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Während des Kalten Krieges standen USA und Sowjetunion in einem nuklearen Wettrüsten. Frühwarnsysteme sollten Raketenangriffe melden, waren aber anfällig für Fehlalarme.
Manchmal sind es die Dinge, die nicht passieren, die den Lauf der Weltgeschichte entscheiden. So war es am 26. September 1983. Hätte Oberstleutnant Stanislaw Jewgrafowitsch Petrow an diesem Tag seinem Computer geglaubt, dann wäre die Weltgeschichte womöglich zu Ende gewesen. Alle Menschen, die heute leben, können Petrow dankbar sein dafür, dass er seiner Intuition mehr vertraute als der Maschine.
Dabei hätte Petrow an jenem Tag eigentlich dienstfrei gehabt. Aber er sprang für einen erkrankten Kollegen ein und fand sich am 25. September um 23 Uhr zum Dienst im Befehlsstand der sowjetischen Raketenfrühwarnung ein, in einem unterirdischen Bunker 100 Kilometer südlich von Moskau.
At the UN General Assembly in New York, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European states of preventing peace negotiations over the war in Ukraine and supporting Ukraine with weapons to attack civilians and civilian infrastructure. He announced that Russia would continue the war until its military goals were achieved.

In northern Ethiopia, an old conflict is breaking out in the Tigray region. In an interview with Muriel Kalisch, scientist Gerrit Kurtz explains whether a new civil war is imminent and what else can be done to prevent it.

Iran has submitted a seven-day plan to the US to open the Strait of Hormuz, which US President Trump rejects. Meanwhile, tensions are heating up with new US sanctions, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Due to the extreme crowds on the second Saturday of the Oktoberfest, the city of Munich is currently advising visitors to avoid Oktoberfest. Tents are already overcrowded and security announcements are underway. At the same time, a commemoration of the Oktoberfest attack in 1980 took place.

As Ukraine seeks an additional $27 billion for defense and continues drone strikes on Russian refineries, the US is exploring options for trilateral talks. At the same time, NATO countries are warning against hybrid warfare.
Uzbekistan is pushing its cultural opening through international collaborations such as the Lang Lang concert in Samarkand and the opening of the Center for Contemporary Arts in Tashkent, led by the ACDF Foundation under Gayane Umerova.