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Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain has put payments to Mauritius on hold and begun reassessing its agreement over the Chagos Islands after US President Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed transfer of sovereignty, with Defence Secretary Wes Streeting saying the arrangement cannot proceed in its current form without American support. Streeting said annual payments to Mauritius of at least £120...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin has backed national football manager Heimir Hallgrímsson after the Israel Football Association criticised the coach over remarks about the war in Gaza, intensifying an already heated dispute ahead of two Nations League fixtures between Ireland and Israel. Martin, speaking to reporters in New York while attending the United Nations General Assembly, described the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Jamaica has welcomed King Charles’s decision to refer a landmark petition concerning slavery and reparations to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, describing the move as a significant development in the country’s long-running effort to seek legal clarification over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade and its enduring consequences. Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange announced the...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reaffirmed her country’s “consistent support” for the International Criminal Court (ICC), following renewed criticism of the institution by US President Donald Trump and growing pressure within Japan for the government to defend the court more publicly. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Takaichi linked Japan’s support...

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. 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 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. 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...