How bad could it get? America’s ugly election

Israel 

to the

United Arab Emirates

. The

two Middle Eastern countries

agreed to normalise relations

last month. The flight crossed

Saudi Arabian airspace, which

had been closed to Israeli air

traffic. The 

uae

also repealed a

law boycotting Israel. 

King Salman of 

Saudi Arabia

sacked six defence officials

over allegations of corruption.

Prince Fahd bin Turki bin

Abdulaziz Al Saud, who com-

mands the Saudi-led coalition

in Yemen, and his son were

among those removed from

their posts. Muhammad bin

Salman, the crown prince, has

used past anti-corruption

drives to consolidate power.

Alpha Condé, the president of

Guinea

, will stand in an elec-

tion scheduled for October,

after he abolished a two-term

limit in a contested referen-

dum earlier this year. Mr Condé

has run the country since 2010;

under the new law he may rule

until 2032, when he will be 94. 

The government and rebel

groups in 

Sudan 

signed a peace

deal promising to end a civil

war centred largely in the

Darfur region that has lasted 17

years. Several earlier ceasefires

and peace deals have been

signed and then broken.

Donald Trump

visited

Kenosha, a town in Wisconsin

that has been embroiled in

violence since a black man was

shot by police and paralysed.

The president reiterated his

resolute message on law-and-

order, which he hopes will help

him win re-election. In

Portland, another scene of

widespread disturbances, a

white man who took part in a

pro-Trump demonstration was

fatally shot amid clashes with

left-wing protesters. 

A member of the Kennedy clan

lost an election in