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WORLD – Muslims worldwide mark “al-Mawlid al-Nabawi”, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed PICTURE.
BEIJING (China) – Mid-Autumn Festival VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 17)
(*) BERLIN (Germany) – Germany extends border controls to curb irregular migration VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) ROME (Italy) – UK PM Keir Starmer meets with Italy PM Giorgia Meloni VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Audi unions call for demonstration by auto workers against job losses (0800 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.
PARIS (France) – Peter Cherif on trial over suspected Al-Qaeda terror activities in Yemen (0800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To October 4)
GENEVA (Switzerland) – UN Special Rapporteurs hold press conference on violence and human rights violations in Gaza, occupied Palestinian Territories (1130 GMT) VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – London Fashion Week PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 17)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – EX-BBC presenter Huw Edwards appears in court after pleading guilty to making indecent images of children PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) MILAN (Italy) – Inflation for August (0800 GMT)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Russian FM Sergei Lavrov meets his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty (0900 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE.
MOSCOW (Russia) – Hearing in trial of French researcher Laurent Vinatier accused of breaking ‘foreign agent’ law (1100 GMT) PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO.
(+) TBILISI (Georgia) – Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan visits (1200 GMT)
ATHENS (Greece) – Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis meets French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne (1230 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – London Fashion Week – Burberry (1400 GMT)
UZBEKISTAN – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits VIDEO.
STOCKHOLM (Sweden) – Swedish and Finnish governments hold joint meeting LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO.
STRASBOURG (France) – European Parliament session PICTURE. (To 19)
VIENNA (Austria) – UN nuclear watchdog IAEA holds annual General Conference PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 20)
PARIS (France) – World Space Business Week organised by Novaspace (To 20)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Appeal court hears legal bid by TikTok to derail law forcing owner ByteDance to sell app to non-Chinese buyer or be banned in US (1630 GMT) VIDEO.
WEST PALM BEACH (United States) – Donald Trump launches his cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial with a live address from Mar-a-Lago VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
PHILADELPHIA (United States) – President Joe Biden attends an event with Historically Black Colleges and Universities VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
REDMOND (United States) – Microsoft holds Copilot AI event
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Humanitarian Coordinator for Gaza Sigrid Kaag reports to UN Security Council (1400 GMT)
LOS ANGELES (United States) – “Friends” memorabilia goes to auction on hit series’ 30th anniversary (1930 GMT) VIDEO.
TEHRAN (Iran) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian holds his first press conference PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
TEHRAN (Iran) – 2nd anniversary of protests sparked by death of Mahsa Amini arrested for alleged breach of Iran’s strict dress code VIDEO.
TALCAHUANO (Chile) – Huachipato steelmaker shuts down its blast furnace ending steel production PICTURE.
UNITED KINGDOM – Commission hearing starts into 115 charges against Manchester City
Football: UEFA Champions League (To May 31, 2025)
BARCELONA (Spain) – Sailing: 2024 America’s Cup (To October 27)
COLOMBIA – Football: Women’s U-20 World Cup 2024 PICTURE. (To September 22)
COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) – Cricket: New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka (To October 1)
SRINAGAR (India) – Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir hold local assembly elections (1900 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE. (To October 1)
SYDNEY (Australia) – Financial Review Cyber Summit
SHIKAMA (Japan) – Japan and France hold joint military drills VIDEO.
SIEM REAP (Cambodia) – Gumball 3000 – rally of supercars at Angkor Wat PICTURE. VIDEO.
ALMATY (Kazakhstan) – C5+1 meeting with Central Asian leaders VIDEO.
STRASBOURG (France) – Ursula von der Leyen briefs EU parliament leaders on new European Commission team (0700 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.
MILAN (Italy) – Milan Fashion Week – Womenswear SS25 PICTURE. (To 23)
CHISINAU (Moldova) – Donors’ conference for Moldova, which is suffering impact of war in Ukraine PICTURE.
ANKARA (Turkey) – Ethiopia-Somalia hold new talks
MOSCOW (Russia) – Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – Space Defense and Security Summit organised by Novaspace (To 18)
PETUSHKI (Russia) – Hearing in trial of three former lawyers of Alexei Navalny, accused of ‘extremism’ (0700 GMT)
COPENHAGEN (Denmark) – Protest against agriculture agreement (0700 GMT) VIDEO.
GENEVA (Switzerland) – UN experts publish report on human rights situation in Venezuela (0700 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Economic forum to promote business in the suburbs (0700 GMT) (To 18)
BERLIN (Germany) – Startup Germany Summit 2024, ministers including Chancellor Olaf Scholz to attend (0730 GMT)
PRAGUE (Czech Republic) – Czech coronation jewels go on display at Prague Castle (1200 GMT) VIDEO.
