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Prism of the week — 2026-W3723 STORIES · 52 COUNTRIES · 1 NARRATIVEREAD THE PRISM

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The war against Iran has cost $38 billion and used up to two-thirds of US interceptors, Congress budget office says

9 countries

Gap between media framings

72/100

How the world tells it

« Berlin highlights the contradiction between Donald Trump's comments on "virtually unlimited" ammunition stocks and the admission. »

Tagesschau · Handelsblatt

« Copenhagen first translates the American bill into crowns: 38 billion dollars is worth 246 billion kroner. »

Berlingske · DR Nyheder

« Paris is interpreting an embarrassing setback for Washington: the Pentagon is finally acknowledging the ammunition shortage that… »

Le Monde · Sud Ouest · HuffPost France

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

NATO downs a drone over Lithuania as a Russian frigate fires flares at a Danish helicopter

NATO air-policing fighters shot down a drone over Lithuania overnight into Tuesday, a first in that airspace; it came down near Pratkūnai, about a hundred kilometres from Vilnius. The same night, Denmark's defence command says a Russian frigate fired two flares at a Fennec helicopter off Gedser. Copenhagen summoned the Russian ambassador and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the move “irresponsible”; Moscow says it is investigating and accuses the helicopter of dangerous manoeuvres.

14 countries

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Germany

Berlin highlights the contradiction between Donald Trump's comments on "virtually unlimited" ammunition stocks and the admission.

Tagesschau · Handelsblatt

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Danemark

Copenhagen first translates the American bill into crowns: 38 billion dollars is worth 246 billion kroner.

Berlingske · DR Nyheder

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Justice internationale

Seven weeks from the midterms, the Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail-in voting restrictions

The Supreme Court on Monday evening turned down the Trump administration's emergency request to impose new mail-in voting rules on the Postal Service, leaving a federal judge's order in place for the 3 November election. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence; Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. The challenge was brought by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his counterparts in twenty-two other states; the administration says it can put forward new rules for 2028.

10 countries

divergence

78/100

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Energie & Climat

Traffic collapses in the Strait of Hormuz as the Houthis strike three Saudi cities and the Gulf meeting is postponed

The Saudi-led coalition says thirteen civilians were wounded and seven houses damaged by Houthi missile and drone fire on Khamis Mushait, Abha and Taif; its spokesman, Major General Turki Al-Malki, invokes Article 51 of the UN Charter. At the same time shipping traffic is collapsing in the Strait of Hormuz, and the meeting due between Iran and Gulf states on navigation arrangements was postponed at Riyadh's request. In Yemen, the Houthis have taken the port of Mokha and then Mayyoun island.

19 countries

divergence

65/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

A Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for festivities at Donald Trump Jr's wedding, the couple calls it a “gift”

ProPublica reveals that Umar Kremlev, a Russian businessman close to Vladimir Putin and president of the International Boxing Association, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for festivities at Donald Trump Jr's wedding in the Bahamas. The couple calls it a friend's “gift”; an ethics watchdog sees the appearance of a conflict of interest. Six countries, from London to Kyiv, read the revelation.

6 countries

divergence

80/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

Swedish election: the left-wing opposition edges ahead of the outgoing majority as the far right falls back for the first time

Swedes voted on Sunday, September 13, in a dead heat: the left-wing opposition is projected to win 176 of 349 seats, against 173 for Ulf Kristersson's outgoing majority. The Sweden Democrats fall back for the first time, to around 17.5% of the vote. The final result awaits the count of overseas ballots on September 16. Twenty-one countries, from Oslo to Beijing, read the vote.

21 countries

divergence

62/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

Trump calls AI warnings a “hoax” and says its only guardrail is “a strong and smart president”

A day after Anthropic's chief executive called for slowing down artificial intelligence, Donald Trump calls fears of an AI that would destroy humanity a “hoax”, says its only guardrail is “a strong and smart president” and repeats that “whoever wins AI wins” against China. In Congress, the Republican Senate leader claims a role and Democrats want to slow down. Twenty countries, from Washington to Islamabad, read the response.

20 countries

divergence

75/100

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Conflits & Securite

A Russian drone hits a Kyiv–Warsaw train two kilometres from Poland, just after a “diplomatic train” passed

At dawn on Sunday a Russian drone hit the locomotive of a passenger train at Yahodyn station, two kilometres from Poland, shortly after a convoy carrying Boris Johnson, a former CIA director and European advisers had passed. The 206 passengers had been evacuated. Kyiv and Warsaw call it an escalation, Moscow a military infrastructure. Ten countries tell the closest strike to NATO territory in months.

10 countries

divergence

60/100

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Diplomatie & Gouvernance

Zelensky says he is ready to meet Putin at the Miami G20, the Kremlin replies “impossible”

In an interview with DW released on Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin at the Miami G20 in December. From New Delhi, the Kremlin spokesman replies the same day that it is “impossible” and that Putin will only receive Zelensky in Moscow. Kyiv is preparing for a resumption of three-way talks in October. Eight countries, from Paris to Moscow, read the offer and the refusal.

8 countries

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