UK - Police said up to 150,000 people were in London on Saturday for the "Unite the Kingdom" rally led by far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Danny from south Birmingham was holding a sign that said: "Send them Back" - and said he was unhappy with migration "in general". He came to "stand up for what we believe in, the religion and identity of our country". That's been a difference with this rally compared to past ones I've covered - an overt Christian nationalism. People carried wooden crosses. One person had a light-up crucifix. When the crowd arrived at Whitehall, they were led from the stage in a chant of 'Christ is king'. And then a public recital of the Lord's Prayer shortly after that. It's an important difference. Not just a flag to rally around, but a religion too. The tinderbox summer of protest promised by activists never really caught flame. Instead, there has been the slow, steady burn of nationalism. This was its culmination but also, those here hoped, the beginning of something even bigger.

USA - Elon Musk Delivers Ominous Message at Far-Right Rally: ‘Violence is Coming’ and ‘You Either Fight Back, Or You Die’. Elon Musk sent a chilling message at a far-right rally in the UK on Saturday — warning the crowd that “violence is coming” and “you either fight back, or you die.” Appearing virtually at the far-right “Unite the Kingdom” demonstration in London, the Tesla boss made clear he does not foresee peace in the near future. “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you,” Musk said. “You either fight back, or you die. You either fight back, or you die. That’s the truth.” Tommy Robinson, the far-right activist who organized Saturday’s protest, told Musk, “Today, Elon, I think the British public are telling the world that they’re ready to fight back.” “Good!’ Musk said, raising his fists in the air — as the estimated crowd of up to 150,000 people cheered. “Yes!”

GERMANY - The conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is continuing to make gains across the country. The AfD secured nearly 15 percent of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia, placing third, according to preliminary results reported by Politico. That marks a sharp rise from the 5.1 percent it received in the state’s last municipal elections five years ago. “A huge success: According to initial projections, the AfD’s result in NRW has tripled,” AfD leader Alice Weidel wrote on the X platform. In February’s federal election, the AfD captured 20.6 percent of the vote, finishing second overall and achieving the strongest showing ever for a far-right party in postwar Germany. Its performance was driven by sweeping victories across nearly all of the former East German states. Since then, support for the AfD has continued to grow, even as Germany’s left-wing intelligence agencies classify it as an extremist organization. Last month, a national poll found that the AfD’s overall support had surged to some 26 percent, which would make it the most popular party in Germany and give it the power to potentially form the next government.

EUROPE - The FPO are polling 1st in Austria

The RN Party is polling 1st in France

The AfD are polling 1st in Germany

Reform UK are polling 1st in Britain

Europeans are voting for the most right-wing party available.

USA - I was recently reminded that as we were getting ready to enter September I described it as a “pivotal” month. I got to thinking about that, and I decided to look up the definition of “pivot”. According to Vocabulary.com, to pivot “is to turn or rotate, like a hinge”. I found that to be very interesting, because events have certainly taken a significant “turn” this month, haven’t they? In fact, many are referring to the assassination of Charlie Kirk as a major “turning point”, and that also happens to be the name of the organization that he founded. We have seen such an explosion of emotion on all sides in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. But there is one thing that virtually everybody agrees on. Nothing will be the same after this. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that more political violence is coming. Members of Congress from both parties are cancelling public events, and President Trump just requested an additional 58 million dollars for more security for the executive and judicial branches… If you think that things are crazy now, just wait, because things are going to get even crazier in the months ahead.

UNITED NATIONS - US, Israel denounce the move for emboldening Hamas and harming the prospect of peace. The UN General Assembly (UNGA), currently in session, approved a resolution on Friday calling for an “irreversible” path toward a Palestinian state. The resolution was an endorsement of the “New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine,” adopted at an international conference in July at the UN headquarters in New York. Signed by the EU, the Arab League, and 17 other countries, the declaration called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and supported the deployment of a temporary international stabilization mission under a UN Security Council mandate. The conference was organized by France and Saudi Arabia and with a declaration “lays out a single roadmap to deliver the two-State solution” according to French UN Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont. Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon said “The only beneficiary is Hamas… When terrorists are the ones cheering, you are not advancing peace; you are advancing terror.”

ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has firmly rejected the idea of Palestinian statehood at a moment it is being pushed in the UN General Assembly, declaring, "There will be no Palestinian state - this land belongs to us." His audience burst into loud applause, at a celebratory event marking a major housing deal in Ma'ale Adumim this week. The occasion was an "umbrella agreement" between the Israeli government and Ma'ale Adumim, which includes the planned development of the highly contested E1 area, a highly sensitive zone both Israel and the Palestinians recognize as geopolitically crucial to their futures. Construction in E1 would effectively sever the territorial continuity of a future Palestinian state, which has resulted in fierce condemnation from those who deem it an intentional and decisive blow to any two-state solution. Netanyahu's firm declaration that "there will be no Palestinian state" was a direct challenge on the ground to what's happening at the United Nations meeting in New York.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC) - At least 89 Christians have been slaughtered by jihadists in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Open Doors, which monitors Christian persecution around the world, claimed some 70 were killed while worshiping at a funeral service, with the rest slain in the villages of Potodu and Ntoyo in the DRC’s North Kivu region. Many more villagers are missing. The US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant activities, told Reuters the death toll had approached 100. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group, also known as Islamic State Central Africa Province, linked to ISIS — the same group that allegedly killed 49 Christians while they were praying for peace in a church in the DRC village of Komanda in July, and a further 66 earlier in Irumu. A local pastor, Rev Mbula Samaki, told an Open Doors partner from the scene: “They arrived and started killing. Those who tried to flee were shot dead, and others were killed with machetes.”

UK - Elon Musk was among the speakers at the "Unite the Kingdom" rally this afternoon. Addressing the crowd via video link, Musk criticised Keir Starmer's government for a "rapidly increasing erosion of Britain", calling for a "dissolution of Parliament". He said there was something "beautiful" about being British and said "the left is the party of murder", referencing the recent death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. The owner of X said: "This is a message to the reasonable centre, the people who ordinarily wouldn't get involved in politics, who just want to live their lives. They don't want that, they're quiet, they just go about their business. My message is to them: if this continues, that violence is going to come to you, you will have no choice. You're in a fundamental situation here. Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that's the truth, I think." He added that the British public are "scared to exercise their free speech" and claimed the BBC was "complicit in the destruction of Britain".

EGYPT - Egypt is pushing to revive a NATO-style Arab military force for rapid defense in case of attacks. The proposal gains traction ahead of an Arab summit, with Cairo seeking regional support. London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is working to rebuild Arab backing for a rapid-reaction force that could deploy to protect any Arab state under attack, and said the proposal has been floated in recent diplomatic contacts ahead of the summit. The outlet framed the idea as a defensive umbrella rather than an escalation with Israel.