Crime

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 30-year-old man from the US state of Washington has been arrested over allegations that he helped a Canadian teenager plan a mass school shooting in which eight people were killed, including six children. The US Department of Justice said James Codey Bryant was detained on Tuesday and charged with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country....

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Christa Pike, the Tennessee death-row prisoner who survived an attempt by state authorities to execute her last week, is conscious and able to speak while receiving treatment in hospital, her lawyers have said. The 50-year-old woman survived two doses of the sedative pentobarbital during the attempted execution at a prison in Nashville on 30 September. The procedure was...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. More than 250,000 pupils, teachers and parents took to the streets across France on Tuesday in the largest nationwide demonstration yet over deteriorating conditions in secondary schools, as clashes between protesters and riot police intensified in several cities. The demonstrations, held in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux and other locations, were largely peaceful, but a number of marches...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Germany has arrested a former head of its foreign intelligence service on serious espionage allegations, in a case that has raised questions about the handling of classified information and the potential misuse of sensitive intelligence by a senior former security official. Federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday that August Hanning, who served as president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service,...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has spoken about the severe physical and psychological consequences of her repeated imprisonment, describing brutal treatment by security forces, prolonged solitary confinement and the constant fear that she could be sent back to prison. In an interview, the 54-year-old activist said she was beaten so severely during...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Buckingham Palace has made clear that King Charles will not provide private financial support for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s legal challenge against Thames Valley police, as the former Duke of York prepares to contest the legality of search warrants connected to his arrest earlier this year. The warning comes ahead of a private High Court hearing on Thursday, where Andrew’s...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Britain’s financial regulator has launched a review into how it handled concerns raised by a whistleblower who spent years challenging his former employer and raising allegations involving prominent financial and political figures before his death last month. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) confirmed that it has asked a newly appointed non-executive board member to examine its dealings with...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is raising fears of another humanitarian catastrophe, with witnesses alleging that armed groups linked to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are forcibly recruiting men and boys, including teenagers as young as 15, as the conflict once again pushes civilians into danger. The latest violence erupted on 23 September after months...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has condemned the alleged killing of a woman in Okinawa involving a US Marine, intensifying renewed public concern over the long-running presence of American military forces on the southern Japanese island. Takaichi described the alleged crime as “heinous” during a speech in parliament and called on US military authorities to strengthen discipline among...

Published: 05 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched a legal challenge against Thames Valley police over search warrants used in a criminal investigation that led to his arrest earlier this year, opening a significant new chapter in the continuing legal controversy surrounding his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The former Duke of York is seeking a judicial review to determine whether the police...