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10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. IRAN DIPLOMAT ISSUES STARK WARNING

Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that any attack on his country over a drone-and-missile strike on Saudi Arabia's oil industry will result in "all-out war."

2. 'IT WAS A DUMB THING TO DO'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologizes and begs the nation for forgiveness following the publication of a yearbook photo showing him in brownface makeup at a 2001 costume party.

3. TRUMP LEERY OF FOREIGN CONFLICT

It's a stance shaped by his belief that wars in places like Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have drained America's resources at home and its reputation abroad.

4. HOW TRUMP DESCRIBES NEW BORDER WAL L

Visiting the San Diego section of the newly constructed barrier, the U.S. president calls it a "world-class security system" that will be virtually impenetrable.

5. ISRAELIS CONTEND WITH PROSPECT OF 3RD POLL DAYS AFTER VOTE

With neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his rivals holding a clear path to a coalition government, conditions set by the parties could hobble the task within the allotted time, prompting a political impasse.

6. CHALLENGE TO PARLIAMENT SHUTDOWN WRAPPING UP

Britain's top court is hearing final arguments in a case that will determine whether Boris Johnson broke the law by suspending Parliament just weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the EU.

7. WHAT WOMEN WANT IN NEW SUDAN

Sudanese women played a pivotal role in ending three decades of autocratic rule and now they hope for more freedom and equality.

8. MANY CANDIDATES 'FEELING THE BERN'

Bernie Sanders acknowledges that many of his top proposals, dismissed as radical four years ago, have been adopted by much of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary field.

9. BIG MONEY URGES GOVERNMENTS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

A group of more than 500 major institutional investors warn that failure to combat global warming could have serious economic consequences.

10. NEVADA DESERT TOWNS PREP FOR 'STORM AREA 51' INFLUX

The craze sparked by an internet joke inviting people to "see them aliens" might become a cultural marker - or a monumental dud.

Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau makes a statement in regards to a photo coming to light of himself from 2001, wearing "brownface," during a scrum on his campaign plane in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP) The Associated Press
President Donald Trump signs his name as he tours a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The Associated Press
FILE - In this June 30, 2019 file photo, Sudanese protesters chant slogans as they march during a demonstration against the ruling military council, in Khartoum, Sudan. The sign in Arabic reads, "peace." Sudan’s uprising has ushered in a new era both for the nation and for Sudanese women after three decades of autocratic rule by Omar al-Bashir. Sudanese women played a pivotal role in the protests that brought down al-Bashir, and under a joint military-civilian council in power now, they hope for more freedom and equality, and seek to overturn many of the restrictive Islamic laws from the previous era. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) The Associated Press
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