Geopolitics

Trump-backed Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson head to runoff in South Carolina GOP governor race

Lieutenant governor and attorney general advance but result signals decisive defeat for controversial Nancy Mace Donald Trump-backed Pamela Evette, South Carolina’s lieutenant...

10 Jun 2026

Who is Steve Hilton, the Briton who could become California’s next governor?

Hilton has worn many hats since he arrived in the US 14 years ago, and now faces steep odds of defeating Democratic...

10 Jun 2026

Graham Platner shrugs off scandals to win Maine Democratic Senate primary

Platner, whose campaign was hit by series of negative headlines, to face Susan Collins in key midterm contest Graham Platner, a Marine...

10 Jun 2026

Karmelo Anthony found guilty of murder and sentenced to 35 years

Texas trial, which lasted a week, drew national attention due to race, as Anthony is Black and Austin Metcalf was white Following...

10 Jun 2026

Prisoners in Western Australia are living in ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading’ conditions, report warns

Inspector of custodial services says inmates are sleeping on the floor and denied basic entitlements due to ‘a systemic failure across multiple...

10 Jun 2026

Brazil intercepts 108 Cuban immigrants amid growing asylum applications

Last year, for the first time in a decade, Cuban asylum applications exceeded Venezuelan ones in sign of growing strain.

10 Jun 2026

Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters

Home city of Amazon and Microsoft passes moratorium as backlash against energy-guzzling AI infrastructure grows Seattle has passed a year-long moratorium on...

10 Jun 2026

Iran war live: US strikes after downing of helicopter, Tehran vows response

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the toll from Israeli attacks on the country since March 2 has reached 3,666 dead.

10 Jun 2026

US military launches ‘self-defence strikes’ targeting Iran

US Central Command (CENTCOM) says its forces began launching ‘self-defence’ strikes against Iran.

9 Jun 2026

Afghan authorities open fire on protesters over women’s dress code

Authorities suppressed a protest in western Afghanistan over the detention of women for dress code violations.

9 Jun 2026

US federal judge blocks Alabama from executing man by nitrogen gas

Emily C Marks finds method proposed to kill Jeffery Lee violates ban on cruel and unusual punishment A federal judge on Tuesday...

9 Jun 2026

Republican Steve Hilton advances in tight California governor’s race

Former UK political operative endorsed by Trump will face off against Democrat Xavier Becerra in November election Republican Steve Hilton, the former...

9 Jun 2026

US judge halts execution by nitrogen gas, ruling it unconstitutional

Judge Emily Marks had previously allowed the execution to proceed, arguing that no execution is entirely without pain.

9 Jun 2026

Lammy’s cuts to jury trials could have ‘far-reaching’ effect on race relations, say MPs

Justice secretary’s plans likely to increase black people’s suspicion of court system, committee suggests David Lammy’s planned changes to the criminal courts...

9 Jun 2026

Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report

Inmates in England and Wales live among vermin while gangs control entire wings, monitors warn, with failures ‘at risk of becoming normalised’...

9 Jun 2026

Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds

Chair of prisons and detention watchdog concerned about intimidating effect as wide-ranging and damning review published Grim reality of prison conditions laid...

9 Jun 2026

Cattle in England to get tuberculosis vaccine from 2030 as badger cull to end

Targeted vaccination and improved testing planned as part of drive to eradicate disease by 2038 Cattle will be vaccinated against tuberculosis from...

9 Jun 2026