President Donald Trump said that some of the men arrested Sunday on terrorism charges by the UK near an air base used by the US military were under surveillance and aimed to inflict major damage.
Puck News Washington writer Abby Livingston and Rutgers Eagleton Poll director Ashley Koning are on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss polling that shows Democrats gaining ground ahead of the midterms, including in traditionally Republican states and districts. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, they examine how economic concerns, farm policy and attitudes toward President Donald Trump are shaping races including the closely contested Texas Senate campaign. (Source: Bloomberg)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said elections may be held as soon as January, as infighting between members of his ruling coalition threaten to cost him a majority in parliament.
Bloomberg Daybreak Europe anchor Caroline Hepker is on Bloomberg This Weekend previewing Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s first Labour Party conference as leader, where his plans for social care, housing and other reforms face the constraints of a difficult UK fiscal outlook. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini from Liverpool, Hepker says Burnham has ruled out an early election as his government prepares for a challenging budget and tries to build on an initial increase in confidence. (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg News Washington Bureau Chief Peggy Collins is on Bloomberg This Weekend discussing stalled US-Iran negotiations, President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the continuing dispute over White House press access. She tells hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that the US-China summit extended the trade truce through Jan. 10 but left major trade and AI questions unresolved, while political and cost-of-living pressures are intensifying ahead of the midterm elections. (Source: Bloomberg)
China‘s People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command conducted a joint naval and air training exercise in the waters and airspace around Scarborough Shoal on Sept. 27.
Swiss voters rejected a bid to enshrine stricter neutrality in the constitution, preserving the government’s freedom to interpret the doctrine flexibly and maintain sanctions against Russia.
Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said his Barisan Nasional party will leave the ruling coalition once parliament is dissolved at the next election, the New Straits Times reported.
Russian airstrikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least six people across Ukraine and targeted a number of major data centers in Kyiv, officials said.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s suggestion that he could block plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport set up a dispute with influential Labour interest groups just as the governing party’s annual conference got underway.
Turkey’s widening fund crisis reached the ruling AK Party’s leadership, with Deputy Chair Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya stepping down from her party post after opposition allegations about stock trades involving her and her husband.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham displayed a willingness to take on one of the toughest policy traps in British policies by pledging to overhaul care for the elderly. He also indicated he may introduce new taxes to pay for it.
UK police were investigating a potential terrorism incident after five men were arrested near an air base used in US strikes on Iran, with President Donald Trump saying the suspects were “looking to do big damage” to the facility.
Iran and the US appeared far apart on a new ceasefire deal or the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran saying it’s sticking to a proposal US President Donald Trump has rejected.
Embattled Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned on Sunday in a well-telegraphed move as he seeks to transition to the role of prime minister as a way of staying close to power in the Balkan nation.
A federal appeals court in Washington rejected Anthropic PBC’s challenge to a Trump administration designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply-chain risk to US national security, but an earlier ruling by a judge in California that lifted a government ban appears to remain in place for now.
