Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housingWith counting still going on late on Sunday, it was already clear that her party were set to displace Merz's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) from the mayor's office. "From today, we're changing Berlin together," she told celebrating party members in Berlin. The Left Party took 25.3%, ahead of the CDU on 19% and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on 16%. It also far outstripped the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on 12.1%.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/21/elif-eralp-wins-berlin-election-and-becomes-new-face-of-radical-left_6757757_4.htmlhttps://archive.ph/gEM9RPutin’s party wins supermajority in Russia’s parliamentary electionYabloko and the Communist Party, which has criticised some aspects of government policy but carefully avoided any criticism of Putin, said many of their observers were turned away from polling stations. The Communists made it into parliament with 13.8 percent of the vote, securing 40 Duma seats. The nationalist LDPR party won 25 seats and the New People party 20.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/21/pro-putin-party-wins-supermajority-amid-ramped-up-ukrainian-attackshttps://archive.ph/Y04hW Former Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu detained on suspicion of fraud Romanian authorities are investigating Georgescu for committing fraud and forming an organized criminal group that prosecutors say defrauded a Romanian businessman by promising access to multimillion-euro foreign bank financing in exchange for cash guarantees.
https://www.politico.eu/article/calin-georgescu-detained-romania-fraud-investigation/https://archive.ph/mSl8RTurkey detains 15 over Katilimevim shares, freezes assets of investment firmsAuthorities froze financial and asset transactions involving executives and officials linked to Pusula Finans Holding, Pusula Yatirim Menkul Degerler, Tera Yatirim Menkul Degerler, Tera Portfoy Yonetimi, Hedef Holding, Hedef Portfoy Yonetimi, Bulls Yatirim Menkul Degerler, Bulls Portfoy Yonetimi and Ufuk Yatirim Yonetim ve Gayrimenkul, Gurlek said on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/turkey-detains-15-over-katilimevim-shares-freezes-assets-investment-firms-2026-09-21/Israel’s president pardons soldier who killed wounded Palestinian in 2016Azaria was convicted by a military court in 2017 and sentenced to 18 months in prison, later reduced to 14 months. He was released in May 2018 after serving nine months. Herzog’s office said the decision followed a request from Defence Minister Israel Katz in July and was based on “the passage of time, the completion of his sentence, and the remorse he has expressed”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/19/israels-president-pardons-soldier-who-killed-wounded-palestinian-in-2016https://archive.ph/EVvJGEthiopian opposition groups unite to mount challenge to prime minister AbiyIts members are the Amhara Fano National Movement, the Oromo Liberation Army, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the Ogaden National Liberation Front, the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front, the Benishangul Peoples’ Liberation Movement and the Gumuz Peoples’ Democratic Movement. … TPLF spokesman Michael Asgedom said his group’s cooperation with other opposition factions was political and military. Joint “military operations may become necessary to achieve the objective of removing the dictatorial regime,” he told The Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-politics-government-opposition-alliance-d348643aa604ebc074d8aade25c97efe Uganda cuts defence ties with Turkey over Somalia dispute, sources say Ugandan media had reported that the decision followed demonstrations outside the Turkish embassy in Kampala by supporters of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), a group chaired by Uganda's military chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. The protesters had demanded the extradition from Turkey of Ugandan political commentator Fred Lumbuye, who has lived in the country since 2013.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uganda-cuts-defence-ties-turkey-over-somalia-disputeCivilians flee North Kordofan as fighting escalatesThe group said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have deployed an unusually large number of fighters and vehicles inside residential areas and among homes, prompting residents to flee. Some have been forced to shelter in the open, while others have headed to Umm Santah in North Kordofan and Ed Debba in Northern State.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/civilians-flee-north-kordofan-as-fighting-escalatesBolivian legislators back deal with IMF despite union warnings over spending cutsSuch austerity measures threaten to reignite unrest in Bolivia, where weeks of road blockades in June and July paralysed much of the country as demonstrators demanded the right-wing president’s resignation. On Thursday, a state of emergency that Mr Paz had declared in response to the protests was extended by Congress for another 90 days. It allows for military intervention and the suspension of some civil liberties.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/bolivia-legislators-deal-imf-union-warnings-spending-cutsChilean Scientists Denounce Toxic Waste Sent by Swedish Mining Company BolidenThe shipment was deposited near the town of Sica Sica in Arica, where social housing was later built, exposing thousands of people to metals such as lead, zinc, and arsenic. The crisis erupted in 1996 as the Polimetales case, with the declaration of a health and environmental emergency, partial removal of waste, relocation of families, and lawsuits, including in Swedish courts. In 2012, the Polimetales Law was passed, which provides health monitoring, educational support, and relocation to safe areas, although organizations denounce shortcomings in the care provided to those affected.
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