Flights halted at US airports as watchdog warns over hacking threat

Senator Ron Wyden calls for swift action after GAO report finds systems guiding US aircraft vulnerable to interference

A congressional watchdog has warned the systems guiding US aircraft are open to interference and deception as flights into several busy airports in the country’s north-east US were halted by a radio equipment problem.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ordered a ground stop at about 10am on Monday for Newark Liberty international, Philadelphia international and Teterboro airports, saying some radio frequencies at the Philadelphia terminal radar approach control (Tracon) were affected until the early afternoon. On Monday, John F Kennedy international airport in New York cautioned that “due to an FAA equipment outage, arrivals and departures are currently experiencing delays”.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/airports-flight-ground-stop-hacking-threat

On a Dot of France Off Canada, Carney and Macron Promote Shared Values #wanitaxigo

Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives

President’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda

Donald Trump’s latest executive order is expected to establish a board responsible for approving National Institutes of Health grant funding, marking another attempt by the Trump administration to censor topics that do not align with the president’s agenda.

The executive order, reported by outlets including the Washington Post and Politico, was discussed in a meeting on Friday where senior administration officials accused the NIH of funding “woke” initiatives that went against Trump’s political priorities.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/trump-order-nih-health-research-funding-board

Grim discoveries of murdered women spark fear in South Africa

Dineo Motapane is one of nine recent victims whose deaths have left a nation traumatised over the level of violence against women.

Israeli President Pardons Ex-Soldier Over Killing of Incapacitated Palestinian #wanitaxigo

Ed Davey takes aim at Reform and Elon Musk as Lib Dem conference begins

Leader says party ‘won’t give up the fight’ to defeat ‘nasty populism’ in first-day speech to delegates

The Liberal Democrats’ leader, Sir Ed Davey, took aim at Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Elon Musk on the first day of his party’s annual conference, saying that they “won’t give up the fight” to defeat “nasty populism” and the far-right party’s “£72m arsenal of hate and lies”.

Speaking from the main stage at Brighton Centre, Davey called on the assembled delegates not to be deterred in the face of Reform’s hope “that the anger and the hatred and the lies will grind us down until eventually we just give up”, and praised earlier speakers for showing “why we care and why we fight”.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/19/ed-davey-takes-aim-at-reform-and-elon-musk-as-lib-dem-conference-begins

Watch: Trump says ban on some news outlets is 'because they're fake news'

The US president on Friday announced he is "immediately" banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.