Portal:Current events/2017 September 12

• 2016 United States presidential election
  • Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020. (CNN)

• Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
  • The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States. (The Hill)
• Russia–Turkey relations
  • President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan affirms Turkey has paid a deposit on the purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems. (Hürriyet)

• Law of California
  • California Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill that will protect all California residents, regardless of their immigration status, from unnecessary detention and questioning; similar to those ordinances in sanctuary cities. (Los Angeles Times)
• Executive Order 13780, Asylum in the United States
  • The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States. (Reuters)
• Terrorism in Spain
  • The Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona is evacuated due to an anti-terrorism operation. (AP)
• Terrorism in the Philippines
  • In an unconfirmed video, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant instructs its followers to go and fight in the Philippines instead of the Middle East. (NBC)

• 2017 Singaporean presidential election
  • Halimah Yacob is elected as the first female president of Singapore as the sole candidate in the upcoming elections. (The New York Times)
• Politics of the Philippines
  • Philippine senators call for Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to resign. (Philippine Canadian Inquirer)
  • The House of Representatives of the Philippines approves a bill that limits the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to only ₱1,000 (US$20). (Rappler) (BBC)
• Politics of Washington (state)
  • Seattle mayor Ed Murray announces his resignation after allegations surface that he sexually abused five teenagers in the 1970s and 80s. (The Seattle Times)
• 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election
  • The right-wing coalition led by Erna Solberg wins its second term in office in the Norwegian parliamentary election held late yesterday. (BBC News)
• Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
  • Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the Burmese government of "atrocities" against the Rohingya people and calls for these alleged atrocities to stop. (The Indian Express)

• Apple media events
  • Apple Inc. announces three new iPhone models: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The Apple Watch Series 3 and a new Apple TV are also announced. (The New York Times)