Three astronauts are stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by ‘orbital debris’, it has been reported. Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong, who were part of the Shenzhou-20 space mission, flew to the Tiangong space station in April.

New York has elected its first-ever Muslim mayor, and its youngest candidate in more than a century. Zohran Mamdani, 34, won the election with more than one million New Yorkers embracing his vision for an affordable and diverse city.

The tech billionaire Elon Musk has been branded ‘dangerous’ after using Tolkien’s books to claim that immigrants were like orcs, ‘raping children’ in small British towns.

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Andrew Mountbatten, formerly Prince Andrew Duke of York, has lost all royal titles and is now officially a commoner, due to his ties with paedophile Jeffery Epstein. He was also kicked out of the Royal Lodge by his older brother King Charles.

The clocks go back an hour at 2am on Sunday 26 October 2025.

Eurostar has announced plans to launch new double decker high-speed trains in Europe with two new destinations. The shiny trains will go to Geneva and Frankfurt.

Prince Andrew hadn’t paid rent on his 30-room Royal mansion for 22 years. A copy of the disgraced royal’s lease reveals he paid ‘one peppercorn (if demanded)’ of rent per year since 2003.

On the morning of October 20, the world’s most popular apps were hit by Amazon’s web services going down. Amazon, Roblox, Snapchat, and NYT Games were just a few of more than 1,000 websites that couldn’t be accessed.

Eight priceless treasures were stolen from The Louvre museum in Paris on October 19. Four robbers were involved in the heist and remain on the run after the crime. The group disguised themselves as security, wearing high-vis jackets.

Trump has declared he wants to build a triumphant arch across from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary.

Staff members at board game bar Draughts in Waterloo plan to strike every Saturday in October in protest of QR code payment. The workers are advocating for ‘more social interaction with customers’.

The US Government has gone into shut down after senators failed to agree on a last-minute funding bill. Republican and Democrat congresspeople are blaming each other for the shut down, while Trump is threatening ‘irreversible’ mass layoffs to federal agencies.

On Tuesday September 30 at the Labour Party Annual Conference Keir Starmer announced plans for an NHS online hospital service. The digital service is set to be introduced within two years to help cut waiting times, offering virtual assessments, check-ups and follow-up appointments.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police could be forced to reveal if they are a member of the Freemasons. This proposal aims to combat ‘mistrust’ in police investigations, and Scotland Yard said some staff have been led to question how membership could be impacting ‘investigations, promotions and misconduct.’ The Met is considering whether to add the secretive fraternal organisation to its declarable associations policy.

On September 23 the United Assembly General Conference, the escalator that Donald Trump and Melania Tump were on stopped abruptly. Since then, Fox News host Jesse Watters called for the UN building to be ‘bombed’, stating that the broken escalator could be ‘sabotage’ to the president.

On Sunday, September 21, Charlie Kirk’s funeral was held in State Farm Stadium, Arizona. Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, stated that she ‘forgives’ Kirk’s killer, however Trump called him a ‘radicalised, cold-blooded monster’.

As of Friday September 19, Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK has drawn to a close. The visit involved the US President attending a state banquet at Windsor Castle, staying with the Royal Family and meeting with Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister.

Since Charlie Kirk was shot on September 10, various theories have circled online relating to the incident and the accused killer, Tyler Robinson. The most recent online speculation is that Robinson was a ‘Groyper’, which is a far-right group which emerged in 2019. The group are led by Nick Fuentes, a holocaust-denying white supremacist, who claims that the Republican Party are not right-wing enough.

England flags have been appearing all over the UK, having been embraced by far-right nationalists as a method of anti-immigration protest. Such flags and Union Jack flags featured heavily at protests outside asylum hotels and, most recently, at the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ far-right rally that took place in London at the weekend. In the aftermath, the police are on the hunt for multiple anti-immigration protestors.

A new study by JAMA Pediatrics shows that weight loss jabs could be effective on children as young as six who are obese or have type 2 diabetes. This said, stomach problems were “significantly more common” amongst kids taking the drugs in comparison to adults. The study included 1,402 children and compared the effectiveness of GLP-1 antagonists on children aged six to 17.

The RMT union tube strike has drawn to an end after Londoners faced days of unsettled travel. Underground services have gradually turned from ‘suspended’ to ‘good service’, however some stations remain closed in the aftermath of the strike.

Anti-tourism protests continue in Mallorca, despite a significant number of restaurant owners making pleas for holidaymakers to return to the island. Beach bars, parasol rentals and holiday activities saw a 20% drop in July when compared tp the previous year.

Recently revealed proposals by the Financial conduct Authority could see contactless card limits increase to over £100. This would bring physical cards in line with digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google pay, which are limitless.

Recently revealed proposals by the Financial conduct Authority could see contactless card limits increase to over £100. This would bring physical cards in line with digital wallets such as Apple Pay and Google pay, which are limitless.