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October 2026

Man charged with murder over shooting death of boy, 12, in Sydney last month

This shooting at this stage does not appear to be linked directly to current conflicts however a number of individuals who were inside the unit at the time are well known to NSW police,

Lena Dunham’s Girls returning for limited run at HBO

The five-episode addendum, set to begin production next year — a decade after the series finale aired — will reunite creator and star Dunham, as aspiring writer Hannah Horvath, alongside Williams as Marnie Michaels, Zosia Mamet as Shoshanna, Jemima Kirke as Jessa and Andrew Rannells as Elijah

Lena Dunhamshe is the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards
We always said we would only return to Girls if there was a specific story we were burning to tell,
We’re thrilled to have Lena turn her gaze from the tumult of one’s twenties to the milestone of turning forty,

Enter the Zachbot: Trump’s new press secretary malfunctions on podium debut

Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, made her debut on the podium on Tuesday with all the warmth, wisdom and political dexterity of an AI avatar

Katie Zacharia Hasnew White House press secretary
She has been a wonderful asset to the team and we wish her well,
I want to thank President Trump for his trust that he has placed in me,
I'll have to get back to you on that,
Donald Trumppresident
I thought she was very good.”
Your family is in California. Your husband, your four children. I’m wondering how you are going to manage that.”
Donald Trumppresident
Attendance is at record highs as enthusiastic, hard-working Americans are lining up and packing arenas to support President Trump and Republicans,
When I moved to China.”

California coastal homes battered and bruised after weekend of intense waves and flooding

The remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel hit Mexico’s Baja California over the weekend as well as southern California and Las Vegas

This year, just everything that forms is just lasting a long time and getting really powerful,

Cornell suspends fraternity parties amid backlash over alleged sexual assault

Kotlikoff also pledged to work with the New York state police to allow their trauma-informed criminal investigators — who are independent of Cornell University — to investigate allegations

Michael Kotlikoffcornell President
These measures will provide time for a thorough review of fraternity life at Cornell to determine whether and how it can safely continue,

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’s unintelligible jargon shows how well he’s bedded in at the MoD | John Crace

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,
Jordan Kirklandflorida Department of Corrections spokesperson
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,

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 oil depots in Yemen and says missiles launched toward location of Saudi Aramco HQ

A Houthi spokesperson responded to the attack on its oil storage by warning “all employees and citizens present near any facility affiliated with Aramco Petroleum in Riyadh to evacuate it and stay away from it, as it is a legitimate target for our forces”

Baraa Shibanyemini human rights activist
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”.

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,

​FTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against Shkreli over pharma ban

For those “brazen violations”, the FTC’s court filing said: “Shkreli should be held in civil contempt and face sanctions to purge his current contempt and to coerce his future compliance.”

Martin Shkreliamerican businessman and convicted felon
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,
Daniel Guarneraan order, FTC competition bureau director
Defendants must fulfill their obligations” when a court issues an order

Yes, obesity is a problem — but a greater one is the food industry and its greed | Letters

The Lancet’s series on ultra-processed foods showed these products displacing traditional diets worldwide and driving chronic disease, and documented more than 200 interconnected lobby groups through which the industry organises its influence to block regulation