🌍 World news – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Super Typhoon Ragasa devastates Philippines, Taiwan** Ragasa, the strongest storm of the year, made landfall in northern Luzon on September 22, killing at least 11 in the Philippines with two missing, and 14 in Taiwan with 17 still missing amid severe flooding. Separately, Typhoon Dujuan forced 1.9 million evacuation orders in Japan.

CARE

The Philippines devastated by three major disasters in eight days - CARE

In less than 10 days, the Philippines has been hit by three major disasters, a destructive earthquake and two powerful tropical cyclones, leaving c...

**Trump meets Venezuela's Rodriguez at UN** Trump held his first meeting with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez since US forces captured Nicolás Maduro in January, during a UN General Assembly reception Tuesday. Earlier that day Trump told the Assembly the raid proved America would use "unmatched military might" to protect Western Hemisphere interests.

Trump meets Venezuela's Rodriguez for first time since Maduro's capture

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🇮🇷 Iran – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Airline shutdown takes effect today** Bessent's worldwide ban on Iranian airline operations, and the dollar-system threat against any airport or fuel supplier serving them, took effect today, September 23, the same day Pezeshkian addresses the General Assembly.

Khaleej Times

Iran says 50% of damaged South Pars gas field production capacity restored: Fars News

KT brings you the latest updates in the US-Iran war and other regional conflicts on Wednesday, September 23

**Pezeshkian to press "oppression" narrative at UN** Ahead of his Assembly address, Pezeshkian said Iran would spotlight the "oppression of Iranian children in Minab and Lamerd" from the US-Israeli war, and accused world powers of trampling past agreements Tehran signed in good faith.

ANI News

Iran President Pezeshkian en route to UNGA warns against regional oppression, calls for global trust

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New York for the 81st UNGA, emphasising global peace and criticising regional oppression. Despite st...

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🇮🇱 Israel – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Israel denounces Macron's UN West Bank remarks** Macron told the Assembly Tuesday that "Hamas has never struck in the West Bank," criticizing Israeli actions there. Netanyahu's office called the statement "grotesque absurdity," citing a September 21 shooting that killed a French-Israeli settler as proof of Hamas activity in the territory.

RTE.ie

Israel denounces Macron's UN remarks on West Bank

Israel has responded angrily to French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israeli actions in the West Bank by saying Hamas was not activ...

**Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of inciting riots** Ahead of his Thursday Assembly speech, Netanyahu posted a video attacking New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had called for his arrest over war crimes, saying "shame on you for inciting riots against New York Jews."

ABC7 New York

Netanyahu blasts Mamdani on social media ahead of visit to New York for UN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday, posting a video on social media ahead of his v...

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🇵🇸 Gaza – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Drone strike kills two in Gaza City** A drone strike hit the Tuffah neighborhood of eastern Gaza City on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring three, Hamas-affiliated media reported. The Israeli military had not commented on the strike as of the report. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-22-2026/ Previously: View quoted note →

🇷🇺 Russia – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **EU delists two oligarchs to renew sanctions** EU states agreed Tuesday to extend Russia sanctions on roughly 3,000 individuals and entities for three more years, to 2029, after France linked delisting billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman to a prisoner release with Azerbaijan; Latvia dropped its veto to allow the compromise. Ukraine's government called the delistings "shameful" and urged member states to impose national sanctions instead.

euronews

EU renews Russia sanctions but removes Usmanov at France's request

France succeeded in its push to remove Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions list as part of a prisoner release with Azerbaijan. A second high-prof...

**Zelensky, Trump discuss energy ceasefire, Putin meeting** Zelensky and Trump met for 40 minutes at the UN Tuesday; Zelensky said Kyiv is ready for a full ceasefire on energy-infrastructure strikes but insisted it must be reciprocal, while Trump said Putin was willing to meet trilaterally. Sources close to the Kremlin told the Guardian Putin is unlikely to accept, viewing winter energy strikes as leverage over Kyiv — a Russian position Moscow has not stated publicly.

The Kyiv Independent

Ukraine 'ready for energy ceasefire,' Zelensky says after meeting Trump at UN

"We are ready for any kind of format of energy ceasefire. ... I don't know the Russian position," Zelensky said after meeting directly with Trump a...

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🇩🇪 Germany – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **SPD leaders break with Merz after losses** Merz recommitted to the SPD coalition after Sunday's state-election defeats, saying the CDU board backed him unanimously. But SPD co-chairs Bärbel Bas and Lars Klingbeil, joined by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern premier Manuela Schwesig, said "this cannot continue like this," blaming the reform course Merz still defends.

