The far-right AfD party won the state elections in the eastern German state of Thuringia with 30.5% of the vote on Sunday (1 September), according to exit polls, marking the party's first win in a state election.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior US officials in Washington on Saturday (30 August).

Clashes broke out between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank on Saturday (31 August) as Israel pushed ahead with a military operation in the flashpoint city of Jenin.