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Oct 14, 2026 - World

Nigel Farage says Kemi Badenoch misinterpreted his suggestion for a deal with Donald TrumpWhile in some respects the Nigel Farage/Kemi Badenoch Chagos Islands row (see 9.56am) is just a slightly manufactured spat between two leaders who are not in a position to decide the future of the Chagos Islands anyway, it is revealing about the state of opposition politics, in three respects.First, this is further evidence that the fight between the Tories and Reform UK is increasingly bitter. Here they are arguing over a policy where, essentially, their views are very similar. This time last year there was informal talk of a potential pact. Now there is an acrimonious fight to be the dominant party on the right.I’d have gone in and said, ‘Right, you know what, mate? Chagos, it’s yours. Diego Garcia, in perpetuity, the most strategic American military base in the world, which it is.Outside mainland America, Diego is the most important thing America has for nuclear subs, for long-range bombers, for all of it.Giving away British territory in return for someone keeping quiet is not a deal. It is humiliating.There is no pride in our country in the way he talks about us. This is careless, loose talk from a man who wants to be responsible for Britain’s national security.This is totally dishonest journalism. I make it clear that I am opposed to the surrender of sovereignty to Mauritius. I would offer the use of Diego Garcia to the USA in perpetuity. In return I would want America to go quiet on the Falklands.No one has fought harder to save the Chagos Islands from being given away than I have, unlike the Tories and Labour trying to give them away. I have even helped repopulate the islands with Chagossians. Continue reading...

Oct 14, 2026 - World

Investigators determined professor responsible for urine found on a backpack, in trash cans and in water bottlesA former professor at Macalester College in the Minnesota city of St Paul is facing a felony charge for allegedly spilling his urine on a student’s backpack while he still worked at the school, costing more than $2,000 in damages, according to a state criminal court document.Paul Fischer, 55, is at the center of the bizarre, alleged workplace misconduct case that led to his being cited for first-degree damage to property – and linked to at least a half dozen such incidents involving urine at the liberal arts college over the course of a year. Continue reading...

Oct 14, 2026 - World

AI may make warfare faster, more precise in some circumstances and less dependent on human operators for certain tasks. But speed is not the same as judgement, and technological sophistication does not guarantee that a military decision is lawful or justified.

Oct 14, 2026 - World

Zelenskyy says Russia attacked ‘infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American president’Ukrainian soldiers have access to Starlink satellite internet restrictedin BerlinA Ukrainian soldier is to go on trial in Hamburg accused of taking part in one of the most brazen acts of sabotage in postwar European history – the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany. Continue reading...

Oct 14, 2026 - World

Canada-born singer-songwriter, 82, posts footage of citizenship ceremony to InstagramJoni Mitchell has become a US citizen, after first moving to the country in the mid-1960s. The Canada-born singer-songwriter, 82, posted footage of her citizenship ceremony on her Instagram account, along with a photo of her next to an American flag, accompanied by the caption: “A journey that began 62 years ago.”It means that Mitchell can now vote in US elections, something that she had complained she wasn’t able to do. Continue reading...