Trump and Hegseth use 9/11 memorial remarks at Pentagon to defend war on Iran 11. September 2026 (20:06) President and defense secretary try to link worst terrorist attack in US history to current unpopular warUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump and Pete Hegseth used remarks at the memorial ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11 to defend the US-Israel war on Iran – and suggest the controversial conflict was part of the legacy of the worst terrorist attack in US history.While such ceremonies on September 11 typically focus on the victims of the 2001 attacks, the US president and his defense secretary each pointed to the war they launched on Iran more than six months ago, with no end in sight. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New Mexico lawyer fined for using AI-generated brief containing fabricated police testimony 11. September 2026 (20:04) Stephen Aarons said he tried to use ChatGPT to create a ‘bulletproof summary’ during a murder conviction appealA defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submitted a legal brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, New Mexico’s highest court said.The New Mexico supreme court on Wednesday fined the attorney, Stephen Aarons, and held him in contempt for failing to verify the accuracy of the court filing, which Aarons said he prepared with help from the artificial intelligence (AI) application. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Northern Ireland schools must give girls option to wear trousers from next year 11. September 2026 (19:56) DUP education minister accused of dragging feet before revising guidelines on uniformSchools in Northern Ireland must give girls the choice to wear trousers as part of their uniforms as well as for PE and games, according to revised guidelines.From next year schools would no longer be able to prohibit female pupils from wearing trousers, Paul Givan, the country’s education minister, said on Friday. “Today, I am taking that decision, that will be formally communicated, schools will be hearing from me,” he told the BBC. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Why did the assisted dying bill fail in the Commons? | Rowena Mason 11. September 2026 (19:54) MPs quietly withdrew support when it became clear it was not a priority of Andy Burnham’s governmentAfter two years of impassioned arguments, tearful personal testimonies, noisy protests and ethical dilemmas, the assisted dying bill for England and Wales failed on a knife edge.Campaigners on the pro side largely blame the House of Lords for making it seem an impossible struggle to get the bill through parliament, after blocking it the first time by putting through more than 1,000 amendments so that it ran out of time. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Absurd, hardline calls’: questions over Sweden’s post-Brexit migration policy 11. September 2026 (19:41) Sweden has ordered more Britons, including vulnerable people, to leave post-Brexit than any other EU countryHe arrived with nothing other than the clothes he wore that morning. Hours later he was banged up in a detention centre close to a Stockholm airport to await deportation.Charles, a former business director from Cambridge, who did not want his full name published, moved to Sweden in 2017 to be with his Swedish wife, Lily, and applied to remain after Brexit, before the deadline of December 2021. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Teen boy who clung to overturned boat for days rescued in Bering Sea 11. September 2026 (19:26) Teen and his brother and cousin, who both drowned, were fishing off Alaska’s St Lawrence Island when boat capsizedA teenaged boy was rescued having clung to a capsized fishing vessel in the Bering Sea for days after the boat overturned and his older brother and cousin drowned.The group had last been seen been leaving Alaska’s St Lawrence Island in an 18ft fishing vessel on Friday, and were expected back early on Sunday but failed to return, the coast guard said in a statement. Authorities began their search on Sunday evening, and an aircrew found the sole survivor on top of the overturned vessel on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
