‘My friend’: Anthony Albanese announces $60m more for Ukraine at Zelenskyy meeting 23. September 2026 (21:40) An emotional prime minister says that Kyiv’s cause is ‘an issue for the world’ as he also sets out the need for a new global orderAnthony Albanese has announced Australia will provide $60m more in support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion during an emotional meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN meeting in New York.With the prime minister planning to use a key speech in New York to warn that the international world order was “no longer fit for purpose”, he hugged the Ukrainian president as the latter thanked Australia for its support. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation spreads division and despair 23. September 2026 (21:24) Whether produced by Russia, China or far-right influencers, deepfakes and disinfo are pushing multiple false narrativesRussian disinformation campaigns are varied in their falsehoods and strategies.The narratives range from a deepfake Tom Cruise criticising the Paris Olympics to portraying a recent Russian attack on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border as a false-flag operation. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Save the Children officially warned by regulator over staff put at risk in Yemen 23. September 2026 (20:55) Warning from Charity Commission for England and Wales concludes two-year investigation after death of Hisham al-Hakimi in October 2023The international aid charity Save the Children has been issued with an official regulatory warning over management failures and misconduct that put staff at its Yemen office at serious risk.The warning concluded a two-year investigation by the Charity Commission for England and Wales into the running of the office after the death of its safety and security director, Hisham al-Hakimi, in October 2023 after he was detained by the Yemeni authorities. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Texas to execute death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing 23. September 2026 (20:51) Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, set to die by lethal injection, sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this yearA man found guilty of fatally shooting three people during a 2005 attempted robbery at a rural Texas home is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, a week after the other man convicted in the killings was put to death.Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, is set to die by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He would be the sixth person executed so far this year in Texas, with three more scheduled. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Argentina president attacks UN over inaction on Falkland Islands sovereignty 23. September 2026 (20:50) Javier Milei says organisation is filled with ‘arrogant parasites’ and threatens to take ‘matters into our own hands’Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take “matters into our own hands” in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it comes to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
