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Less than two months before the midterm legislative elections, the United States Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempts to restrict and take control of mail-in voting at the federal level. The emergency ruling, issued this Monday, comes as some states have already begun sending their ballots to citizens and means that, in practice, they will be able to continue doing so using the same procedure that has been used for decades. The ruling is significant because approximately one-third of the population uses mail to cast their vote.

The Israeli Minister of Culture, Miki Zohar, has stated that he will work to revoke the nationality of the directors of the documentary Naza, which received the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Festival on Saturday for showing the alleged strategy of Israel to destroy the Gaza Strip.

Panic about Islam is spreading across Europe. In several European countries, half of the population already thinks it is incompatible with Western values. On September 6, Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved 44% of the votes in Saxony-Anhalt, its best result to date in state elections, after warning about the “Islamization” and promising forced deportations. That same weekend, in the United Kingdom, hundreds of hooded individuals occupied Dover shouting “Stop the boats” and “Christ is king.” In France, Le Pen’s proposal to ban the use of the Islamic veil in public spaces has the support of 60% of voters.

Indonesia’s emergency teams have located the passenger ship with the deck submerged and the hull floating, whose sinking early Sunday morning has left at least six dead, 129 missing, and 108 rescued, according to the provisional report published this Monday.

NATO has withdrawn the security clearance of a Spanish Navy officer stationed at the Alliance base in Northwood, northwest of London, due to his connection with an alleged Russian spy, reported the British newspaper The Telegraph and confirmed to EFE by Navy sources.

The war in Iran, that “excursion” which, according to Donald Trump, was supposed to last a few weeks, is on track to reach 200 days. Throughout this time, the conflict has experienced ups and downs in intensity. But one thing has remained unchanged: the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

Sweden held a closely contested general election this Sunday which, according to exit polls after the polls closed at 8 p.m., points to a narrow victory for the center-left bloc of former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, which would have secured 51.3% of the votes. The right-wing bloc of the current Prime Minister, the conservative Ulf Kristersson, which includes the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) as external support, would have reached 47% of the votes. The official count is underway.

The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, wishes to strengthen relations with the European Union and is considering whether his country could become an “associate member” of the bloc, the Wall Street Journal reported this Sunday.

Sweden votes this Sunday from 8:00 a.m. (6:00 GMT) in a general election in which the center-left opposition arrives with a slight favoritism, according to polls, although the right-wing government bloc has significantly closed the gap in recent days.

President Donald Trump downplayed the growing alarm over the risks of artificial intelligence, after some industry leaders called for slowing the pace of development of this technology.