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Iran’s calculations as US escalation looms: Trust, midterms, Hormuz
Tehran remains firm on demands despite diplomatic urgency to prevent escalation in the ongoing US-Israeli conflict.
QA Oct 27, 2026Al Jazeera English World03
Oriel College urged to cancel student group’s event with Jason Arday accuser
<p>Student supporters of Reform UK at Oxford college have organised evening with Nathan Cofnas discussing DEI</p><p>The University of Oxford’s Oriel College has been urged to cancel an event featuring Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas that has been organised by student supporters of Reform UK.</p><p>Arday, 41, was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/15/jason-arday-tributes-paid-to-former-cambridge-professor">found dead in August</a> after resigning from his University of Cambridge professorship. He had faced intense media scrutiny after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/30/nathan-cofnas-jason-arday-accuser-teaching-ban-research">Cofnas made unproven accusations</a> of plagiarism against him and said there were “serious questions” about his biographical claims.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/oct/27/oriel-college-jason-arday-accuser-nathan-cofnas-reform-students-event">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 27, 2026The Guardian World World04
Woman’s world ‘tilted on axis’ on learning husband invited men to sexually assault her, court told
<p>Four men on trial charged with sexually assaulting Joanne Young while she was sedated, restrained and blindfolded</p><p>A woman’s world was “tilted on its axis” when she discovered that for years her former husband had been drugging her and inviting men into their family home to sexually assault her while she was restrained and blindfolded, a court has been told.</p><p>Businessman Philip Young advertised his then wife, Joanne Young, on dating and swinging websites, presenting it as a “kink” for both of them, Winchester crown court heard.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/woman-husband-invited-men-to-sexually-assault-her-court-told">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 27, 2026The Guardian World