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Polish Official Says Potential US Army Base Would Be in Western Poland

A Polish Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over military vehicles and soldiers during a military training demonstration at the Nowa Deba training ground, ahead of the International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, Poland, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
A Polish Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over military vehicles and soldiers during a military training demonstration at the Nowa Deba training ground, ahead of the International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, Poland, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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Polish Official Says Potential US Army Base Would Be in Western Poland

A Polish Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over military vehicles and soldiers during a military training demonstration at the Nowa Deba training ground, ahead of the International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, Poland, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
A Polish Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies over military vehicles and soldiers during a military training demonstration at the Nowa Deba training ground, ahead of the International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, Poland, September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

A potential permanent US Army base in Poland would definitely be in the country's west, Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said on Friday, after US President Donald Trump said progress is being made towards ‌its establishment, said Reuters.

* ‌Poland has ‌been pushing ⁠for a bigger ⁠allied presence on NATO's eastern flank for years, and has intensified those efforts since Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine ⁠in 2022.

* In June, Polish ‌Defense ‌Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the ‌US Department of Defense ‌was open to Poland's offer to host a permanent US military presence in Poland, ‌but that no decision had been taken.

* Last ⁠week, ⁠US officials came to Poland to assess potential sites for the facility, Polish government officials said. They visited Poznan and Powidz, both in western Poland, officials from the National Security Bureau told reporters.

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ECB's Lagarde Keeps Door Open to Early Exit

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde addresses a press conference after a meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Berlin on September 10, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde addresses a press conference after a meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Berlin on September 10, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
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ECB's Lagarde Keeps Door Open to Early Exit

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde addresses a press conference after a meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Berlin on September 10, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde addresses a press conference after a meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Berlin on September 10, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde on Friday kept the door open to leaving her post early, replying "we'll see" when asked if she would remain in the position until her term ends ‌in October 2027.

"I ‌leave in ‌2027," ⁠Lagarde told Irish ⁠national broadcaster RTE in response to a question on rumors of her early resignation that have persisted for most ⁠of this year.

When asked ‌if ‌that meant October 2027, ‌Lagarde replied: "We'll see."

"What I ‌can tell you at this point is that whatever the time, it will be ‌handled in the most professional way as ⁠it should ⁠be," she added.

Sources told Reuters this week that France would back Dutchman Klaas Knot to succeed Lagarde as part of a bargain in which a French candidate would be picked for chief economist.

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Police Move Ceuta Migrants Off Beaches in Spanish Enclave

The Spanish National Police transfer hundreds of migrants who had been sleeping on the street to a new location consisting of several tents, aiming to prevent them from continuing to sleep outdoors, in Ceuta, Spain, 13 September 2026. EPA/Reduan
The Spanish National Police transfer hundreds of migrants who had been sleeping on the street to a new location consisting of several tents, aiming to prevent them from continuing to sleep outdoors, in Ceuta, Spain, 13 September 2026. EPA/Reduan
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Police Move Ceuta Migrants Off Beaches in Spanish Enclave

The Spanish National Police transfer hundreds of migrants who had been sleeping on the street to a new location consisting of several tents, aiming to prevent them from continuing to sleep outdoors, in Ceuta, Spain, 13 September 2026. EPA/Reduan
The Spanish National Police transfer hundreds of migrants who had been sleeping on the street to a new location consisting of several tents, aiming to prevent them from continuing to sleep outdoors, in Ceuta, Spain, 13 September 2026. EPA/Reduan

Police on Friday began moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of Ceuta to the Spanish enclave's port area.

During the transfer, the police struggled to contain crowds of people jostling to secure a spot at the new tented site after weeks of living on the beaches, AFP said.

Tens of thousands of migrants flooded across the border from Morocco in July and though most returned, several thousand remained.

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Iran Says Struck Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on September 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on September 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
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Iran Says Struck Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on September 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Vessels transit the Hormuz Strait off the coast of Iran's southern port city of Bandar Abbas on September 7, 2026. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, according to state news agency IRNA, as a British maritime agency also reported an attack.

Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the strategic strait as Washington continues pressing its counterblockade of Iranian ports during the Middle East war, said AFP.

The Iranian republic wants to charge ships for passage, attacking vessels it accuses of attempting to circumvent its preferred route.

"The Togo-flagged oil tanker 'Trend' had been targeted and detained after a fire broke out on board" late on Thursday, the statement said, calling it an attempted "illegal passage".

Early on Friday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said a ship was hit by an "unknown projectile", causing a fire that was extinguished.

The monitoring agency had also reported a "security incident" in Hormuz late on Thursday, without giving details.

It was unclear if the IRGC and UKMTO reports referred to the same incident.