Investigative Stories

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US Representative Veronica Escobar has accused federal immigration authorities of restricting her ability to conduct a congressional oversight visit at Camp East Montana, a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility located at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso and surrounding communities along the US-Mexico border, said she was prevented from...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly four million records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have become searchable online, creating a new opportunity for descendants of enslaved communities to investigate family histories that have remained difficult to trace for generations. The collection contains about 300,000 pages of historical records covering enslaved people in former British colonial territories between...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Major US television networks have suspended their shared video coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House barred journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from its grounds, triggering a new legal and institutional dispute over presidential access and press freedom. ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC joined CNN in the television press pool but declined to...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United States has expanded a system under which migrants are deported to countries other than their countries of origin, with thousands of people sent to nations with which they have little or no previous connection. The policy has generated legal challenges, concerns from immigration lawyers and questions about the agreements and financial arrangements used to facilitate the...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. When Jasmine organises feminist activities in Beijing these days, she rarely describes them publicly as feminist events. Instead, gatherings may be presented as cultural or artistic activities, with details shared privately among trusted contacts rather than advertised openly on social media. For activists who remember the early years of China’s MeToo movement, the change is striking. What was...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Liberal Democrats have begun preparing a new manifesto in case Britain is called to a snap general election, with party leader Ed Davey saying his MPs must remain focused as the party seeks to defend its parliamentary gains and respond to the growing influence of Reform UK. Speaking ahead of the Liberal Democrats’ annual conference in Brighton,...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Harrods is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of compensation claims linked to allegations of sexual abuse against its former owner Mohamed Al Fayed, after lawyers representing survivors said the luxury department store intends to seek reimbursement from Fayed’s estate for compensation payments it makes. The development has created a dispute over the meaning of institutional responsibility and...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump’s decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House has triggered a fresh confrontation over press access, constitutional protections and the relationship between the executive branch and independent news organisations. Trump announced the restrictions on Friday, accusing the three outlets of repeatedly publishing what he described as false and excessively negative...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Twenty women underwent mastectomies that were later found to have been unnecessary while receiving breast cancer care at an NHS trust in north-east England, according to findings from an ongoing review into the service. The cases form part of a much wider investigation that has identified hundreds of patients who suffered harm during treatment at County Durham and...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in northern Gaza City after rushing towards an injured man following an Israeli strike, in an incident that witnesses and weapons experts said raises questions about the circumstances surrounding a second attack at the same location. Mohammad Abdul Zinati had been walking home from school through the heavily damaged Salah Khalaf Street...