Live Update From the Liveblog of Saturday, September 26, 2026 Today, 11:17 am The Palestinian Authority’s Central Elections Committee says it has begun receiving candidate slates for the PA legislative election scheduled to take place on November 28, for the first time in over two decades. Parties have until 4 p.m. on October 7 to submit lists of between 16 and 132 candidates, with female representation as required by PA law, the committee says. Lists are to be submitted at the committee’s offices in the central West Bank’s al-Bireh or in the central Gaza Strip’s Deir al-Balah. Both offices “received a large number of candidate slates on the morning of the first day,” the committee says in a statement. It adds that candidate slates are not automatically approved and are instead “subject to study and scrutiny to ensure they comply with legal guidelines.” The PA’s Legislative Council has not met since 2007, a year after Hamas defeated PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah in the last PA legislative election. Abbas announced in July that the PA would hold legislative elections on November 28, amid demands for PA reforms from the West Bank-based body’s international backers, including the European Union. It’s unclear whether Hamas or candidates affiliated with it will be allowed to participate in the election. Abbas in June signed a new election law that requires all candidates to accept the Palestine Liberation Organization’s political program, which includes recognition of Israel and support for a two-state solution — both nonstarters for Hamas. Abbas, 90, who has not stood for reelection since 2005, has also said the PA would hold presidential elections in 2027, but no date has been set. Jacob Magid contributed to this report.

Live Update From the Liveblog of Saturday, September 26, 2026 By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 3:46 am US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials. The officials say that Trump is reluctant to resume major combat operations however, with the scope of the envision strikes unclear, while noting his views could change and that he could also end up being swayed by the midterm results.

Live Update From the Liveblog of Saturday, September 26, 2026 By AFP Today, 10:45 am Bangkok authorities declare a flood disaster across the Thai capital after almost 48 hours of heavy rain left canals full, roads submerged and residents knee-deep in water. The declaration, which gives local organizations special powers to act, is in effect across all the city’s 50 districts. Bangkok authorities say they have prepared one million sandbags for distribution and have opened several temporary shelters in schools. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt says the situation has “stabilized,” but that it will still take two or three days for the water to drain, as long as the rain holds off. The governor has urged people to stay home after almost 300 millimetres (11.8 inches) of rain fell since Thursday afternoon, while Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said he is cutting short a trip to London to return. The almost continuous rain has swelled Bangkok’s network of canals, sending murky water into surrounding homes, restaurants, shops and alleyways. Numerous major roads were also flooded on Saturday, AFP journalists report, while residents were forced to wade through knee- or sometimes thigh-high water in several different neighbourhoods. Widespread deluges across Thailand in 2011 killed more than 500 people and damaged millions of homes. - The streets are flooded after heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand, September 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Live Update From the Liveblog of Saturday, September 26, 2026 Today, 8:55 am US President Donald Trump posts a map labeling the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait.” The image on Trump’s Truth Social platform is posted half an hour after the Wall Street Journal published a report saying Trump had rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and expected to renew strikes on the Islamic Republic after the US midterm elections in November. Trump previously mused about renaming Hormuz after himself in a September 2 Truth Social post in which he claimed that the key waterway was “under U.S.A. control.” Last month, Trump also posted a map describing the strait as “new US territory,” days after he said at a rally that he would make a declaration to that effect. The strait carried about a fifth of the world’s commercial oil shipments before the US and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28. Iran began blockading the strait early in the war, sparking a global rise in energy prices. Traffic through the strait remains well below prewar levels. https://x.com/TrumpTruthOnX/status/2103653789677056113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2103653789677056113%7Ctwgr%5E8e24eca6aecac1b88d5e763e949b5c9407d93447%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesofisrael.com%2Fliveblog_entry%2Ftrump-posts-map-labeling-strait-of-hormuz-trump-strait%2F

I just received this article from The Telegraph, but I can not copy it to you. Below is the gist of it. The Republic President was being attacked, hated and chased in Iran for being a defector/deserter and very bad to the country. There were many groups and trials to get rid of this scum. Suddenly, Trump brings him and some of the others to the US to speak at the UN, even though really the reason he was brought in was to negotiate with Trump. But now, after the speech, everybody in Iran changed their minds and love him for making a great speech that is being so good for Iran. He will be going back home as a hero and no longer seen as a defector.