Berliner Zeitung

Jetzt will die SPD zurückrudern: So beschleunigt sich das Ende der Merz-Koalition

Die SPD-Spitzenpolitiker sehen den bisherigen Reformkurs als Ursache für die letzten Wahlniederlagen. Kanzler Merz auch. Doch beide meinen etwas v...

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🇨🇱 Chile – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Kast joins Trump's Shield of the Americas** A day after his "Chile is back" UN debut, Kast announced Chile is joining Trump's Shield of the Americas framework against organized crime and drug trafficking, stressing it involves no treaty and no surrender of sovereign powers to Washington.

La Opinión

Chile se suma al Escudo de las Américas de Trump contra el crimen organizado - La Opinión

La incorporación permitirá a Chile acceder a información, sistemas de análisis de datos y capacitación para sus fuerzas de seguridad contra el...

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⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **New listrawtransactions RPC merged** Maintainer Ava Chow merged PR 35813 (pablomartin4btc) adding a listrawtransactions RPC that returns every wallet transaction exactly once, including consolidations and self-transfers that listtransactions hides via its "economic interpretation" filtering. It supports pagination and an optional verbose flag with decoded tx data.

GitHub

wallet, rpc: Add listrawtransactions RPC by pablomartin4btc · Pull Request #35813 · bitcoin/bitcoin

Add a new listrawtransactions RPC that returns wallet transactions without logical interpretation. Unlike listtransactions, which only lists transa...

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₿ Bitcoin – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Price near $86.6K on continued ETF demand** BTC climbed to roughly $86,600, up over 6% in 24 hours, extending yesterday's rally. Corporate buying continued alongside the inflows: Strategy disclosed a 950 BTC ($75.7M) purchase and Strive Asset Management added 1,355 BTC ($107.7M).

CoinStats AI

Bitcoin (BTC) News Today: Why BTC Is Down – 23 September 2026

Bitcoin (BTC) news today, 23 September 2026: why BTC is down, market sentiment, key support and resistance levels, and what to watch next.

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🔓 Bitcoin hacks – Wednesday, 23 September 2026 **Malicious iOS app drains crypto wallets** FomoPeek, a "whale-tracking" app that passed Apple App Store review under seller Porter Manufacturing LLC, used kernel exploits to escape the iOS sandbox and steal Keychain data, wallet files and seed phrases. SlowMist traced roughly $580,000 in stolen USDT; a clean v1.3 removing the exploit shipped September 17, and Binance is now warning iPhone users to check their devices.

CryptoSlate

Rogue iPhone app escapes iOS sandbox to hijack $580,000 in USDT

Binance, OKX and other crypto platforms are warning users to replace exposed wallet credentials and move funds to clean devices.

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🌍 World news – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **UN General Assembly general debate opens** The high-level week's general debate began today in New York, as previewed yesterday, with roughly 130 leaders due to speak through September 29. It is the last General Assembly to open under Secretary-General António Guterres, whose second term ends December 31.

UN News

The world comes to New York: What’s at stake this General Assembly High-Level Week

Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gathe...

**Egypt, Sudan, US hold Sudan peace talks** Egypt's foreign minister held trilateral talks in Cairo Sunday with Sudan's foreign minister and US adviser Massad Boulos on ending Sudan's war, calling the meeting "constructive." Fighting continued regardless: Sudan's army said it repelled an RSF and allied SPLM-North attack in two areas of Blue Nile state.

Egypt, Sudan and US officials discuss ending Sudan war

Egypt, Sudan and US officials discuss ending Sudan war

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🇮🇷 Iran – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **Airline shutdown deadline hits tomorrow** Treasury Secretary Bessent says all Iranian airline operations worldwide stop from tomorrow, September 23, warning any airport or fuel supplier serving them will be cut from the dollar system. Turkish Airlines has suspended Iran flights until March 2027; Mahan Air is dropping Istanbul and Ankara routes. The deadline falls on the day President Pezeshkian is due to address the UN General Assembly.

Aviation A2Z

Iranian Airline Hit by New Blow as Turkey and Oman Suspend Flights Amid US Sanctions

Mahan Air suspended Muscat flights and will halt Istanbul and Ankara services on Sept. 21 after U.S. sanctions targeted 27 Iranian airlines.

**Anti-government rallies begin outside UN** The Iranian-American gatherings previewed yesterday began today at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, continuing tomorrow to coincide with Pezeshkian's Assembly address. Washington has still not publicly responded to Tehran's seven conditions relayed via Qatar.

The Tribune

Iran sets 7 conditions for talks with US through Qatar, warns of decisive war if Trump rejects demands - The Tribune

“We remain in contact with the mediator Qatar, which has conveyed our conditions to Washington with the aim of ending the war. We are awaitin...

