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Sep 23, 2026 - World

Farage referred to the new unit and said Burnham was setting it up ‘using the excuse that Russia wants to interfere with elections’The former Labour minister leading the government’s review into youth unemployment has written to 100 firms to ask them to provide work placements and jobs for young people, the Press Association reports. PA says:Alan Milburn, who was commissioned by former prime minister Keir Starmer to lead the government’s review into worklessness, has approached “business leaders” in sectors including rail, transport and utilities to ask them to provide more chances for young people.The Milburn review said Royal Mail, Octopus Energy, Greene King and Lloyds bank are among the companies who are already offering opportunities to school and university leavers. They are taking part in the review’s First Chance scheme, which has come from the review. Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 - World

A video of al-Sharaa from inside the General Assembly hall has gone viral on social media, which appears to show the Syrian leader watching reels while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was addressing world leaders.

Sep 23, 2026 - World

Hundreds of protesters turned out at Gosport thinking that asylum seekers were arriving thereSix people have been arrested after anti-migrant protesters gathered at a marina in Hampshire in the mistaken belief that a small boat was due to arrive.Heeding calls from the far-right campaigner Daniel Thomas, hundreds of protesters gathered early on Tuesday evening at Gosport in Hampshire, aiming to disrupt any disembarkation of asylum seekers. The Border Force vessels carrying them landed instead in Dover early on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 - World

Trump lawyers say White House access is ‘a privilege, not a right’; CNN, Politico and MS Now to present case in court after president banned outlets from White House groundsSign up for US Breaking News emailsIn a speech to the United Nations following on the heels of President Trump’s threats to “annihilate” his country, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, struck a defiant tone.“He must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying,” Pezeshkian said, referring to Trump. “We will never bow our head or bend at the knee.” Continue reading...

Sep 23, 2026 - World

The centrepiece of German Envoy Jasper Wieck's agenda is the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, concluded after nineteen years of on-and-off negotiations.