Politics

Published: 23 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nigel Farage has been accused of staging political theatre after claiming he was blocked from visiting the Chagos Islands. The Farage Chagos Islands controversy erupted after he said ministers stopped his humanitarian mission. Critics swiftly branded the episode a distraction from pressing domestic issues. The Reform UK leader said he had travelled to the Maldives to support displaced...

Published: 23 February 2026 . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online South Korea’s democracy faced one of its most dramatic tests in decades when former President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a brief period of martial law in December 2024, using emergency powers to deploy military forces and seize control of political institutions. What followed — an extraordinary civic and institutional backlash that ultimately ended the attempt within hours...

Published: 23 February 2026 . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online An armed man was shot and killed early Sunday morning after breaching the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, the Florida resort and private club owned by former U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secret Service officials have said. The incident took place around 1:30 a.m. local time when law enforcement agents confronted the individual after he entered the property’s...

Published: 23 February 2026 . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has delivered a stark warning to the world, telling the BBC that Russian President Vladimir Putin has already started World War Three through his full-scale invasion of Ukraine and must be stopped with robust pressure and support from the international community. In an in-depth interview in Kyiv, ahead of the four-year anniversary of...

Published: 23 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. New UK border rules affecting dual nationals have sparked urgent political backlash and emotional appeals from families across Britain and overseas. The Liberal Democrats have demanded immediate action to prevent British dual nationals from being unfairly denied entry to their own country. The dispute centres on changes introduced by the Home Office requiring British dual nationals to present...

Published: 23 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The debate over student loan interest has returned to centre stage in Westminster politics. The issue resurfaced after Kemi Badenoch pledged that a future Conservative government would scrap what she described as an unfair debt trap. Her remarks have intensified pressure on Labour ministers already facing criticism over rising repayment costs. For many graduates across Britain, student loan...

Published: 23 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The Duterte ICC hearing has formally begun in The Hague this week. Proceedings opened despite the former Philippine president refusing to attend in person. Judges at the International Criminal Court confirmed the pre-trial session would move forward as scheduled. The case marks a historic moment for victims of the controversial drug war. Rodrigo Duterte, now 80, was arrested...

Published: 22 February 2026, The English Chronicle Desk, The English Chronicle Online SpaceX-founder Elon Musk has taken a decisive step in the ongoing Ukraine war by cutting access to his Starlink satellite internet service for Russian forces, a move that has reportedly hampered Moscow’s battlefield communications and given Ukrainian troops a tactical advantage along the front lines. The change, which took effect in early February after a formal request from...

Published: 22 February 2026, The English Chronicle Desk, The English Chronicle Online Hamas is holding an internal election to choose a new interim leader, senior sources have told the BBC, in a significant development for one of the Middle East’s most prominent armed groups. The vote comes after the deaths of many of its previous top commanders in Israeli strikes during and after the conflict triggered on 7 October 2023,...

Published: 20 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Labour minister emails controversy has erupted after fresh disclosures linked a senior figure to claims about journalists and Russian propaganda. The allegations centre on Josh Simons and messages sent to British intelligence officials in early 2024. The newly revealed correspondence shows Simons personally named reporters to security officials. He allegedly suggested their reporting formed part of a...