International Minister defends long delays to UK military spending plan Luke Pollard says blueprint expected last autumn is ‘a bigger task than many people outside defence realise’ A government minister has defended long delays to a military spending plan that are also stalling the UK’s next-generation Tempest fighter jet programme, but refused to say when it will be complete.The defence investment plan (DIP), originally expected last autumn, has faced repeated postponements amid warnings that the military faces a £28bn funding […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International Email appears to confirm photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Virginia Giuffre is real The message, believed to be from Ghislaine Maxwell, was released as part of the latest tranche of the Epstein filesAn email believed to have been sent by Ghislaine Maxwell appears to confirm a photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around Virginia Giuffre’s waist is real.The message, released as part of the latest tranche of the Epstein files, was headed “draft statement” and sent by “G Maxwell” to Jeffrey Epstein […] todayFebruary 5, 2026 1
International Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growthChina’s clean energy industries drove more than 90% of the country’s investment growth last year, making the sectors bigger than all but seven of the world’s economies, a new analysis has shown.For the second time in three years, the report showed the manufacture, installation and export of batteries, electric cars, solar, wind and […] todayFebruary 5, 2026
insert_link International A global craze for Korean culture is making its humblest snacks unaffordable Black, crispy, often flat and square, dried seaweed is growing in popularity - but also in price. Source: feeds.bbci.co.ukRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 2
International Hungary jails German activist for 8 years over attacks on neo-Nazi rally Maja T was part of a group that attacked participants at Budapest's 'Day of Honour', a major neo-Nazi event.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026 2
insert_link International Assefa targets London repeat & Sawe eyes course record Reigning champions Tigst Assefa and Sebastian Sawe will target record-breaking London Marathon victories in April.Source: feeds.bbci.co.ukRead full article todayFebruary 5, 2026
International Illinois joins WHO network after Trump pulls US out of global health body Governor JB Pritzker pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response networkThe Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, has announced that his state will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), following Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the global body in 2025.Pritzker, a Democrat, made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Illinois will become part of the coordinated international […] todayFebruary 4, 2026 1
International Fans race to learn Spanish before Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show The Puerto Rican singer’s highly anticipated Super Bowl half-time show has inspired non-Spanish speakers to study Puerto Rican dialect and slangBad Bunny is expected to perform the Super Bowl half-time show on Sunday entirely in Spanish – which has inspired fans to quickly learn the language.In October, the Puerto Rican singer – born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio – kicked off the 51st season of Saturday Night Live expressing pride over […] todayFebruary 4, 2026 1
International Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancyFemales may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study.Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the diagnosis rates of autism for people born in Sweden between 1985 and 2020. Of […] todayFebruary 4, 2026 2
insert_link International Epstein files updates: survivors say new documents expose victims’ names ‘while men remain protected’ todayJanuary 30, 2026 6