26 August 2026

A fast‑moving wildfire near Reno, Nevada, forced the evacuation of thousands of residents from their homes. In Guinea, a collapse at a rubbish landfill killed 30 people. In the United States, former President Donald Trump wrapped up his “Summer of Fun” with an IndyCar race on the streets of Washington, D.C. A late penalty allowed Liverpool to hold off Newcastle, denying the latter a win. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to Kazakhstan’s president, praised the “Yeni Daşkənd” project as a rare example of modern urban planning, and took part in a ceremony in Tashkent to sign bilateral documents, where the first ladies of Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan visited the “Oxunguzar” art space in Daşkənd.