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Wednesday, October 28
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● A U.S. cruise ship ends voyage due to fuel costs and passengers lose their homes ● Flavio Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat ● Death toll rises to 68 with dozens injured after high-speed train collision in Spain – latest updates ● Coalition talks loom in Israel as Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs set to fall short of majority ● Mbappe apologises for 'ill-judged' Mao remark after being dropped by Chinese brands ● Trump and Vance rally for Republicans in final midterms push; Alaska’s Murkowski backs Democrat in governor’s race – live ● Israel election results live: Netanyahu bloc and main opposition set to fall short of majority as 92% of ballots counted ● Healey is expected to shield low-income pensioners from income tax – but how will it work? ● Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says ● Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says ● Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found ● US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns anti-Muslim election rhetoric ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● What does Israel's election mean for Gaza and the wider world? ● AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records ● Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla? ● Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone ● Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard ● Budget 2026: Key points at a glance ● Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher ● A U.S. cruise ship ends voyage due to fuel costs and passengers lose their homes ● Flavio Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat ● Death toll rises to 68 with dozens injured after high-speed train collision in Spain – latest updates ● Coalition talks loom in Israel as Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs set to fall short of majority ● Mbappe apologises for 'ill-judged' Mao remark after being dropped by Chinese brands ● Trump and Vance rally for Republicans in final midterms push; Alaska’s Murkowski backs Democrat in governor’s race – live ● Israel election results live: Netanyahu bloc and main opposition set to fall short of majority as 92% of ballots counted ● Healey is expected to shield low-income pensioners from income tax – but how will it work? ● Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says ● Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says ● Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found ● US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns anti-Muslim election rhetoric ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● What does Israel's election mean for Gaza and the wider world? ● AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records ● Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla? ● Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone ● Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard ● Budget 2026: Key points at a glance ● Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
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A U.S. cruise ship ends voyage due to fuel costs and passengers lose their homes

The Odyssey set sail two years ago on a three-year voyage to the seven continents marketed as combining long-term living at sea with global travel
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Trump and Vance rally for Republicans in final midterms push; Alaska’s Murkowski backs Democrat in governor’s race – live

Trump heads to Ohio while Vance travels to North Carolina; Republican US senator Lisa Murkowski endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, breaking with her party. Sign up for the Breaking…
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Israel election results live: Netanyahu bloc and main opposition set to fall short of majority as 92% of ballots counted

Opposition bloc and Netanyahu’s coalition predicted to fall short of 61 seats needed to form a government, while Palestinian parties set for big gains. Full report: Coalition…
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Healey is expected to shield low-income pensioners from income tax – but how will it work?✓

Healey is expected to shield low-income pensioners from income tax – but how will it work?

Retirees will get a personal allowance aligned with the new state pension, but experts say it could get complicated. Retirees in the UK on low incomes are expected to be given a…
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Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says✓

Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says

Authorities say the attacker in Belgrade was an underage male who was being monitored by security services
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Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says

The speed of the Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by the Ukrainian military has been fully restored after two weeks of restrictions, the country's ministry of defense said in…
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Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found✓

Race to update services' computer systems after cyber-security flaw found

Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered
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US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns anti-Muslim election rhetoric

US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemns anti-Muslim election rhetoric
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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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What does Israel's election mean for Gaza and the wider world?✓

What does Israel's election mean for Gaza and the wider world?

The BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports from Jerusalem as ballots are cast
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AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records✓

AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records

The AI company, which makes the popular Claude chatbot, has filed for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest ever
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Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?✓

Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history
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Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone

Owners of Apple's first foldable iPhone have reported problems with the device's screen - just days after the product went on sale
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Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard✓

Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard

The woman began her career at the park when she was 17 and had worked there on-and-off for four decades
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Budget 2026: Key points at a glance

Here’s what you need to know from John Healey’s first Budget, as the chancellor sets out the government’s tax and spending plans
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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher

Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher

Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
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Country diary: A vial of water from the rivers, becks and springs of Yorkshire – but not without permission | Amy-Jane Beer

Country diary: A vial of water from the rivers, becks and springs of Yorkshire – but not without permission | Amy-Jane Beer

Wharram and York, North Yorkshire: It’s the nervy few days before a ceremony that will honour our local waterways, and I have work to do. I visit the source of the tiny stream…
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Budget 2026 live: £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards

OBR says that living standards are forecast to rise by just 1% over the whole post-Covid decade. Budget 2026: key points at a glance. Martin Lewis said that, when he met John…
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The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial

The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial

The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live. Sadiq Khan has been trying…
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Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. I know there is always a reason to stall, but ministers at Cop17 must honour that pledge. When…
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Australia must ‘re-win the argument for democratic politics’ in wake of Haines incident, Alastair Campbell says

Australia must ‘re-win the argument for democratic politics’ in wake of Haines incident, Alastair Campbell says

Tony Blair’s former spokesperson says attacks on UK MPs did not bring about lasting cultural change and overheated rhetoric quickly returned to politics. Get our breaking news…
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The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

The radical Stern report showed that a low-carbon future is also good economics. But it seems that capitalism needs a reminder. Saving the only planet we have makes good economic…
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Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them. A summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in…
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Cornell Faculty Senate preps for no confidence vote on president after Jane Doe's allegations: What to know

The Cornell University Faculty Senate is set to debate a no confidence vote on Wednesday against President Michael Kotlikoff after allegations of a 2024 gang rape at a campus…
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I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away. It was early…
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US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to…
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When the weather is frightful, you don’t need to be: everything you need to stay cozy during cold months

When the weather is frightful, you don’t need to be: everything you need to stay cozy during cold months

Here are some of our writers’ best ways to stay toasty and occupied, even during cold weather, from teas to pajamas. How to start whimsymaxxing: 22 weird and wonderful products we…
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Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Randomised trials of omega-6s do not show an increase in inflammation caused by the fatty acid. Read more in the Antiviral series. If you’ve been online lately, you’ve probably…
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‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…
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This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…
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‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise

‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise

Several Mississippi homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400. People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of…
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Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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US teen whose father arranged her marriage to Islamic State fighter convicted for weapons training

US teen whose father arranged her marriage to Islamic State fighter convicted for weapons training

‘You try to leave, it is death,’ Halima Salman testified. Her mother and defense attorneys wept after the verdict. A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager…
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Will John Healey’s ‘breathing space’ budget deliver what Britain needs? Our panel responds | Panel

Will John Healey’s ‘breathing space’ budget deliver what Britain needs? Our panel responds | Panel

Amid global economic storms, the new chancellor has promised to steer the course – with promises of more help to come. Will it be enough?. Continue reading
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Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago. A few years ago, I was struck by…
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Jim Chalmers is blaming Australia’s accelerating inflation on Trump – but voters aren’t buying it

Jim Chalmers is blaming Australia’s accelerating inflation on Trump – but voters aren’t buying it

As next week’s all but certain rate rise looms, there is one thing we can all agree on: the end of war in the Middle East can’t come soon enough. Get our daily political email ,…
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A U.S. cruise ship ends voyage due to fuel costs and passengers lose their homes

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Flavio Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat

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Death toll rises to 68 with dozens injured after high-speed train collision in Spain – latest updates

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Mbappe apologises for 'ill-judged' Mao remark after being dropped by Chinese brands

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