A UK power generator was forced to shut down for four days after an Iranian cyberattack, it has been reported.
The incident, which is reported to have taken place last month, is believed to be the first time Iranian-affiliated hackers have successfully shut down a UK facility of this kind.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer entered a meeting with Canadian officials Friday afternoon with a frown.
For more than a week, Greer had been in wall-to-wall negotiations with Canada’s top trade officials, and the two sides were tantalizingly close to striking a deal that would break through more than a year of icy diplomatic and economic relations. The two North American neighbors had agreed on the overarching framework. Industry groups and stakeholders had been briefed. A deal seemed imminent.
Hours later, it fell apart.
Under President Trump, Canada has had the lowest tariffs for its exports to the U.S. market.
At the last minute, Canada walked away from a nearly completed deal that would have lowered these tariffs even further. pic.twitter.com/3pQ0iVfCI4
— United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) August 22, 2026
Iran appears to be losing its grip on the Strait of Hormuz while traffic through the critical waterway has exploded by nearly 400% over the last two weeks — as ships increasingly use a US-backed corridor to cross.
Nearly 200 ships navigated the strait last week, up from 150 the previous week and just 40 two weeks earlier, according to data from the UK Maritime Trade Operations Center.
The surge brings total traffic along the passage route to about 20% of pre-war levels, through which roughly 20% of the world’s seaborne oil flowed in peacetime.
Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a U.S. trade deal Friday night. In doing so, he has cemented his post as the leader of the international resistance to U.S. President Donald Trump.
That may be of little consolation to Canadian alcohol, dairy and automobile producers who are now facing new 50 per cent tariffs on goods exported to America, or indeed to any other tariff-hit industries and companies struggling through the trade war.
But it matters to Canada in a longer-term calculation.
I don’t trust Carney to tell the truth on any matter.
“‘No idea what he’s talking about,’ the US official said of @CanadianPM Carney. ‘It was Canada that repeatedly made last-minute demands beyond the scope of what had been agreed upon’… ‘There were no “eleventh hour” measures that the US introduced,’ said a second US official.”🤔 https://t.co/DJsqDcZgbZ
— Mark Warner (@MAAWLAW) August 23, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should be asked questions about corruption in his government, his sacked defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has told the BBC.
Fedorov, a popular minister who modernised the military and pioneered drone warfare, was fired last month after reportedly falling out with the head of Ukraine’s armed forces.
He told the BBC a money laundering investigation announced last week meant Zelensky should be asked about his awareness of potential corruption in his inner circle.
Canadians may owe Howard Lutnick a debt of gratitude.
It was a final-hours intervention by the U.S. Commerce Secretary, who’s peculiarly belligerent toward Canada even by the standards of Donald Trump’s White House, which seemed to coincide with new American demands that scuppered the tentative trade agreement between the two countries.
If so, he did Canada a service by reminding Mark Carney and his negotiators who they were dealing with — and saving us from a bad deal that probably would’ve only looked worse down the road.
Trade deal restrictions with other partners like communist China are nothing new, Canada the US and Mexico all agreed to abide by them in CUSMA.
Grok says – Yes, in a limited way: Canada agreed to specific restrictions and conditions under Article 32.10 of CUSMA (also known as USMCA or T-MEC) regarding free trade agreements (FTAs) with “non-market countries i.e. China” There is no general ban on partnering with other nations.
I think word has gone out to the LPC’s media that Lutnick is to be the preferred whipping boy.
Good choice but not the cause of Canada’s woefully poor performance.
More … U.S.-Canada trade talks have collapsed. Carney says these 3 issues torpedoed them
The changes to Auto tariffs are a head scratcher.
Leaks during negotiations said a 15% tariff was agreed upon. A number many have pointed out would be slow suffocation to the auto industry but one Team Carney seemed willing to live with.
A slow death is preferable to sudden shock I agree and that seems to be the collateral damage Carney could accept because ChiCom EV’s!
And I don’t care about Quebec’s culture, the province is a drag on Canada.
Donald Trump has claimed he will be impeached if the Republicans lose the midterm elections in November.
The US president, campaigning in South Carolina, warned supporters that they would “lose everything” if Democrats took control of Congress for his final two years in office.
On Friday, Mr Trump described the potential outcome of the elections in unusually stark language as he faced the prospect of being unable to force through legislation or depend on a compliant Congress.
Stop being so uptight. Drink your bourbon. Or don’t. That’s up to you.
But provinces should put American liquor back on the shelves of their liquor stores, especially if it helps end or limit U.S. President Donald Trump’s petty and punitive tariffs on Canada.
This week Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner, has said she fears young people are becoming “intoxicated with extremism” via social media. Under-18s, she argues in a report on children being referred to Prevent, are increasingly fascinated by violence, gore and cruelty in a non-ideological context, thereby failing the threshold for potentially life-saving interventions. Much of de Souza’s previous work centers on the Southport disturbances, prompted by the murders committed by Axel Rudakubana two years ago. Now she’s added her voice to those demanding both changes to Prevent and stronger internet regulation.
Mark Carney has bet that no deal is better than a bad deal – and Canada is about to find out whether that gamble pays off.
By walking away from negotiations with the Americans, Canada now faces 50% tariffs on a long list of goods.
By the sound of what was on offer, the proposed deal with the Americans isn’t one the Prime Minister could sign and sell to the Canadian public.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer blames Canada for the collapse of trade talks: "New demands and walkbacks of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days." pic.twitter.com/acQ3jtVFL4
— Scott Robertson (@sarobertson_) August 22, 2026
The elections watchdog has been urged to investigate after the country’s biggest town hall admitted the full scale of illegal ‘family voting’.
Birmingham City Council revealed staff witnessed attempts to breach the secret ballot at 50 polling stations in May’s local elections.
A list of incidents obtained by the Daily Mail showed presiding officers repeatedly had to tell voters it is against the law to enter a booth with someone else and tell them which candidate to pick – and received abuse in return.
For a decade, the federal Liberal government allowed one of the most damaging misconceptions in Canadian economic policy to take root: that indigenous consultation means indigenous consent and that consent effectively means a veto over major projects. That was never the law, but Justin Trudeau’s Liberals behaved and spoke in ways that allowed Canadians, investors, and indigenous communities to wonder whether it was.
This guy built over 1,000 homes for squirrels and fitted some of them with cameras so he could see how they live
Welcome to the cutest reality TV show out there
Writer: Ianpic.twitter.com/OlnWI4UUTG
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 22, 2026
OTTAWA — Outspoken Ontario Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says that Prime Minister Mark Carney is erring in trying to “accelerate conflict” with the U.S., after cross-border trade talks broke down late Friday night.
Jivani told National Post that Carney struck the wrong tone in a fiery missive, sent just before the midnight deadline, vowing to match imminent 50 per cent tariffs on some Canadian goods “dollar for dollar.”
This is incredible propaganda. There’s something very wrong when you go from being “this close to a trade deal” to repeating lines from a propagandistic speech from April of 2025.
This Party saw the writing on the wall, not having Trump to fear would bring support crumbling to… pic.twitter.com/wDrQ76PvSt— Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 (@ryangerritsen) August 22, 2026
Read Mark Carney’s full speech after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed
I think Trump broke Canada…
I fear the damage is irreversible. pic.twitter.com/LZSGgsHVwy
— Jasmin Laine (@JasminLaine) August 22, 2026
