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UN experts say US may have committed war crimes with air strikes in Iran that killed civilians, including 120 schoolchildren
UN-appointed investigators said there were “reasonable grounds” to believe US air strikes in Iran may have constituted war crimes, while also accusing Iran’s government of serious human rights violations. They called for an immediate end to hostilities, independent investigations and accountability for alleged violations by the US, Israel and Iran. The report said a Tomahawk…
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Burnham’s national security chief ‘explicitly warned PM and Ed Miliband against Israel West Bank sanctions before crunch elections’… but was ignored
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Manchester mayor Andy Burnham introduced controversial sanctions against illegal Israeli West Bank settlements despite explicit warnings from the national security adviser and UK ambassador to delay until after Israeli elections in late October. The ministers ignored advice that early action could strengthen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position and damaged…
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Assad regime planned US journalist’s kidnap for weeks, BBC finds
US journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared in Syria in 2012, was kidnapped in a carefully planned operation rather than a chance encounter, according to a BBC investigation. The abduction was more than a month in the planning and a former militia member claims it was directly authorised by President Bashar al-Assad. This discovery resolves a…
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Leaked photos appear to show catastrophic damage to US military bases: ‘This hasn’t been communicated’
Leaked photographs supplied to CBS News by active-duty American service members reveal extensive damage to US military bases in the Middle East caused by Iranian missile and drone strikes. The images show destroyed aircraft, gutted buildings, flattened trailers and burned-out vehicles at facilities in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, with one striking photograph depicting a Boeing…
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Trump expects Iran war to end soon, threatens European tariffs
President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that he hopes the war in Iran is nearing its end, saying Tehran wants to make a deal, as the conflict continues to loom over the US midterm election campaign. In the same appearance, he dismissed as “laughable” a proposal for Canada to join the European Union as…
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Reform in freefall, British mother missing in Malawi, Saudi-Houthi clashes escalate
Sixteen Durham councillors have now quit Reform UK amid its Welsh leader’s arrest, while Leicester mother Nusrat Osman remains missing in Malawi and Saudi Arabia says it downed a Houthi drone near Mecca; also: the EPA scraps power-plant pollution limits and Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro draws a muted reception.
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Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun handed stadium ban over Diogo Jota chants
The Saudi Pro League club Al-Taawoun have been fined and ordered to play two home matches behind closed doors after their supporters chanted the name of the late Diogo Jota during a league fixture. The chants, audible during Saturday’s match against Al-Hilal, prompted Rúben Neves, a former Wolves and Portugal teammate of Jota’s, to gesture…
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AWS Confirms Permanent Data Loss from Iranian Drone Strikes on Gulf Infrastructure
Newly obtained photographs, provided to the BBC’s US partner CBS by active military personnel, reveal extensive Iranian drone strike damage to American bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that officials say was not fully disclosed to the public. The images, released alongside a Pentagon watchdog report, corroborate and expand on earlier revelations that the same…
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TalkFuse evening briefing, 16 Sep 2026 19:38
TUC delegates gather in Brighton buoyed by warmer Downing Street ties, while von der Leyen courts Canada, Amnesty names 87 Iranian officials, Trump promises a $5,000 “dividend”, Entain cuts 400 jobs, and tributes follow Ed Sheeran’s tour woes and singer Ben Saunders’s death.
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AWS confirms permanent customer data loss after Iranian drone strikes
Amazon Web Services has confirmed the permanent loss of some customer data hosted in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, six months after Iranian drone strikes damaged multiple data centres in the region. The admission, made in an AWS dashboard update on 15 September and first reported by Reuters, indicates that the March strikes caused…