❗White House says designating Russia as "state sponsor of terrorism" could affect Ukraine, jeopardize food exports, not 'strong' way forward

White House says decision not to designate Russia as state sponsor of terrorism is final

⚡️UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab resigns

❗️Transport Secretary Grant Shapps out

Health Secretary Steve Barclay out

🇬🇧 Liz Truss will form a new government soon: follow our live updates to find out who is leaving the Cabinet and who will enter the new one

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⚡ 'Israeli' airstrikes target Aleppo airport, Syrian state media reports

🇨🇱 Protests have erupted in Santiago, Chile: students are demanding that a new constitution be adopted and calling for an improvement of the education system

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❗Therese Coffey appointed health secretary and deputy PM

Kwasi Kwarteng has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

🇦🇫 A year has passed since the Taliban* came to power in Afghanistan: how has the country changed during this time?

*under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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James Cleverly has been named Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Suella Braverman has been appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department

Wendy Morton has been appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

Ben Wallace has been re-appointed Secretary of State for Defence

Brandon Lewis revealed as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

😐 If someone wonders why God gave people two arms, Biden’s COVID advisor Ashish Jha has the answer: he believes it’s "one for the flu shot and the other one for the COVID shot."

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🚨Bloody holiday weekend - 15 people were fatally shot - in multiple cities over the US Labor Day weekend. Over the holiday weekend, gun violence tore through major US cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago.

Police in Chicago reported that seven people were killed in gun violence, and at least 44 were shot between Friday and Saturday night. Philadelphia - nicknamed the 'City of Brotherly Love' - saw a surge of gun violence over the holiday weekend. Within 72 hours, at least 27 people were shot, with eight fatalities, according to Fox 29.

As of Sunday, Philadelphia has recorded 364 homicides this year and has seen a whopping 2,440 shootings since Aug 28. Critics have noted that shootings and gun deaths have skyrocketed in cities such as Chicago and Philadelphia, where progressive lawmakers and city officials have called to defund the police.

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😷Black and Hispanic people in the United States are more likely to get monkeypox but less likely to be vaccinated, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. As of Friday, there are nearly 20,000 probable or confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, according to the CDC.

Among the cases in this outbreak, "no one's been hit harder than those who identify as Black or Latino/Hispanic," said the report.

The report said nearly 38 percent of monkeypox cases are among Black people, who only represent 12 percent of the US population. Hispanic or Latino people comprise 19 percent of the national population and account for 29 percent of the cases as of Aug 27.

The CDC says racism, stigma, homophobia, poverty, and limited access to health care continue to drive these disparities.

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☀️☀️According to officials, California's chance of power outages will grow in the coming days as the state prepares to enter the most brutal stretch yet of an ongoing heat wave.

Most of California's 39 million people are facing scorching weather. Temperatures in the Central Valley are expected to be as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 C) for several days. Meanwhile, temperatures topped 38 C in Los Angeles, hot temperatures for September.

Grid managers have several options available before power outages, like tapping backup generators, buying more power from other states, and using so-called demand response programs, where people are paid to use less energy. But keeping the lights on will also require Californians to continue conserving as they have been, even as temperatures rise.

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