The investigation, which follows a broadcast by Channel 4 News, is being folded into the inquiry that has been under way into other donations. ...
Month: September 2026
Miliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim British Jews in greater danger after sanctions moveMiliband rejects chief rabbi’s claim British Jews in greater danger after sanctions move
The foreign secretary disagrees that sanctions on Israeli settlements could put British Jews at greater risk. ...
‘We were raped and exploited by a drug gang as teenagers’, women tell BBC of their ordeal‘We were raped and exploited by a drug gang as teenagers’, women tell BBC of their ordeal
Four women have chosen to waive their anonymity and speak publicly to the BBC documentary, Britain’s Forgotten Girls, about how they were targeted by criminals when they were children. ...
Hundreds mourn police officer killed in wrong-way A66 crashHundreds mourn police officer killed in wrong-way A66 crash
Officers give PC Matthew Blades a guard of honour as people line the streets for his funeral. ...
Kenya’s foreign-trader crackdown exposes an economic fault lineKenya’s foreign-trader crackdown exposes an economic fault line
The News Kenya’s crackdown on foreign small-scale traders is exposing a tension at the heart of President William Ruto’s economic agenda in trying to protect jobs for Kenyans while keeping the country open to overseas capital and regional trade. Hundreds of Burundians crowded their embassy in Nairobi this week seeking ...
US-Canada trade war escalates amid tit-for-tat tariffsUS-Canada trade war escalates amid tit-for-tat tariffs
The US-Canada trade war intensified, with Washington moving to ban a raft of goods from its northern neighbour after Ottawa imposed retaliatory tariffs on its biggest trading partner. The moves follow escalating rhetoric between the pair’s leaders, though a senior Trump administration official said the countries would try to negotiate ...
US ramps up China rhetoric ahead of upcoming meetingUS ramps up China rhetoric ahead of upcoming meeting
Trump administration officials expressed worries about Chinese firms they said undermined Washington’s agenda, comments that come weeks before a planned meeting between the countries’ leaders. The US Treasury secretary warned that “nothing else would matter” if China were to win the AI race, highlighting Washington’s angst that Beijing may be ...
AI researchers say industry is ‘gambling with our lives’AI researchers say industry is ‘gambling with our lives’
An Anthropic researcher quit, warning that the rush to “self-improving superintelligence [is] gambling with our lives.” Jacob Coxon, formerly of OpenAI, said Anthropic — believing itself the only responsible AI lab — was as a result racing to get there first, while OpenAI had not “internalized the civilizational stakes.” “Things ...
Singapore boosts PM’s pay to $2.8 millionSingapore boosts PM’s pay to $2.8 million
Singapore increased its prime minister’s salary to $2.8 million, part of its longstanding strategy to boost talent and reduce corruption. For comparison, the UK’s premier earns $230,000 and the US president $400,000. Singapore’s first prime minister argued in 1955 that low pay meant top candidates rarely joined politics and faced ...
‘One day the Taliban will need women to be educated’: three sisters on being forced back to Afghanistan‘One day the Taliban will need women to be educated’: three sisters on being forced back to Afghanistan
Shallah, Fatimah and Maahi are among hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and girls deported from Iran and Pakistan in the past year to a life of severe restrictions It was a warm summer afternoon on 15 August 2021 when the Taliban entered Kabul and changed the lives of millions. ...