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INDIA

New Delhi denies allegation of killing

India on Tuesday rejected the "absurd" allegation that its agents were behind the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bombshell accusation sent already sour diplomatic relations to a new low. Ottawa also expelled a diplomat it described as the head of India's foreign intelligence service in Canada, prompting a tit-for-tat order from New Delhi for a Canadian diplomat to leave. New Delhi insisted it had nothing to do with the killing, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had "completely rejected" the accusation when raised privately earlier by Trudeau.

UNITED STATES

Union prepares for more auto strikes

The United Auto Workers union said it would announce on Friday more US plants to strike if no serious progress was made in talks with the Detroit Three automakers, as a Canadian union held off on an immediate walkout at Ford's operations in Canada. The UAW last week launched a strike against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, targeting one US assembly plant at each company. Former president Donald Trump plans to give a speech in Detroit on Sept 27 to a crowd of union workers, skipping the second Republican presidential debate.

Agencies Via Xinhua