Foreign secretary will tell party’s conference ‘we are not here to accept the status quo but to change it’ Ed Miliband will tell campaigners and party members who raised the plight of Palestinians they were right that Labour’s approach had not been enough, saying he was heeding the calls of ...
Month: September 2026
UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end warUN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war
Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’ The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotiators “were asking for everything up front”. Echoing comments by Donald ...
61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history It took all day to clear a section of road in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City. At the end of it, Ahmed Alyan, a UN ...
What we know about RAF Fairford counter-terror probeWhat we know about RAF Fairford counter-terror probe
Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase. ...
Protesters disperse after blocking contentious Orange Order paradeProtesters disperse after blocking contentious Orange Order parade
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, who returned from the Labour Party conference for talks, urged both sides of the dispute to “double down on compromise”. ...
Water brand Liquid Death will make others’ adsWater brand Liquid Death will make others’ ads
The water brand Liquid Death is one of the purest marketing stories of the moment: a billion-dollar company that sells the ultimate commodity through edgy comedy. CEO Mike Cessario told Liz and me on last week’s that his company’s in-house agency, Death Machine, has also taken on a “few select ...
Water brand Liquid Death will make others’ adsWater brand Liquid Death will make others’ ads
The water brand Liquid Death is one of the purest marketing stories of the moment: a billion-dollar company that sells the ultimate commodity through edgy comedy. CEO Mike Cessario told Liz and me on last week’s that his company’s in-house agency, Death Machine, has also taken on a “few select ...
Firms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mountFirms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mount
Progress in frontier AI development is far outpacing governments’ capabilities — and willingness — to police it. “There is a disconnect between the law and the reality of what is being regulated,” one former EU official said, pointing to the bloc’s 2024 AI Act; once touted as the first comprehensive ...
Firms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mountFirms take lead on AI safety standards as security incidents mount
Progress in frontier AI development is far outpacing governments’ capabilities — and willingness — to police it. “There is a disconnect between the law and the reality of what is being regulated,” one former EU official said, pointing to the bloc’s 2024 AI Act; once touted as the first comprehensive ...
Foreign investors buy into US equities at record rateForeign investors buy into US equities at record rate
Net purchases of US equities and investment fund shares by foreign investors reached a record $426 billion in the second quarter, as overseas capital piled into an AI boom that has shown few signs of slowing. Hundreds of billions of dollars have moved in and out of AI-exposed stocks, with ...