Guardian
October 2026
UK high street bosses urge chancellor to cut cost of employing young people
Some of the UK’s biggest retailers and hospitality businesses, including Tesco, Costa Coffee and the Co-op, have met John Healey to urge him to cut the cost of employing young people in his first budget
As has always been the case, decisions on tax are a matter for the chancellor to set out at fiscal events rather than routinely commenting on rumour, speculation or proposals.”
Wes Streeting might be an unlikely defence secretary — but he’s still a better bet than Penny Mordaunt
Defence secretaries tend to be more the unsmiling types who operate in the shadows
Florida carries out execution amid scrutiny over botched Tennessee attempt
Florida’s use of the death penalty has come under increased scrutiny since the failed 30 September effort by authorities in Tennessee to kill Pike with two doses of pentobarbital
Florida has a sound lethal injection process and protocol,
The sentence of the state of Florida versus James Robertson was carried out at 12.32pm [Tuesday],
Nah, I’m straight,
Nothing that had happened today will bring my father back,
Arsenal v Lille: Champions League — live
This meeting is particularly fortunate for Olivier Giroud — he called it “a blessing” when he spoke to the media yesterday — who returns to his former club for the first time since he left to join Chelsea in 2020, after six years, 180 games and 73 goals, having turned 40 a fortnight ago
I had to leave in order to play at the 2018 World Cup,
Atlético Madrid v Manchester United: Champions League — live
The Guardian view on probation: overcrowded prisons need an outlet | Editorial
But with about 2,000 offenders being freed this month, the risk is that by cutting the numbers, he has added to overcrowding problems inside
Saudi Arabia strikes strategic oil depots near Yemen capital
The difference between the threats is that Saudi Arabia has complete air dominance over Yemen while the Houthis have to reply using drones and missiles which can be intercepted
Saudi Arabia is struggling to respond to the Houthi’s improved arms technology. Until relatively recently Houthi missiles and drones fell in desert areas or if they got through were intercepted. They have learned how to deploy drones that fly lower and are smaller, and are less easy to detect. They are cheap and it does not take many to get through to be effective”.
Iraola has ‘100% trust’ in Wirtz and Barcola but tells others to step up
Cody, Alex and Dom are our top scorers this season and now we don’t have them. We need other players to give us those numbers,
A lot of what happened after we went down to 10 men was because we conceded straight away,
Elon Musk becomes biggest donor of US midterms cycle with $366m spent
Matt Richardson promises to cooperate with British Cycling misconduct probe
I am deeply disappointed to miss the world championships, and I wish the Great Britain team and every rider competing the very best,
We support the seriousness with which British Cycling is treating this matter and it is essential that proper and fair process is followed,
England v Greece: Women’s World Cup qualifying playoff, second leg — live
FTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against Shkreli over pharma ban
It doesn’t matter what trades I make because I can always find a couple of biotech stocks to smoke.”
I’m showing you how to trade and invest in biotech,
Defendants must fulfill their obligations” when a court issues an order
Americans are voting in three weeks. It’s time to vote out the Trump enablers | Robert Reich
If Democrats regain control of Congress and genuinely want to respond to affordability, they’ll need to do everything possible to root out corruption
Louis Rees-Zammit demands end to artificial Prem pitches after leg burns at Saracens
They came off big injuries last year and so it wasn’t worth putting them on that pitch,
Apple unveils new smart home devices that showcase upgraded Siri AI
The device will also showcase Apple’s AI-upgraded Siri virtual assistant
It’s powered by Apple Intelligence with Siri AI at its core, drawing on personal context from your iPhone to help you find what you need and get more done, all while keeping everyone’s information private and secure,
‘I will not be silenced’: Trump critic Ilhan Omar defiant after home raided — The Latest
Omar criticised the raid as an attempt to “weaponize law enforcement” as part of a “campaign of political intimidation” against her
British and Irish governments ‘should negotiate paramilitary disbandment in Northern Ireland’
There was limited support for the term ‘disbandment’ as the endpoint of a transition process. However, objections to disbandment appeared to be less about what transition should achieve and more about the wording.”
