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Nov 12, 2026 - World

In a major reversal, President Donald Trump appeared to abandon his pursuit of a diplomatic end to his war against Iran Thursday in a rant about Democrats’ “blood.”He also handed Vice President JD Vance a new assignment.As recently as Monday, Trump touted “positive momentum” toward a deal to end the war, which has been deeply unpopular with Americans since it began. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, however, Trump declared “we don’t need a deal with Iran” anymore.“Those days have long since passed,” Trump wrote. “We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!”Trump also revealed that he had instructed Vance to “focus” his “complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States,” claiming, without providing evidence, that “Billions of Dollars is being stolen each and every month.”“Our Budget could be quickly BALANCED with the correction of this large scale criminal activity,” Trump wrote, again without providing evidence. “CORRUPTION is in the Democrat Leadership’s blood!”Trump has spent much of his second term accusing Democratic-led states of fraud, using a real fraud scandal in Minnesota to go after others. His administration tried to freeze $10 billion in child care and social services funding for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York before dropping the effort.

Nov 12, 2026 - World

After a month-long investigation it was concluded that Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which won the £10,000 Caine prize, was ‘human-written’The Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza has been cleared of using AI to write a prize-winning short story, after the prestigious Caine prize for African writers concluded that his entry was “human-written” after a month-long investigation.Kundizeza’s story The Blue Fighter, which charts the declining fortunes of a family after the father invests in fish tanks, was announced as the winner of the £10,000 prize on 6 October. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump threatened to “IMMEDIATELY” double tariffs on Mexico unless it stops migrant caravans heading north, and blamed the caravans on Republicans’ “perceived loss” in last week’s midterms.“Here we go again! With the perceived loss by the Republicans in the Midterms - I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT- the INVASION of our Country is taking place again. Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.“MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED,” he added. “There will be no leniency!”Trump said that Mexico, Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and “THE VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS” had been informed, a swipe at Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic Texas governor-elect who unseated Gov. Greg Abbott last week and has not yet taken office.A caravan of roughly 1,000 migrants entered southern Mexico on Nov. 6, according to Latin Times. Mexican authorities blocked a separate group of about 100 migrants on Nov. 10.

Nov 12, 2026 - World

A participant from the U.S. reality TV show “Below Deck” has been arrested in Turkey following a fight in Bodrum that left a 17-year-old dead

Nov 12, 2026 - World

In today’s newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump’s close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen HuangGood morning. Espionage is supposed to be a secretive business, and spies are supposed to be virtually invisible. That hasn’t been the case for Alice Huang, the mysterious Shanghai executive who formed a romantic relationship with Jensen Huang, the founder of Nvidia, one of America’s most powerful tech companies.Many questions have arisen since it emerged that US intelligence believes that Huang (no relation of Jensen’s) is an asset recruited by the Chinese intelligence services to spy on behalf of Beijing. This morning’s newsletter explains what we know about the story, and what it tells us about the effectiveness of Chinese espionage. That’s after the headlines.UK | Ministers are considering changing the law to force the entertainment industry to better protect women and children in the wake of the revelations over David Walliams and the conviction of Russell Brand.Climate | The UK government has appointed the world’s first special representative for climate security, in the strongest sign yet of fears that climate breakdown will bring chaos to the country.US midterms | Democrat Scott Colom has become the first Black senator in Mississippi to be elected since Reconstruction, in a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states.Europe | Millions of people across Spain have joined the country’s first general strike in 14 years, setting up picket lines to protest against soaring housing prices before an election in which the far right could be catapulted into power.Technology | Police officers risk arresting innocent people, especially from ethnic minorities, if they treat inaccurate facial recognition data as evidence, an official report has found. Continue reading...