Canada’s Carney embraces tighter ties with E.U. despite Trump warning – The Washington Post

  1. Canada’s Carney embraces tighter ties with E.U. despite Trump warning  The Washington Post
  2. Carney says Canada will decide its own partnerships after Trump calls EU proposal ‘laughable’  CNBC
  3. Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State. He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.  The New York Times
  4. Trump threatens to impose ‘serious tariffs’ on Europe if Canada joins EU as associate member  Politico
  5. Canada's Mark Carney and the EU shrug off Trump's threats, looking to forge an "Alliance for the Future"  CBS News
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King Charles warns AI leaders of ‘existential dangers’ – Reuters

  1. King Charles warns AI leaders of 'existential dangers'  Reuters
  2. King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands  BBC
  3. King Charles III meets with tech leaders in Scotland as safety concerns swirl over AI  Fast Company
  4. King Charles Calls on Nvidia, OpenAI Chiefs to Control AI  Bloomberg.com
  5. King Charles to press Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic leaders on AI safety at summit  CNBC
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Saudi Arabia says debris from an intercepted Houthi drone killed 1, and other Mideast developments – AP News

  1. Saudi Arabia says debris from an intercepted Houthi drone killed 1, and other Mideast developments  AP News
  2. Five killed as Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis trade attacks  Al Jazeera
  3. Verified video shows wreck of Saudi warplane shot down over Yemen  BBC
  4. Yemenis take to boats to flee as Middle East war spreads  Reuters
  5. EU voices ‘solidarity’ with Riyadh, condemns Houthi strikes  timesofisrael.com
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House Republican releases campaign ad critical of Trump’s immigration policies

María Elvira Salazar says some enforcement has ‘gone too far’ as GOP seeks distance from Trump before midterms

A Republican congresswoman has released a campaign ad criticizing Donald Trump’s approach to immigration enforcement, in the latest sign that a key plank of the president’s 2024 re-election campaign has become a liability for his congressional allies ahead of November’s midterm elections.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far,” Florida’s María Elvira Salazar says in a 30-second ad. “In July, 50% of the 50,000 people that were detained had no criminal record. Be careful what your advisers are telling you about immigration policy.”

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Khan addresses Polanski in Urdu at London assembly, mocking Green leader’s byelection video – UK politics live

It comes after the Green leader, who is standing as a candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, recorded a campaign video in Urdu

Andrew Griffith has delivered his speech, and he is now taking questions.

Q: You want the government to pause the making tax digital programme. Is that an admission that the last government got this wrong when it introduced it?

It is an admission that despite [good] intentions, the execution of that has left a lot to be desired.

In fact, coming to parliament from business, I can confess the law that we pass the most often is the law of unintended consequences. And I think making tax digital is a good example of that.

The truth is that Burnham and Miliband ignored the advice they were given – which was that if they were determined to sanction Israel, they should not do so before the Israeli election on 27 October.

It may not be surprising that this was the message from the Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, when Miliband called him on 11 August to warn sanctions were imminent. ‘He said postpone it until after the elections,’ a diplomatic source confirms. It was also the message the Israeli embassy in London – and its new chargé d’affaires Chris Cantor – was relaying to the Foreign Office. ‘Their message was clear: why do it now? Wait until after the elections, because something might change,’ a senior Labour figure says.

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Sweden’s PM resigns after centre-left bloc wins slim majority in election

Ulf Kristersson has stood down from his post, paving way for Social Democrats leader to form a government

Sweden’s centre-right prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has stood down, clearing the way for Magdalena Andersson, the Social Democrats leader, to attempt to form a government.

In a victory speech on Thursday, Andersson said the Swedish people had “voted for a new direction for our country, voted for unity and against division”.

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Sweden’s prime minister steps down after losing election – Reuters

  1. Sweden's prime minister steps down after losing election  Reuters
  2. Sweden Swings Back Left, Bucking a Trend in Europe  The New York Times
  3. Sweden’s prime minister steps down as left-wing opposition clinches narrow election victory  NBC News
  4. Poland warns Russia planning ‘hybrid strikes’ against countries supporting Ukraine – as it happened  The Guardian
  5. The night Sweden's far-right stopped winning  Reuters
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say – NBC News

  1. New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say  NBC News
  2. Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years  National Geographic
  3. New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century  Reuters
  4. Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century  Live Science
  5. New species of wild cat discovered in Bolivia’s cloud forest  BBC Wildlife Magazine
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As Charles refutes Earl Spencer’s claim about Diana, how royal statements give a glimpse behind palace doors

From ‘there were three of us in this marriage’ to ‘recollections may vary’, a lot can be conveyed with a carefully worded phrase

As denials go, King Charles’s response to Earl Spencer’s allegations that Charles said after Diana’s death, “We’ll forget her soon enough”, was a masterclass in the diplomatic royal rebuke.