While these groups may pose as protectors of their communities, they are largely engaged in criminality including drug dealing, extortion and intimidation, blighting the very communities they perversely claim to protect. Their continued influence is a stain on our collective conscience.”
I have concluded that there is sufficient merit in and support for a formal process of paramilitary group transition.”
I believe that the risks of the persistence of paramilitary structures, continued drift and unmanaged fragmentation outweigh the risks associated with attempting a structured and time-bound transition process. Inaction is not a neutral option. My consultations suggest that a window of opportunity exists to pursue further progress, but that this may weaken over time.”
It is evident from the report that the implementation of any process will face challenges and will need the support from across the political community in Northern Ireland.”
The idea that paramilitary groups can transition into law-abiding entities has long since moved beyond the point of credibility. They cannot continue to be treated as if they are genuinely committed to reform — that moment passed long ago.”
The nature, extent and impact of paramilitary influence vary considerably between paramilitary groups, communities and geographical areas. However, it is clear that residual paramilitary structures continue to cause harm in some communities.”
Loves Trump, lies and conspiracies: Katie Zacharia is the perfect presidential press secretary | Arwa Mahdawi
His (third) wife seemingly can’t bear to be near him and his (fifth) press secretary recently abandoned him to be with a baby she had only recently met
She decided she loved her children more than she loved Donald Trump,
Patrice Motsepe’s Caf presidency under pressure after Afcon U-turn as Eto’o waits in wings
Texas man run over by ICE has never met the person agents were allegedly chasing
To add insult to injury, Mr. Miguel is in the custody of the ICE agents who ran him down,
Hundreds of early-release prisoners in England and Wales not being tagged, say MPs
We are working closely with Serco and have seen an improvement in the implementation since March this year. Although there is a presumption of every person being tagged, ultimately it is an operational decision.”
We’re seeing 95%-plus of the tagging breaches that we arrest are simply being bailed back into the community on the same condition. So there is zero sanction,
The justice secretary told the country that proper safeguards would be put in place with a presumption that all released prisoners would be tagged. He called it the toughest tagging regime in history, but that was nonsense,
They are not actually fulfilling their contracts. It can’t be beyond the tech firm’s ability to tag people on release. So what are these companies going to do about it?”
If we do not tag them as they leave prison, there is a good chance that we won’t tag them at all before they reoffend,
Football regulator chair insists he will resign if politically pressured over Manchester City
The City case has cast a huge shadow as the regulator prepares to introduce a new licensing regime for clubs later this season
We have powers within the legislation that allow us to review not only owners and directors and senior executives, but also whether those owners are fit and proper people to run clubs going forward,
Our independence is absolute and my independence personally is absolute,
We deal with issues of this type much more frequently than you might realise because we are constantly looking at clubs,
Brexiters can’t cope with the fact that Putin was cheering them on | Rafael Behr
It made headlines briefly when Boris Johnson blamed Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea on the European Union
Russia did try to interfere in Brexit referendum, head of MI5 confirms
It is up to us how far we allow our adversaries to divide us,
I asked the question coming to Downing Street: ‘Was there interference in the 2016 referendum from Russia?’ And I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was,
We don’t believe it was successful in the British referendum in 2016.
I’m a little bit worried that if we all stay in this debate for another few days, the Russian trolls who didn’t appear to do all that much at various points over the years, they’ll be delighted they are front-page news once again despite the comparative unimpressedness of what they do at all points along the journey,
Did Ukrainian strikes on Russian datacentres reduce online disinformation?
We can’t simply bomb the bots out of existence, however appealing that might sound,
Our platforms are still monitoring Russian social networks across the world and there is no discernible change in their posting patterns,
The term ‘bot’ can mean many different things,