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Feb 12, 2026 - World

Bangladesh follows a parliamentary system similar to India. However, this time, each voter is being given two ballot papers.

Feb 12, 2026 - World

South Korea’s spy agency monitoring whether girl believed to be 13 will appear at political conference this monthSouth Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that it believes the teenage daughter of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, is close to being designated as the country’s future leader as Kim moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation.The assessment by the National Intelligence Service comes as North Korea is preparing to hold its biggest political conference later this month, where Kim is expected to outline his main policy goals for the next five years and take steps to tighten his authoritarian grip. Continue reading...

Feb 12, 2026 - World

Manchester United owner responds to criticism by saying: ‘It is critical that we maintain an open debate on the challenges facing the UK’Here is video of Jim Ratcliffe making his comment about the UK being “colonised” by immigrants.Kemi Badenoch has urged Keir Starmer to delay the departure of Sir Chris Wormald, the cabinet secretary, so that he remains in post to oversee the release of government documents relating to Peter Mandelson’s time as ambassador to Washington.It is hard to escape the conclusion that the cabinet secretary is simply the latest person to be thrown under a bus by this prime minister.It is all the more concerning to be changing cabinet secretary in the midst of the ongoing scandal over the appointment of Lord Mandelson and his conduct in office.Changing the cabinet secretary in the middle of this scandal – or more precisely forcing out the incumbent without any clear process – would be an extraordinary thing to do.Any individual appointed in the circumstances, without a full process to point to and in midst of managing a scandal, could find it difficult to demonstrate impartiality. Continue reading...

Feb 12, 2026 - World

President warned prior to the vote that any Republican who voted against tariffs would ‘suffer the consequences’ Donald Trump is in Washington today. We’ll hear from him at 1:30pm ET, when he’s expected to formally announce the rollback of the Obama-era endangerment finding. This is 2009 determination that concluded CO2 and other greenhouse gases are a detriment to public health and welfare, establishing a legal basis to regulate them under the Clean Air Act. My colleague, Dharna Noor, notes that this underpins virtually all federal climate regulations, and the repeal will likely be challenged in court. The president will be joined today by Enivironmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin.We’ll make sure to bring you the latest lines as that gets underway. Continue reading...

Feb 12, 2026 - World

Dawson’s Creek star, who died on Tuesday, had been open about struggling to meet high expenses of cancer treatmentA GoFundMe set up to support the widow and children of actor James Van Der Beek has raised more than $1m as thousands of people donated within hours of its launch.Van Der Beek, best known for his role as sensitive teen Dawson Leery on the TV series Dawson’s Creek, died on Tuesday aged 48 after a battle with bowel cancer. Continue reading...