In an effort to deter Russia, Denmark’s prime minister has announced that it will first purchase long-range, high-precision weapons.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized Moscow in a staunch rebuke on Wednesday, saying that Russia would “present a threat to Denmark for years to come,” despite the absence of any immediate threat of an attack.
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She said, “The defence forces will be able to hit targets at long range with these weapons, and we will also be able to neutralize enemy missile threats,” adding that the decision represented a “paradigm shift in Danish defence policy.”
Troels Lund Poulsen, the minister of defense, stated that the government would work to develop missiles and drones, but he would not specify which weapons.
Following Denmark’s largest arms purchase to date, which included 58 billion Danish crowns ($9.2 billion) of European-made air defense systems, came the announcement. After decades of cuts, Frederiksen urged the military to “buy, buy, buy,” when moving forward with a 50 billion crown ($7.9 billion) increase in military spending over the next two years.
On Wednesday, it was unclear exactly how much money Denmark intended to spend on long-range weapons.
Frederiksen has spoken out against Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he wants to annex Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, in addition to Russia.
After a public broadcaster reported that three US citizens had allegedly tried to influence Greenlanders’ opinions in secret, Denmark summoned the country’s charge of affairs there last month.
Frederiksen said at the time, “Any interference in Danish and Greenlandic democracy’s internal affairs is unacceptable,” stressing that “the Americans have not clearly rejected” the report.
Billions travel to PURL to enter Ukraine.
Through the new Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a mechanism that allows NATO nations to finance the transfer of US-sourced weapons and technology to Ukraine, the country is currently hoping to see a significant increase in its weapons supply.
By October, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine anticipates receiving about $3.5 billion in PURL weapons, with Western air defense systems being the first US weapons to be delivered.
The expansion comes as a result of ongoing Russian attacks in southern Ukraine, including the Zaporizhzhia city, where at least one person was killed and 18 others were injured earlier this week. In the city of Kharkiv in the northeast of the nation, two people were killed, and two more were hurt.
According to Zelenskyy, Russia has so far this month launched nearly 3,500 drones and nearly 190 missiles against Ukraine.
The president, who stated on X Wednesday that Russia “lacked the strength for large-scale offensives,” believes they have lost “so much manpower” in recent fighting, has maintained a sense of confidence.
Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestine activist who led the protests at Columbia University last year against Israel’s occupation of Gaza, must now be deported to Algeria or Syria, according to an immigration judge in the US.
According to court documents released on Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Louisiana immigration judge Jamee Comans cited Khalil as failing to provide crucial information when he applied for and obtained lawful permanent residency in the US.
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Khalil, a Syrian-born Algerian of Palestinian descent, has previously expressed concern that Israel will target him if he is deported to either country because of his activism.
Judge Comans alleged that Khalil’s application for a green card from the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) and Columbia University Apartheid Divest, an activist group that supports an Israeli economic boycott, was a “lack of candor” by the applicant.
Comans claimed that Respondent intentionally misrepresented significant facts in order to evade the immigration process and lessen the likelihood of his applications being turned down.
In response, Khalil’s attorneys stated that they intend to appeal the deportation order and referenced a federal district court’s earlier ruling that the government could not deport or detain without delay as his federal court case progressed.
Khalil’s legal team has 30 days to file an appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals after the deportation ruling, which is set for September 12. Since noncitizens are “almost never” granted stays of removal, his attorneys said they anticipate a swift appeal process and an unsuccessful attempt.
After showing up at Khalil’s student apartment building on the Columbia University campus in the city on March 8, US immigration agents made the first arrest. Khalil was a former graduate student there for the previous two years.
As a result of the arrest, several foreign students were detained and deported while Trump cut back on federal funding for alleged anti-Semitism at universities across the US.
Following a ruling from US District Judge Michael Farbiarz that his detention was unconstitutional, authorities held Khalil for three months in a Louisiana immigration detention facility before releasing him in June.
Khalil’s peaceful activism was frequently described as anti-Jewish and supportive of Hamas by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other law enforcement officials, but they omitted any supporting supporting evidence.
According to Farbiarz, the Trump administration likely violated Khalil’s right to free speech by holding him and trying to deport him under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which permits the removal of foreign nationals who have “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.”
