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What matters

Election day: Berlin & MV polls open 08–18; BVB 1–0 Stuttgart takes table lead; Rapuncel GitHub infostealer; Moscow drone strike.

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  • Germany
  • Politics
  • Elections

Election day: Berlin & MV polls open 08–18 — Linke–CDU photo finish; SPD–AfD duel in Schwerin

  • Wahllokale open 08:00–18:00 Sunday in Berlin (~2.5M eligible) and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (~1.3M); first-time 16-/17-year-old franchise in both (FAZ / SWP dpa). FAZ (dpa) SWP (dpa)
  • Berlin: CDU–SPD Senate majority looks gone; only Dreierbündnisse viable (CDU–SPD–Grüne or Linke–SPD–Grüne). Latest polls put Linke and CDU ~20–23%; AfD/Grüne next; SPD ~10–15% (FAZ). FAZ (dpa)
  • Spitzen: CDU Finance Senator Stefan Evers (after Wegner dropped); Linke’s Elif Eralp — housing/rents dominate framing (FAZ). FAZ (dpa)
Why it matters — Evening’s campaign-close briefing is now election day — ballots, not polls, decide two of Germany’s closest Land races and feed the Bund debate.
  • World
  • Security
  • Ukraine

Russia: ‘massive’ Ukrainian drone wave hits Moscow region — 2 dead; airports restricted

Plumes of smoke rise from fires at an oil refinery in Moscow after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack. Photo: 20 September 2026
BBC
  • Moscow region governor Vorobyev: ≥2 killed, 6 injured overnight; claims 249 drones shot down; fires in residential houses + warehouse; Sofyino building hit; elderly man killed in Orekhovo-Zuevo (BBC). BBC
  • Mayor Sobyanin: oil-refinery facility damaged; claims 450 drones toward Moscow downed; Sheremetyevo temporary restrictions, Vnukovo arrivals/departures halted (BBC). BBC
Why it matters — Both sides keep hitting energy/logistics hubs despite Trump’s claim of a mutual pause — overnight’s Moscow wave is the largest claimed against the capital in recent days.
  • Security
  • Tech

Rapuncel: SEO fake GitHub repos push signed-driver EDR killer + credential stealer

LastPass
BleepingComputer
  • LastPass + Delphos Labs flag “Rapuncel”: SEO-poisoned fake GitHub repos impersonating LastPass Authenticator and ≥39 other brands; ZIP payloads up to ~148MB (heise / BleepingComputer). heise online BleepingComputer
  • Chain: renamed Microsoft vsdbg.exe sideloads vsdbg.dll → Alinubx.sys (HW-Compatibility–signed, as nvfsflt64.sys) kills 145 AV/EDR procs via KernelMode opens (BleepingComputer). BleepingComputer
Why it matters — Trust in GitHub search hits + Microsoft-signed drivers is the exploit surface — download only from official vendor sites.
  • World
  • Middle East

Iran conveys talks conditions via Qatar; Saudi coalition says Houthi missile toward Riyadh foiled

Iran sets terms for US talks as Saudi forces thwart Houthi attack on Riyadh
Al Jazeera
  • Iran security official Mohsen Rezaei tells Al Jazeera Tehran sent White House conditions via Qatari mediators: end war on all fronts, release frozen assets, lift US naval blockade on Iranian ports (Al Jazeera live). Al Jazeera
  • Same liveblog: Saudi-led coalition says it foiled a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh (Al Jazeera / AFP wires in blog). Al Jazeera
Why it matters — Diplomacy track and regional spillover are moving in parallel on a Sunday morning already dominated by German elections.

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