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Sep 7, 2026 - World

Hamza Chowdhury says he will challenge party leader and has received nominations from other Green councillors Healey says Andy Burnham set out in his statement to MPs last week what he thought had gone wrongThe fundamentals of our economy [were] hollowed out through a series of past policy decisions, political power was centralised, weakening the relationships between the people, the businesses and the institutions who can make things happen beyond Whitehall. The economic enablers were privatised and outsourced, leaving accountability to a thicket of arm’s length bodies and regulators, too often without the predictability or the pace that underpins a thriving market economy. And our country was deindustrialised as the cost to make anything, to build anything here soared, and our dependence on unreliable sources grew, including in areas critical to our national security and sovereignty.Let me be clear, I recognise that the costs of business, its energy bills, regulation, burdens, planning constraints, labour costs, have grown since Covid and I want to draw the line.And whether it is the cost of business or the cost of living, the only way we deal with these in the long term is growth. Continue reading...

Sep 7, 2026 - World

German chancellor says vote for far-right party ‘will have repercussions’ across the countryFar-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majorityAfD’s Chrupalla continues in this vein, saying the German public wants to see a change in direction, and specifically saying the electorate is “fed up” as the government keeps “transferring billions of our tax money to Ukraine … instead of using it for our own population.”He says the party has “a clear mandate” to rule in Saxony-Anhalt and will hold discussions with others about what can be done. Continue reading...

Sep 7, 2026 - World

Organisational leaders emphasise that emotional healing requires ongoing care, regardless of how many years have passed.

Sep 7, 2026 - World

The 9/11 plotters reportedly spent somewhere between $400,000 and $500,000 to plan and conduct their attack.

Sep 7, 2026 - World

Confidential audits covering 2024 and 2025 revealed patterns of inflated weapons prices, contracts awarded to unreliable companies and billions lost to fraud, waste and mismanagement.