Khalil has repeatedly been subjected to the White House’s repeated deportations, with the most recent incident involving his alleged violations of his green card.
Following the deportation ruling, Khalil’s attorneys worried that Judge Farbiarz’s “important order prohibiting removal” had become the “only meaningful impediment” to their client’s deportation.
Khalil also accused the Trump administration of using “fascist tactics” to punish him for his “exercise of free speech,” according to a statement released by the ACLU on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi is close to signing a multiyear contract extension with Inter Miami, according to a report released on Wednesday by ESPN, and that the biggest player in Major League Soccer may continue to play.
According to the report, the discussions are still in progress and only minor details are being settled. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Messi, 38, signed for Inter Miami in the 2023 season and has a contract that runs until the end of the 2025 campaign.
He has 20 goals in 21 league games this season, which is second behind him in the MLS. Messi also has 11 assists, placing her sixth. He added 16 assists and 20 goals (tied for second in the league) last season.
Messi totaled 41 goals and 27 assists in 46 Herons league games overall. Messi has 54 goals in 62 games overall.
Messi played for Paris Saint-Germain from 2002-2003 and Barcelona from 2004-2005, earning the Ballon d’Or eight times. In addition to helping Barcelona win the UEFA Champions League four times, he was a member of 10 Spanish and two French league titles.
Messi immediately won the 2023 Leagues Cup for Inter Miami when he joined the MLS. The Herons won the 2024 Supporters’ Shield, which is given to the organization with the best regular-season record, but they suffered a playoff defeat in the first round.
In a Saturday home game against DC United, Inter Miami (146-7, 49 points) is in sixth place in the MLS Eastern Conference.
Argentina won the 2021 and 2024 Copa America titles under Messi’s leadership in 2022.
He currently ranks second in MLS with 20 goals, making him Inter Miami’s top scorer. Since joining Inter Miami in 2023, Messi has scored 62 goals and added 29 assists.
[File: Chandan Khanna/AFP] Since joining Inter Miami in 2023, Messi has been the team’s most successful era.
The plethora of conspiracy theories arose when the suspected assassin of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s text messages were revealed by authorities.
Numerous social media users, including a number of well-known influencers, cast doubt on the authenticity of the alleged text exchanges between 22-year-old Tyler Robinson and his romantic partner after prosecutors in the US state of Utah published them on Tuesday.
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Some openly claimed that the authorities had fabricated the texts, which show Robinson confessing to killing Kirk.
Many of the comments suggested that the exchanges’ language and tone were inappropriate for someone Robinson’s age and that the shooting’s account was overly detailed and accurate.
Notably, conspiracy theorizing united political figures on both sides of the aisle in a time of extreme political polarization in the US.
On September 16, 2025, Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk, appears on a television as he appears for a court appearance remotely in Provo, Utah. [Pool via AFP]
According to Matt Walsh, a right-wing commentator and podcast host with millions of YouTube subscribers, the conversations were planned to exonerate Robinson’s transgender partner from any involvement in the shooting.
Walsh claimed on X that this is “a strategy they cooked up from watching too much TV.”
The partner, who was described as a “male transitioning to a female,” has been cooperating fully with authorities, according to Utah Governor Spencer Cox.
Former US president Donald Trump’s adviser, Steve Bannon, claimed on his podcast that he was “not buying” the texts and that they were “too stilted, too much like a script.”
Majid Padellan, a progressive influencer who uses the name Brooklyn Dad Defiant on social media, claimed he had no doubts about Robinson’s writing of the texts.
No 22-year-old writes text messages like this, Padellan said on X, despite the fact that I didn’t know him personally.
How do you do, fellow kids, this seems to be a Steve Buscemi skateboard meme, right?
Liberal commentator Joanne Carducci, who uses the moniker JoJoFromJerz, noted that there was a rare ideological consensus among the assassins as a result of the official narrative surrounding the killing.
No one purchases these text messages, they say. No one appeared on X, Carducci saying, “Neither on the left nor the right.”
We are at a point where we can no longer come to terms. However, we concur. Nothing speaks volumes if that doesn’t.
A request for comment on the allegations was not received by the Utah County Attorney online.
