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Guinea’s president dismisses 173 soldiers, including coup ally, for desertion
Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya has dismissed 173 soldiers for alleged desertion, including Colonel Michel Lamah, who took part in the 2021 coup that brought Doumbouya to power. The move is widely seen as an effort by the president to tighten his grip on the military and pre-empt any challenges to his authority, coming just months…
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Trump-backed Mazzei wins Oklahoma primary as Dolly Parton tributes flood in
Mike Mazzei clinched Oklahoma’s Republican gubernatorial runoff with Trump’s backing, while a Kentucky candidate quietly distances himself from the president; tributes pour in for Dolly Parton, and childcare group Edge Early Learning collapses across three Australian states.
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Netanyahu tells Trump Iran deal impossible, backs economic pressure
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he told US President Donald Trump that no diplomatic agreement is possible with Iran’s leadership, whom he described as “savages”, as he threw his support behind Trump’s newly announced economic pressure campaign against Tehran. The comments, made at an event for Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank,…
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Deborah Turness Resurfaces With Studio At Independent Talent Group
Deborah Turness, the former BBC News and NBC News chief, has joined Independent Talent Group (ITG) to launch and lead its new creative studio. As president of Independent Talent Studio, she will help creative clients turn ideas into media brands, franchises and intellectual property across video, podcasts, social media, newsletters, live events and emerging formats.…
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Reform UK promise taxpayers £30 cashback if they are left on hold for more than half an hour by HMRC
Reform UK has proposed giving taxpayers a £30 tax credit if they are left waiting more than 30 minutes to speak to an HMRC adviser by phone. Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick unveiled the “delay, repay” scheme, arguing it would pressure HMRC into improving customer service and accused the tax authority of deliberately letting phone services…
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Donald Trump orders that flags be flown at half-mast across the US for a week in honour of Dolly Parton
US President Donald Trump has ordered flags to be flown at half-mast across the United States for a full week in tribute to Dolly Parton, following the announcement of her death on 25 August 2026. The 80-year-old singer and philanthropist died after what her team described as “a brief battle with cancer”, prompting tributes from…
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POLL OF THE DAY: Should older people be taxed more to prop up public finances?
A left-wing think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), has proposed a wealth tax targeting older people to help shore up public finances, arguing the current system is skewed towards taxing work and younger earners. The idea could feed into government thinking ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget, given ongoing fiscal pressure…
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‘Captain Canada’ firebrand unloads on Trump with profane one-liner as trade war escalates
Ontario premier Doug Ford launched a profane public attack on President Donald Trump, telling a Toronto radio station on Monday that Trump “can kiss my a–”, as the US-Canada trade dispute intensified sharply. The exchange follows Trump’s threat to impose new 50% tariffs on Canadian autos, auto parts and steel, and comes after Trump mocked…