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Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected a warning from the UK’s Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, that the government’s sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank could make British Jews less safe. Miliband, who has described himself as a “proud British Jew”, said it was possible for the UK government to challenge policies pursued by Benjamin Netanyahu’s...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Europe’s liberal democracies are facing a renewed political challenge as far-right parties gain electoral ground, nationalist movements strengthen their influence and political forces in Europe increasingly intersect with ideological currents emerging from the United States and Russia. For decades, Europe was widely associated with liberal internationalism, democratic cooperation and the belief that political differences could be managed through tolerance...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 78-year-old British widow facing deportation from Sweden after missing a post-Brexit residency deadline has described the prospect of being forced to leave the country she has called home for more than two decades as a “death sentence”. Joyce Thomas, a retired nurse who has lived in Sweden for 22 years, was preparing to leave for the UK after...

Published: 09 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The United States and Iran have entered a dangerous new phase of confrontation after US forces struck five Iranian oil tankers, sinking one, while Tehran responded with missile attacks against an American military base in Jordan and further action against vessels in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command, known as Centcom, said the strikes on...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Global oil prices have moved sharply higher towards the psychologically important $100-a-barrel level after attacks on energy facilities in southern Saudi Arabia added to concerns about disruptions to supplies across the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed above $99 a barrel during Tuesday trading, putting prices at their highest level since July. The latest increase came...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government is preparing a significant shift in its approach to Israel, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband expected to announce measures targeting trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and to reaffirm Britain’s support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution. The proposed policy represents a more active British approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australia is preparing legislation that would give social media users aged 16 and over greater control over the algorithms that determine what appears in their online feeds, in a major proposed expansion of the country’s digital safety rules. The draft laws would allow eligible users to switch off algorithmically recommended content and instead view posts primarily from people,...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. BUENOS AIRES — Argentina is preparing to file criminal charges against Israeli energy company Navitas Petroleum and several of its executives over oil exploration and production activities in the Falkland Islands, escalating a long-running dispute with the United Kingdom over sovereignty of the South Atlantic territory. The planned legal action follows a renewed push by Argentine President Javier...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. KATHMANDU — Nepal has called on the world’s biggest polluting economies to accept greater responsibility for the consequences of climate change after catastrophic floods and landslides left more than 6,000 people dead or missing in the Himalayan country. The Nepalese government has formally requested $20 million in climate-related compensation from the United Nations fund established to help vulnerable...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. CAGNES-SUR-MER — Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir on the French Riviera early Tuesday, stealing four artworks in a raid that authorities estimate could involve works worth about €9 million. The incident took place at the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in southern France, where the painter spent the final years of...