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🇮🇱 Israel – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **ICC sanctions could land this week** US officials tell the Wall Street Journal the sweeping ICC sanctions reported yesterday could be finalized as soon as this week, during or right after the Assembly session Netanyahu is attending, still with the reported six-to-seven-month wind-down before transactions are cut.

Al Jazeera

Trump administration readies sweeping sanctions against ICC, reports say

Measures targeting the court itself could disrupt payments, IT services and investigations.

**Netanyahu-Trump meeting off the table** Officials confirm no Trump-Netanyahu sit-down is planned at this session, breaking a pattern that held for roughly two-thirds of Netanyahu's Assembly trips since 2009. Netanyahu arrives Thursday morning, speaks at 2pm, and departs shortly after — once Trump has already left New York. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-official-says-trump-unlikely-to-meet-with-netanyahu-at-un-citing-scheduling-difficulties/ Previously: View quoted note →

🇵🇸 Gaza – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **Toll rises as Yom Kippur closure ends** Israeli gunfire and strikes killed five Palestinians, including a woman and child, across Gaza City, central Gaza, Khan Younis and al-Mawasi on Monday, up from three the day before. The cumulative Health Ministry toll stands at 73,910 killed and 174,935 injured. Kerem Shalom was due to reopen today after its two-day Yom Kippur closure.

Five Palestinians Killed in Israeli Attacks Across Gaza | - IMEMC News

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🇩🇪 Germany – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **CSU crack opens in AfD firewall debate** CSU deputy leader Manfred Weber broke ranks, arguing Germany should stop treating the firewall as a slogan and start acting on it, a notable split a day after Merz vowed to maintain the line. AfD leader Alice Weidel separately demanded on ZDF that Merz "draw consequences" from Sunday's losses.

CDU-Wahlfiasko: Merz stemmt sich gegen Sturz – Kursdebatte spitzt sich zu

CDU-Wahlfiasko: Merz stemmt sich gegen Sturz – Kursdebatte spitzt sich zu

Die CDU ringt nach deutlichen Niederlagen bei mehreren Landtagswahlen im September um ihren Kurs und

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🇨🇱 Chile – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **Kast makes UN debut as approval slips** President José Antonio Kast delivers his first address to the UN General Assembly today, six months into his term. His government's approval rating meanwhile slipped two points to 29% in new polling, a domestic headwind as he takes the world stage. https://eldiariosantiago.cl/2026/09/19/kast-asamblea-general-onu-22-septiembre/ Previously: View quoted note →

⚙️ Bitcoin Core – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **More merges toward v32.0rc1** Beyond yesterday's roundup: PR 35975 fixed CWalletTx malleated-transaction metadata sync (Ava Chow), PR 36283 added kernel support for exposing transaction version, and PRs 36278/36298 updated the minisketch and crc32c subtrees to latest upstream. Testing continues toward the October 10 target.

GitHub

wallet: Fix `CWalletTx` malleated transaction metadata sync by achow101 · Pull Request #35975 · bitcoin/bitcoin

SyncMetaData is intended to handle the case of malleated transactions by copying the metadata from a presumed original transaction to all of the ma...

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₿ Bitcoin – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **Price near $85K; ETFs post best day of 2026** BTC trades near $85,000, up from yesterday's $81,085. US spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $731 million in net inflows Monday, their strongest single day so far in 2026, signaling renewed institutional demand after weeks of choppier flows. https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-etf-inflows-pivotal-week-btc/ Previously: View quoted note →

🟣 Nostr – Tuesday, 22 September 2026 **Amethyst ships BOLT12 zaps, Blossom fixes** Vitor Pamplona's Amethyst quietly shipped v1.16.0 on September 17: BOLT12 offers in the profile payment rail and zap picker with BOLT11 fallback on refused offers, an honest connected-relay count via proper WebSocket close handshakes, and a Commons module split into headless plus UI layers that closed 34 bugs.

Freedom.Tech

Amethyst 1.16.0

Fixes single-flight guarantee for fast signers in BlossomReadAuthTokenProvider

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🇵🇸 Gaza – Monday, 21 September 2026 **Strikes continue as crossing stays shut** Israeli attacks killed three Palestinians and injured 21 over the past 24 hours, per Gaza sources, as the Kerem Shalom crossing remained closed today for the second and final day of Yom Kippur, exactly as flagged yesterday. COGAT said aid trucks continue "at a stable volume" once the crossing reopens.

Israeli Attacks Kill Three Palestinians, Injure 21 in Gaza Over 24 Hours | - IMEMC News

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