USA - A string of major earthquakes along the Pacific Ocean's 'Ring of Fire' has triggered a chain reaction that may soon result in a historic disaster along America's West Coast. Geophysicist Stefan Burns told the Daily Mail that there were clear warning signs that the same megaquakes which have struck Asia in recent years are shifting along the Pacific Plate as the gigantic tectonic structure attempts to balance itself.

UK - Four in five jobs created over the past decade have been taken by migrants. Of the 3.7 million new roles recorded under the PAYE system since 2014, just 734,000 were taken by UK nationals, a think-tank has found. EU citizens accounted for 408,000 jobs, while the vast majority – 2.5 million – went to migrants from the rest of the world, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said, with most of the surge coming since the pandemic.

FRANCE - Islamo-Marxist Rioters Threaten Macron’s Palace as Historic Buildings Burn to the Ground, Police Run For Their Lives, and Stores Get Looted. Now, one of the most historic structures in the entire country, the 143-year-old Limoges town hall, has now burned to the ground as the police continue to sit on their hands.

USA - Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, is frantically trying to cap rates. France may be about to trigger a fresh eurozone crisis. And here in Britain, John Healey, the new Chancellor, is facing what his predecessor would no doubt have described as a “black hole” in the public finances. As bond yields – the cost of borrowing – rise relentlessly, so far all the attention has focused on the effect on hugely indebted governments. But the crisis is about to ripple out into the real economy – and, unfortunately, that will prove a lot more serious. That will hurt in three main ways. To start with, mortgage rates are starting to rise. The average five-year fixed rate hit 6 percent in Britain this week, and is still climbing. In reality, we may soon face a steep downturn in the property market, a collapse in bank lending, and plenty of over-indebted companies running into trouble, with some even forced to close. Worst of all, that will reduce tax revenues even further, forcing the Government to increase borrowing, which will push rates even higher. The economy will be trapped in a vicious cycle from which there will be no easy escape.

UK - Britain faces the threat of a financial crisis as climate change makes homes harder or even impossible to insure, experts have warned. Senior figures in the City of London have said insurance companies will raise prices on home insurance, exclude protection, or pull cover from the market altogether in the face of growing ecological risks such as flooding, subsidence and wildfires.

GERMANY - The complex trial of Serhii Kuznetsov, who was extradited to Germany to face justice after his arrest in Italy in August 2025, risks driving a wedge between Ukraine and one of its closest allies. While Berlin has distanced itself from the trial, it is set to be an awkward moment in German-Ukrainian relations as it may reveal the extent to which Kyiv was involved in the attack on the $20 billion (£15 billion) pipeline. The allegation, if proven, could be immensely difficult for the German government, as it continues to approve billions of euros in financial and military support for Ukraine. It will serve as a propaganda boost for the Kremlin, which has always maintained its innocence of being behind the Nord Stream sabotage. And it may also embolden pro-Russian politicians in Germany, such as those in the hard-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, who have intensified calls to scrap all support for Kyiv. Why, they would ask, should Germany send a single euro to the country that blew up a critical element of Germany’s energy infrastructure?

FRANCE - Recent cyber attacks show how connecting everything to the internet makes us more vulnerable. Connecting hundreds of supermarket fridges to the internet seemed like a great idea – until it didn’t. A cyber attack on hundreds of Danfoss fridges operated by French grocer Les Mousquetaires, which owns the popular Intermarché chain, pushed temperatures up to 50C, causing fires and spoiling tens of millions of euros’ worth of food. The hackers and their motives remain unknown. But the incident has become a troubling demonstration of how connecting everything to the internet to balance energy demands is making our systems more vulnerable.

UK - Severe drought has been declared for the first time in English history, as two reservoirs fell to worryingly low levels after the driest six months in more than a century. The significant escalation means parts of six counties across southern England — Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex — are in severe drought. Most of the rest of England is in drought, including Yorkshire as of last week. Although similar hydrological conditions occurred in 1976 and 1995, Environment Agency officials said this was the first time the formal severe drought status had ever been invoked.

SAUDI ARABIA - It was the moment that heralded a dangerous new escalation in Saudi Arabia’s war on the Houthi rebels of Yemen. As civilians made their way through a passenger terminal at King Khalid International airport in Riyadh, a long-range, highly accurate missile struck the building. Once dismissed as “terrorists in flip-flops”, the Houthis have been diligently building up their arsenal since they joined the Israel-Hamas war in 2023 with rocket attacks on commercial ships. Gone are the dodgy North Korean missiles of old; the Houthis now wield their own Palestine-2 hypersonic missile, which is highly accurate and can travel 16 times the speed of sound.

GERMANY - The right-wing party has secured a historic state parliament presidency in Saxony-Anhalt and appears to have drawn support from rival parties. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has secured the office of state parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt, with its successful candidate claiming he received backing from members of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in a historic first.