Trump administration attacks UK plans to boost traditional media on social platforms 07. September 2026 (16:20) US embassy says Downing Street’s plan to give BBC, ITV and other established media more online visibility carries risk of ‘censorship’The Trump administration has raised “serious concerns” over Downing Street’s plan to force YouTube and other digital platforms to hand more prominence to established broadcasters, warning the move risks “facilitating censorship”.In a pointed intervention, the US government said the proposals to boost traditional media outlets in social media algorithms could “establish a template that authoritarian regimes could invoke to justify more control over online content”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Federal investigators search for cause of Amazon cargo jet crash that killed five 07. September 2026 (16:17) Theories begin to emerge that plane may have landed too fast and too far down the runway to be able to stop in timeFederal investigators got plans under way on Monday for determining what caused an Amazon cargo jet to barrel off a runway at Miami international airport on Sunday afternoon and crash, killing five people and injuring five others.Video footage showed the jet wobbling a little and coming in fast and far along the runway, with storm clouds clearly visible in the sky behind, as expert theories began to emerge that the Boeing 767 may have landed too fast and too far down the runway to be able to stop in time.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Why is the far-right AfD’s state victory significant and what might happen next in German politics? 07. September 2026 (16:04) Aftershocks of party’s win in Saxony-Anhalt will ripple across Germany, with two more state elections this monthEurope live – latest updatesGermany is reeling from the biggest far-right victory in a state election since the Nazi period after voters in Saxony-Anhalt in the former communist east gave the anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party a thumping first-place finish of 44%, just short of an absolute majority. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
John Healey backs growth but says Labour must be honest on spending 07. September 2026 (14:54) Chancellor ducks questions on whether he will have to raise taxes but says he will stick firmly to fiscal rulesBusiness live – latest updatesJohn Healey has said boosting economic growth will be his defining mission as chancellor as he warned Labour had to “be honest” about the need to control public spending at next month’s budget.In his first big speech since taking the job in July, Healey said the top priority for his 28 October budget would be to support stronger growth across the UK while sticking firmly to the government’s fiscal rules. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Next overturns equal pay ruling that raised basic wages for shop staff 07. September 2026 (14:45) Retailer wins appeal against 2024 decision forcing it to pay shop workers the same as warehouse employeesThe UK retailer Next has overturned a 2024 court ruling forcing it to pay its shop staff the same higher basic pay rates as its warehouse workers under equal pay rules.The chain, led by the Conservative peer Simon Wolfson, said it had “won a landmark victory in its ongoing equal pay litigation”. It has succeeded in its appeal to the employment appeal tribunal “on the key issue of basic pay”, it said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Oasis recordings up for auction despite band’s objections 07. September 2026 (14:25) Archive documenting concerts, rehearsals, soundchecks and conversations estimated at up to £1.6mAn archive of more than 100 hours of Oasis recordings – including concerts, rehearsals and candid conversations between Noel and Liam Gallagher – is to be auctioned for up to £1.6m despite objections from the band.The collection was amassed by the band’s sound engineer Huw Richards, who worked with Oasis from the release of their 1994 debut album, Definitely Maybe, until 2001. It comprises 209 DAT tapes, 73 analogue cassettes and three MiniDiscs, and is being sold by Richards’s son, Owain. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Four arrested after baby dies on camping trip in Staffordshire 07. September 2026 (14:15) Two women and two men arrested on suspicion of murder after death of three-month-old girl near Great WyrleyFour people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a three-month-old girl died in Staffordshire while camping with her family.Officers said they were made aware of the death on Saturday at 8.45am after being called by paramedics from the West Midlands ambulance service, who were responding to a report of a child in cardiac arrest. An air ambulance was also sent but the child was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Legal veterans lead fightback against Trump’s ‘full-out assault on democracy’ 07. September 2026 (14:00) Advocacy groups expand legal challenges and condemn president’s ‘self-serving attempts to take over midterms’A cluster of advocacy groups that boast veteran lawyers, voting experts and ex-judges have expanded legal challenges to Donald Trump’s authoritarian executive orders on voting and other presidential actions they see as a “war” on the rule of law in the US.Heavy legal opposition to Trump’s two executive orders on elections to curb voting rights and supplant the authority of states on election matters has come from the Democracy Defenders Fund, the Campaign Legal Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and kindred groups. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ratko Mladić, the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, given hero’s funeral in Serbia 07. September 2026 (13:20) Fanfare at Belgrade funeral of man convicted of genocide raises questions from EU over Serbia’s membership planEurope live – latest updatesThousands of mourners have gathered in Belgrade for the funeral of Ratko Mladić, a Serbian general convicted of orchestrating the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, and whose hero’s return home has raised international alarm.Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role during the Balkans genocide in the 1990s, Mladić died in prison in late August aged 84 while serving a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report 07. September 2026 (13:00) HHS releases report linking ‘gender ideology’ to political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conductedThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a report linking “gender ideology” to leftwing authoritarianism and political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted and “nakedly political”, likely leading to greater politicization of science and health.It follows attempts by the administration to limit access to gender-affirming care – including, on Friday, an agreement reached between the Department of Justice and a New York hospital to no longer offer pediatric gender-affirming care. Dozens of hospitals stopped offering gender-affirming care after the Trump administration began investigating them for offering the standard of care. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
