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UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN General Assembly high-level week VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 30)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Heads of state and government give speeches at the UN General Assembly VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 28)
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – US President Joe Biden makes speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes speech (1300 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED STATES – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits PICTURE. VIDEO. (To 26)
(*) SRINAGAR (India) – Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir hold local assembly elections VIDEO. PICTURE. (To October 2)
SHANGHAI (China) – China International Assisted Reproductive Conference & Expo (0100 GMT) (To 25)
BEIJING (China) – China’s central bank governor holds press conference VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
SINGAPORE (Singapore) – Corruption trial for former transportation minister S. Iswaran
SAN SEBASTIAN (Spain) – San Sebastian International Film Festival PICTURE. (To 28)
LIVERPOOL (United Kingdom) – Labour party conference PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 25)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear PICTURE. (To October 1)
PORTUGAL – Doctors hold national strike VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 25)
(+) MADRID (Spain) – Meteorological Agency (Aemet) publishes climate report for summer 2024 (0800 GMT)
(+) FRANKFURT (Germany) – Allianz Global Wealth Report 2024 (0830 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Launch of Wero, the European instant payment application (0900 GMT) PICTURE.
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Christian Dior (1200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Saint Laurent (1930 GMT) PICTURE.
BANJSKA (Kosovo) – First anniversary of the Banjska attack
UNITED KINGDOM – Ban on ‘zombie’ knives and machetes comes into force VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Release of novel ‘Intermezzo’ by Irish author Sally Rooney
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Argentina’s President Javier Milei makes speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian makes speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa makes speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
BONNE TERRE (United States) – Execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams
WASHINGTON (United States) – US consumer confidence index (1400 GMT)
(+) SAVANNAH (United States) – Republican candidate Donald Trump holds election event (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council high-level meeting on Ukraine (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
HUNTSVILLE (United States) – Execution of death row inmate Travis Mullis (2300 GMT)
(+) NEW YORK (United States) – Premiere of “Lee” (2330 GMT) PICTURE.
NEW YORK (United States) – New York Climate Week (To 24)
SARATOGA SPRINGS (United States) – Farm Aid 2024 (To 24)
(+) NEW YORK (United States) – Clinton Global Initiative September 2024 Meeting PICTURE. (To 24)
BAMAKO (Mali) – Trial of officials suspected of corruption over purchase of Boeing jet during regime of ex-president Boubacar Keita (0900 GMT)
NAIROBI (Kenya) – High Court hearing over police move to ban protests in central Nairobi after deadly anti-government rallies
(*) GUATEMALA CITY (Guatemala) – Press conference on sentencing of Guatemalan officials who were convicted in absentia in Belgium over 1980s murder of missionaries (1500 GMT) PICTURE.
CHESTER-LE-STREET (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia 3rd ODI (1130 GMT) PICTURE.
BARCELONA (Spain) – Sailing: 2024 America’s Cup (To October 27)
ZURICH (Switzerland) – Cycling: UCI Road World Championships PICTURE. (To 29)
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
PALO ALTO (United States) – Meta holds annual developers conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg gives keynote VIDEO. (To 26)
MANILA (Philippines) – Release of ADB Asia economic outlook report (0000 GMT)
MANILA (Philippines) – Commission on Elections Chairperson George Garcia talks to media ahead of May 2025 midterm elections (1700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) MOSCOW (Russia) – First reading of bill banning the adoption of Russian children in countries where gender transition is legal VIDEO.
HANOVER (Germany) – Volkswagen, unions start talks after factory closure threat VIDEO. PICTURE.