Jeffrey S. Gray, the attorney for Utah County, discusses Tyler Robinson’s allegations at a press conference on September 16, 2025 in Provo, Utah.
In the polarized and irrational environment of social media and online forums, speculation and conspiracy theories have become a common feature of American response to well-known violent acts.
Right-wing conspiracy theorists claimed that a left-wing extremist was responsible for the shooting death of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband in June, or that it was the work of the state’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz.
Vance Boelter, the alleged shooter, professed vehemently conservative views on issues like LGBTQ rights and abortion.
Right-wing conspiracy theories were sparked by the 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, including the claim that the attacks had been staged to serve as a pretext for the US government’s efforts to restrict gun rights.
According to Eric Oliver, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago who studies conspiracy theories, Kirk’s assassination is the most recent instance of unfounded claims that have been fueled by “cross-ideological appeal.”
According to Oliver, Robinson’s claims also crossed partisan and ideological lines with those regarding Jeffrey Epstein’s late financier and sex offender.
On the left and right, people are also emotionally charged by this, and they frequently choose stories that rationalize their fear, rage, or sense of powerlessness, Oliver said.
People “already suspicious of anything the government does or this administration does” had left a vacuum as a result of Kirk’s murder, including a relative lack of information about Robinson, Oliver continued.
On September 17, 2025, a makeshift memorial was constructed at Turning Point USA’s Phoenix, Arizona.
The alleged texts Robinson’s allegedly allegedly wrote to prosecutors, among other things, provided some of the most lucid details about a possible motive for killing Kirk, who was lauded by conservatives but viewed as a leftist figure for his right-wing views on immigration, abortion, and transgender rights, among other issues.
Robinson allegedly told his partner that there was “some hate that can’t be negotiated out” and that he had “had enough” of Kirk’s “hatred.”
Authorities previously disclosed that they had recovered bullet casings with messages scribbled with various politically charged and online subculture-influenced phrases, including “Hey fascist! Catch”!
Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder and six other counts, according to the prosecution, who allege Kirk was targeted for his “political expression.”
The possibility that prosecutors had fabricated evidence as crucial as the suspect’s text messages was bluntly assessed by Yale Law School expert Steven B. Duke.
According to Duke, “Nothing about those messages makes it even believable that they were written by law enforcement,” according to Duke.
Anyone who agrees with conspiracy theory is crazy, just like the conspiracy theorists.
Experts don’t take it surprising that Robinson’s alleged communication with his partner after Kirk’s murder have only furthered conspiracies, as suggested by experts.
According to Joseph Uscinski, a professor of political science at the University of Miami, “many people have a worldview in which conspiracies are going on constantly and explain our social and political circumstances,” they believe a lot of conspiracy theories and exist on both the right and left.
Even though conspiracy theories are increasingly prevalent on social media, Uscinski claimed that the platforms themselves are not the issue.
Whether or not those people are on social media, he told Al Jazeera, “People have worldviews, some of which make conspiracy theories easy to believe.”
On Thursday, September 18, 2018, this is how things are going.
Fighting
According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia lost 360 unmanned aerial vehicles and 36 artillery systems in the previous day, along with an estimated 1, 020 people. The assertion has not been confirmed by Russia.
Russian forces also attacked Ukrainian railroad infrastructure, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, as well as “storage and launch locations for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles” and “temporary deployment sites.
Russian offensives in Sumy, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia have already been prepared, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but “they lack the strength for large-scale offensives right now” according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Military
Zelenskyy stated at a joint press conference with Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, that the first shipment of US weapons was made through the Priority Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) system, which allows NATO nations to pay for the transfer of US-sourced weapons and technology.
According to Zelenskyy, the PURL scheme has so far provided more than $2 billion to Ukraine, with estimates for an increase of up to $3.6 billion in October.
Denmark will first purchase “long-range precision weapons” for the first time in response to Russia’s threat, according to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s “paradox shift.” The decision was described as “pure madness,” according to the Russian ambassador to Copenhagen.
diplomacy and politics
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Putin on X for his birthday call and stated that India is “ready to make any contributions to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict.”
