A sign for the village of Piddington is pictured next to another saying 'No to Bicester MOD asylum centre' - in reference to local objections to a government plan to house some 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby Ministry of Defence (MoD) site - in Piddington, Oxfordshire, north-west of London on September 15, 2026, as the town of fewer than 400 inhabitants votes on a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK.

UK govt approves asylum centre mid village vote

Piddington's independence vote overshadowed by asylum centre approval

Two guards collapse as Macron welcomes Slovak leader

One guard fell against a pillar, sending his ceremonial sword clattering to the ground

France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) looks on as a Republican Guard faints at attention, prior to the arrival of Slovakia's President at the Elysee Palace in Paris on November 11, 2026.

Brother of Hungary's Orban held in smuggling probe

Aron Orban accused of aiding Vietnamese migrants with fraudulent visas

A car is seen parked in front of the housing estate where Aron Orban, the younger brother of Hungary's nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban, reportedly resides, in Fot, near Budapest, on November 9, 2026.

Sweden amends citizenship rules

Constitutional shift in Sweden targets dual nationals with fraudulent or criminal ties

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson

From NY jail, Iran-linked plot targeted US base in UK

Coded prison calls allegedly directed attack on British airbase housing US bombers

This photograph of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al Saadi (left), with Qasem Soleimani, was featured on Al Saadi's Snapchat account, according to a federal criminal complaint. Soleimani was the Iranian commander who was killed in January 2020 by a US drone strike ordered by President Donald Trump at Baghdad International Airport.

UAE talks yield biggest Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap

US envoys head to Moscow to meet Putin as peace efforts gain momentum

US envoy Jared Kushner speaks at a briefing during US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine, alongside US envoy Steve Witkoff, left, and Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, second from right, in Abu Dhabi, on November 11, 2026.

Over 300 schools targeted in Italy bomb threat scare

Over 300 schools targeted in Italy bomb threat scare, officials respond

Schools were evacuated across Italy on Wednesday following a series of hoax bomb threats, but Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was no "concrete danger".

UK arrests US soldier suspected of spying for Russia

US soldier arrested in UK over alleged espionage for Russia

Vicki Evans, London Metropolitan Police's Senior National Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Policing, said the arrest and investigation came as a result of close collaboration between UK and US authorities.

Barenboim orchestra spreads peace message in Berlin

Orchestra unites Israeli and Palestinian musicians for peace through music

Violinist Michael Barenboim (L), concertmaster of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, performs with other musicians during a classical concert in support of the children in Gaza, at the Gendarmenmarkt square outside the Konzerthaus concert hall in Berlin on September 20, 2025.

Pakistani farmers seek German firms’ flood damages

Pakistani farmers sue German firms over climate damages from catastrophic floods

Pakistan's Naval personnel rescue flood-affected people from their damaged houses in Dadu district, Sindh province, on September 7, 2022.

US charges 3 'Iranian operatives' over UK airbase plot

US links suspects to RAF Fairford plot and pro-Iranian terror groups

USAF military ground personnel prepare Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) for a US Air Force (USAF) B-1 Lancer bomber jet on the tarmac at RAF Fairford in south-west England. File photo taken on March 14, 2026.

Iran rejects France's cyberattack accusations

EU weighs response as Iran rebuffs French cyberattack accusations

A woman shops in the refrigerated section of a supermarket two days after the cyberattack on several French supermarkets in Montreuil, France, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026.

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