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Kemi Badenoch tells ConHome – ‘It’s a new team to face a new opponent. We’re ready, you’ll see it at Conference, but prepare for hard work’

Her pre-Conference diary is crazy and I want to make the most of our 30 minutes together. At one point she’s focussed on one of the mornings news stories. We are discussing the details pre-interview and she carries on a…

Trump says diesel export ban is still on the table

“It’s something that we think about and we talk about every day,” he said. “But it just seems that it would have a negative impact on gasoline, so that would go up a little bit, and diesel would come down a little bit.”…

Securing coastal waters for small-scale fishers: Lessons from Ghana

Yet real-world evidence shows that well-enforced PAAs, where bottom trawling is prohibited, strengthen the resilience of small-scale fleets, accelerate fish stock recovery and protect coastal livelihoods. Ghana may not…

Trolling Trump: Why Macron and Carney became ‘leaders of the resistance’

“They’re playing with fire,” he told POLITICO. “They’re totally dependent on us for trade.” He also added a dark warning about “the Alberta secession movement picking up momentum” — Bannon and other MAGA luminaries have…

Trump made ‘a lot of mistakes,’ sighs Portugal’s far-right leader

The Chega leader traveled to Washington, D.C. for Trump’s inauguration and borrowed the MAGA slogan during last year’s parliamentary election campaign, saying he wanted to “make Portugal great again.” But with Portugal…

MPs recommend BBC charter renewal is scrapped and licence fee is extended beyond TV

The report from the House of Commons' cross-party culture and media committee comes ahead of the government finalising its proposals for the next BBC royal charter later this year, which will set out how the broadcaster…

FlyDubai suspends flights to and from Israel after pilot stabbing

Israeli passenger Haim Lazarovich, who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia during a flight on FlyDubai plane, arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sept. 30, 2026. Ariel…

Inside Zuckerberg, Huang’s push for White House AI pact

29, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images By Owen Dahlkamp and Gabby Miller 09/30/2026 06:19 PM EDT Add POLITICO on Google Share Copy link X Facebook Email Reddit WhatsApp LinkedIn Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the…

Hegseth vows to shrink the Pentagon — and then announces plans to grow it

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a "State of the Force" address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30, 2026. Alex Wong/AP By Jack Detsch and Paul McLeary 09/30/2026 06:09 PM EDT Add…

Meloni implores von der Leyen to let countries overspend to battle energy crunch

In September, inflation increased at a faster pace across the major eurozone economies. And in Italy, it jumped from 3.2% to 4.1% , according to the Italian Institute of Statistics’ preliminary data. “I am writing to…