International grouping of China-sceptic legislators warns of risks inherent in misjudging bilateral relationship

The UK’s approach to China is “beset by incoherence” and plagued by a lack of senior expertise, according to a report warning of the risks inherent in misjudging the bilateral relationship.

Wednesday’s audit by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), an international grouping of China-sceptic legislators, says past engagement with Beijing has often exposed the UK to the risks of interference without delivering the opportunities promised.

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A fresh wave of protests by India’s youth-led Cockroach movement has been met with a brutal crackdown by Narendra Modi’s government and the closure of a historic protest site in Delhi. Two of the movement’s leaders have been imprisoned for five days for violating suppression measures. The protests, which began over frustration about education and unemployment, are now focused on voting rights. Modi’s government denies claims that it is seeking to disenfranchise millions of voters. But its treatment of protesters has been criticised by the UN and Amnesty International and raised concerns that the country is sliding further into autocracy. Lucy Hough speaks to the south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen – watch on YouTube

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Dispute related to claims London mayor blocked US tech firm from £50m police deal because of concerns over its values

Palantir and the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, have called off their legal fight over claims the Labour mayor was blocking the US tech company from signing a contract with the Metropolitan police because of its values and ethics.

Palantir and the mayor’s office of policing and crime (Mopac) announced on Wednesday they had withdrawn allegations against each other, heading off a high court trial scheduled for January.

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Nu al spijt dat ik geen boodschappen heb gedaan bij Albert Heijn direct na de cyberhack. Weer een historisch moment gemist.

Anthropic says that, as of Sept ‘26, they were merging 30,000 code changes per day, a 12-fold increase from just four months earlier. The volume increased so much that they wrote their own Git alternative.

De Japanse duizendknoop eist weer eens een nieuw slachtoffer in onze regio. Deze keer zijn de stadsmuren van Gorinchem in gevaar. Al jaren groeit de invasieve plant langs de stadswal en inmiddels dreigt de duizendknoop dwars door de muur te groeien: “Het kan stenen uit elkaar zetten.”

De Japanse duizendknoop eist weer eens een nieuw slachtoffer in onze regio. Deze keer zijn de stadsmuren van Gorinchem in gevaar. Al jaren groeit de invasieve plant langs de stadswal en inmiddels dreigt de duizendknoop dwars door de muur te groeien: “Het kan stenen uit elkaar zetten.”

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:

• I’m speaking at ATTENTION: Democracy, Rebuilt in Montreal, Canada. The event runs October 21–23, 2026, and my talk is on Wednesday, October 21.
• I’m speaking at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at 5 PM ET on October 22, 2026.
• I’m speaking at [un]prompted in San Francisco, California. The event runs October 27–29, 2026, and my talk is at 11:35 AM PT on Thursday, October 29.
• I’m speaking at the Catalyst Summit in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, November 18, 2026.
• I’m speaking at QT Qonference 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

The list is maintained on this page.