Zelensky rejects wartime elections as Ukraine political dispute deepens
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said holding elections during wartime would be too dangerous for Ukraine and could split the country. His comments came after a public call from his former defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, for wartime elections and a renewal of the political process. The dispute has become one of the most significant internal political challenges for Zelensky since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022.Zelensky said elections in the current conditions would be a major risk and described them as a "tsunami" for the country. Ukrainian law prohibits elections during wartime, and he argued that the security situation makes a vote... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 23 Aug 2026 09:33 LONDON
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Kazakhstan holds snap parliamentary election amid Tokayev-backed constitutional overhaul
Polling is under way in Kazakhstan in a snap parliamentary election that is expected to reinforce President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's political position. Voting opened at 7am local time and is scheduled to close at 8pm, with more than 12 million people eligible to cast ballots. The election is taking place under a constitutional overhaul that replaced the former bicameral system with a single-chamber parliament.The new legislature will have 145 members and is expected to be dominated by supporters of Tokayev, who has led Kazakhstan since 2019. Only seven state-approved parties, all described in the supplied material as loyal to the president,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 23 Aug 2026 08:59 LONDON
Breakfast News Recap: Sweden school attack kills girl as Canada readies tariff retaliation and Middle East tensions rise
Swedish police have confirmed that a 17 year old girl was killed in a sword attack at Brinell School in Fagersta, with two boys aged 12 and 17 also involved in the incident. 🔗In North America, Canada has said it will retaliate against the United States in a widening tariff dispute covering steel, dairy and electronics, with Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing new Canadian tariffs from 8 September. 🔗 President Donald Trump also said the United States had brought home an American hostage held by ISIS for ten months. 🔗Across the Middle East, Israeli military raids and settler attacks have... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews Recap | 23 Aug 2026 08:34 LONDON
UK minister condemns Hong Kong verdict against Tiananmen vigil activists
FCDO Indo-Pacific Minister Baroness Winterton of Doncaster responds to the guilty verdict against Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung in Hong Kong. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, said: This verdict is a further demonstration that even peaceful acts of remembrance in Hong Kong are now treated by the authorities as threats to national security. The extensive use of Beijing's National Security Law to punish and restrict peaceful expression undermines the commitments China made to Hong Kong under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. We reiterate our call for the National Security Law to be repealed, and for... [Continue Reading]
Breaking-360LiveNews | 21 Aug 2026 09:03 LONDON
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Bangladesh parliament elects BNP veteran Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as president
Bangladesh's parliament has elected Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the country's next president, filling a vacancy created by the early resignation of Mohammed Shahabuddin. Alamgir, 78, won the vote on Thursday and was declared the winner after securing 255 votes to 88 against his rival, Oli Ahmed. The presidency in Bangladesh is largely ceremonial, but it remains the formal head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.The result followed a parliamentary contest in which Alamgir stood for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, while Ahmed, 84, represented the opposition side as chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party and a candidate backed... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 20 Aug 2026 19:30 LONDON
Israel's national security minister shows video of future execution facility for prisoners
Israel's national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir has posted a video showing construction work at what he described as a future execution facility for prisoners. In the video, he said the site will include gallows for carrying out death sentences in Israel. The move adds a new public dimension to a long-running campaign by the far-right minister to expand capital punishment for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks.The row is linked to legislation approved in March by Israel's parliament at Ben Gvir's initiative. According to the supporting material, the law provides for the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks,... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 20 Aug 2026 17:30 LONDON
Bangladesh holds first contested presidential election in 35 years
Bangladesh is holding its first contested presidential election in 35 years, with voting taking place in the parliamentary chamber in Dhaka. The contest pits the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party's candidate, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, against Oli Ahmed, the nominee of a Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party opposition alliance. The result is expected within hours of the vote, according to the Election Commission.A total of 349 members of parliament are eligible to vote between 08:00 GMT and 11:00 GMT on Thursday. The election was triggered by the resignation last month of Mohammed Shahabuddin, who had been elected unopposed in 2023 as the nominee of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 20 Aug 2026 08:30 LONDON
Trump says he will meet Kim Jong Un later this year amid North Korea nuclear claims
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, adding a new diplomatic dimension to a week already marked by a sharp reduction in joint US-South Korea military drills. He made the remarks while speaking to reporters at the White House and said it was important to "get along" with Kim. Trump also repeated an unusually specific claim that North Korea has 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons.The comments came as concern grew among US allies over Washington's approach to the Korean peninsula. Trump did not give details on... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 20 Aug 2026 02:29 LONDON
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Iran parliament advances foreign infiltration bill amid wartime tensions
Iran's hardline-dominated parliament has approved the broad outlines of a bill aimed at countering what it describes as foreign infiltration, in a move that would tighten controls on contact with universities, embassies and foreign media. The proposal was approved during a remote parliamentary session on Sunday, according to the supplied report, and is being presented by supporters as a national-security measure. It comes as Iranian authorities remain focused on wartime security concerns and the possibility of further military escalation.The draft would require citizens and entities to seek authorisation before contacting universities and embassies or speaking to foreign media. A previously... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Aug 2026 20:00 LONDON
AfD could win outright in Saxony-Anhalt vote, raising fears over Germany's postwar political consensus
Saxony-Anhalt is heading towards a state election on 6 September that could become one of the most consequential in Germany's postwar history. The far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is polling strongly enough that it could win an outright majority and govern the state alone for the first time. Such an outcome would break a decades-long political consensus that has kept the far right out of power in Germany.The party's local branch is officially classified by the domestic intelligence service as a confirmed right-wing extremist organisation. In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD is polling at up to 42%, according to the reporting... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Aug 2026 16:05 LONDON
Ukraine anti-graft agencies uncover alleged laundering group tied to presidential office official
Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies say they have uncovered an alleged laundering group involving a deputy head of the presidential office and other senior figures. The agencies said the scheme involved 150 million hryvnias, or about $3.35 million, that were used to pay bail in an energy corruption case. The announcement came on Wednesday as Kyiv was already facing political turmoil and a key parliamentary vote on a new defence minister.The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office said in a video that the group included a deputy head of the presidential office, a former lawmaker, and the... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Aug 2026 11:00 LONDON
Ukraine anti-corruption probe adds pressure on Zelenskyy ahead of parliament vote
Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies have opened an investigation into unnamed lawmakers and presidential advisers, intensifying political pressure on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The move came just hours before parliament was due to vote on a new defence minister. It also landed amid renewed debate over wartime elections and the direction of Ukraine's leadership during Russia's full-scale invasion.The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office gave no further details about the probe. According to the report, the announcement came shortly before lawmakers were expected to consider Yevhen Khmara as the next defence minister. That vote follows the dismissal of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 19 Aug 2026 09:30 LONDON
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