Brazil moves to a run-off, US prepares for midterms and some dream of new Brexit vote

GE ousts John Flannery, Angela Merkel weakens and rivals eye Theresa May’s job

Corbynism asserted its dominance at the Labour party conference in Liverpool

May’s ordeal in Salzburg shows how far away the UK is from nailing down a deal

Swedish pre-poll turbulence, clashes in Germany and inequality breeding insecurity

Trump makes a trade deal with Mexico, and launches attacks on Google

A year after Myanmar expelled the Rohingya, Venezuela is seeing its own exodus

Recep Tayyip Erdogan clings to his strategy as the lira crisis grips the economy

Elon Musk springs surprises on investors and Apple revels in $1tn valuation

Lobbying in Europe for the Chequers plan and talk of food shortages if no deal occurs

Putin is triumphant, China tries to read Trump’s signals and Pakistan has a new PM

World commerce is at risk but Japan and the EU sign the largest bilateral trade pact

US president escalates trade tariffs, criticises Nato at the summit and visits the UK

Disruption hits retail, consumer goods, industrials and pharma sectors

Eurozone reform, the migrant crisis and other problems tackled at the EU summit

Trump separates families before a U-turn, while Spain lets a migrant boat dock

Clashes in the Commons over the vote on amendments to a crucial Brexit bill

What can the other advanced nations do in the face of US economic nationalism?

Markets were roiled by uncertainty in Italy with the effects felt across the eurozone

A populist coalition, a political novice as prime minister and markets showing alarm