No country livestreams executions. Yet for one week in October, the United States planned to. On  October 8th 2026, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the plan to livestream the death by firing squad of the Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan.

The White House’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired on Friday after facing scrutiny over her performance and legal credentials during her five days on the job.

Renee Li attends UCL’s Faculty of Laws on 9 October, where the the audience heard South African poet Adam Small reading What abou’ de lô. Art need not reveal a new fact to change what a fact means to us.

Their ability to uncover the granular, otherwise swept-under-the-carpet pieces of this story, reminds us of the importance of student-led reporting: publicly holding institutions accountable.

On 9 October, the United States imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating its campaign against the institution responsible for prosecuting war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.

The Holy Father has been reassuring, saying that “It was detected at a very early stage and is well-localized.”.

Labour have just passed their most recent political test with flying colours, defending the Holborn and St Pancras constituency with a comfortable 45.2% voter share for Sagal Abdi-Wali.

It is highly concerning that Hanning’s arrest is now the second time in just 3 years that a BND agent has been arrested and tried for leaking classified information.