Watch: Leaked photos reveal extensive damage at US bases in Gulf 16. September 2026 (23:24) The photos, provided by active military personnel, show a severed radar jet, flattened trailers and severely damaged buildings as a result of Iranian strikes.(BBC News)
Top Trump military adviser says US must prepare to fight around moon 16. September 2026 (23:19) Gen Dan Caine comments at Washington summit come after US revealed it has deployed weapons in spaceAmerican troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space.Gen Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told service members and industry figures at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference outside Washington that the US military should adapt now so it “is prepared to fight, endure and win ... from the seabed to cislunar space”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
LA homelessness non-profit workers arrested over alleged corruption and bribes 16. September 2026 (23:13) Pair accused of misappropriating millions in taxpayer dollars as Trump officials target alleged fraud in blue statesFederal law enforcement officers have arrested two employees of California-based homelessness non-profits on corruption charges, alleging that they misappropriated millions in taxpayer dollars.The US justice department has arrested Michael Young, a founder of the Culver City-based nonprofit Home At Last, and Lakiya Malone, an employee of the Los Angeles-based Special Service for Groups. The two are expected to appear in court on Wednesday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Key House Democrat refuses to clear Trump’s $2.8bn arms sale to Israel 16. September 2026 (22:20) Pro-Israel Gregory Meeks raises concerns over threat to civilian lives from package of 40,000 one-ton bombs‘An antidote to Trumpism’: Our politics team answered your questions on Democrats’ midterms hopesThe top Democrat on the House foreign affairs committee has thrown up a roadblock to one of the largest US arms transfers of Trump’s second term, refusing to clear a $2.8bn sale of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.Gregory Meeks announced the hold on Tuesday on a package of 40,000 of the bombs, among the most destructive conventional munitions in the US arsenal. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Made in Europe’ law threatens UK plans for reset with EU 16. September 2026 (21:39) Government sources say legislation aimed at China poses a risk to British businesses and must be addressedThe UK government’s EU reset summit will be delayed again unless the bloc agrees to discuss legislation that could lock British business out of parts of EU industry, government sources have said.The “Made in Europe” legislation – formally known as the Industrial Accelerator Act – is designed to curb China’s increasing presence in European industry, but was not on the reset plan agreed by the former prime minister Keir Starmer and the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, in London in May 2025. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
