Breaking news of Thursday, 3 September 2026
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- 21:01
WMO forecasts El Niño until February 2027; Panama Canal reduces transits
The World Meteorological Organization forecasts El Niño will persist until February of next year, with growing risks of flooding and extreme events; the update was reported by NHK at 20:26 Italian time (NHK). Since September 3, the Panama Canal Authority has reduced the number of transits due to decreased rainfall in the watershed, linked to the same phenomenon: this was reported by the Cuban state agency Prensa Latina from Panama City (Prensa Latina). In Japan, typhoon number 24 and the autumn front are prolonging bad weather until September 7.
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- 21:01
Kuwait condemns pre-dawn Iranian attack, Tehran claims strike on Ahmad Al-Jaber base
Following the morning’s claims, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry condemned the repeated Iranian attacks — the latest at dawn on Thursday — describing them as a flagrant violation of national sovereignty and of Security Council resolution 2817. The Iranian military states it struck satellite installations, warehouses and fighter jet hangars at the Ahmad Al-Jaber air base with missiles and drones. Kuwaiti authorities have not specified interceptions, damage or casualties (CBS News). The Cuban state agency Prensa Latina, reporting from Tehran, cites at least 18 dead and 76 wounded in Iran from U.S. strikes, according to local authorities (Prensa Latina).
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- 21:01
Ebola in Congo, official toll surpasses three thousand deaths
The Institut national de santé publique of the Democratic Republic of Congo reported on Wednesday, September 2, 3,007 deaths out of 6,186 cases recorded since the epidemic was declared, with 1,409 recoveries and a fatality rate of 48.6% (Bénin Web TV). The previous update, from the Ministry of Communication as of August 29, indicated 2,911 deaths out of 6,041 cases (Anadolu). This is the seventeenth outbreak in the country, declared on May 15, Bundibugyo strain, six provinces affected: it has surpassed the 2,299 deaths of the 2018-2020 wave and is the deadliest ever recorded in Congo.
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- 12:01
Iran claims attacks on American bases in Kuwait, Kuwaiti air defenses in action
On the night between September 2 and 3, the Iranian military claims surface-to-surface missile launches on American equipment at the Arifjan base in Kuwait, and attacks in the United Arab Emirates (ABC News). The Kuwaiti Army General Staff Command, in a statement released at dawn, declares it activated air defenses against missile and drone attacks (CNN Arabic, Al Jazeera Net). The explosions heard in the country would be interceptions, according to military sources cited by Al-Quds, which reports Centcom raids inside Iran. The Jordanian military denies casualties among its own personnel and declares ten missiles intercepted. Damage unspecified.
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