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Sep 2, 2026 - World

PMQs comes as Resolution Foundation says it is not ‘realistic’ to think defence spending can increase without tax risesAnalysis: new battle lines drawn as the leaders face offZack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said that the Holborn and St Pancras byelection will be “a referendum on ending rip-off Britain”.In a statement to mark the first anniversary of his election as Green leader, Polanski said:The Holborn and St Pancras by election will be a referendum on ending rip-off Britain. Only the Greens have a real plan for real hope and change.We will announce our candidate in due course and they will set out an exciting agenda for the deep change our country needs.Polanski hasn’t confirmed he intends to run in Keir Starmer’s Holborn and St Pancras seat, but … Green officials put out an afternoon statement saying “Zack has always made it clear he would like to be a London MP,” he was knocking doors in Camden last night and he sent out a quote saying “I am very excited for the next chapter for myself.” See if you can decipher that one. One person in the party said they expect him to put himself forward for selection this week.But my POLITICO colleague Isabel Loubser (formerly of the Islington Tribune) hears from two Green figures that one of Polanski’s two deputy leaders, Mothin Ali, is also interested in running. One person says he would potentially gain the backing of two key leftie groups in the constituency: the Camden People’s Alliance and a local Muslim alliance too. The seat has a big Bengali and Muslim community. Continue reading...

Sep 2, 2026 - World

The two men and two women are also accused of causing or allowing death of a child and perverting course of justiceFour people have been charged with murder after a newborn baby girl was stabbed to death in Sheffield.Two men and two women are to appear in court on Wednesday accused of murder, causing or allowing the death of a child, and perverting the course of justice by taking steps to conceal the killing of an infant. Continue reading...

Sep 2, 2026 - World

Just four days before her brutal killing, Piacenti had posted a photo of herself smiling broadly while holding her infant and standing with her husband.

Sep 2, 2026 - World

Changes include fewer seats in parliament and new rules on presidential candidates ahead of December electionsGuinea-Bissau voters have approved a new constitution significantly expanding presidential powers ahead of elections due in December.According to provisional results, 70% of voters approved sweeping changes in the tiny west African state’s first constitutional amendment since revisions that ended the one-party socialist state more than three decades ago. Continue reading...

Sep 2, 2026 - World

Iran said Wednesday that US strikes on its territory killed 11 people, state media reported, after a fresh attack in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.