Prime Minister Péter Magyar says Hungary may be able to end the EU’s €1 million daily migration fine without dismantling its hard-line border policy, while demanding that Brussels return roughly €1 billion already lost in the dispute. Letting temporary emergency rules expire could stop the penalty, but the broader question is what system would replace the current one once compliance is restored.

Self-proclaimed ‘proud feminist’ Labour MP Stella Creasy has shared a video of herself attending the Muslim Milad Al Nabi march in London, United Kingdom. As her critics pointed out, the march she praised and promoted was gender-segregated.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would close Goethe Institute offices in Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg after Germany decided to shut down the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin. Lavrov also accused Western governments of pursuing an anti-Russian campaign over the war in Ukraine.

Ulrich Siegmund heads into Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt election with the AfD on 41–43 per cent, roughly double its 2021 result and around 20 points ahead of the governing CDU. Whether that delivers Germany’s first AfD state government may depend less on another surge than on whether BSW and the Greens cross the 5-per-cent threshold, with 26 per cent of voters still undecided in the final poll.

The Reagan administration offers a useful lesson for today’s U.S.–China relations: human rights do not have to be separated from strategic diplomacy. As Washington and Beijing navigate trade, technology, and security, raising individual cases of persecution can remain an important part of American foreign policy.

Hungary will gain access to more detailed and frequent weather observations through the new MTG-I2 European meteorological satellite, which was successfully launched from French Guiana in late August. The satellite is expected to enter full operational service in 2027.