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The Financial Times’ chief Ukraine correspondent @ChristopherJM says Zelenskyy’s office denies that Trump urged the Ukrainian president to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow during their UN meeting. The two leaders discussed potential future trilateral talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the U.S.

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) Trump encouraged Zelenskyy this week to travel to Moscow to meet with Putin, despite repeated past refusals, as the U.S. tries to reignite Ukraine-Russia peace talks, according to Bloomberg. Zelenskyy declined the appeal made during their meeting at the UN, and people familiar with his position said Trump raising the issue upset him.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran has offered Washington a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days. - AFP

An informed source speaking to IRGC-affiliated Fars denied reports from Axios and Al Jazeera about another round of Iran-U.S. negotiations, calling the claims false and saying they were designed to manage oil markets and prices. The source also denied a claim that Iranian technical experts were sent to New York to join the talks.

According to NewsNation's @LibbeyDean_, nearly 40 million barrels of oil have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 48 hours.

Trump encouraged Zelenskyy this week to travel to Moscow to meet with Putin, despite repeated past refusals, as the U.S. tries to reignite Ukraine-Russia peace talks, according to Bloomberg. Zelenskyy declined the appeal made during their meeting at the UN, and people familiar with his position said Trump raising the issue upset him.

Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear program even if the U.S. accepts its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The official said the waterway will stay closed until "all of Iran's conditions are met."

US President Trump says he will be meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in November.

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed secretly warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in September 2023 that Hamas was planning a major attack, according to The New York Times, confirming earlier Haaretz reporting. The warning was vague and never reached Israel’s security chiefs, while notes from a Netanyahu security meeting days later made no mention of it.

U.S. intelligence assesses that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, according to The Washington Post. The assessment comes as the Trump administration supports a civilian Saudi nuclear program that could eventually allow uranium enrichment up to 20%.

Iran-U.S. talks in New York have entered a technical phase, with Iranian sources in Tehran describing the negotiations as increasingly positive, according to Al Jazeera’s Tehran bureau chief Nourddine Dgheir.

President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to halt any direct or indirect support for Iran, according to U.S. Ambassador to Beijing David Perdue speaking to CNBC.

Gasoline shipped to Syria is now being transported by road into Iraq, creating a two-way energy corridor through Syria after the disruption of Strait of Hormuz shipping. The first shipment totaled about 32,800 metric tons, with 77 tanker trucks already leaving Syria for Iraq, according to Reuters.

Manchester City have been found guilty on all but one of the 115 charges relating to breaches of the Premier League's financial regulations, according to The Athletic's @David_Ornstein . The sanctions have not been decided, with all options including points deductions or expulsion remaining on the table. City are expected to appeal.

Macron rejects El Mundo report that the CIA warned France, Spain and Italy of a Russian drone attack launched from the Mediterranean. "The CIA did not inform the French services of such an attack."

France is preparing an emergency plan to protect critical infrastructure, energy networks, transport and defense industry sites against Russian drone and cyber attacks, after Macron briefed party leaders with the heads of DGSI, DGSE and DRM.

German investigators attribute the September 3 arson attack in Munich to Russia's GRU military intelligence service, according to FAZ. Two Bulgarian nationals have been arrested in connection and are suspected of belonging to a GRU team operating from Slovakia.

Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) Incendiary devices were thrown from a car at a construction site outside the Munich HQ of defence firm Rohde & Schwarz overnight. Two Bulgarian nationals arrested nearby - BR24

Days before Russia invaded Ukraine, Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) raised eyebrows on a 2022 NATO trip to Brussels when he brought an unexpected guest to a CODEL dinner, according to Sources Say News. Some colleagues were worried the woman was a Russian honeypot, noting she was unable to speak the language of her purported nationality. Costa denies the allegations, calling them "baseless."

EU member states agreed to release €6.6 billion in funds linked to military aid for Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Friday.

The Houthis have told the EU that they will not target European ships in the Red Sea, seeking to reassure Europeans that their offensive along Yemen's southern coast is not intended to disrupt international shipping, according to the FT. The letter was sent on September 10, the same day the rebels seized the Yemeni port of Mokha.