palestinian, a Pole and a dual US-Canadian national were killed. Continue reading...

About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated.

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.

The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

The Equal Earth projection shows countries’ true relative sizes, unlike the Mercator map, which critics say makes Africa look smaller than it is.

One of two workers rescued from a hydroelectric plant said he had recited prayers over and over while trapped deep underground. “How many days has it been?” he asked.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash near Wrightwood

NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm project in Texas

Reports claim the host was let go for allegedly leaking an internal network directive about election coverage to the Trump administration