Rarely has Buckingham Palace responded to claims in countless books on royalty. But it was straight out of the block on this one.

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Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards

Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes

Meta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman from Facebook and do more to tackle AI-generated fake imagery.

A fake video showing a Labour party councillor in Scotland making inflammatory comments about refugees should not have been left up by Facebook, the board said. It also ruled that an AI-generated video of a Muslim campaign volunteer should have been removed after it falsely depicted her offering health advice while carrying out absurd exercises or eating junk food.

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Nicholas Brandram’s family deny he was ‘Putney pusher’ and say Met police pressure led to his death

Banker, 44, was arrested in connection with 2017 incident but family say ‘no credible evidence’ he was involved

The family of Nicholas Brandram have denied he was the so-called “Putney pusher” and said he “took his own life after months of immense pressure caused by a Metropolitan police investigation”.

Brandram, 44, was found unresponsive at a property in Chiswick, west London, believed to be his home, on Tuesday evening.

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Baby found wrapped in 1910 newspaper was killed with twine, UK inquest concludes

‘Terrible thing’ happened to infant boy found under the floorboards at a house in Bishop Auckland, says coroner

A baby boy who was found with twine looped and knotted round his neck and wrapped in a 116-year-old newspaper was unlawfully killed, a coroner has concluded.

Crispin Oliver on Thursday said the child, known only as Baby Auckland, had been garotted by an unknown person.

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FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals

Exclusive: Internal FBI memo, reviewed by the Guardian, said women wanted to dox and ‘embarrass’ agents, but provided few details

The FBI internally warned that a group of women were creating fake online dating accounts with “tradwife” aesthetics in an effort to lure US immigration agents and “dox” them.

The FBI in Chicago disseminated a brief memo to other law enforcement officials across the US on the potential threat to agents in February, warning that “as of late January 2026, a small group of women allegedly were creating fictitious online dating profiles with the purpose of attracting and then doxxing law enforcement participating in immigration enforcement”. The report, which was shared with the Guardian, provided few details about the alleged scheme and did not explain the source of the information.

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Late Princess Diana’s brother claims King Charles told him, “we’ll forget her soon enough” before funeral – CBS News

  1. Late Princess Diana's brother claims King Charles told him, "we'll forget her soon enough" before funeral  CBS News
  2. 'Never complain, never explain': Buckingham Palace broke its own golden rule over Princess Diana claims  Yahoo
  3. King Charles fires back at Princess Diana’s brother over ‘forget her’ claim in new memoir  WKMG
  4. King Charles ‘Sounded Giddily Elated’ After Princess Diana Died, Says Charles Spencer  People.com
  5. Buckingham Palace rebuts claim in book by Princess Diana's brother  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
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Kempton Park killings: Ninth woman’s body found in South Africa’s Dawn Park – BBC

  1. Kempton Park killings: Ninth woman's body found in South Africa's Dawn Park  BBC
  2. South Africa: Police find 9th body of woman amid spree fears  DW.com
  3. ‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa  The Guardian
  4. Why the discovery of 9 women’s bodies have raised fears of a serial killer in South Africa  AP News
  5. Wave of murders spreads fear in Johannesburg  Financial Times
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EXCLUSIVE: China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say – Reuters

  1. EXCLUSIVE: China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say  Reuters
  2. China pressing Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, Iranian sources say  timesofisrael.com
  3. China emerges as Saudi Arabia’s latest lifeline after Trump declines request to fight Houthis threatening vital Red Sea chokepoint  Business Insider Africa
  4. China Iran Relations: China asks Iran to rein in Houthis after Saudi Arabia seeks help: Report  The Times of India
  5. Live updates • China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say  Haaretz
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IS member sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in 2021 Kabul airport bombing

Mohammad Sharifullah, 28, was convicted of aiding the terrorist group that took credit for the suicide bombing

An Islamic State group member was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 US service members and about 160 Afghans at the Kabul airport five years ago during the US military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country.

A federal jury in Virginia had convicted Mohammad Sharifullah in April of providing material support to the IS affiliate known as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). But jurors could not agree whether he bore some responsibility for the airport bombing on 26 August 2021.

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Trump administration denies entry visas to Palestinian officials ahead of UN general assembly

It is the second year this administration has barred the Palestinian delegation from US travel ahead of the forum

The US state department said on Wednesday that it had again denied entry visas to Palestinian officials ahead next week’s United Nations general assembly gathering in New York.

The state department said in a statement that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had “failed to live up to their commitments”, accusing the groups of “taking actions to internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict including through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ)” and of “glorifying terrorism” among other allegations.

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