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BRUSSELS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The European Union ​is facing an energy price crisis as fallout from the Iran war  roils oil and gas markets, the bloc's energy chief said on Friday in a letter seen by Reuters that urged countries to consider measures to curb natural ​gas demand. "We are facing a price crisis linking to a supply ​crisis," EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen said in a letter ⁠to EU countries' energy ministers. Europe  is heavily dependent on imported oil and ​gas. Foreign suppliers cover about 80% of the bloc's gas needs, leaving it highly ​exposed to surging global energy prices caused by the Iran war's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, normally a transit route for 20% of the world's oil and liquefied ​natural gas. Europe has not yet faced supply shortages, but is grappling with ​soaring prices, leaving some countries struggling to fill gas storage ahead of winter, when ‌demand ⁠for home heating peaks. EU-wide gas storag...

Zinedine Zidane got his France reign off to a winning start with a hard-fought victory over Turkey. It was the first match for Les Bleus under his leadership after Didier Deschamps spent 14 years at the helm, and it saw Kylian Mbappé score his 67th international goal before limping off injured just minutes after finding the net. France needed time to adapt to their new coach's ideas and settle back into a 4-3-3. Nobody felt it more than Mbappé, shifted out to the left wing, a role he had not played for the national team in two years. The captain found himself double-marked from the off. Ousmane Dembélé struggled to find spaces, and Michael Olise was well below his best. Turkey started the brighter, feeding off the intense pressure they piled on the France players. Mike Maignan denied Yılmaz in the fourth minute before the defence cleared off the line, then the goalkeeper was at it again with a fine save from Kadıoğlu's shot in the 28th minute. Through th...

Erling Haaland has been withdrawn from his scheduled media duties with the Norway national team as the fallout from Manchester City's financial case continues. The striker was expected to address the press ahead of a Nations League fixture, but officials have now made a late change to the line-up. Norway shield Haaland from media Manchester City striker Haaland will no longer participate in Norway's upcoming press conference following reports regarding his club's legal battles in England, according to  The Sun . The Norwegian Football Federation had originally listed the 26-year-old forward as a primary participant for the media briefing ahead of their Nations League encounter with Portugal. The decision to remove Haaland from the spotlight comes as the football world reacts to news that Manchester City have reportedly been found guilty of 114 financial violations . These charges span a period between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons, creating a massive cloud o...

The major networks in the White House TV pool are resuming coverage of presidential events this morning after pausing for several days after President Donald Trump banned CNN. CNN and other networks showed pool footage on Friday morning of Trump greeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping outside the White House South Portico before heading inside for a tea meeting. The pair, along with their wives, later departed to visit the National Archives, where CNN was the TV pool and the networks picked up the feed of Trump briefly speaking to reporters and viewing the Declaration of Independence. It was a noticeable change from Wednesday and Thursday, when major networks did not film or air Xi’s arrival and initial meeting with Trump. The TV pool — made up of NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News and CNN — is the primary way that people around the world watch Trump’s speeches and appearances because it supplies video feeds and information to other news organizations. The pool exists in part because presi...

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly between the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the US Deputy Secretary of State, Christopher Landau, at the Nigerian Mission House in New York, United States. Speaking during the event, Alake described the agreement as a future-driven framework that opens the way for both countries to collaborate on geological data and exploration, mineral development and processing, infrastructure, and technical capacity. Furthermore, he stated that the framework affirms a shared conviction for both countries that the supply chains for the critical minerals must be secure, resilient, and built on responsible investment. "But  let me be clear about Nigeria’s ambition. We are not here to remain a source of raw material for the value that others create. Our goal is to turn potential into lasting value at home through stronger local processing, new skills, quality jobs, a...

Who: Nigeria vs Madagascar What: AFCON 2027 qualifier Where: Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria When: Friday, September 25, at 5pm (16:00 GMT) How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport   will bring you all the build-up from 13:30 GMT before our live text commentary stream. Nigeria and Madagascar kick off their qualifying campaigns for the  2027 Africa Cup of Nations , which will be held across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. While  the Super Eagles reached the semifinals of the last two AFCON tournaments, they have failed to qualify for successive World Cups and coach Eric Chelle will be extra eager to start the qualification campaign with a win, and his side will be strong favourites. Meanwhile, Madagascar, whose national team are nicknamed Barea, will attempt to emulate their last shock win over the Super Eagles – a 2-0 victory at AFCON 2019. The Madagascans were making their AFCON debut that year and got as far as the quarterfinals but have not reached a...

Sept 24 (Reuters) - North Korea's foreign ministry on Thursday rejected an international statement urging it to halt nuclear ​tests, with a spokesperson calling it "a grave ‌political provocation against our state" by "hostile forces". A meeting of ministers from the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty  — a grouping ​of Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Japan and ​the Netherlands — said any new nuclear test ⁠by North Korea would be irresponsible and unacceptable. The ​meeting in New York on Tuesday urged Pyongyang to fully comply ​with all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. The spokesperson for North Korea's foreign ministry described the country as a ​responsible nuclear-armed state, in a statement carried by ​state media KCNA. In another statement carried by KCNA earlier in ‌the ⁠day, North Korea's foreign minister Choe Son Hui said Pyongyang's nuclear weapons status is irreversible. Choe was respo...

WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday, with talks on trade and artificial intelligence ​and the growing strategic rivalry between the countries all in the spotlight during an elaborate state visit. Here are some major takeaways from the talks: TRADE DEAL EXTENDED, FOR ‌NOW US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two sides had extended a trade truce that was due to expire in November during talks, but only by two months.  He said the extension would give the two sides "more time to see what we can do on the economic front." But rather than locking in a durable agreement, the extension appears to push the central questions — tariffs, Chinese purchases, rare-earth supplies and technology restrictions — into the next round of negotiations. Bessent said ​on Wednesday that Beijing was meeting its requirement in the earlier agreement to buy 25 million tons of soybeans but was la...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that Washington has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to December’s G20 meeting  in Miami amid efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Following a meeting with Russian Foreign Secretary Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Rubio said the US remained open to speaking with Moscow about Ukraine. "We’ve just invited President Putin to the G20. We think it’s an opportunity for him to engage not just with the president but with other world leaders. We hope that’s an invitation he’ll accept,” Rubio said. Trump and Putin last met, face to face, in Anchorage, Alaska, in August 2025, but failed to reach any agreement over Ukraine. Putin has not visited the contiguous United States since he invaded Ukraine in 2022. Here’s what we know. What is the G20? The G20, or Group of 20, is a forum bringing together the world’s major and emerging economies....

ABUJA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's $300 million Distributed Renewable ​Energy Fund has been ‌commercially launched, moving from structuring to capital deployment, ​the country's sovereign wealth ​fund said on Monday. Nigeria ⁠Sovereign Investment Authority said ​the fund brings together ​public and private capital to fund clean-energy projects. The fund seeks ​to scale off-grid ​and distributed renewable energy investments and ‌connect ⁠around 300 million people across Africa to electricity by 2030. The World Bank ​Group, ​as ⁠a founding partner in the initiative, ​has backed the ​fund ⁠with an initial $25 million through its IDA arm, ⁠the ​NSIA said.