Rabia Ali
06 September 2023•Update: 06 September 2023
ISTANBUL
Here’s a rundown of all the news you need to start your Wednesday, including the US warning to North Korea, Saudi envoy's visit to Iran and sentencing of Proud boys leader in the US.
TOP STORIES
The US warned North Korea on Tuesday and told Pyongyang it will "pay a price" if it opts to sell arms to Russia.
"Providing weapons to Russia for use on the battlefield to attack grain silos and the heating infrastructure of major cities as we head into winter… this is not going to reflect well on North Korea," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters.
Sullivan said the US has worked in public and behind closed doors to ensure that North Korea knows it should not sell any weapons to Moscow.
Saudi Arabia’s first ambassador to Iran since relations improved arrived in Tehran to assume official duties, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
The move came hours after Iranian Ambassador Alireza Enayati said he was due to travel to Riyadh to begin his diplomatic mission.
Iran and Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties in 2016 after the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and consulate in Mashhad were stormed by angry mobs following execution of a Saudi Shia cleric.
The two countries resumed diplomatic ties earlier this year.
The former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Tarrio's sentence is the longest so far related to the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. Over the past week, four members of the Proud Boys received sentences.
On May 4 this year, a jury found Tarrio and three other co-defendants guilty of multiple felonies including seditious conspiracy for their actions before and during the breach of the Capitol on Jan 6.
NEWS IN BRIEF
- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Tuesday decried Israel’s deduction of tax money as a “piracy.” Israeli Finance Ministry said Tuesday it will deduct money from funds Tel Aviv collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to pay Palestinian electricity debts for Israel Electric Corp (IEC).
SPORTS
Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff secured spots in the 2023 US Open semifinals on Tuesday.
The Serbian second seed, Djokovic, defeated his US opponent, Taylor Fritz, with a score of 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in a men's quarterfinal match. Meanwhile, US sixth seed, Coco Gauff, eliminated Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in the women's quarterfinals.
The Spanish football body sacked women's football team head coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, days after FIFA suspended the federation’s president for kissing a national team player on the mouth. Vilda was replaced by Montse Tome, first woman to coach Spain.
Spain won their first Women's World Cup title on Aug. 20 after beating England 1-0 in Sydney.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Germany plans to put 15 million electric cars on the roads by 2030, said the German chancellor.
He also announced a push to expand charging stations for e-cars.
With regard to the competition from China, Scholz firmly rejected any fears that the German automotive industry could be left behind.
Saudi Arabia and Russia announced on Tuesday their plan to extend existing output cuts until the end of 2023, with possible monthly revisions.
OPEC group’s swing producer Saudi Arabia said it extended its production cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) for another three months.
With the latest cut, the total production of the world’s largest exporter of crude oil will be approximately 9 million bpd in October, November and December.