THE HAGUE (Netherlands) – Dutch opening of parliament and budget presentation (1200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
BERLIN (Germany) – Interior Minister Nancy Faeser hosts European counterparts as part of ‘Berlin Process’ with Western Balkan states (1200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
HOLLYWOOD (United States) – Marvel Television’s “Agatha All Along” special launch event (0130 GMT) PICTURE.
LOS ANGELES (United States) – Netflix’s “Monster” Los Angeles premiere (0130 GMT) PICTURE.
WASHINGTON (United States) – Federal Reserve holds two-day policy meeting (To 18)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN General Assembly special session, vote on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories (To 18)
SANTA MONICA (United States) – Snapchat holds annual ‘Partner Summit’ VIDEO.
WASHINGTON (United States) – US advance retail sales (1230 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – US industrial production data (1315 GMT)
NEW YORK (United States) – New York Climate Week (2000 GMT) (To 24)
NAIROBI (Kenya) – High Court hearing over police move to ban protests in central Nairobi after deadly anti-government rallies
Caracollo (Bolivia) – Evo Morales, allied unions begin march to La Paz to call for his presidential candidacy (1500 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.
CHANGZHOU (China) – Badminton: World Tour, China Open (To 22)
TURIN (Italy) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Juventus (ITA) v PSV Eindhoven (NED) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
BERN (Switzerland) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Young Boys (SUI) v Aston Villa (ENG) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
(*) MUNICH (Germany) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: UEFA Champions League Bayern Munich (GER) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
MILAN (Italy) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: AC Milan (ITA) v Liverpool (ENG) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
MADRID (Spain) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Real Madrid (ESP) v VfB Stuttgart (GER) (1900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
LISBON (Portugal) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Sporting Lisbon (POR) v Lille (FRA) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
WASHINGTON (United States) – Fed releases decision after policy committee meeting (1800 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds press conference at end of Monetary Policy Committee meeting (1830 GMT) VIDEO.
LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – EU court ruling on billion-euro fine for Google for antitrust violations (0730 GMT)
FRANCE – Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ released in French cinemas
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Inflation for August (0600 GMT)
OOSTERBEEK (Netherlands) – Burial of two British soldiers who died during Operation Market Garden (0900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone inflation for August, second estimate (0900 GMT)
New York (United States) – National Urban Rat Summit (1300 GMT) (To 19)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Afghanistan (1400 GMT)
WASHINGTON (United States) – Senate committee holds event on democracy and free speech in Hong Kong, honouring imprisoned media mogul Jimmy Lai (1900 GMT)
UNIONDALE (United States) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds an election rally (2300 GMT)
CENTURION (South Africa) – Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) expo PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 22)
BRASÍLIA (Brazil) – Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) meeting (2200 GMT)
BOLOGNA (Italy) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Bologna (ITA) v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
PRAGUE (Czech Republic) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Sparta Praha (CZE) v Salzburg (AUT) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
GLASGOW (United Kingdom) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Celtic (SCO) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
BRUGES (Belgium) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Club Brugge (BEL) v Borussia Dortmund (GER) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Manchester City (ENG) v Inter Milan (ITA) (1900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Paris SG (FRA) v Girona (ESP) (1900 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) – Closing arguments in opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason appeal trial
TOKYO (Japan) – Final argument in the case of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly (0500 GMT)
TOKYO (Japan) – CPI inflation data for August (2330 GMT)
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Belgian parliament returns to work as government negotiations continue VIDEO.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – China’s commerce minister Wang Wentao holds talks with EU’s Valdis Dombrovskis on EV tariffs
POSITANO (Italy) – G7 culture ministers meeting (To 21)
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – European new car sales figures for August 2024 (0600 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Review of the appeal against dismissal of case against French soldiers over Operation Turquoise during Rwanda genocide (0700 GMT)
BERGEN (Norway) – Rafto Prize for human rights defenders awarded (0800 GMT) VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Bank of England rate decision (1100 GMT)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) – 30th anniversary of US soldiers landing to reinstate ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Palestinian Territories (1400 GMT)
RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil) – Rock In Rio festival 2024, last week PICTURE. (To 22)
WENTWORTH (United Kingdom) – Golf: European Tour – PGA Championship 2024 PICTURE. (To 22)
CHENNAI (India) – Cricket: India v Bangladesh, 1st Test (0330 GMT) PICTURE. (To 23)
NOTTINGHAM (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia 1st ODI (1130 GMT) PICTURE.
