Investigative Stories

Published: 14 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Israel is facing fresh allegations that its policies in the occupied West Bank are systematically making Palestinian life increasingly difficult and threatening the conditions required for Palestinian communities to survive and remain on their land. The allegations are contained in a major report by the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, which argues that restrictions on movement, settler violence,...

Published: 14 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. New historical research has shed further light on the British monarchy’s deep and long-standing involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, including evidence that enslaved Africans were branded with marks bearing symbols associated with the crown. The findings add another troubling dimension to Britain’s history of slavery and are likely to intensify calls for King Charles to formally acknowledge...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A man has been arrested in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman whose body was discovered hanging from a tree behind a vacant house in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. Authorities have now classified Fortune’s death as a homicide, intensifying an investigation that has attracted widespread public attention because of both the circumstances of...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Reform UK has received a record £36 million political donation from British cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo, placing the businessman at the centre of an increasingly intense debate over the influence of wealthy individuals on British politics and the rules governing political funding. The donation is understood to be the largest single contribution ever made to a British political...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A new anti-migrant protest movement has emerged in Britain with a highly organised and confrontational style, prompting concern among politicians, civil rights campaigners and researchers who monitor far-right activity. The Patriot Platform, led by Daniel Thomas, has rapidly attracted attention through masked street demonstrations, social media livestreams and tightly coordinated protests targeting immigration and asylum seekers. The movement...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A Russian drone strike on a shopping centre and surrounding commercial area in the Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad has killed five people and injured 67 others, including eight children, Ukrainian authorities said, in another deadly attack on civilian areas as Russia's war against Ukraine continues. The attack struck the centre of Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk region during the daytime,...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Anthropic says it has disrupted attempts to misuse its artificial intelligence systems for activities that could contribute to the development of biological and conventional weapons, highlighting the increasingly difficult challenge of controlling powerful AI tools while preserving their legitimate scientific uses. The California-based company said its Claude models had been misused in a wide range of activities during...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed how Facebook user information could be harvested and exploited for political purposes, the social media company is facing a major trial in New Mexico over allegations that it failed to protect hundreds of thousands of residents from misuse of their personal data. The case, which opened in Santa Fe,...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks transformed the United States and reshaped global security policy, experts are warning that the country’s counter-terrorism capabilities are facing renewed pressure as resources are redirected, experienced officials leave government service and terrorism receives less attention within the broader national security agenda. The warning comes as the United States marks a quarter-century...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Europe’s liberal democracies are facing a renewed political challenge as far-right parties gain electoral ground, nationalist movements strengthen their influence and political forces in Europe increasingly intersect with ideological currents emerging from the United States and Russia. For decades, Europe was widely associated with liberal internationalism, democratic cooperation and the belief that political differences could be managed through tolerance...