Politics

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has strongly denied authorising any attacks on his cabinet ministers, describing recent anonymous briefings against them as "unacceptable" and insisting his focus remains on delivering for the country. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), Sir Keir sought to quash speculation regarding his awareness of the leaks, which were aimed at shoring...

Published: 13 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online US President Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, returned to Israel on Monday as negotiators face fresh obstacles in advancing the fragile Gaza ceasefire to its next phase. Significant points of contention remain unresolved, including Hamas’s disarmament, Gaza’s reconstruction and governance, and the potential deployment of an international security force. With no set timeline, progress is uncertain,...

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online President Donald Trump has signed a short-term spending bill to reopen the federal government, officially ending the longest shutdown in United States history. The bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives in a 222–209 vote late Wednesday night and approved narrowly by the Senate two days earlier, brings an end to the 43-day impasse...

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a number of emails that reference President Donald Trump. The release has reignited political debate and renewed scrutiny of Epstein’s extensive social network, which once included some of the most powerful figures...

Published: 13 November 2025 | The English Chronicle Desk | The English Chronicle Online After forty-three days of gridlock, the longest government shutdown in United States history has finally drawn to a close. Federal workers are returning to their posts, national parks are reopening, and key services that had ground to a halt are slowly resuming. Air travel, which had descended into chaos during the shutdown, is returning to its...

Published: 12 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Ukrainian forces have been forced to withdraw from several key positions in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, as Russia’s military continues to exploit adverse weather conditions to make tactical gains. The situation, officials say, is dynamic and evolving rapidly, with both sides engaged in intense fighting that has seen villages change hands multiple times over the past week. Vladyslav...

Published: 12 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Downing Street has insisted that Sir Keir Starmer will resist any attempt at a leadership coup, as Health Secretary Wes Streeting strongly denied claims that he is plotting to unseat the Labour Prime Minister. The ongoing speculation comes amid a backdrop of heightened political tension in Westminster, with the government preparing for the crucial Budget announcement in two...

Published: 12 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A damning new report has revealed that systemic failures within the British state allowed widespread physical and sexual abuse to persist unchecked at Medomsley Detention Centre for decades, with authorities effectively supplying victims to what has been described as “the worst sex offender in our history.” The findings, published almost 40 years after the closure of the notorious...

Published: 12 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Former US President Donald Trump has said he feels a personal “obligation” to take legal action against the BBC, accusing the broadcaster of editing one of his speeches in a misleading way. The threat comes as a deadline approaches for the BBC to respond to Trump’s billion-dollar legal claim, filed in Florida. Trump alleges that a Panorama documentary...

Published: 12 November 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Buckingham Palace is set to reinstate a hyphen in the surname of Prince Andrew, formally known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, following careful review of historic precedent and official records. The change comes after the former prince’s name was altered last month in the wake of ongoing controversy surrounding his connections with the late Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex...