Horizon — 3 September 2026

The World Meteorological Organization announces that the El Niño phenomenon will intensify through February 2027 and could be the strongest ever recorded. It has already caused droughts in the Amazon, Central America, Indonesia and Australia, as well as toxic haze in Southeast Asia affecting millions of people.

The United Nations presented an unprecedented report detailing ways to contain global warming once the symbolic 1.5°C threshold is breached, a breach now deemed inevitable.

Journalist and feminist activist Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. magazine, died at age 92 at her home in New York. A figure of the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s, she campaigned throughout her life for abortion rights, same-sex marriage and equal pay.

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In Sri Lanka, a drought of unprecedented scale in over thirty years is drying up wells and reducing farmers' incomes, in a regional context marked by intensifying El Niño.

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Iran has warned the United States it will respond forcefully to any Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are entrenched alongside Hezbollah.

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The European Union and NATO promise to increase pressure on Russia after Berlin attributed to Moscow a thwarted drone attack attempt at Leipzig airport. The United Kingdom summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires and Russia announced in retaliation the closure of German cultural centers (Goethe-Institut) in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.

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Vladimir Putin states that there is no mobilization scenario in Russia to date, describing rumors as an information attack ahead of parliamentary elections on September 20. He also evokes a possible way out of the crisis while accusing Ukraine of state terrorism acts following attacks on civilian merchant vessels and threats to civil aviation.

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Ukraine appears to have engaged a tactical shift by targeting infrastructure linked to the Russian space program, from Moscow to Plesetsk, seeking to strike capabilities that fuel Russian war effort from space.

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A mutiny within Niger's army was short-lived, with the junta reaffirming its authority. An officer evoked an international plot on national television, while Russia and Algeria appear as essential actors in the region.

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Uber announces the elimination of approximately 10% of its global workforce, or more than 3300 positions, to streamline its organization and accelerate its shift toward robotaxis. The company employs approximately 34000 people in over 70 countries and is also withdrawing from Nigeria after twelve years of operations.

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China has threatened France with retaliatory measures if it does not immediately repeal the penalty targeting ultra-ephemeral fashion, which came into force on September 1 and targets notably companies like Shein.

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The United States has applied since Thursday tariffs of up to 100% on drones and components imported exceeding 25 kilograms, with a 25% tax on smaller devices, with the aim of reducing its dependence on foreign suppliers and developing its own industry.

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The interest rates at which major world powers borrow are reaching high levels, increasing the cost of their debt as states' financing needs have never been greater. France is particularly under pressure.

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