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Oct 15, 2026 - World

Charity commissioner to use speech to say there is a difference between ‘heated discussion’ and harassment or abuseFollowing from the Zelenskyy visit to Number 10 yesterday, John Healey has wrapped up his meeting with the UK press pack in Bangkok with a heavy hint that he is preparing to offer more support to Ukraine at the budget.Healey, who was of course defence secretary earlier this year, said:“Now is the time to step up pressure on Putin and step up support for Ukraine.”“I’m working on different ways we can step up support for Ukraine, military, diplomatic, and economic, and you know, if anybody needed any reminder of that, it’s what we see coming out of Ukraine, with Putin targeting these energy systems, leaving thousands without power, as we’ve got a harsh winter approaching.The future of Ukraine is the future of European security, and that’s that’s why it’s so crucial that Putin doesn’t prevail.”d Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - World

Zelenskyy said he felt ‘betrayed’ by the US after Trump’s diesel deal with Russia and the Starlink restrictionsJust as the leaders sit down at the big table in Brussels, Romania has said that seven people are still missing after a fire on a vessel in Romanian territorial waters of the Black Sea.Suspected Russian drones have hit several ships off Romania and neighbouring Bulgaria since last week in a spillover from the Ukraine war, AFP reported. Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - World

Donaldson has been found guilty of 18 counts of sexual abuse against two women when they were children and has been told he faces a lengthy jail termAt Donaldson’s pre-sentencing hearing last month, prosecution barrister Rosemary Walsh spoke of various tariffs for the offences, several of which carried a maximum sentence of two years.But other offences carried a maximum sentence of between 10 and 14 years under historical tariffs for crimes, she told the court. Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - World

Exclusive: Trump has falsely claimed Afrikaners are facing ‘white genocide’, but very few have applied to live in USThe US government could spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a media campaign in South Africa to figure out why more white Afrikaners are not applying to become refugees to the US, as Donald Trump had hoped.State department officials, according to an August proposal seen by the Guardian, outlined a roughly $335,000 research and advertising effort after applications to the refugee program “trended lower than expected” since Afrikaners were allowed to apply directly online in November 2025. The document, written by the US mission in South Africa with a department research unit for the embassy in Pretoria, admits officials know little about why. Continue reading...

Oct 15, 2026 - World

The suspect has been charged with one count each of making a terrorist threat and unlawful possession of weapons, which comprises a rifle with a barrel less than 16 inches in length.