News 11/09/26

More than ten million pounds of Premier League funds will remain frozen as part of an international criminal investigation into its former fantasy football partner, Sorare.com.

The National Crime Agency and Luxembourg authorities are investigating the crypto-gaming firm, which allowed users to buy, sell, and trade digital player cards through instant buys or auctions. The cards could then be resold, with sellers setting prices alongside platform scarcity levels.

A fifty-two-year-old British man has admitted to leading an international online network that shared videos of unconscious women being sexually abused.

Darren Conway encouraged men across the country to abuse sleeping and sedated victims and post footage in a chatroom. Conway was one of eight men arrested following a multi-force police investigation triggered by the discovery of the forum in 2025.

Declassified intelligence briefings made public by the CIA reveal that US officials were warned in 1998 about threats from Osama bin Laden.

A memo dated the tenth of September 1998 stated that bin Laden preferred to strike the United States on its own soil in Washington. It also warned that the group responsible for bombings in Africa might fly an explosive-packed airplane into a American city.

The UK government has rejected proposals to create a legal kill switch to stop dangerous attacks from rogue artificial intelligence.

MPs and lords had raised the idea in Parliament amid growing safety fears, suggesting a mechanism to shut down AI models during emergencies. However, the Cabinet Office stated the UK cannot simply turn AI off, warning that blocking local access would not stop development or misuse elsewhere in the world.

Police in Portsmouth have announced a crackdown on face coverings during a planned protest this weekend.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary will use new powers under the Crime and Policing Act to stop demonstrators wearing masks or balaclavas that conceal their identity. Applying from Saturday morning until Sunday, the restrictions follow recent protests, with officers warning that anyone breaching the rules could face arrest to prevent potential violence and disorder.

MPs have rejected the proposed assisted dying bill following a close vote in the House of Commons.

Members voted two hundred and eighty-six against the legislation to two hundred and seventy in favour, bringing the bill’s progress through Parliament to an end. MPs had previously backed the measure twice, in November 2024 and June 2025, but have now decided against it. Any future debate would require a brand new bill to be introduced.

Norway’s Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late King Harald, has died at the age of ninety-four, the royal palace has announced.

Her brother died last month aged eighty-nine after more than thirty-five years on the throne, and the princess made her final public appearance at his funeral on Wednesday. King Haakon the Eighth said she represented the royal house in a warm and dutiful manner throughout her long life.

A sixty-six-year-old man has admitted murdering a mother of seven who disappeared twenty-eight years ago.

Trevor Dunkley also pleaded guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court to preventing the lawful burial of Patricia Lashley, who was thirty-three when she went missing from her home in Dudley in September 1998. The court heard Dunkley told police he disposed of her decomposed body months after the killing.

Police in Liverpool have been unable to identify a woman in her 70s whose body was found inside a black bin bag in Stanley Park two weeks ago.

Detectives have ruled out seventy-three potential names supplied by members of the public following extensive appeals. Forensic testing has established a DNA profile, but it has not matched any records on the national database.

The UK economy grew by a better-than-expected zero point four per cent in July, boosted by businesses expanding their use of artificial intelligence.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the unexpected expansion was driven by strong growth in services, particularly computer programming. However, analysts warn that higher energy costs linked to the war in Iran are likely to slow future economic performance.

The head of MI5 has issued a call to arms for the whole of society to treat national security as a shared challenge.

Marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September eleventh attacks in the United States, Sir Ken McCallum warned in an article for The Independent newspaper that officers face a markedly different threat landscape. He stated that mass-casualty terrorist ambition endures, alongside national security threats from capable states.

Angela Rayner has defended pausing plans to redraw local council boundaries, saying she wanted to ensure they would survive legal challenges.

The Local Government Secretary told the BBC she wanted to be clear-eyed about what the planned shake-up across sixteen areas of England would achieve. Proposals in four other regions were abandoned following legal threats from Reform and Conservative-led authorities.

Memorial events are taking place across the UK and the United States to commemorate the victims of the September eleventh terrorist attacks.

Nearly three thousand people died in the 2001 tragedy, which triggered two wars and transformed global anti-terror practices and international politics. News coverage and live streams will continue throughout the day as services mark one of the most seismic events of the century.

The legalisation of assisted dying in England and Wales could move a step closer today as MPs vote on new legislation.

Sponsored by Labour MP Lauren Edwards, the bill would allow adults with less than six months to live to request help ending their lives, subject to safeguards. While supporters cite a human cost to delaying the law, critics argue protections for vulnerable people remain insufficient. A previous bill backed by MPs stalled in the Lords following twelve hundred amendments.

Police in Ukraine have urged civilians to evacuate the eastern Donbas cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk due to escalating danger.

Mandatory evacuations for families with children have already started in the worst-affected areas. Officials warned that leaving is the only way to stay safe, with Slovyansk now suffering near-daily strike attacks from glide bombs. The neighboring locations represent the largest cities remaining under full Ukrainian control across the region.