Category Archives: Politics

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2026

Houthi Attacks on Riyadh Airport Leave 3 Dead, Saudi Arabia Says

The escalating violence has brought the conflict in Yemen to the doorstep of the Saudi capital, and the kingdom has no easy options to curtail the increasingly sophisticated and targeted strikes.

As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back

Moscow has used tactics of fear and ambiguity to try to divide NATO and limit support for Ukraine. But how should Europe retaliate? And how hard?

Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says

If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.

How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil

President Trump’s allies have sought to prove a conspiracy through a Justice Department inquiry, which has faced internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

ICE Agent Shoots Man During Arrest Attempt in New York Neighborhood

The man was in a car with a 5-year-old when he was shot and wounded, the authorities said. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration was “terrorizing our city.”

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 10, 2026

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Will bonds blow up?’….

Will bonds blow up?

A government-debt crisis is looming

A selfish ploy to break up Pakistan

Its military chief wants lots of small provinces, to fragment the opposition

How Europe should deal with the new China shock

Amassing “second-strike” trade weapons is not enough

A no-rules approach to AI is mad politics and worse policy

Do not let it rip

Britain’s Greens have voted, shamefully, to say Zionism is racism

It is a damning moment for a political party with pretensions to power

Brazil is a right-wing country now

The Bolsonaro clan promises to align with Donald Trump, and to attack democratic institutions

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2026

How a U.S. Diplomat Suppressed and Altered Reports Critical of Israel

A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according to multiple officials and documents obtained by The Times.

Inside the Russian Warehouses Bombarded by Ukraine

Middle-of-the-night evacuations and fears about death have become the norm for workers at Russian e-commerce companies targeted by Ukraine.

How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P.

Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a surge for Democrats.

Guess Where’s Next on an Autocrat’s Global Tour

After trading his military uniform for civilian clothes, Myanmar’s strongman president, U Min Aung Hlaing, is in Malaysia, his ninth stop on a search for international legitimacy.

For France’s Resurgent Far Left, Student Protests Are an Opening and a Threat

Far-left leaders are cheering on the students. Government officials accuse them of stirring up the unrest for political gain.

WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 7, 2026

October 7, 2026

WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE: ‘ISRAEL AND ITS ENEMIES’ – Still under siege three years after Oct. 7….

In moral inversion, many refuse to see Jews as victims of 2023 Hamas attack

The past three years, including the highly destructive war in Gaza, have changed nothing in Palestinian attitudes or intentions. By Hugo Gurdon

It could have been Israel’s 9/11. The media called it a ‘midair altercation’

A FlyDubai flight headed toward Tel Aviv, Israel, nearly crashed on Wednesday after its Omani co-pilot allegedly stabbed… By Peter Cordi

The war on European Jews and the new reality of American Jewish life

By Daniel Ross Goodman

Israel’s long quest for defensible borders

By Sean Durns

THE NEW STATESMAN MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 9, 2026

THE NEW STATESMAN: The latest issue features ‘The Suspicious Relationship’ – Once our closest ally, America now view Britain with dismay and distrust.

The suspicious relationship

White House insiders reveal what they really think of Andy Burnham’s Britain. By Freddie Hayward

Could I survive the apocalypse?

How to eat well during a national disaster. By Finn McRedmond

In Trump’s America, the death penalty has been resurrected

Christa Pike’s botched lethal injection is just one among many. As prisoners in Louisiana, we watch on as executions… By John Corley

Prepare for a hot El Niño summer

Next year is going to be hotter and, for you and everyone you know, dearer. By Oli Dugmore

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY – OCTOBER 9, 2026

THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘NOT HIS CIRCUS?’ – Why Republicans fear Trump’s rallies could harm not help their midterm chances….

With fewer than 30 days until the US midterm elections, Donald Trump seems determined to still be centre stage despite poll fears that after 3 November he may end up a lame-duck president as a Democratic blue wave sweeps the country. Our Washington bureau chief, David Smith, has been watching how the president is playing to Republican voters at the start of a blitz of cross-country rallies. It’s, at best, a mixed picture.

As David reports, Trump’s self-belief and message to voters to “pretend” his name is on the ballot reveal a man out of touch with ordinary Americans’ worries about the cost of living and whose promises that the war with Iran will soon be over ring ever more hollow. And then there are the candidates, more of whom are shying away from their earlier allegiances to a president whose approval ratings continue to slide.

