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overview of key global trends and events for today (September 2025)
🔍 What's happening in the world now
- Military conflicts and humanitarian crises
- Israel has stepped up attacks on Hamas leaders, including strikes in Qatar, which is exacerbating regional tensions.
- Famine has been declared in Gaza City, the food situation is extremely dire.
- Syria is experiencing the largest hunger crisis in modern history, millions of people are experiencing food shortages.
- In Yemen, the Houthi group has seized UN offices and taken humanitarian workers hostage.
- Economy and finance
- Investor confidence has fallen sharply in the eurozone: the September Sentix index has collapsed - fears of a recession, a weak autumn economic recovery. * OPEC+ plans to increase oil production in October, signaling that they consider the global economy to be stable enough or are seeking to protect their market share.
- Africa is experiencing growing economic difficulties: rising debt, falling aid, falling foreign trade — all of this could develop into a financial crisis, with negative effects for the entire world.
- Climate, natural disasters, environmental risks
- WMO warns that the La Niña phenomenon may return in September, which could increase the number of extreme weather events — droughts, floods, etc.
- Pakistan has suffered major floods, millions have already been affected, and significant damage has been caused.
- The earthquake in Afghanistan has caused great destruction and casualties, international humanitarian aid continues.
- Politics, protests, domestic problems
- Nepal is seeing “Generation Z” protests against corruption and for government transparency, a number of government officials have resigned, public discontent is growing.
- Within European countries — cabinet changes, political instability.
- Forecasts and risks
- Slowing global economic growth — not only due to domestic problems, but also due to trade tensions, persistent inflation and debt burdens.
- The threat of further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in conflict zones and natural disasters.
- Climate risks continue to increase — weather variability, droughts, floods, food security issues.
