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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 1 September

Wednesday, 2 September 2015, 08:06 Last update: about 10 years ago

OBAMA

SEWARD, Alaska — President Barack Obama stares down a melting glacier in Alaska in a dramatic use of his presidential pulpit to sound the alarm on climate change. 

CONGRESS-IRAN-NUCLEAR

WASHINGTON — Supporters of the Iran nuclear deal are on the cusp of clinching the necessary U.S. Senate votes to keep the contested agreement alive and hand President Barack Obama a major foreign policy victory in spite of furious opposition. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BUSH

MIAMI — The feud between Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and rival candidate Jeb Bush appears to be intensifying. 

GAY MARRIAGE-KENTUCKY

MOREHEAD, Kentucky — A county clerk who invoked "God's authority" as she defied the U.S. Supreme Court yet again on gay marriage refuses to resign and now must face a federal judge who could impose fines or send her to jail. 

GUATEMALA-POLITICAL CRISIS

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's Congress lifts President Otto Perez Molina's immunity of office, opening him up to possible prosecution in a widening customs corruption scandal that has rocked his administration and the country's political system.

CLINTON EMAILS

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her aides at the U.S. State Department were acutely aware of the need to protect sensitive information when discussing international affairs over email and other forms of unsecure electronic communication, according to the latest batch of messages released by the agency from Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.

MEXICO-EMBATTLED PRESIDENCY

MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto sends his written state-of-the-nation report to Congress in an atmosphere of rising violence, a falling currency and a slowing economy. 

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