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Ukraine strikes Moscow in the biggest drone attack to date, SpaceX launches a billionaire's private crew on a milestone spacewalk mission, and Trump's insults of Harris in tonight's debate carry big risks - for both candidates. Plus, a special report on the tycoons facing a crackdown in China.

Today's Top News   A damaged multi-story residential building following an alleged Ukrainian drone attack in Ramenskoye, September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Europe Ukraine struck the Moscow region in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Germany tightens controls at its borders in an attempt to crackdown on immigration. Sarah Marsh is on the Reuters World News podcast to explain how the government could be hoping the move wins back voters who have drifted rightwards. Listen now. In other news In the first US presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump risks alienating key voter groups with his insults, experts say, while Kamala Harris must balance responding to attacks and defining herself to voters. American actor James Earl Jones, an imposing stage and screen presence who overcame a childhood stutter to develop a stentorian voice recognized the world over as intergalactic villain Darth Vader, died at the age of 93. US prosecutors unveiled criminal charges against two alleged leaders of a white supremacist gang, saying they used the Telegram social media site to solicit attacks on Black, Jewish, LGBTQ people and immigrants aiming to incite a race war. Israeli missiles set ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing or wounding 65 people, the enclave's civil emergency service said, in what the Israeli military called a strike on a Hamas command center. The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died from burns sustained during the attack, the Kenyan hospital where he was being treated said. Severe floods are expected to inundate parts of Vietnam's north, including the capital Hanoi, government officials said, as the aftermath of typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia so far this year, continues to extract a deadly toll.

Business & Markets   When two of the most powerful brands in retail and packaged foods last month ousted their CEOs, it signaled corporate boards are more ready to toss top executives before activist investors tell them to act. Apple's new iPhone launch drew scorn for its lack of artificial intelligence features in China, a challenge for the US giant as it battles growing competition from Huawei. Elsewhere, Apple lost its fight against an order by EU competition regulators to pay $14.4 billion in back taxes to Ireland. Listen to Alexandra Alper on the Reuters World News podcast as she explains how a once-sweetheart deal, US Steel's potential sale to Japan's Nippon Steel, fell apart.  Four private astronauts blasted into space in a modified SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, kicking off the company's five-day Polaris Dawn mission, which aims to test new spacesuit designs and conduct the first private spacewalk. Join us for a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker with Suntory President and CEO Tak Niinami,  one of the leading voices of corporate Japan, on September 11 at 10:45 a.m. JST (0145 GMT). Niinami will speak with Reuters Japan Deputy Bureau Chief David Dolan about the outlook for Suntory and Japan Inc.

China's clampdown on tycoons   Sun Dawu was a critic of China’s Communist Party. Now he’s in jail for 18 years for corruption.  Sun is one of the highest-profile casualties in a campaign under President Xi Jinping to clamp down on tycoons and top executives who are seen as a threat to the Communist Party’s control over the economy, according to Chinese criminal defense lawyers and fellow entrepreneurs familiar with Sun’s case. Read our special report

And Finally... Sarah Palin, Republican John McCain’s running mate, and Joe Biden, running with Democrat Barack Obama, during a lively but polite vice-presidential debate. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in their presidential debate, part of a rich tradition marked by some of the most memorable moments of modern US political history. Here are some of those classic match-ups and the quips that defined them. View our gallery

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