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Here are the key events on day 1,303 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 19 Sep 202519 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Friday, September 19 :Fighting Ukrainian drones hit a key oil-processing and petrochemical complex in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, as well as an oil refinery in the Volgograd region, as Ukraine escalates its campaign against Russia’s extensive oil and gas sector. Russian military units claim to have breached Ukraine’s western village of Yampol and secured new positions near five residential areas in the same area, according to Russia’s state TASS news agency.…

In 2012, a plucky, headstrong young entrepreneur crashes a startup mixer in Los Angeles, desperately trying to get their big idea off the ground. Naive and ruthlessly ambitious, they brave the skeptics, the losers, the people too good to talk to them and the people who don’t take them seriously. Eventually, inevitably, their genius – obvious, unsinkable, perhaps diabolical – collides with opportunity. Voilà! An origin story is born.Swap out the date and the city, and this would describe a pivotal scene in any number of recent movies and TV shows that take cinematic interest in the self-mythology of entrepreneurs.…

UK High Court ruled against Eritrean man in case that tested new ‘one in, one out’ migration scheme.An Eritrean man who has been fighting to stay in the United Kingdom is set to be deported to France after losing a High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked.The 25-year-old Eritrean man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, crossed the English Channel in August and was originally due to be removed on Wednesday under a “one in, one out” pilot scheme agreed between the UK and France in July.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut London’s High Court…

In today’s interconnected financial ecosystem, institutions increasingly depend on third parties like correspondent banks, fintech partners, vendors, agents, or service providers to deliver efficient and competitive services to its customers. While these partnerships drive innovation and operational scale, they also introduce increased exposure to financial crime risks. Financial crime covers illegal acts such as money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery, corruption, and sanctions violations. Beyond eroding trust in financial markets, such crimes expose institutions to losses and threaten economic stability. To combat this, banks are required to implement strong Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorism Financing (CTF), and Counter Proliferation Financing…

Alternative National Congress political leader Alexander B. Cummings on Wednesday described Liberia’s drug epidemic as a “massive emergency” and urged the government to take stronger action against narcotics trafficking and addiction. Cummings delivered the warning during a visit to West Point, one of Monrovia’s most crowded communities, where disadvantaged youths are among the hardest hit by substance abuse. “I’m not here as a political leader,” Cummings told a gathering of young people. “I’m here because I’m a father, a grandfather, an uncle. This is an emergency, a massive emergency, because it is killing our young people and affecting your future.”…

Seven teens arrested and questioned over stabbing deaths of Dau Akueng and Chol AchiekBenita KolovosSeven teenagers have been arrested and are being questioned over the stabbing deaths of 15-year-old Dau Akueng and 12-year-old Chol Achiek earlier this month.Police on Friday confirmed homicide squad detectives raided homes in Melton South, Thornhill Park, Caroline Springs, Sunbury, Wollert, Hillside and Sydenham and arrested the seven teens.They are a 19-year-old Thornhill Park man; a 19-year-old Caroline Springs man; an 18-year-old Wollert man; three 16-year-old boys and a 15-year old boy, all from the north west suburbs of Melbourne.They are now being interviewed by police.ShareUpdated…

At least ten people have died and 25 others injured after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.Videos on social media on Tuesday showed occupants of the seven-storey Afriland Towers jumping out of the third and fourth floors when the fire started.The victims were commercial workers who were trapped inside the building, which is host to most commercial companies and organisations in the city.Most of the survivors suffered burns and fracture injuries while trying to escape, while others had respiratory distress from smoke inhalation.Authorities say the occupants became disoriented due to rapid smoke spread…

People run for lives from air strikes and explosive-laden ‘robots’, as lifelines collapse in Gaza’s biggest urban centre.The Israeli army is pushing towards the centre of Gaza City from two directions, “sandwiching” residents and forcing them towards the coast in a bid to drive them out of the enclave’s biggest urban centre.Israeli army spokesperson Nadav Shoshani told the Reuters news agency on Thursday that infantry, tanks and artillery were advancing on the inner city, backed by the air force, with the aim of applying pressure on the armed group Hamas.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAl Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud…

The problems echo a broader pattern across the US, where watchdogs and courts have flagged overcrowding, poor sanitation, and blocked access to counsel in ICE facilities from Arizona to Louisiana.Advocates say some of the most jarring overcrowding is happening on 26 Federal Plaza’s 10th floor, where detainees have estimated that between 70 and 90 people have been crammed into rooms measuring roughly 215 square feet. That would leave each person with roughly the space of a doormat—less room than a folded bath towel—in an area no bigger than a studio apartment kitchen.The arrests came as part of a coordinated action…

Watch: Trump suggests FCC should revoke licenses from networks covering him negativelyUS President Donald Trump has suggested some TV networks should have their licences “taken away”, as he backed America’s broadcast regulator in a row over the suspension of ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. The Disney-owned network announced on Wednesday evening it was pulling the comedian off air “indefinitely” amid a backlash over his remarks about the murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk last week.On Monday, Kimmel suggested the suspect was a Maga Republican, although authorities in Utah had said the alleged gunman was “indoctrinated with leftist ideology”.ABC took Jimmy Kimmel…