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❗TASS News Roundup, September 6: ▪ Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet with his US President Donald Trump at the APEC summit in China if such an opportunity arises, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said ▪ The US administration is working on a “peace package” to settle the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said ▪ Russia and Ukraine need to make compromises to narrow gaps between…
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is securing a clear victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament (Landtag) elections, winning 44–44.5 % of the vote, according to exit polls conducted for the ARD and ZDF television channels. This is the best result the AfD has ever achieved in a German state in its entire history. Compared to the 2021 election, the party improved its result by 23.7 percentage points.
The US administration is working on a “peace package” to settle the conflict in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said. “What President Trump has tasked [special envoy] Steve [Witkoff] and myself with doing is really creating a peace package,” he told a news conference. “There's a lot of people in the US government under the president, the vice president, Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio,…
Around nine million barest a day are transiting the Strait of Hormuz today, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. “Our transits through the Strait [of Hormuz] are averaging over 9 million barrels a day now, and with the access pipelines that go around the Strait, we're probably two thirds or more of pre-conflict flows,” he told CNN. “So, Iranians are still causing trouble, but the United States Navy is winning that…
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has condemned Israel’s attacks on the city of Nabatieh and its environs, which resulted in numerous human deaths and considerable material damage. “We place the entire responsibility for another spiral of escalation on Israel,” he said in a statement released by his press service. “We demand that the United States and United Nations take urgent measures to stop these violations, exert…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Vesti that Germany's accusations over the Leipzig drone incident are "essentially the beginning of a real war," drawing parallels to the closure of diplomatic missions before WWII. He said Chancellor Merz's statements on making Germany Europe's leading military power are being implemented, adding that "metastases of Nazism" are breaking through.
The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner indicates an atmosphere of trust, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. According to him, the meeting "means that an atmosphere of trust does indeed exist, at least through this channel of communication, and that it is strengthening."
A trilateral meeting involving the leaders of Russia, China, and the United States is not ruled out, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS. He added that while the idea "exists" and has been introduced to the public, is not yet in preparation. He noted that such high-level formats send important signals, but the practical side depends on how the substantive agenda is formulated.
US President Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to a record low in a survey conducted for the Financial Times, with only 33% of US voters approving his performance, down from 35% a month ago. Two-thirds believe the economy is moving in the wrong direction, 57% said his policies hurt their finances, and 56% oppose tariffs on Canada.
Key takeaways from Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov’s statements after President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner: ▪ Putin’s meeting with American negotiators on Ukraine, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, lasted for 3 hours and 10 minutes. The meeting was substantive, constructive, extremely frank and trusting. ▪ Witkoff, Kushner pledged to voice assessments expressed by President…
An Il-76 aircraft of the Russian emergencies ministry dropped 126 metric tons of water onto wildfires in Serbia during the day, preventing the fire from spreading to nearby settlements, the ministry’s press service told TASS. “Today, the Il-76 plane performed…
The United States has struck three Iranian tankers, the US Central Command said in a statement. According to the command, US forces have disabled the tanker Downy off the coast of Iran’s Kharg Island and the tanker Stark 1 near the Iranian port city of Jask…
