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October 15: Thwaites Glacier Forecast Rises as France Backs Conditional UK Manufacturing Deal
Near the Channel Tunnel
At least 19 people were injured when a freight train struck a passenger minibus near the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles. French authorities say none of the injuries are life-threatening. The minibus had reportedly overturned before the collision. Ambulances, a helicopter and police responded.
Antarctica’s shrinking ice
Researchers at UC Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory project that Thwaites Glacier could add up to 30 millimetres to global sea levels by 2100, roughly twice earlier forecasts, even without further warming. Their model accounts for tides pushing relatively warm seawater beneath grounded ice, accelerating melting. The study, published in Nature Communications, also estimates a 60 percent chance that the glacier will detach from a key stabilising underwater ridge before 2100.
Europe’s manufacturing rules
France has dropped its opposition to including Britain in the EU’s proposed “Made in Europe” legislation, on condition that Britain aligns with the bloc’s position on tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. The shift brings France alongside Germany in supporting British inclusion. The proposed Industrial Accelerator Act is designed to protect domestic manufacturing from cheap Chinese competition.
At the FBI
Fired FBI agents and analysts are suing to regain their jobs, saying they were dismissed for working on the investigation into Donald Trump’s handling of classified records. That investigation led to the 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, where agents recovered classified records, and a federal indictment charging Trump with dozens of felony counts.
British housebuilding
New home construction in England, Scotland and Wales fell 11.5 percent in August compared with a year earlier, the eleventh consecutive monthly decline on that basis. Labour remains committed to building 1.5 million homes by the end of parliament. Separately, 72 percent of firms surveyed by the Construction Plant-hire Association said they had cut or frozen recruitment following higher employer National Insurance contributions.
U.S. election offices
Several states, including Oklahoma, Ohio and Louisiana, have confirmed that election offices received letters containing suspicious substances.
Charlotte police resignations
Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers have resigned, and three more face termination after investigators uncovered a racist group chat. WBTV, citing anonymous sources, reported that officers discussed a competition to arrest the most Black people. Police Chief Estella Patterson said a review board unanimously recommended firing the officers. The messages surfaced during a state investigation into an officer charged in July with illegally accessing a government computer.
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