September 10, 2025

UKRAINE | Today is day 1,294 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates:

• Amidst ongoing Russian airstrikes on Ukraine, Poland and other European countries say multiple Russian drones entered Polish airspace early today and were shot down with the assistance of NATO allies. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the drones posed a "direct threat" and that he had activated article four of NATO's treaty, under which alliance members can demand consultations with their allies, while European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas suggested the airspace violation was "intentional, not accidental" and that "Russia’s war is escalating, not ending." [more]

MIDDLE EAST | Updates from regional conflicts:

• Israel carried out an airstrike on the headquarters of Hamas’ political leadership in Doha, Qatar, yesterday in a move analysts say poses a risk to ongoing hostage-release and peace talks and that drew strong rebukes from regional countries and the United States. Hamas officials say its top leaders survived the strike but that five lower-level members were killed. [more]
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that she intends to seek E.U. sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza and what she characterized as the "man-made famine" among residents of the Palestinian enclave. [more]

U.S. EMPLOYMENT | Revised Labor Department data released yesterday indicates that the U.S. job market was much weaker in both 2024 and 2025 than previously estimated. The department's so-called "benchmark revisions" showed that U.S. employers added 911,000 fewer jobs in the March 2024 to March 2025 period than initial estimates showed and that leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and retail were among the sectors with the largest downward revisions. [full release] [more]

U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE | U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb issued a preliminary injunction yesterday blocking President Donald Trump's efforts to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while related court proceedings play out. The court ruling said that “President Trump has not stated a legally permissible cause for Cook’s removal,” and directed the Fed’s board of governors and its chair, Jerome Powell, “to allow Cook to continue to operate as a member of the Board for the pendency of this litigation." [more]

U.S. FOREIGN AID | Responding to a Trump administration emergency appeal, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said yesterday that the administration's freeze of nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid can remain in place while related court proceedings play out. [more]

U.S. TARIFFS | The Supreme Court said yesterday that it would grant an unusually quick hearing on challenges to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on goods imported from almost every country in the world. The Court said it would hear the case in November, and reports note that the tariffs will remain in place pending the hearing. [more]

IRAN | International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said today that a new agreement reached this week between his agency and Iran will allow the IAEA access to all of Iran's nuclear facilities and require Iran to report on the whereabouts of material that was at sites attacked by Israel earlier this year. Some reports, however, cite Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying today that "the agreement does not currently provide access to IAEA inspectors, apart from the Bushehr nuclear plant" and that his country wants further talks on how inspections are to be carried out. [more]

FRANCE | Reports say some 80,000 police were deployed across France today amidst growing protests that appear to have been sparked by the collapse of Prime Minister François Bayrou's government on Monday and President Emmanuel Macron's appointment of a new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, yesterday. Officials say some 200 arrests were made today in the first hours of a planned day of nationwide demonstrations. [more]

NEPAL | Widespread protests sparked by a short-lived government ban of major social media platforms continued in Nepal yesterday despite the resignation of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli and the lifting of the ban. Analysts say the protests appear to now be focusing on issues including political corruption and unemployment and reports note that the Nepalese military have ordered people in the capital Kathmandu to remain at home as part of efforts to restore order. [more]

MYANMAR | In the first-known conviction under a new election law, a man was sentenced to seven years of hard labor this week for criticizing Myanmar's military junta's plans to hold elections in December in a social media post that suggested the government was prioritizing election planning over public safety. [more]

PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY | Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk announced today that it will cut about 11% of the company's global workforce – about 9,000 jobs – as part of efforts to reduce organizational complexity and strengthen the company’s focus on growth opportunities in obesity and diabetes medications. [more]

TODAY IN HISTORY | On this date in 1813, U.S. naval forces under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. [more history]