News 25/09/26

The NHS has introduced a rapid new test for brain tumours that slashes diagnosis times from up to eight weeks to just two hours.

The technology allows doctors to identify specific tumour types during surgery, enabling patients to start treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy sooner. Patient Steve Palmer, fifty-five, praised the rapid diagnosis for removing weeks of anxiety while surgeons operated.

Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied access to a White House state dinner despite a federal judge ruling their access to the grounds must be restored.

Journalists were allowed back on site after the judge declared President Donald Trump’s ban likely unconstitutional. However, media outlets confirmed their staff were turned away from the event and directed to speak to communications director Steven Cheung.

Glasgow City Council is to fire and rehire more than 20,000 staff under new contracts following the collapse of talks with trade unions.

The local authority confirmed all 23,000 non-teaching employees will be dismissed and reintroduced with new terms on New Year’s Day. Unison trade union representatives condemned the council’s decision, accusing officials of attempting to bully workers using arbitrary deadlines.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his country’s military campaigns in Gaza, Iran, and the wider Middle East during a speech to the UN General Assembly.

Addressing the hall after dozens of international delegates walked out in protest, Netanyahu vowed to continue fighting until victory, rejecting accusations of genocide in Gaza and calling those who left moral cowards.