Politics

Iceland appears to have rejected EU accession talks in referendum, reports say

The no camp looks to have prevailed, holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to be counted, says public broadcaster

Iceland votes against plan to resume EU membership talks in referendum

Updated on: August 30, 2026 / 5:51 AM EDT / CBS/AP

At least 1 killed and 5 injured in shooting at a rave in Switzerland

Updated on: August 30, 2026 / 1:48 PM EDT / AP

Researchers find Britain’s 11th-century ‘Conquest Man’ was Scandinavian

It’s ‘plausible’, though more likely the Humberside resident was one of many immigrants to Viking-controlled Danelaw

One person killed and five wounded in shooting at rave party in Switzerland, police say

Major police response after several people hit by gunfire in incident west of Zurich

The president and the penthouse: how Madrid’s government spent €6.3m on a temporary ‘office’

Saga surrounding purchase for outspoken rightwing regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso refuses to go away

Arms and the £5m man: Farage megadonor Christopher Harborne’s military empire

Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy

‘You’re at war when you get attacked’: Mark Carney shows combative nature in face-off with Trump

The Canadian PM is one of the few world leaders to stand up to the US president. Former colleagues say they are not surprised

Police say an Indiana man's death was no accident; His wife fights to prove she's no murderer.

Updated on: August 30, 2026 / 2:05 AM EDT / CBS News

Rogers releases advertisement knocking el Sayed for football comments

Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers released a new advertisement on Saturday criticizing his Democratic opponent Abdul el Sayed for past comments he has made about football.

Police officer killed in shooting at South Carolina park

A 29-year-old police officer died in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday and a second was injured after a man with an extensive criminal record opened fire on the officers in a park.

Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for his comments about Michigan synagogue attack

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized to the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel's actions in the Middle East.