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Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Inside Juba military hospital, there is little certainty about what the next few hours may bring. A routine morning can quickly turn into a medical emergency when helicopters arrive carrying wounded people from conflict zones, or when a sudden outbreak of violence sends dozens of casualties towards the capital. For surgeons and nurses working at the facility, the...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. French Finance Minister Roland Lescure has extended an open invitation to Britain to reconsider its relationship with the European Union, saying the UK would be welcome to return to the bloc if its people chose to do so. His comments have added fresh momentum to a growing political debate in Britain over whether Brexit should remain the country’s...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain’s diplomatic presence in East Jerusalem will remain operational despite a dispute with Israel over the status of the UK’s former consulate general, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has confirmed. The building will continue functioning as a British diplomatic mission, with its work focused on serving Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Miliband’s announcement came...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Voting has opened in the high-stakes Holborn and St Pancras by-election, with the contest expected to provide an important test of the political strength of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Labour government and the ability of the Green party to continue taking support from voters on the left. The north London constituency was previously represented by Keir Starmer, who...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Britain should redirect a greater share of its growing defence budget towards protecting the UK rather than maintaining an extensive network of overseas military commitments, according to a new report that warns the government risks increasing waste unless it changes the country's strategic priorities. An analysis by researchers at the Transition Security Project argues that the UK has...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online South Korea has warned that it could take legal action if an investigation finds that fuel shipments from its ports to Russia violated domestic law, following reports that thousands of tonnes of refined petroleum products were transported to the Russian Far East during the summer. The government in Seoul said it was examining additional information about the shipments...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The World Health Organization has called for greater transparency from Russia after the suspected plague-related death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Siberia raised questions about what caused her sudden illness and whether there could be any wider public-health risk. The WHO says it still lacks enough information to conduct a complete assessment of the situation surrounding the...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A tanker sailing in waters off the northern coast of Qatar has come under attack, adding to growing fears over the security of one of the world’s most important energy corridors as tensions between Iran and the United States continue to intensify. The incident occurred as Tehran warned that a route through the Strait of Hormuz used by...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Donald Trump faced a turbulent campaign appearance in Texas on Wednesday as repeated protests interrupted his rally speech, highlighting the growing political pressure surrounding Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton ahead of November's midterm elections. The US president travelled to San Antonio to campaign for Paxton, whom he has strongly backed in the Republican effort to retain control of...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Israelis gathered at memorials, cemeteries, roadsides and the site of the Nova music festival on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack, a day that killed about 1,200 people and transformed the political and security landscape of Israel and the wider Middle East. At the Nova festival site near Re’im, where hundreds of...