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Sep 3, 2026 - World

Rubio, however, reiterated US President Donald Trump's earlier comment and warned that no country should assist Tehran in bypassing sanctions or establishing channels to earn revenue.

Sep 3, 2026 - World

China's oil consumption fell 9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a 16% slump in the transport sector, according to a report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

Sep 3, 2026 - World

In many ways, reporting on natural disasters is far more harrowing than covering modern war

Sep 3, 2026 - World

Iranian state media said four people - two women and two children - were killed and more than 60 were wounded. One of the children, a teenager, was killed by another strike on a nearby communications tower.

Sep 3, 2026 - World

Green party leader announces run in Holborn and St Pancras constituency in north London following the resignation of former PMFull report: Zack Polanski to stand in Keir Starmer seat as Green party candidateKemi Badenoch will this morning be giving a speech saying the Conservatives would raise defence spending by £10bn a year, allowing the UK to reach the 3% of GDP target for defence spending by 2030. This is the target Andy Burnham has not committed to meeting.In a news release explaining where the Conservatives would find the money for this, they say:The uplift, worth £10bn per year, will be funded by further cuts to the spiralling welfare bill, building on the party’s existing pledges to cut welfare by £23bn, and by reprioritising funding from other areas. This represents the largest real-terms increase in defence spending in a generation …We will:Dodgy Tory economics won’t fund Britain’s defences. The British people won’t forget Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives hollowed out our armed forces and blew holes in the UK’s proud international reputation.This proposal uses the same money they’ve already spent on other things and appears to break the Tories’ so-called golden economic rule. This is just days after Kemi Badenoch promoted a key architect of the Liz Truss mini-Budget as her shadow chancellor. It’s the same old Tories – they haven’t listened and they haven’t learned.Only two Labour MPs have ever represented Holborn and St Pancras: former health secretary Frank Dobson, from 1983 to 2015, then Keir Starmer. [The constituency was created in 1983, mostly replacing Holborn and St Pancras South, which was mostly held by Labour in the post-war period.]At the most recent general election in 2024, Starmer held the seat with 48.9% of the vote, ahead of independent candidate Andrew Feinstein in second place on 18.9% and the Greens in third on 10.4%. Continue reading...