We are translating extensive excerpts from the speech delivered on 1 September at the House of Lords in London by former US Army general and CIA director David Petraeus, who led operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, as part of the Lord Speaker’s Lecture

The ban on under-16s was one of Keir Starmer’s final acts. Implementing it will be complicated

The leader of Reform UK has won the by-election in Clanton, but he is not yet out of the woods. The ball is now back in the investigators’ court; they will question him and, if they find evidence of irregularities, refer the matter to the Committee on Parliamentary Standards. And from there, the matter could go back to the ballot box

The leader of Reform UK will return to Parliament, but his legal troubles over financial irregularities are not over. His challenger, Count Binface, failed to beat him, but this time he will get his £500 candidacy deposit back: he secured 26.9 per cent of the vote

The Reform leader has attempted to divert attention from his investigations by calling for a by-election in Clacton; the polls favour him, but the 5,000-year-old candidate from outer space has now exposed the lies of British populism. For once, the anti-establishment figure is a complete waste of space

Such caution surrounding the brutal murder of a veteran of British politics. It is true that exploiting the situation is dangerous, but expressing condolences and piecing together the events are necessary

The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom speaks out. “Putin is clearly failing, and that’s a good thing. But a third Russian invasion must be avoided.” Meloni and Trump? “A lovers’ quarrel.” Allies? “Europe’s response to the war in Iran has been appalling.”