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Donald Trump has emerged from his latest meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounding increasingly confident that Russia and Ukraine can reach an agreement. Zelenskyy wants movement before winter, Washington has restarted diplomatic contacts, and the language surrounding the war is beginning to change. But no comprehensive ceasefire has been announced. Territory remains disputed. Ukraine still wants...

A notorious cybercrime group has made one of the most audacious hacking claims imaginable: that it broke into systems connected to the FBI and obtained sensitive information involving employees and job applicants. ShinyHunters says the stolen material reaches far beyond usernames and email addresses. A reported sample involving thousands of personnel includes information such as names, phone numbe...

Trump administration action against Obamacare has canceled approximately 315,000 Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollments covering more than 760,000 people after CMS said they were unauthorized. The crackdown could return roughly $2.2 billion in federal premium subsidies and is putting insurance brokers under heavier scrutiny. Independent investigations have previously identified genuine weakne...

Charles Spencer has finally written his full account of Princess Diana — and within days it produced a royal confrontation and a threatened legal case. This episode explains Swan Song: Diana, My Sister , Spencer’s account of Diana’s childhood, marriage, death and funeral. What he says about King Charles, his interviews defending the book, the dispute over William and Harry walking behind the coffi...

Donald Trump says the US and Iran held talks on September 22 and predicts a settlement will be reached as Tehran signals it is ready to revive diplomacy.

What does a promise to rein in AI mean if the conditions for intervention remain unclear? Trump’s UN remarks combine support for American technological expansion with a possible role for the Justice Department, while promoting a new official label for the technology. This analysis separates those political signals from the details an enforceable approach would need. It asks how problems would be i...

Trump’s Iran speech raises a question that a forceful headline cannot answer: what would the two governments actually have to agree before the confrontation could end? His post-midterms prediction gives the story a political timetable, but it does not establish shared terms. Follow the difference between a threat, a negotiating position and an implemented settlement. The analysis considers how pre...

AI can make security analysis faster while helping attackers reduce the cost of familiar tasks. The outcome depends on the complete workflow: evidence, access, accuracy and the ability to act safely. This explainer examines phishing and synthetic impersonation, AI-assisted vulnerability research, patch validation and security operations. It also explains how models connected to documents and busin...

Perseverance is investigating whether ancient Martian environments could have supported life and whether their rocks preserve signs of it. Those are related questions, but they require different evidence. This explainer follows the major habitability findings in Jezero Crater: geological context, igneous rocks altered by water, organic chemistry and the Cheyava Falls potential biosignatures. It in...

Why does the Strait of Hormuz matter to countries that buy relatively little Gulf energy directly? The answer lies in connected markets, limited substitutes and the practical constraints on moving oil and liquefied natural gas. Explore the geography of the passage, the difference between seaborne trade and total consumption, and how expectations can move prices before a shortage reaches consumers....

Britain’s latest support for Saudi Arabia involves an RAF Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft, according to the Ministry of Defence’s 22 September 2026 announcement. What does that commitment mean, and who are the Houthis it is intended to help counter? This guide explains the movement’s domestic roots, Yemen’s failed political transition and the regional interests that made the conflict intern...

AI extinction risk is discussed through surveys, public statements, experiments and forecasts, but those forms of evidence should not be treated as interchangeable. This explainer examines what researchers actually believe and why the disagreement remains substantial. Learn the difference between extinction, catastrophe and permanent disempowerment; what a large survey can tell us about expert opi...

What is artificial superintelligence, and what would count as evidence that it had arrived? This guide examines the gap between exceptional performance on individual tasks and broad, dependable intellectual capability beyond human expertise. Explore the distinctions between AI, AGI and ASI; why consciousness and autonomy are separate questions; and how tools, evaluation conditions and human assist...

Robert Greene’s The Laws of Human Nature reaches its widest scale in Part Four, exploring gender rigidity, conformity, generations and death. Modern psychology tests Jungian ideas about masculine and feminine traits, the power of group identity, whether Millennials and Gen Z represent genuine psychological generations, and what mortality awareness does to behaviour. The final analysis also examine...

Robert Greene’s The Laws of Human Nature turns to desire, persuasion, power, leadership and aggression in Part Three. Psychology tests why scarcity can increase attraction, why threats to freedom create reactance, how overconfidence becomes grandiosity and why legitimacy and charisma both shape leadership. The analysis also examines frustration, status threats and aggression to separate Greene’s s...

Robert Greene’s The Laws of Human Nature turns outward in Part Two, examining narcissism, social masks, recurring character patterns and envy. Modern psychology tests whether narcissistic people really lack empathy, whether body language can expose deception, how stable personality actually is and why upward social comparison can produce either hostility or self-improvement. The result is a more c...

Robert Greene’s The Laws of Human Nature begins with five ideas that expose how your own mind can work against you: irrationality, shortsightedness, self-sabotage, repression and aimlessness. Modern psychology adds research on cognitive bias, emotional regulation, delay discounting, procrastination, self-determination and purpose. Part One tests where Greene’s ideas hold up, where the science dema...

NATS has suffered a second UK air traffic control failure in less than two weeks, with at least 200 flights cancelled after a connectivity problem at its Prestwick centre disrupted Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Ryanair says 25,000 passengers were affected while easyJet and Jet2 are demanding greater resilience and accountability. The breakdown follows the September 8 crisis that...

Chad Gilbert, founding guitarist and songwriter for New Found Glory, has died aged 45 after a years-long battle with cancer. Just months earlier, three brain tumours led to emergency surgery before he made an emotional return to the stage in Nashville. From My Friends Over You to New Found Glory’s latest era, Gilbert helped shape nearly three decades of pop-punk. His bandmates, family and musician...

The US and China have agreed a formal AI safety dialogue and an “incident line” for serious artificial intelligence incidents, with further negotiations planned in Shenzhen. Scott Bessent says officials want shared protocols covering dangers including rogue AI agents and cyber threats. The move comes as Washington and Beijing continue competing for global AI leadership ahead of high-level Trump-Xi...

Earl Spencer has accused King Charles of “gaslighting” him after Buckingham Palace challenged his account of an alleged conversation following Princess Diana’s death. The dispute centres on claims in Swan Song: Diana, My Sister about Diana’s funeral, William and Harry, and what Charles allegedly said in 1997. Spencer insists he is telling the truth, while the Palace has questioned how grief may ha...

Donald Trump says CNN, MS NOW and Politico are banned from the White House “effective immediately”, escalating his confrontation with major US news organisations. The president blames what he calls fake news and warns that additional outlets could follow. The decision raises major First Amendment and press-access questions after previous White House disputes involving CNN and the Associated Press....

Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer claims King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” during a phone call after Diana died in Paris in 1997. The allegation appears in Spencer’s new memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister , alongside further claims about Diana’s funeral and her relationship with Charles. Buckingham Palace has challenged Spencer’s recollections, saying grief can affect judgement a...

At least 21 people were killed after a suicide car bomb and gun attack struck a mosque inside a police compound in Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during Friday prayers. Officers and their families were among those caught in the assault, which was followed by a gun battle. No group has claimed responsibility, while Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has denied involvement. The attack comes amid renewed militan...

Familiar faces can make a cast announcement exciting, but they can also encourage viewers to believe they know more about a player than they really do. The next celebrity-led US season of The Traitors provides a fresh opportunity to watch reputation collide with behaviour inside the game. This Taylor Tailored preview covers the announced line-up, the confirmed return window and the distinction bet...