Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach 08. October 2026 (00:05) In the shadow of the Parthenon, the secretary of state gave a selective reading of history as he urged Europe to ‘awaken from its slumber’The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a classically inspired apologia for Donald Trump’s “America first” foreign policy on Wednesday, giving a sweeping speech to the backdrop of the Parthenon in Athens that appeared tailor-made for campaign ads if he runs for president in 2028.In the speech, the top US diplomat drew historical parallels from the founders, philosophers and conquerers of antiquity to the modern American spirit – as well as his family’s own journey to the United States – as he called on Europe to “awaken from its long slumber” and reject a “future of atrophy and servitude and decline”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike 07. October 2026 (23:57) Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urged halt, citing risk of another failed execution, but court denied requestTexas on Wednesday is scheduled to carry out the first execution in the US after the the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week.Lawyers for Jamaal Howard, a Texas man on death row for capital murder, sought to halt the execution, arguing there are similar risks as in the case of Pike, but a Texas court denied the stay request on Wednesday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’ 07. October 2026 (23:52) Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow The family of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate have said the University of Glasgow “will be held to account”.Ethan Scott Brown, 23, was due to graduate in December 2024 after studying geography. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Christa Pike ‘angry, confused’ and unable to move arms after failed execution, lawyers say 07. October 2026 (23:34) Attorneys say Pike was set to be taken off life support before she woke up, as judge orders officials to preserve evidence Christa Pike awoke “angry and confused” after surviving two lethal injections, her attorneys said on Wednesday, as a judge ordered Tennessee state officials to preserve all evidence related to the failed execution.Pike, 50, was taken to hospital unconscious but alive from Tennessee’s execution chamber last Wednesday after two supposedly lethal doses of the barbiturate pentobarbital. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
