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Published: 16 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online French police are facing mounting scrutiny after several teenagers sustained severe injuries during school protests, prompting lawyers and human rights organisations to question the use of police weapons, the treatment of detained children and the authorities’ response to a growing youth movement. The allegations have intensified a national debate over the right to protest, police accountability and the...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has vowed to remain in office despite three consecutive days of student-led demonstrations and violent clashes between protesters and police in the capital, Tirana. The unrest has intensified pressure on his government, with demonstrators demanding his resignation, improved university conditions and greater support for students facing the rising cost of education. As the...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened in efforts to remove the protected status of a historic Belgrade building earmarked for a proposed $500 million Trump-branded development, according to an investigation based on interviews and leaked documents. The allegations have intensified scrutiny of the Serbian government, raised questions about the handling of a controversial property deal and placed renewed...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has threatened to impose a complete entry ban on Eritrean nationals unless the East African country agrees to accept more of its citizens whose asylum claims have been rejected, as well as foreign criminals facing removal from Britain. The warning marks a further escalation in the government’s efforts to pressure countries that refuse to cooperate...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Aardman, the British animation studio behind the internationally loved characters Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, has reduced its annual losses substantially but failed to achieve its target of returning to profitability in 2025. The employee-owned company increased its revenue despite production delays and difficult trading conditions in the children’s entertainment market, highlighting the financial challenges facing...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK economy unexpectedly returned to growth in August, offering a welcome boost to the government less than two weeks before Chancellor John Healey is due to deliver his first budget. Official figures showed that gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1% during the month, defying economists’ expectations of a contraction and providing fresh evidence of resilience amid...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government has yet to establish a timetable for making information about major landowners in England and Wales freely available to the public, leaving questions about land ownership transparency unresolved months after ministers promised to work towards opening up the data. The delay has renewed concerns among environmental campaigners and transparency advocates, who argue that greater public...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An Australian Defence Force member has been identified as a person of interest in an investigation after a video recording device was discovered in a women’s shower facility aboard Royal Australian Navy vessel HMAS Leeuwin. The discovery has triggered serious concerns about privacy, sexual misconduct and the safety of female personnel serving in the military, prompting senior naval...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Victoria is set to become the first Australian state to provide universal access to abortion care without out-of-pocket costs after the state’s Liberal-National Coalition agreed to match a major election commitment announced by the Labor government. The decision marks a significant development in Australia’s reproductive healthcare debate, placing affordability and access to essential medical services at the centre...

Published: 15 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A friend of former Australian police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told a court that he allegedly asked her to dispose of a mobile phone by throwing it into a body of water, days after he was accused of murdering Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. The testimony has emerged during a closely watched murder trial in New...