Investigative Stories

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign has accused US President Donald Trump of attempting to influence Brazil’s upcoming election in order to advance American interests and gain greater access to the country’s natural resources. The allegation was made in a televised campaign advertisement released by Lula’s team on Thursday, September 24, as concerns over possible...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Elif Eralp’s rapid rise from a Berlin state parliamentarian to a potential governing mayor has become one of the most closely watched developments in German politics after Die Linke emerged as the strongest party in the capital’s latest state election. For Eralp, a 45-year-old lawyer born to political migrants from Turkey, the result has transformed a campaign built...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The war between Ukraine and Russia is undergoing another major transformation as long-range drones become increasingly central to military operations, with both sides developing new systems capable of reaching targets hundreds or even thousands of miles from the frontline. What began as a conflict dominated by tanks and artillery has increasingly evolved into a war in which unmanned...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australia is investigating a serious cybersecurity incident after an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to a government Medicare statistics portal and reached both public and non-public files. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the incident occurred in June and criticised OpenAI for taking several months to notify the Australian government. The breach has raised questions...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A federal judge in the United States has ordered the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, temporarily blocking the administration from enforcing a ban that had prevented the three outlets from covering presidential activities inside the White House. US District Judge Timothy Kelly said the media organisations had...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A judge should not have heard a legal appeal from his bed while recovering from surgery, the Court of Appeal has ruled, although it concluded that the unusual arrangement did not cause injustice in the case before it. Richard Clayton KC, who was sitting as a deputy High Court judge, conducted a hearing remotely from his bed after...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain has put payments to Mauritius on hold and begun reassessing its agreement over the Chagos Islands after US President Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed transfer of sovereignty, with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting saying the arrangement cannot proceed in its current form without American support. Streeting said annual payments to Mauritius of at least £120...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A policy designed to remove so-called “ghost patients” from GP practice registers in England is facing criticism from doctors who say the accelerated process is inadvertently removing some people who still live locally and depend on their surgeries for essential healthcare. The NHS routinely reviews GP patient lists because people move to different areas, change surgeries or die....

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government is preparing to establish a new national centre dedicated to countering foreign disinformation, deepfakes and other forms of information warfare, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying Britain needs stronger defences against hostile state activity in the digital information environment. Burnham announced the creation of the National Centre for Information Defence during his address to the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government is preparing to establish a new national agency dedicated to countering foreign disinformation, deepfakes and other forms of information warfare, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham warning that hostile states are increasingly exploiting digital platforms and social divisions to influence public opinion. Burnham announced the planned National Centre for Information Defence during his address to the...