Spotlight | An education crisis in France
As school and university protests intensify, Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis finds out why students feel the government is ignoring their complaints about the state of education

Spotlight | Green division and diversion
Peter Walker reports on the English and Welsh Green party’s annual conference in which a motion equating Zionism with racism was passed, and analyses how this reveals weaknesses in the way the party is run

Feature | The big business of porn
Why not analyse the porn industry just like any journalist would the oil business? That was the premise behind Patricia Nilsson’s new book. An approach that, as Amelia Gentleman finds out, yields new insights into how pornography’s imperatives have seeped into all our online lives

Opinion | Putin won’t bomb Ukraine into submission
Kyiv may now be under almost constant attack but, says Rajan Menon, history shows that bombing doesn’t crush morale

Culture | There’s beauty in bits and pieces
A novel exhibition in Florence puts broken sculptures on display and, as Philip Oltermann discovers, reveals their profound allure

PROSPECT MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 2026

PROSPECT MAGAZINE: The latest issue features …Philip Ball arguing that AI’s threat to mankind is a story imposed by the AI industry itself and in an exclusive investigation Katherine Denkinson shows how people seeking child sex abuse material found each other on TikTok

We’re all going to die, but not from AI

We must challenge Silicon Valley’s self-serving warnings of apocalypse

Can the Conservatives oppose Reform without becoming it?

They trade child sex abuse material. They find each other on TikTok

How Trump has changed the United States

The Israelis refusing silence over Gaza

THE NEW YORK TIMES – WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 2026

Ukraine Claws Back Land in the Donbas, Thwarting a Russian Push

Moscow says its capture of the region is inevitable. But Kyiv has so far stymied Russian efforts to encircle Ukrainian “fortress belt” cities.

U.S. Formally Seeks Information From Russia About Possible Plague Death

The lack of details from the Russian authorities has unnerved U.S. officials and others around the world.

Europe’s Trade Tensions With China Are Coming to a Head

The European Union is weighing tougher trade measures as negotiators prepare to meet Chinese officials in Beijing.

China’s ‘Self-Reliance’ Drive Is Upending Trade with Europe

Airfares Have Spiked. Is the Death of Spirit Airlines to Blame?

In the wake of the ultra-low-cost carrier’s closure, and with the cost of fuel and labor rising, domestic fares have become less competitive. But there are ways to parry higher prices.

THE SPECTATOR WORLD MAGAZINE – OCT. 12, 2026

THE SPECTATOR WORLD: The latest issue features ‘Lucky Jon’ – How Senator Ossoff became the Democrats’ latest great white hope.

Will Jon Ossoff’s luck last long enough for a run at the presidency?

Once upon a time, the export crop of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket was whale oil. Nowadays it is money, harpooned by visiting campaigns from deep-pocketed donors at anchor in their summer seaside retreats. In the peak season of July and August, the islands’ social rhythms are dictated by money-harvesting events, wrangled by local hosts jostling for the social éclat that comes from securing a high-profile honoree. By late August this year, the territory had already been worked over by a series of hopeful visitors with hands outstretched, such as the rising Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico, Hakeem Jeffries in eager pursuit of the House Speakership that is almost in his grasp, Maryland Governor Wes Moore and others questing the donor dollar.

How Trump can confront the new age of terror

The world has become strangely numb to terror. Sometimes an atrocity will be sufficiently horrifying – the murder of Charlie Kirk, say – to cause mass shock and anguish. Yet now reports of car rammings or knife rampages or foiled Islamist plots feel almost routine. We have become inured to ideological violence. In the quarter-century since 9/11, the specter of terrorism has almost become a fact of modern life. Last year, America was one of the few western countries to see a rise in terrorism, with 13 recorded attacks and 28 deaths. Today even the most appalling acts generate only a brief sense of widespread outrage. And then the news cycle moves on. No mass killing has come close to the scale of the Twin Towers attacks.

America must shore up its missile-building capabilities

America’s war with Iran is in its eighth month and stuck. On September 26, Donald Trump confirmed that he had rejected Tehran’s offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in return for lifting the American naval blockade and easing sanctions. He has reportedly told his staff that renewed bombing is likely after the midterm elections on November 3. He is reluctant to

THE NEW YORK TIMES – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2026

Potential Iranian Drone Attack Led to Exit of U.S. Aircraft From U.K. Air Base

Twelve B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of an attack, according to U.S. and British officials.

U.S. Sends ‘Hunter-Killer’ Drones to South America to Target Cartels

MQ-9 Reaper drones — known for high-profile deadly strikes — have been shifted from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, U.S. officials said.

Strikes, Barricades and Fiscal Turmoil: An Autumn of Discontent Grips France

Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

Fury in California After Trump Suggests Iran Could ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego

Kenya Records Ebola Case for First Time

The authorities said that the virus had been diagnosed in a man arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo and that they were taking measures to prevent any spread.