BELGRADE (Serbia) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Crvena Zvezda Beograd (SRB) v Benfica (POR) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
ROTTERDAM (Netherlands) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Feyenoord (NED) v Bayer Leverkusen (GER) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
BERGAMO (Italy) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Atalanta (ITA) v Arsenal (ENG) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
MADRID (Spain) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Atletico Madrid (ESP) v RB Leipzig (GER) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
GUINGAMP (France) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Brest (FRA) v Sturm Graz (AUT) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
MONACO (Principality of Monaco) – Football: UEFA Champions League – 1st round day 1: Monaco (FRA) v Barcelona (ESP) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
TOKYO (Japan) – Bank of Japan monetary policy decision
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) – Opposition leader Rong Chhun ordered to appear in court over incitement
SAN SEBASTIAN (Spain) – San Sebastian International Film Festival PICTURE. (To 28)
PARIS (France) – New album release by ‘Manu Chao’
TUNBRIDGE WELLS (United Kingdom) – Subbuteo World Cup (To 22)
CZECH REPUBLIC – Regional elections (1200 GMT) (To 21)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti) – UN human rights expert in Haiti William O’Neill holds press conference at end of visit
WASHINGTON (United States) – Kamala Harris joins Oprah Winfrey at ‘Unite for America’ livestreaming rally (0000 GMT)
EL PASO (United States) – Soldier Travis King who fled to N. Korea set to plead guilty to desertion and be sentenced at court martial
WASHINGTON (United States) – ECB President Christine Lagarde gives speech at IMF event (0900 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on Syria (1400 GMT)
SINGAPORE (Singapore) – Auto: Formula One – Singapore Grand Prix PICTURE. (To 22)
BERLIN (Germany) – Tennis: 2024 Laver Cup PICTURE. (To 22)
WILMINGTON (United States) – President Joe Biden hosts ‘Quad’ leaders from Australia, India and Japan
WORLD – International Day of Peace
SRI LANKA – Presidential election VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
MUNICH (Germany) – Oktoberfest beer festival VIDEO. (To October 6)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Pre-trial detention ends for Pyotr Krasko accused of ‘joining’ pro-Kyiv unit
LISBON (Portugal) – Protest against ‘uncontrolled immigration’ called by far-right party Chega (1430 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
SANAA (Yemen) – 10th anniversary of the capture of Sanaa by Huthi rebels (0400 GMT) VIDEO.
HIGASHIOSAKA (Japan) – Rugby Union: Pacific Nations Cup, final
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Boxing: Heavyweight title fight, Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois PICTURE.
SYDNEY (Australia) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship, Australia v New Zealand (0545 GMT) PICTURE.
LEEDS (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia 2nd ODI (1000 GMT) PICTURE.
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (Argentina) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship, Regular season day 5: Argentina v South Africa (2100 GMT) PICTURE. (To 22)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN General Assembly high-level week (To 30)
BASEL (Switzerland) – Fondation Beyeler Matisse exhibition opens, entitled “Matisse – Invitation to travel” VIDEO.
SWITZERLAND – Referendum vote on initiative to strengthen biodiversity protection
LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) – Labour party conference PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 25)
POTSDAM (Germany) – Regional elections in Brandenburg (0600 GMT) VIDEO. PICTURE.
OOSTERBEEK (Netherlands) – Veterans and residents commemorate 80th anniversary of WWII Operation Market Garden (0900 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE.
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – “Summit of the Future” on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (To 23)
JUBA (South Sudan) – Deadline for dissolution of transitional unity government ahead of possible December elections
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom) – Football: Premier League – day 5: Manchester City v Arsenal (1530 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
MILAN (Italy) – Football: Serie A – day 5: Inter Milan v AC Milan (1845 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear PICTURE. (To October 1)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Pre-trial detention ends for ex-deputy defence minister Timur Ivanov, accused of corruption
VENICE (Italy) – Ex-boyfriend on trial over murder of Italian student Giulia Cecchettin
DAR ES SALAAM (Tanzania) – Opposition Chadema party protests over abductions, after police ban
PRETORIA (South Africa) – March against illegal immigration ahead of Heritage Day PICTURE.
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Speech by heads of state and government at the UN General Assembly (To 28)
SINGAPORE (Singapore) – Corruption trial for former transportation minister S. Iswaran
PORTUGAL – Doctors hold national strike VIDEO. (To 25)
CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – NASA and SpaceX launch Crew-9 mission to ISS
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