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Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has declined to rule out the possibility that reversing Brexit could feature in Labour’s manifesto at the next general election, while making clear that his immediate focus remains on strengthening the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Union. Burnham made the comments as he travelled to New York for the United Nations General Assembly,...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government borrowed £18.3bn in August, significantly more than economists and the government’s independent fiscal watchdog had expected, adding to the financial pressure facing Chancellor John Healey ahead of next month’s budget. Official figures released by the Office for National Statistics showed that public sector net borrowing in August was £2.9bn higher than during the same month...

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. British mothers who return to the United Kingdom with their children after fleeing domestic abuse overseas could receive greater legal protection under a government review of international child abduction cases. The Ministry of Justice is examining how allegations of domestic abuse are handled in cases brought under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A British father is due to appear before a court in Cyprus on Tuesday, accused of causing the death of his two-year-old son after the child fell from a fourth-floor window during a family holiday near Paphos in July. The 37-year-old man, who has not been publicly named, is facing a charge alleging that his actions were negligent,...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump has said Washington is working on what he described as a “massive” deal to purchase potash fertiliser from Belarus, potentially marking a significant shift in the United States’ traditional supply arrangements as the Trump administration intensifies its trade dispute with Canada. Trump announced the proposed deal on Monday, saying that Belarusian potash could be...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared notably cordial on Monday after holding a wide-ranging meeting at Gracie Mansion, where the two leaders discussed housing, affordability, immigration and other issues affecting the city. The meeting was significant because Trump and Mamdani have frequently been on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Trump is...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Lawyers representing Lindsay Clancy have asked a Massachusetts judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who opposed the other 11 members of the jury during deliberations over the deaths of Clancy's three young children. In a motion filed on Friday and made public on Monday, Clancy's defence team asked the court to question juror Michael Desronvil...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Solar and wind power supplied a record 80.4% of electricity demand on Australia's main national power grid over the weekend, marking another significant milestone in the country's transition towards renewable energy. The record was driven by strong solar generation, favourable winds, clear weather and relatively low electricity demand across much of the grid. For a period of about...

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...