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Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Oscar-winning actor Susan Sarandon has said her outspoken support for Palestinians continues to affect her professional career, claiming that she has recently lost film opportunities because some parts of the entertainment industry remain unwilling to hire actors who publicly criticise Israel. Sarandon, 79, made the remarks while attending the Venice Film Festival, where she is promoting her latest...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A growing legal and corporate dispute in Ukraine has drawn a British theatre producer and her billionaire family into a battle over one of the country’s largest bottled-water businesses, as Ukrainian authorities move to take control of assets linked to Russian investors. At the centre of the dispute is IDS Ukraine, a major producer of bottled drinking water...

Published: 07 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United Kingdom’s planned move to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories has been welcomed by United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese as a potentially important change in British policy, but she has warned that the measure will have little meaning unless it is backed by broader and more concrete action. Speaking about the...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Traffic around the Port of Dover in Kent was brought to a standstill on Saturday morning after a large group of people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas blocked roads leading into and out of one of the UK's busiest ferry terminals. The disruption began early in the morning, with police attending what authorities described as a public...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The rescue of two hydropower workers who survived for nine days inside a flooded tunnel in Nepal has been described by an international tunnelling expert as a remarkable victory for human resilience, offering renewed hope to families still waiting for news of hundreds of people missing after catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharajan...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Reform UK and its leader Nigel Farage are facing renewed scrutiny over the party’s finances as a series of controversies surrounding political donations, personal financial arrangements and alleged attempts to navigate electoral rules continue to raise questions about transparency and accountability. The latest controversy emerged as Reform UK held its annual conference in Birmingham, where two senior party...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Home insurers across England and Wales are reporting a sharp increase in subsidence claims following the UK’s hottest summer on record, with one major insurer recording an extraordinary rise of almost 140% in claims during August. The surge has raised fresh concerns about the growing impact of hotter and drier weather on homes, foundations and household finances as...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump has sought to downplay the scale and seriousness of the ongoing conflict with Iran, describing the military confrontation as “small potatoes” despite the deaths of 18 American service members and the wounding of more than 750 others. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump rejected the characterization of the conflict as...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The return of the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain for a major exhibition in London has become more than a landmark cultural event. After centuries of rivalry, cooperation, conflict and reconciliation between Britain and France, the arrival of the medieval masterpiece has provided an unusually powerful symbol of renewed Franco-British friendship. French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to make the...

Published: 05 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain’s political landscape has become so unstable in recent years that even the country’s revolving door of prime ministers has begun to look like a permanent feature of public life. For columnist and author Marina Hyde, the turbulence has produced an extraordinary mixture of political drama, social disorder, celebrity spectacle and technological absurdity. Yet beneath the humour and...