(+) BARCELONA (Spain) – Demonstration against property speculation (0630 GMT) VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – OECD global economic forecasts released (0900 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Rabanne (1500 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Balmain (1830 GMT)
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
BALTIMORE (United States) – Verdict for a right-wing extremist charged with plotting to attack electricity infrastructure (0400 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – G20 meeting at the UN for global governance
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Summit on sea level rise on sidelines of UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – High-level meeting of the UN Security Council on the theme of ‘leadership for peace’ (1500 GMT)
(+) OTTAWA (Canada) – French President Emmanuel Macron visits VIDEO. (To 26)
(+) MINT HILL (United States) – Republican candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks at election event (1700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(+) DAR ES SALAAM (Tanzania) – Trial open of four men accused over gang rape
BEIJING (China) – Tennis: WTA tour 2024 – China Open (To October 6)
EUROPE – Football: UEFA Europa League – league phase matchday 1 (To 26)
BRAZIL – Football: Copa Libertadores – Quarter final Second Leg (To 27)
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(+) WASHINGTON (United States) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets President Joe Biden
(+) WASHINGTON (United States) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets Vice President Kamala Harris
WORLD – Nintendo releases video game ‘The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom’ VIDEO.
WORLD – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
SHIZUOKA (Japan) – Verdict in retrial of Iwao Hakamada, who spent 46 years on death row VIDEO. PICTURE.
HONG KONG (China) – Sentencing of Stand News editors found guilty of sedition (0630 GMT)
BEIJING (China) – Chinese Ministry of Defence monthly press conference (0700 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
TOKYO (Japan) – Tokyo Game Show (0700 GMT) PICTURE. (To 29)
LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – Pope Francis visits PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Pope Francis visits PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 29)
ALMATY (Kazakhstan) – Russian military exercises in Central Asia VIDEO. (To October 7)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Pre-trial detention ends for journalist Sergei Karelin held over videos produced for Navalny’s team VIDEO.
MOSCOW (Russia) – Russian Energy Week VIDEO. (To 28)
ROME (Italy) – Court of Appeal hearing on extradition of Malian singer Rokia Traoré to Belgium
ØYGARDEN (Norway) – Northern Lights CO2 storage facility inaugurated VIDEO.
(+) MADRID (Spain) – Spanish director Pedro Almodovar will be honoured at the San Sebastian Film Festival PICTURE.
CAEN (France) – Normandy World Peace Forum (To 27)
SYRACUSE (Italy) – G7 agriculture meeting (To 28)
BERLIN (Germany) – Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella state visit VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 28)
LUXEMBOURG (Luxembourg) – European Court of Justice judgment on election of Catalan politicians to EU Parliament (0730 GMT)
FRANKFURT (Germany) – ECB monthly survey of credit growth in the eurozone (0800 GMT)
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – EU Competitiveness Council meets (0800 GMT)
STRASBOURG (France) – ECHR rules on burkini ban case in Belgium (0800 GMT)
(+) LOOS-EN-GOHELLE (France) – Princess Ann attends reburial of British soldiers at new military cemetery (0900 GMT) LIVE VIDEO. VIDEO. PICTURE.
MOSCOW (Russia) – Court considers appeal of US citizen Joseph Tater against pretrial detention (0930 GMT) VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Mugler (1230 GMT)
COPENHAGEN (Denmark) – Start of the reconstruction of the Old Stock Exchange after fire (1300 GMT) VIDEO.
(+) FRANKFURT (Germany) – ECB President Christine Lagarde gives address at conference on macro-prudential policy (1330 GMT)
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Sudan leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan speech at UN General Assembly VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – NASA and SpaceX launch Crew-9 mission to ISS VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
OTTAWA (Canada) – New tightened rules on entry of temporary foreign workers come into effect
MCALESTER (United States) – Execution of death row inmate Emmanuel Antonio Littlejohn
ATMORE (United States) – Death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia (0500 GMT) (To 27)
(+) UNITED STATES – Fox interview with former US first lady Melania Trump airs (1000 GMT) VIDEO.
WASHINGTON (United States) – GDP Q2, third estimate (1230 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – High-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance on the margins of the UN General Assembly (1400 GMT)
SANTA FE (United States) – Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed convicted in accidental shooting death on ‘Rust’ film set appeals for new trial (1600 GMT)
HOLLYWOOD (United States) – Batman gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1700 GMT) VIDEO.
JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) – Comic Con Africa VIDEO. PICTURE. (To 29)
ZIGUINCHOR (Senegal) – Inauguration of the Joola ship memorial
AYOTZINAPA (Mexico) – 10th anniversary of disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College VIDEO. PICTURE. LIVE VIDEO.
BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) – Poverty statistics for first half of 2024 (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
BARCELONA (Spain) – Sailing: 2024 America’s Cup – Louis Vuitton’s Cup finals PICTURE.
PARIS (France) – Rally: World Rally Championship (WRC), Rally Chile (To 29)
GALLE (Sri Lanka) – Cricket: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test (0200 GMT) (To 30)
WORLD – World Tourism Day
TOKYO (Japan) – Ruling party elects new leader to succeed prime minister Fumio Kishida who steps down VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. PICTURE.
MOSCOW (Russia) – Pre-trial detention ends for Russian journalist Konstantin Gabov held over videos produced for Navalny’s team VIDEO.
(+) COPENHAGEN (Denmark) – France’s National Rally party leader Jordan Bardella visits VIDEO. (To 28)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – ‘Monet and London: Views of The Thames’ exhibition opens at The Courtauld Gallery VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Sentencing in trial of two environmental activists who threw soup on Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’
PARIS (France) – Inflation for September (0645 GMT)
NUREMBERG (Germany) – Unemployment figures for September (0800 GMT)
MOSCOW (Russia) – Court hearing for paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova accused of giving ‘false information’ about the Russian army (1100 GMT) VIDEO.
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Issey Miyake (1100 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Yohji Yamamoto (1700 GMT) PICTURE.
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Victoria Beckham (1830 GMT)
BERLIN (Germany) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz greets Italian President Sergio Mattarella (1500 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
LOS ANGELES (United States) – Francis Ford Coppola epic ‘Megalopolis’ released in US theaters by Lionsgate
WASHINGTON (United States) – US personal income data (1230 GMT)
(+) WALKER (MICHIGAN) (United States) – Republican candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks at election event (1800 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council high-level meeting on Palestinian question (1900 GMT)
(+) WARREN (United States) – Republican candidate Donald Trump holds town hall election event (2200 GMT) VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
CASABLANCA (Morocco) – Trial starts for head of Morocco’s Wydad AC football club over drug trafficking charges
NYON (Switzerland) – Football: UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage draw (1100 GMT)
KUTA (Indonesia) – Moto: MotoGP World Championship – Indonesia GP (To 29)
KANPUR (India) – Cricket: India v Bangladesh, 2nd Test (0330 GMT) PICTURE. (To October 1)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia 4th ODI (1130 GMT) PICTURE.
(*) UNITED NATIONS (United States) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speech at UN General Assembly PICTURE. VIDEO.
(+) WORLD – World News Day
LONDON (United Kingdom) – National Rejoin March, calling for Britain to rejoin EU
Przysucha (Poland) – Conservative nationalist party PiS congress
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Vivienne Westwood (1100 GMT)
NEW YORK (United States) – Global Citizen Festival
CARACAS (Venezuela) – Opposition protest two months after contested presidential elections VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
(*) MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – International Safe Abortion Day protest (1700 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
WELLINGTON (New Zealand) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship, New Zealand v Australia (0705 GMT) PICTURE.
NELSPRUIT (South Africa) – Rugby Union: Rugby Championship, South Africa v Argentina (1500 GMT) PICTURE.
AUSTRIA – Legislative elections PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom) – Conservative party conference PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To October 2)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Valentino (1300 GMT)
LISBON (Portugal) – Protest against ‘uncontrolled immigration’ called by far-right party Chega (1430 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO.
(*) LOS ANGELES (United States) – Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris headlines campaign fundraiser
JERUSALEM – Chief Rabbis of Israel election (1500 GMT)
BUENOS AIRES (Argentina) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele on official visit (To October 2)
BRISTOL (United Kingdom) – Cricket: England v Australia 5th ODI (1000 GMT) PICTURE.
MANILA (Philippines) – Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro gives speech on South China Sea dispute VIDEO.
