Stories for 2026

Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 08:18 UTC
What could happen when Argentina's Sea Lion ultimatum to the UK expires

The two-week deadline Argentina gave the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion oil project in the North Falklands basin expires around October 12. Its expiry will not in itself suspend the project or establish a British breach of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, according to a legal analysis published by specialist site Diplomacy & Law.
Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 08:10 UTC
Flávio Bolsonaro proposes constitutional reform to overhaul the courts and lower the criminal age

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who will face Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil's presidential runoff on October 25, has said that if he wins he will use his Liberal Party's congressional bloc to push a constitutional reform that would change the judiciary, lower the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 and abolish presidential re-election.
Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 08:07 UTC
Stuart Lawrence, for three decades a captain of Britain's Antarctic ships, has died

Captain Stuart Lawrence MBE, who for more than three decades commanded the British Antarctic Survey vessels RRS Bransfield and RRS Ernest Shackleton, has died suddenly, according to the National Coastwatch Institution in Gosport, southern England, where he served as a volunteer watchkeeper.
Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 07:54 UTC
What was the world's largest penguin colony has lost nearly two thirds of its nests

The chinstrap penguin population on Zavodovski Island, in the South Sandwich Islands, has fallen by almost two thirds since 2011, according to a study by the British Antarctic Survey. The island, described that year as the world's largest penguin colony, has lost that title.
Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 07:53 UTC
On the war's third anniversary, 5,600 children are waiting to be evacuated from Gaza

Some 5,600 children are waiting to be evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment, according to the territory's Hamas-run Health Ministry, as three years pass since the group's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which killed around 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage and triggered the war.
Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 07:37 UTC
FAO Food Price Index rises in September amid weather concerns and transport disruptions

FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices increased in September, due mostly to transportation disruptions and weather concerns that constrained availability as well as to higher quotations for crop-based commodity groups, according to new data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 07:37 UTC
British Army exploring military working horses: US used them against Taliban and Russia in Ukraine

When you hear of horses being used in battle, you could be forgiven for thinking back to the First World War or even the Napoleonic era. However, the British Army, specifically The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR), is exploring how Military Working Horses could contribute to future operations.
Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 10:00 UTC
Messi leaves Argentina's national team after 21 years with a fortune Forbes puts at US$1.1 billion

Lionel Messi played his last match for Argentina on Tuesday, a friendly against Benin that ended 3-0 at Buenos Aires' Monumental stadium before more than 80,000 spectators. At 39, he closes a 21-year international career while consolidating a fortune that Forbes estimates at US$1.1 billion.
Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 08:07 UTC
Trump promises payments to voters ahead of midterms dominated by the cost of living

US President Donald Trump has announced a series of direct payments to various groups of citizens in recent weeks and has promised US$5,000 to every adult if Republicans keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections, in which the cost of living is shaping up as the central issue.
Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 07:11 UTC
Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice says she was coerced into barring Machado

Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice Bárbara César Siero has alleged that the detention of two of her brothers and her sister-in-law in late 2023 was used to force her to sign the rulings that kept opposition leader María Corina Machado barred from office. She made the claims in a 43-minute video posted on YouTube on Tuesday.