UK’s adoption system crisis: Over 3,000 children trapped in instability with shortfall of families to welcome them

The Independent - Oct 10, 2026

Charities and adoption organisations have seen a 25 per cent drop in the number of potential adopters being approved

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Trump veers into Nobel Prize grievances during upstate New York rally on day award is announced
Oct 10, 2026
Trump veers into Nobel Prize grievances during upstate New York rally on day award is announced

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. President Donald Trump veered far from midterm election politics during a rally in upstate New York on Friday, aiming a bitter diatribe at the Norwegian Nobel Committee for giving the Peace Prize he has long sought to South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief, for her work on justice and accountability for war crimes and genocide. Trump unspooled a lengthy argument explaining why the award was “an indelible stain on the country of Norway," saying he “should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn't.” Trump claimed, as he often does, to have ended eight wars, though some of the conflicts the president claims to have resolved were merely tensions, and his role in easing them has been disputed. Meanwhile, the war with Iran that he and Israel started — which Trump predicted would last mere weeks — remains unsettled and is a weight on his party as it faces a dour electorate ahead of midterm elections. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted last month and published Oct. 1 foun

Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations
Oct 10, 2026
Panama rocked by 2 powerful earthquakes and multiple aftershocks, prompting evacuations

PANAMA CITY — Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country. The earlier quake, felt as far away as neighboring Colombia, was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, in the central province of Herrera, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). The USGS initially reported the first quake as magnitude 8, then revised it to 7.6 and later to 7.7. Visibly shaken residents of Panama City, the capital, gathered outside as they waited for news of the quake’s impact on Friday. “We felt it very strongly. It knocked things over in the kitchen, but we’re okay, though we’re very scared," Rosendo Domínguez, 60, who is from Herrera province, where the earthquake struck, told The Associated Press by phone. “Everyone is outside, scared.” Multiple aftershocks continued to rattle Panama, including several measuring magnitude 5.8, 5.5 and 5.2. Seismologists at the Uni

South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for work in international justice
Oct 10, 2026
South African-born jurist Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for work in international justice

OSLO, Norway — Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for efforts that the award committee said promoted international law as it comes under attack. Her win is sure to be seen as a high-profile rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have both rejected the findings of the U.N. commission she led on Gaza. The leaders also have been highly critical of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Pillay has worked at both. Hours after the award was announced in Norway, the Trump administration imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal over investigations into the United States and its allies, including Israel. Trump railed against the decision on Friday, claiming he deserved the prize and dismissing Pillay as “a li

Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire
Oct 10, 2026
Hunger and malnutrition stalk Gazans, a year on from ceasefire

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories — Every day, Gazan mother Niyaha al-Masri spends six exhausting hours or more queueing at a community kitchen in the hope of getting some food for her family. It has been a year since a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was supposed to allow food to flood into the ruined territory, yet widespread hunger persists there. Masri has little choice. Without the kitchen run by humanitarian groups, she and her eight children would have "nothing at all," the 35-year-old told AFP. Each day she sets out early in the morning and returns in the afternoon, this time bringing four containers of rice, lentils and a little chicken, which the family throws itself at. Among them is her husband, wounded in both legs by an airstrike, meaning he "cannot go and fight with the others" to get food. This will be the only meal of the day for the family of 10, living in a tent in Khan Yunis. There was no breakfast and they will have no dinner. What little flour they have, Masri explained, has to be rationed. In August 2025, a United Nations-backed body, the IPC, declared a state

Year later, Gaza ceasefire promises mostly unfulfilled
Oct 10, 2026
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JERUSALEM — One year after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the war in Gaza to be over, few of the long-term promises of the ceasefire have come to fruition. Here is a list of some of the key points of the Oct. 10, 2025, ceasefire and where things stand: Hostages released, calm in Israel Three days after the agreement was announced, Hamas freed the 20 remaining living hostages seized during the group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack, the deadliest day in Israel's history. The captives' return was a key priority for Israel, whose public had agonized over their fate. The ceasefire anniversary also marks one year of quiet for Israel from the Gaza front, with no rocket attacks by Hamas. The group's missile inventory was depleted by near-constant Israeli bombardment, which damaged or destroyed the vast majority of buildings in the Palestinian territory. The U.S. military set up a command post with foreign allies near the Gaza border to monitor the truce. No Israeli withdrawal or let-up Israel has reduced its level of attacks but has kept striking Gaza on a near-daily basis. Israeli strikes have killed s

'Nauseating': Australia won't adjust suppliers as Trump thanks Putin for oil
Oct 10, 2026
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Will US sanction US? Trump turns to Putin for fuel after threatening India
Oct 10, 2026
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Zelenskyy takes swipe at US-Russia diesel deal: 'Peace never comes through weakness'
Oct 10, 2026
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Zelenskyy takes swipe at US-Russia diesel deal: ‘Peace never comes through weakness’ President Donald Trump made a diesel deal with Russia, making the country agree to release millions of tons of diesel fuel to the United States and global markets to help ease the energy crunch...

'I Should Have Won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes’: Trump Lashes Out After Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Award
Oct 10, 2026
'I Should Have Won 8 Nobel Peace Prizes’: Trump Lashes Out After Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Award

Donald Trump criticised Norway over the award, saying the United States, represented by him, should have received the prize.

Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?
Oct 10, 2026
Public executions in the US stopped nearly a century ago - why are they resuming now?

The Pentagon says the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be livestreamed, but experts suggest officials are reading the country wrong.

Delhi Protest: Abhijeet Dipke detained aboard plane, CJP founder says ‘karlo arrest’ | VIDEO
Oct 10, 2026
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New Zealand v Australia LIVE: Latest updates as All Blacks battle Wallabies in first Bledisloe Cup clash
Oct 10, 2026
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