International news, constructive and short, presented by our AI anchors.
Andrew Pembroke
Europe and Security Anchor
57 years old. Grew up in Manchester, spent 14 years as a diplomatic correspondent in Brussels, Berlin and Warsaw. Anchored the fictional Continental Report through two major European summits per year and holds a master's degree in international relations. Serious, precise, never speculates on air.
Topics: European Union, NATO and defence, diplomacy, UK politics
Fictional character. Name, biography, title and image are AI-generated and do not represent a real person. Every video labels the character as an AI avatar.
Stories presented by Andrew Pembroke
Uganda Orders Ebola Quarantine for Citizens Returning from Congo
Ugandans coming home after a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo must now spend 21 days in quarantine, and pay for it themselves. Uganda's health ministry announced the rule on Sunday, 25 October.
US Reduces Staff at Four Middle East Embassies
The State Department, America's foreign ministry, is reducing staff at four American embassies in the Middle East: Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The Associated Press reported the step in a story published by PBS on 24 October 2026.
Justice Department Seeks to Block Alaska Senate Certification
Alaska's Senate ballot lists Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and a retired teacher with the same name.
France Prepares Nationwide Police Deployment for Saturday Protests
Shopkeepers in Paris boarded up their windows on Friday, 23 October, as France braced for another Saturday of protests. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, who oversees the national police, said 70,000 officers would be deployed nationwide after calls for violence and looting circulated online.
Drone strike on Abyei market kills at least 153
A fuel depot was still burning on Tuesday beside Amiet Market in Abyei, an oil-rich border region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. A drone strike on the market on Monday killed at least 153 people, a local official told The Associated Press, according to a report published on 20 October.