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Barcelona-based daily Sport celebrates on its front page Carlos Alcaraz’s second U.S. Open title on Sunday, after the Spaniard defeated Jannik Sinner in four sets and reclaimed the world number one ranking. The 22-year-old overpowered Italy’s Sinner in their third Grand Slam final of the season, taking his Grand Slam trophy haul to six. The New York final was delayed by half an hour because of extra security measures related to the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was loudly booed.

🌎 7 THINGS TO KNOW RIGHT NOW

• At least six killed in Jerusalem bus stop shooting. Israeli police said two attackers opened fire at a bus stop in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring another 12. Both were “neutralized” by an Israeli soldier and civilian who was at the scene. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was supposed to be in court on Monday for his ongoing corruption trial, arrived two hours after the shooting. Hamas didn’t claim responsibility, but praised the Palestinian “resistance fighters”. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a “last warning” to the militant group on Sunday, urging it to accept a hostage-release deal in Gaza. 

• Russia hits Ukraine with biggest air attack of war. Russia launched its largest air attack of the war in Ukraine overnight, killing four people across the country and damaging a key government building in Kyiv. Ukraine’s air force reported that Moscow attacked with 810 drones and decoys and it was able to shoot down 747 drones and four missiles. Following the strikes, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tougher sanctions against Moscow but Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded that no sanctions could force the country to “change the consistent position that our president has repeatedly spoken about.” Check out this instant analysis by France Inter’s Pierre Haski, translated and adapted by Worldcrunch: Putin’s Ukraine Escalation Coincides With Trump’s Return To The White House.

• South Korea to bring home detained workers after massive Hyundai plant raid. The South Korean government announced that about 300 South Koreans detained following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the U.S. state of Georgia last week will be released and flown home. A plane will be chartered as soon as the processing by the two countries is complete. White House border czar Tom Homan said the U.S. administration plans “to do more worksite enforcement operations” following the raid at the car battery plant under construction which caused shock and dismay in Seoul. Read more about Trump’s deportation strategy in this La Stampa OpEd translated from Italian by Worldcrunch.

• France risks political upheaval as prime minister faces confidence vote. France’s parliament looks likely to remove Prime Minister François Bayrou on Monday, heralding more political instability for the European Union’s second-largest economy which risks losing its third prime minister in 12 months. The 74-year-old centrist prime minister, appointed just nine months ago, had surprised even his own allies by calling a confidence vote to resolve a months-long deadlock over his austerity budget. 

• Japanese prime minister bids follow Ishiba’s resignation. The race to become the next president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has kicked off in Japan following the resignation of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. At a news conference Sunday evening, Ishiba said he was taking responsibility for bruising elections that saw his ruling coalition lose its majority in both houses of parliament. The LDP party plans to hold the vote on October 4, an official close to the matter told Reuters.

• Australia’s “mushroom murderer” sentenced to life in prison. An Australian judge has sentenced Erin Patterson to a life sentence for killing three of her estranged husband’s relatives with toxic mushrooms. Patterson’s motive remains a mystery in a case which gripped Australia for much of the 10-week trial.

• News Quiz! A Croatian village has reclaimed a Guinness world record for the longest line of what?

A. Strudels
B. Rakija bottles
C. Game of Thrones tour brochures
D. Soviet-era cars still running
[Answer below]

📣 VERBATIM

“Get out of your bubble, brother.”

— Peronist leader and former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reacted in a post on X to President Javier Milei’s sweeping setback on Sunday in a Buenos Aires provincial election widely viewed as a political test for his libertarian party. The La Libertad Avanza party won just 34% of the vote in the country’s biggest province — 13 points behind the left-leaning Peronist opposition. Milei admitted “a clear defeat” but vowed to stick with his sweeping economic overhaul. “Things are getting heavy,” warned Kirchner, in an apparent rebuke following her corruption conviction and criticism of her economic management.

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