The Court of Appeal ruled that jurors were misdirected on Julie Ann McIlwaine’s loss of control defence to the killing of James Joseph Crossley. ...
Month: October 2026
Tories aim to be election-ready ahead of party conferenceTories aim to be election-ready ahead of party conference
The party will focus on the economy and welfare, as Kemi Badenoch tells her team to prepare for a possible early election. ...
Saudi market reforms could stall IPO recoverySaudi market reforms could stall IPO recovery
Matthew’s view Saudi Arabia’s recently appointed stock market regulator has had a whirlwind few weeks. Mazen Al-Sudairi is leading an overhaul of the Capital Market Authority’s rules, one of the kingdom’s biggest revamps since it opened its stocks to foreign investors in 2015. That shift, from shunning so-called “hot money” ...
US signals potential escalation in the Iran warUS signals potential escalation in the Iran war
The US dispatched another aircraft carrier and thousands more troops to the Middle East, signaling a potential escalation in the Iran war. US President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that a resumption of military strikes was “possible,” after last month rejecting an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait ...
EU faces diesel shortage as major refiners ban exportsEU faces diesel shortage as major refiners ban exports
EU member states readied talks over a feared diesel shortage as surging prices drove major refiners to ban exports, moves that threatened economies worldwide. Friday’s talks come after the Trump administration demanded European countries release their own diesel stockpiles or face a ban on purchases from the US — the ...
Brazil faces uncertain diplomatic future after electionsBrazil faces uncertain diplomatic future after elections
Brazil’s election this weekend will reshape the diplomatic strategy of Latin America’s biggest economy, analysts said. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in effect tied with his main challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, though neither appears likely to win outright in Sunday’s first-round vote, necessitating a runoff. The EU, which spent ...
Russian fear-mongering stokes fears of military escalationRussian fear-mongering stokes fears of military escalation
Officials, led by Ukraine’s president, warned that Russia appeared to be readying military escalation against Kyiv and Europe more broadly. Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that his country intercepted communications suggesting the Kremlin was loosening its rules of war to allow for greater targeting of civilian sites, adding that ...
The US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mappedThe US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mapped
These graphics explain what the Democrats would need to do to flip the Senate and House of Representatives A turning point in Donald Trump’s second term will soon arrive. On 3 November, voters across the US will decide whether to keep the president’s Republican allies in control of Congress, or ...
Christa Pike survived her execution attempt. Tennessee must not try again | Austin SaratChrista Pike survived her execution attempt. Tennessee must not try again | Austin Sarat
What happened to Pike was gruesome. No one deserves what she went through, not even those who commit horrible crimes Botched executions are nothing new in US history. In the era when hangings were common, some condemned people were decapitated. Later, when the electric chair was in vogue, every now ...
The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis Get Out. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Purge. All three films build on an august tradition of using horror as a Trojan horse to comment on the social, political and racial anxieties of their ...