**Norway's £10bn defense deal with the UK strengthens NATO's northern flank, while China hosts a significant SCO summit attended by leaders like Putin and Modi, showcasing its global influence and fostering new partnerships amidst Russian strikes in Ukraine and India and China's efforts to reboot business** despite US tariffs.

• Norway signs £10bn deal for anti-submarine warships built in UK — The Guardian -
• Putin, Modi and Erdoğan among leaders in China for talks with Xi — The Guardian -
• Vladimir Putin meets Xi Jinping arrives in China for security summit – Ukraine war live — The Guardian -

• Xi Uses Summit, Parade and History to Flaunt China’s Global Pull — New York Times World -
• Putin, Modi and other world leaders in China for summit — BBC World -
• China and India pledge to be 'partners not rivals' — BBC World -
• Russian Strikes on Western Assets in Ukraine Send an Ominous Message — New York Times World -
• Reeling from Trump's tariffs, India and China seek a business reboot — BBC World -

The UK faces a High Court order regarding an asylum seeker's detention, ongoing scrutiny of Angela Rayner's property acquisition, and Keir Starmer's upcoming political tests on immigration and the budget, alongside Conservative plans to maximize North Sea oil and gas extraction, a debate over Reform UK's immigration policy, government initiatives to improve school attendance, and concerns over unpaid taxes from a temp staffing firm.

• Yvette Cooper ordered to end detention of asylum seeker with schizophrenia — The Guardian -
• Angela Rayner ‘clear she followed rules’ when buying Hove flat, says Bridget Phillipson — The Guardian -
• Wytham Abbey’s asking price slashed by 60% after failure to find buyer — The Guardian -

• The budget, immigration, Trump’s visit: the tests lying in wait for Keir Starmer — The Guardian -
• Tories would maximise North Sea oil and gas extraction, Badenoch to say — The Guardian -
• Richard Tice hits back at C of E criticism of Reform immigration policy — The Guardian -
• Bridget Phillipson: parents must do more about bad behaviour and attendance in schools — The Guardian -
• ‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill — The Guardian -
• UK chasing £90m in taxes from temp staffing firm rescued from insolvency — The Guardian -

Incidents include the defacement of a Holocaust memorial in Lyon, a US judge temporarily blocking efforts to deport Guatemalan children, Pope Leo's call to end the 'pandemic of arms' after a Minnesota school shooting, Indonesia's political leaders cutting perks in response to unrest, a French family pursuing justice after an ex-partner's killing, new questions regarding Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony, **discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ publications, the decade-long journey of Syrian refugees to Germany, and mass demonstrations in Mexico for missing persons**.

• Lyon mayor condemns ‘Free Gaza’ defacement of Holocaust memorial — The Guardian -
• Judge Temporarily Blocks U.S. Efforts to Deport Guatemalan Children — New York Times World -
• Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting — The Guardian -

• Indonesian politicians to have perks cut in bid to quell unrest — BBC World -
• Indonesia’s Leader Says He Will Bow to Some Protester Demands After Riots — New York Times World -
• Family of French woman killed by ex-partner to go to court to find out why she was not protected — The Guardian -
• Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein’s ties to Trump officials – why wasn’t she pressed for names? — The Guardian -
• Publications aimed at LGBTQ+ audiences face discrimination from advertisers, editors warn — The Guardian -
• ‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700-mile escape to Germany — The Guardian -
• Thousands demonstrate across Mexico for the 130,000 missing — BBC World -
• Chicago mayor signs executive order directing city to resist Trump’s immigration raids — The Guardian -

Pakistan's Punjab province suffers devastating floods, US beaches issue fecal contamination warnings ahead of Labor Day, an FDA official demands removal of videos criticizing Covid vaccines, an Australian state bans fish-shaped soy sauce bottles, a British baby dies from whooping cough amid falling vaccination rates, and new studies highlight weight loss drugs' benefits for heart patients while raising questions about intermittent fasting's risks.

• Punjab Floods Devastate Pakistan’s Breadbasket — New York Times World -
• US beaches hit with fecal contamination warnings ahead of Labor Day weekend — The Guardian -
• Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines — The Guardian -

• Australian state to ban iconic fish-shaped soy sauce bottles — BBC World -
• British baby dies from whooping cough as vaccination rates fall — The Guardian -
• Weight loss drugs can halve heart patients’ risk of early death, study finds — The Guardian -
• Intermittent fasting: benefits or risks? Study raises questions about heart health — BBC World -
• Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first — The Guardian -

Israeli airstrikes and gunfire kill 30 around Gaza City as an aid flotilla sails, Syria's war-shattered Daraya awaits reconstruction aid, and an Israeli airstrike reportedly kills the Houthi prime minister in Yemen.

• Israeli airstrikes and gunfire have killed 30 around Gaza City, local officials say — The Guardian -
• In Syria, a City Shattered by War Asks for Its Sacrifice to Be Repaid — New York Times World -
• Israeli airstrike kills Houthi prime minister in Yemen, rebels say — The Guardian -

Australia grapples with a trial of social media age-assurance technology, widespread anti-immigration rallies attended by politicians and neo-Nazis, and a manhunt for an alleged killer as his wife urges surrender.

• Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’ — The Guardian -
• Thousands attend Australia anti-immigration rallies — BBC World -
• Neo-Nazis and politicians among protesters at anti-immigration March for Australia rallies — The Guardian -

• Pauline Hanson joins crowds in Canberra as anti-immigration protests heat up across country – as it happened — The Guardian -
• Wife of alleged Porepunkah killer Dezi Freeman urges him to surrender, sharing ‘deep sorrow’ at police deaths — The Guardian -

Headlines cover a tennis star meeting a fan after a viral video, David Hockney's large nature frieze to be shown in London, the **US Powerball jackpot growing to $1.1bn, a trumpeter marking Bolsonaro’s political judgment day in Brazil, a fatal crash in Namibia, Paris's urban reinvention, a rise in alcohol-free beer consumption in Germany, French concerns over the Bayeux Tapestry's move to the UK, and records set at the Sydney Marathon**.

• Tennis star meets fan after US Open hat snatching viral video — BBC World -
• David Hockney’s 90-metre Normandy nature frieze to be shown in London — The Guardian -
• US Powerball jackpot grows to $1.1bn, giving players another chance to win — The Guardian -

• ‘I’m holding his political wake’: the trumpeter waiting to mark Bolsonaro’s judgment day — The Guardian -
• Head-on crash between police van and prison bus kills 14 in Namibia — BBC World -
• A City Reinvented: Paris Is Now Greater Paris — New York Times World -
• As beer sales fall, young Germans develop taste for alcohol-free lager — BBC World -
• French voice fears over Bayeux Tapestry move to UK — BBC World -
• Records fall as Sifan Hassan and Hailemaryam Kiros win Sydney Marathon — The Guardian -