(+) BEIJING (China) – Manufacturing and services activity figures for September (0145 GMT)
Ratcliffe-on-Soar (United Kingdom) – Britain’s last coal-fired power station to close VIDEO.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – 82nd Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (To October 4)
STRASBOURG (France) – Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize announced (0700 GMT)
MADRID (Spain) – Court must decide whether to close case against Begona Gomez, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s wife (0800 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Trial of Marine Le Pen, 26 others and the RN on suspicion of embezzlement of European public funds (1130 GMT) (To November 19)
WIESBADEN (Germany) – September inflation, first estimate (1200 GMT)
WEST PALM BEACH (United States) – Hearing for Ryan Wesley Routh, suspected of attempted assassination of Trump (1400 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council votes on renewing authorisation of international force in Haiti (1400 GMT)
UNITED NATIONS (United States) – UN Security Council meets on DR Congo (1500 GMT)
CHICAGO (United States) – El Chapo’s son Joaquin Guzman Lopez faces case status hearing (1600 GMT)
MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives final daily press conference (2200 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
WORLD – Breast Cancer Awareness Month (To 31)
TOKYO (Japan) – Parliament formally elects new prime minister after internal party vote
TOKYO (Japan) – 60th anniversary of the launch of Japan’s shinkansen, or bullet train service
MYANMAR – National census (To 15)
(+) PARIS (France) – Prime Minister Michel Barnier delivers general policy statement to Parliament VIDEO.
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Jens Stoltenberg’s term as NATO Secretary General ends PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
STRASBOURG (France) – European Mobility Expo (To 3)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Alternative healer sentenced after woman dies during ‘slapping therapy’ workshop
DUBLIN (Ireland) – Government presents 2025 budget
BRUSSELS (Belgium) – Eurozone inflation for September, first estimate (0900 GMT)
PARIS (France) – Paris Fashion Week: Womenswear – Lacoste (1400 GMT)
UNITED STATES – Vice president candidates Democrat Tim Walz, Republican JD Vance take part in election debate on CBS
ATLANTA (United States) – 100th birthday of ex-president Jimmy Carter
CAPE CANAVERAL (United States) – NASA’s ‘Europa Clipper’ mission to orbit Jupiter VIDEO.
MEXICO CITY (Mexico) – Inauguration of president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum VIDEO. PICTURE.
SANTIAGO (Chile) – Prosecutor’s office formalises indictment against Carabineros chief Ricardo Yanez over policing of 2019 unrest (1200 GMT)
EUROPE – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase matchday 2 (To 2)
SALZBURG (Austria) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Salzburg (AUT) v Brest (FRA) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
STUTTGART (Germany) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: VfB Stuttgart (GER) v Sparta Praha (CZE) (1645 GMT) PICTURE.
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Arsenal (ENG) v Paris SG (FRA) (1900 GMT) PICTURE. VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO.
BARCELONA (Spain) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Barcelona (ESP) v Young Boys (SUI) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
LEVERKUSEN (Germany) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Bayer Leverkusen (GER) v AC Milan (ITA) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
DORTMUND (Germany) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Borussia Dortmund (GER) v Celtic (SCO) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
MILAN (Italy) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Inter Milan (ITA) v Crvena Zvezda Beograd (SRB) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
EINDHOVEN (Netherlands) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: PSV Eindhoven (NED) v Sporting Lisbon (POR) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
BRATISLAVA (Slovakia) – Football: UEFA Champions League – league phase day 2: Slovan Bratislava (SVK) v Manchester City (ENG) (1900 GMT) PICTURE.
NUUK (Denmark) – Court hearing as pretrial detention set to end for anti-whaling activist Paul Watson wanted by Japan
WORLD – International Day of Non-Violence
KYOTO (Japan) – Nintendo museum opens VIDEO.
BUSAN (South Korea) – Busan International Film Festival PICTURE. (To 11)
PARIS (France) – TotalEnergies investor day
STUTTGART (Germany) – Trial opens of ‘Querdenker’ founder Michael Ballweg, accused of fraud
MIRABELLA ECLANO (Italy) – G7 interior ministers meeting (To 4)
VATICAN CITY (Holy See) – General Assembly of the Synod on the Future of the Church VIDEO. LIVE VIDEO. (To 27)
LONDON (United Kingdom) – Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) financial policy summary published (0800 GMT)
DR CONGO – Vaccination campaign against mpox begins PICTURE.
SAN ISIDRO (Argentina) – Trial of nurse Gisela Dahiana Madrid over death of Diego Maradona
SHANGHAI (China) – Tennis: ATP tour 2024 – Shanghai Masters (To 13)
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