British bosses to be forced to meet with employees who request flexible working
World news | The Guardianby Alexandra Topping Political correspondent·15 Sept 2026
Company bosses will have to sit down with workers who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under new rights announced by Louise Haigh on Tuesday.
Ferocious fight among Brazil’s supreme court erupts on eve of presidential election
World news | The Guardianby Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro·15 Sept 2026
Brazil’s supreme court has been thrust into what experts consider the greatest crisis since the return of democracy in the 1980s, as two rival judges lock horns on the eve of the presidential...
Carney says Canada will pursue ‘unique economic alliance’ with EU amid US trade spat
World news | The Guardianby Leyland Cecco in Toronto and Jennifer Rankin in Strasbourg·15 Sept 2026
Mark Carney said Canada will pursue a “unique security and economic alliance” with Europe as he positions his country as a base to build in the “new global economic order”.
People from ethnic groups feel racial equality is worsening, UK study shows
World news | The Guardianby Geneva Abdul·15 Sept 2026
Many Britons feel inequality is worsening and that discrimination has become more common, according to a thinktank study.
Fourth person dies of measles-associated illness in US
World news | The Guardianby Jessica Glenza·15 Sept 2026
Pennsylvania health officials said a fourth person had died of measles-associated illness in the worst year for the disease since 1992. All four US deaths have occurred in the state.
Thirlwall inquiry has left biggest questions around the Letby case unanswered
World news | The Guardianby David Conn·15 Sept 2026
Just two months before Lady Justice Kathryn Thirlwall opened her inquiry into events at the Countess of Chester hospital and the crimes of Lucy Letby, a report by Chris Henley KC was published into...
UK paying £56,000 for each person returned to France under ‘one in one out’ scheme
World news | The Guardianby Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor·15 Sept 2026
The government’s “one in, one out” deal is costing about £56,000 for every person sent back to France, Shabana Mahmood has told MPs.
Republicans criticize racist social media post by Texas member running for office
World news | The Guardianby Richard Luscombe·15 Sept 2026
A senior Republican has called a party colleague running for office in Texas “a bigot” over a racist social media post attacking college football fans – and said he is so outraged by the comments...
Republican Thomas Massie proposes impeaching Pete Hegseth over Iran war
World news | The Guardianby Chris Stein in Washington·15 Sept 2026
Republican congressman Thomas Massie on Tuesday proposed impeaching Pete Hegseth, saying the defense secretary had repeatedly violated the constitution through his handling of war with Iran and the...
Georgia city removes 23-year-old mayor after sexting and municipal funds scandal
World news | The Guardianby Maya Yang·15 Sept 2026
City leaders in a suburb outside Atlanta have voted to remove the youngest mayor in their community’s history amid allegations of questionable spending of municipal funds and inappropriate...
Louise Haigh: UK must heed warnings from AI experts
World news | The Guardianby Alexandra Topping, Kiran Stacey,Dan Milmo and Robert Booth·15 Sept 2026
Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI, Louise Haigh has said, amid calls for Andy Burnham to use the G20 to drive global regulation.
Belfast teenager whose body was found in storm drain ‘failed by the PSNI’
World news | The Guardianby Esther Addley·15 Sept 2026
An inquest into the death of a teenager whose body was found in a Belfast storm drain has found there is not enough evidence to explain the puzzling circumstances of how he died, partly due to...
Houthis threaten more Saudi strikes as UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
World news | The Guardianby Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor·15 Sept 2026
Saudi cities faced the threat of a second day of Houthi attacks as fighting across Yemen led the UN to warn of a humanitarian crisis with 100,000 Yemenis already displaced.
Leader of Reform UK in Wales stands down after arrest on suspicion of assault
World news | The Guardianby Ben Quinn and Bethan McKernan·15 Sept 2026
The leader of Reform UK in Wales is standing down after he was arrested and bailed on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
Kash Patel defends FBI hiring policy on applicants who have engaged in bestiality
World news | The Guardianby Ariana Baio·15 Sept 2026
FBI director Kash Patel defended his agency’s decision to roll back restrictions on agent applicants who have previously engaged in bestiality, arguing the FBI “did not want to punish victims of...
Ed Sheeran responds to backlash over removing Macklemore from tour after ‘Free Palestine’ comments
World news | The Guardianby Adrian Horton·15 Sept 2026
Singer Ed Sheeran has responded to the backlash over the removal of Macklemore from his North American Loop tour, following the rapper’s “Free Palestine” speech on stage at MetLife stadium in New...
Army officers ‘let down’ soldier over sexual assault claim before she killed herself, court martial told
World news | The Guardianby Steven Morris·15 Sept 2026
Two army officers “let down” a teenage soldier who went on to kill herself when they did not deal properly with a sexual assault allegation she made against a superior, a court martial has heard.
‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors
World news | The Guardianby Catherine Shoard in London and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem·15 Sept 2026
Film industry heavyweights across the globe have expressed solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of documentary NAZA, who have been threatened with...
Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo
World news | The Guardianby Gloria Dickie·15 Sept 2026
Wildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research camp, home to one of the world’s longest-running studies of...
Pauline Hanson’s daughter Lee working for a NSW One Nation senator remotely from Tasmania without ministerial approval
World news | The Guardianby Sarah Martin Senior correspondent·15 Sept 2026
Pauline Hanson’s daughter, Lee Hanson, has been working in Tasmania as a senior adviser to a New South Wales One Nation senator without the required ministerial approval, Guardian Australia can...
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