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Aug 14, 2026 - World

Cut in electric vehicle sales targets could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions in UK, say green campaignersAndy Burnham has been criticised for moving to cut electric vehicle (EV) sales targets and accept North Sea drilling at a time of devastating wildfires caused by the climate emergency.The prime minister for the first time acknowledged on Friday that the climate crisis was behind hundreds of wildfires that have ripped across the parts of the UK. Continue reading...

Aug 14, 2026 - World

Festival organiser says she has booked next year’s headliners but would not say if Taylor Swift is among themMadonna will not be performing at next year’s Glastonbury, the festival’s organiser, Emily Eavis, has said.The singer, who has the most top 10 singles in UK chart history of any female artist, has never featured at Britain’s biggest music festival. Continue reading...

Aug 14, 2026 - World

People were outraged on Friday after President Donald Trump downplayed the reportedly poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln, where service members have described a dire situation.Trump was boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland heading to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York when the press corps started asking him questions about the naval vessel and sailors on board."Family members of service members are concerned about conditions on the USS Lincoln," one reporter said."That ship is moving. No, they’re not," Trump responded, saying that the ship would be replaced with another ship."Has the deployment gone on too long?" The reporter asked."No, no, no. Not nearly long enough," Trump said, not acknowledging military family members' worries.Political commentators and media experts reacted to the president's remarks.Internet personality and Chronicles associate editor Pedro L. Gonzalez reacted to Trump's response."Trump doesn't care about American troops at all," Gonzalez wrote on X. "He thinks people who serve in the military are suckers. He thinks people who fight and die for this country are fools. I don't know how you can hear Trump explicitly state that he's unconcerned about these service members and their families, that he thinks they haven't been deployed *long enough* in his idiotic war, and still conclude that he's deeply concerned about American lives."Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), an Iraq war veteran, had a sharp reaction to Trump's comments."Cadet Bone Spurs thinks he understands what happens on deployments," Gallego wrote on X. Progressive activist Alex Cole mocked Trump. "Trump: We love our military. Military: We have concerns. Trump: No you don’t," Cole wrote on X.U.S. Army veteran and activist Skyleigh Uhrich had a direct message for families of military service members."Attention Military & Military Families: Trump said 200 days of deployment at sea with no port of call is not along [sic] enough! All of you need to vote accordingly in November, all of your family members are being used as pawns in his sick game! He wouldn’t last 24 hrs pathetic mf!" Uhrich wrote on X.Liberal commentator Lucas Sanders responded to the president."Translation: I don’t care about their conditions," Sanders wrote on X.Trump doesn't care about American troops at all. He thinks people who serve in the military are suckers. He thinks people who fight and die for this country are fools. I don't know how you can hear Trump explicitly state that he's unconcerned about these service members and their… https://t.co/oEvuDGiZ9j— Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) August 14, 2026

Aug 14, 2026 - World

Palestine’s vice-president calls plan ‘flagrant violation of international law’ and a step towards full Israeli annexationIsrael’s defence minister wants to transfer law enforcement powers for Israelis in the occupied West Bank over to the police, a plan that Palestine’s vice-president described as a “flagrant violation of international law” and step towards full Israeli annexation.Israel Katz announced that he had ordered the military to draw up plans for the handover of responsibility for policing Israeli settlers amid domestic and international criticism of the army’s failure to tackle militants besieging three Palestinian families. Continue reading...

Aug 14, 2026 - World

China's recent test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile without adequate warning prompted the U.S. and 40 countries to demand greater advance notice of such tests, the State Department said in a joint statement.