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Sep 27, 2026 - World

With President Donald Trump rejecting Iran’s latest proposal to end the war on Saturday, multiple experts suspect the president is risking significant “danger” due to a fundamental misunderstanding of the United States’ negotiating position, one that could have deadly consequences within the next 30 days.Trump told Axios on Sunday that the deal Iran proposed to end the war was “not the deal I want to make,” adding that he may have agreed to the terms “maybe a year ago,” but that Iran had since “overplayed their hand.” Andreas Krieg, an associate professor at King’s College London, told Al Jazeera for its Sunday report that in actuality, it may be Trump who overplayed his hand.Krieg suspected that Trump was under the belief that “time is improving the U.S. bargaining position,” Al Jazeera wrote, but the problem for the White House, Krieg said, was that “the gamble cuts both ways.”“[Trump] wants Tehran to reopen Hormuz without Washington paying the full economic and political price Iran is currently demanding,” Krieg said. “The danger is that he is confusing Iranian pain with Iranian willingness to capitulate. Those are not the same thing.”Trump’s alleged miscalculation, Krieg warned, could not only fail to bolster the United States’ negotiating position, but could end up backfiring.“So this can backfire,” Krieg told Al Jazeera. “Trump thinks Iran’s clock is running faster than America’s. Tehran thinks the opposite: that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, global energy markets and ultimately Trump himself have a lower tolerance for prolonged disruption than Iran has for economic punishment.”Beyond backfiring on the United States economically, another expert warned that Trump’s hesitance to reach a deal could pose risks to American service members stationed in the Middle East.“All signs point to a major escalation between the US, Iran and Israel. And it may very well be initiated by Tehran itself a week or two before the midterm elections,” warned foreign policy expert Trita Parsi earlier this month.

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape TownTwo separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, as the country grapples with one of the world’s highest murder rates amid investigations into corruption and criminality within the police.The South African police service said on Sunday that 17 people were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 assault rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, about 50 miles south-west of central Johannesburg. At least 15 other people sustained gunshot injuries in that attack, police said. Continue reading...

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described President Donald Trump telling British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over a private lunch that his policies were "extremely stupid." One pro-Trump TV host says she should have kept that to herself.Leavitt told the story on "Hang Out with Sean Hannity." Hannity had asked how "brutally honest" Trump is with world leaders."With Starmer, I remember we sat down for lunch," Leavitt said. She said she couldn't remember whether it was Windsor Castle or "the place where Keir Starmer lives," and noted that the trip was "a year ago today," because the memory had come up on her phone."We were sitting around the table and enjoying lunch in this beautiful place. The president began attacking him because of his policies," she said.According to Leavitt, Trump told Starmer, "Your policies here are extremely stupid," and "You need to close your borders.""He says it exactly like that," she said. "'You must deport these people who are in your country.'"She said Trump told the prime minister that the British people "hate what you do." Leavitt also pointed out where the scolding happened."In his home, and in his country," she said. "We're not even in the White House. We're not even on our own land."Newsmax host Greg Kelly, a strong Trump supporter, was furious."Unbelievable. So now that she's an Ex press secretary, Karoline (with a K) Leavitt GOSSIPS about PRIVATE meetings the President had with world leaders?" Kelly wrote on X on Saturday."We're in the middle of MIDTERM MADNESS and Karoline (with a K) 'dishes' Without a Care In the World," he added. "A BREACH of Trust: The President's, and the Nation's. So IMMATURE!!!!"Kelly's post had more than 325,000 views by Saturday evening.Trump made a state visit to the U.K. last September. He stayed at Windsor Castle and met with Starmer at Chequers, the prime minister's country residence.Unbelievable. So now that she’s an Ex press secretary, Karoline (with a K) Leavitt GOSSIPS about PRIVATE meetings the President had with world leaders? We’re in the middle of MIDTERM MADNESS and Karoline (with a K) “dishes” Without a Care In the World. A BREACH of Trust: The…— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) September 27, 2026

Sep 27, 2026 - World

ICE officers around the country got verbal orders this weekend to stop arresting immigrants who have no criminal record. According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, the Trump administration now says the guidance was a mistake and has reversed it.Jennie Taer broke the story Saturday for The Daily Wire. Citing agency sources, she reported that ICE officers were told they could only arrest undocumented immigrants who had criminal convictions or pending charges "for the time being."Melugin said on X Saturday night that he had talked by phone with Trump and with nine ICE and Department of Homeland Security sources. According to him, the guidance was real."Yes, this verbal guidance did go out to ICE offices across the country last night," Melugin wrote. "I've spoken with ICE agents who received it & were shocked & frustrated by it."He said no one could tell him where the order came from."It's unclear who it started with," he wrote. "However, I'm told it's erroneous, was some type of 'miscommunication' during conversations about prioritizing 'worst first,' and there is no change in immigration enforcement policy."Melugin said Trump told him that anyone in the country illegally is still "on the table" for arrest and deportation. He also reported that new guidance went out to ICE field offices that night to reverse the earlier message, and that ICE sources confirmed they received it. Under the new guidance, arrests of immigrants without criminal records, including "collaterals," will continue.DHS then posted its own denial."This is false. No one is off the table," the department wrote on X. "Anyone in our country illegally will be arrested and deported."Melugin still couldn't explain how the order went out."I'm not really sure what happened here," he wrote.The mix-up comes as some Republicans have started criticizing the administration's immigration crackdown ahead of the midterms. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) recently accused Trump of "betrayal," and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) has also spoken out.

Sep 27, 2026 - World

Residents near Royal Air Force Fairford — a British air base used by the United States — were evacuated Sunday morning after a “major incident” involving explosives was declared by local law enforcement, ABC News reported.“The [counter terrorism] world tracking this story this morning very very closely,” wrote Marc Polymeropoulos, a former CIA intelligence officer, in a social media post on X.According to ABC News, several people were arrested Sunday “on suspicion of offenses under the explosives act” near the base, which has served as a “key hub for American operations against Iran.” According to The Guardian, a bomb squad was dispatched to the area, and residents of the nearby village of Whelford were evacuated.“I would like to thank all those emergency and specialist teams who have acted so swiftly regarding the incident in Gloucestershire,” said U.K. Secretary of State for Defense Wes Streeting in a statement. “We can be reassured that this is being dealt with, and it is exactly why our emergency response teams and Armed Forces are on standby 24/7.”A U.S. Air Force spokesperson declined to discuss specifics about the incident when contacted by The Guardian, but did tell the outlet that U.S. personnel at the air base “remain vigilant” and “take appropriate actions” when necessary to “ensure the safety and security of our U.S. service members, civilians, contractors and their families.”Iran has previously warned Britain against allowing U.S. bombers to use the air base, including the B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress, warning that doing so would make the base a “legitimate target.”“To the British monarchy, which has been the main culprit behind the misfortunes of the people of our region, with a dark record of the dismemberment of Islamic countries, widespread massacres in these nations, the imposition of dictatorial regimes and, worst of all, the organisation and direction of the operations to occupy Palestine and the creation of the Israeli catastrophe, and which has had the greatest involvement in the recent aggressions by the US and the Zionist regime against Iran, we warn it not to add further to its own indictment,” reads a July statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.The CT world tracking this story this morning very very closely….. https://t.co/zyc1xs9y0D— Marc Polymeropoulos (@Mpolymer) September 27, 2026