After the death of conservative right-wing figure Charlie Kirk, according to The Associated Press news agency, Russian nationalists and online bots quickly stirred up conflict. They tied his death to US support for Ukraine and even spread the conspiracy theory that Ukraine was to blame for his death.
King Charles and US President Donald Trump address King Charles during his first UK state visit [Yui Mok/Reuters].
Energy and the economy
According to Kyiv’s minerals deal with Washington, Ukraine and the US International Development Finance Corporation will each commit $ 75 million to a joint investment fund. In exchange for post-war financial and military assistance, the deal, which Trump has referred to as “payback” for Ukrainian aid, was signed in May. It will grant the US preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals and natural resources licenses.
According to data, Ukraine still needs up to $1 billion in additional fuel stockpiled to meet about 80 to 90% of its demand for the upcoming winter.
The state statistics agency reported a 0.04 percent increase in Russia’s consumer price index in the week ending September 15 as opposed to the 0.1 percent increase the previous week. Comparing the overall price increase to 4.08 percent for the year to date with 5.78 percent for the same period last year, prices have increased by 4.08 percent overall.
According to the host of the popular chat show’s host about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, ABC has made the announcement that it will indefinitely stop airing Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Due to Kimmel’s assertion that Tyler Robinson, the man charged with Kirk’s assassination last week, supports US President Donald Trump, the program would be “preempted indefinitely,” ABC-owned Walt Disney said on Wednesday.
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In a monologue on his long-running late-night talk show on Monday, Kimmel said, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and trying to score political points from it.”
Nexstar Media, one of the nation’s largest local TV station owners, which includes at least 28 ABC affiliates, announced earlier that Kimmel’s remarks about the Kirk killing would cause the program to cease to air.
Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar Media, described Kimmel’s comments as “offensive and insensitive at a crucial time in our national political discourse.”
We don’t think they reflect the diverse viewpoints, beliefs, or values of the neighborhood communities where we are located, he said.
Questions remain regarding a potential motive despite the fact that Utah’s prosecutors have officially charged Robinson with killing Charlie Kirk and have said they will seek the death penalty.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent US government TV, radio, and internet regulator, on Wednesday condemned Kimmel’s comments.
Carr also appeared to threaten ABC affiliate licenses as a result of the presenter’s remarks in an interview with right-wing YouTuber Benny Johnson.
Carr said, “What people don’t understand is that the broadcasters have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that license requires them to operate in the public interest.”
Carr specifically instructed ABC affiliates to “push back” on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s broadcasting because they “risiko license revocation” due to a “pattern of news distortion.”
Heidi Zhou-Castro of Al Jazeera noted that Kimmel is well-known in the US and has received more than 20 airtime from his talk show.
According to Zhou-Castro, “What he said on Monday was that he suggested Charlie Kirk’s suspected shooter was a pro-Trump Republican,” Kimmel said. Kimmel also made the remarks before authorities made texts that suggested the suspected killer was politically opposed to Kirk.
Kimmel’s comment quickly generated controversy until the FCC, which oversees all broadcasts in the US, demanded that action be taken against the host.
Kimmel is not the only person who has received sanctions for remarks made in the Kirk murder.
According to Zhou-Castro, “there have been well-known journalists, analysts, and just regular people who have lost their jobs as a result of comments” they made about Charlie Kirk’s passing.
She claimed that US Vice President JD Vance advocated for people to report to their employers if anyone said something disparaging about Kirk on social media, etcetera.
FCC Chairman Carr told The Hollywood Reporter he wanted to thank the company for “doing the right thing” after learning Kimmel had been canceled from Nexstar.
An unnamed source told The Hollywood Reporter that at least one other station group had contacted ABC about the Kimmel show, suggesting that an affiliate revolt might have been a factor.
Kimmel’s appointing is the latest in a string of firings over the past week brought on by a conservative backlash against public criticism of Kirk’s death.
Conservatives mourned Kirk as a martyr who fought for open debate, Christian values, and patriotism. Some people have criticized his divisive views, including those against immigration and Islamophobia, while others have also hailed his passing.
Several journalists, academics, and doctors have been fired or under investigation by their employers because of comments made about Kirk, which is in line with the widely denounced left-wing cancellation campaigns of recent years and stoking controversy over the restrictions of free speech in the US.
