Day: October 9, 2026

Readers respond to articles on the Green party’s motion As ever, Jonathan Freedland is on the money in his article (The Green party’s anti-Zionism motion is yet another attempt to tell Jews how we should think, 3 October). As a non-religious Jew-ish Londoner, I am appalled at the passing of the ...

It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable Werner Best, a senior SS official and jurist who helped organize the Nazi death squads that murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews, is ...

In the UK, one in five families are affected by permanent estrangement – it’s not a decision to be taken lightly. These are the questions experts suggest you ask yourself before cutting a relative out of your life It’s important to be certain you aren’t walking away because it feels ...

Layby hookups are all in a day’s work for Romola Garai in her steamy new drama Adultery. She talks faking orgasms, keeping secrets – and making audiences pass out In a raging storm in the Peak District last winter, a blue Toyota Yaris was parked in a remote roadside spot ...

Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsides For decades, East Fishkill helped build New York’s tech industry. The hamlet, located 70 miles north of New York City, was home to a 460-acre campus where IBM researched and manufactured semiconductor ...

From commanding the catwalks to acting as plus-ones for their famous parents, celebrity kids are bang on trend Knee-length skirts and bras worn as tops were two of the main takeaways from fashion month, which wrapped up this week. But the biggest trend had nothing to do with clothing. From ...

In response to a 404 Media investigation, Sen. Ron Wyden is demanding more information about how a federal license plate reader camera program works. Last month, we reported on the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program’s license plate reader database, which mirrors data from city license plate reader programs onto ...

This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss AI and spirituality. JASON: I think we’ve generally carved out a pretty good lane for ourselves in the broader AI debate, writing ...

Several member states of the international tribunal, including the UK, say they “strongly disagree” with the sanctions. ...

Only Iran and Afghanistan routinely carry out sentences in public, with Saudi Arabia appearing to have ended practice US politics – live updates If the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, goes ahead with plans to livestream the execution of a soldier radicalised to extremist Islam who killed 13 people at ...