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Starmer government’s spend on foreign trips is increasing, figures show

More than £4m spent on 39 visits abroad, with most expensive being PM and officials’ £413,000 visit to Cop30 Keir Starmer’s government is spending an increasing amount on foreign trips, with almost 40 visits abroad adding up to more than £4m since he took office, the latest transparency figures have showed. The prime minister had his most costly quarter for foreign travel in the last three months of 2025, with eight trips adding up to £1.2m. Continue reading...

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Trump’s rehashed 15-point Iran plan unlikely to appease Tehran

Diplomats say US president’s latest claimed plan probably based on now dated framework put forward in May 2025 Middle East crisis – live updates The 15-point framework plan for peace with Iran that Donald Trump has said is being discussed is based on a proposal put forward by his negotiating team during nuclear talks almost a year ago, diplomats knowledgable about the talks believe. That original 15-point plan was the basis for negotiations in late May 2025, shortly before the talks collapsed du

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Baseball ushers in high-tech replay review system for calling balls and strikes

The Automated Ball-Strike System plays on the scoreboard after a pitch call was challenged during a training game between the Chicago White Sox and the San Diego Padres in 2025.

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Reform accused of seeking to insert ‘toxic politics’ into English football

Suella Braverman presses the FA to scrap diversity and inclusion policies, which she claims are ‘racist’ Reform UK has been accused of seeking to insert “toxic politics” into football after the party pressed the Football Association in England to scrap diversity and inclusion policies. Suella Braverman wrote to the FA on Tuesday to ask for a meeting to discuss the governing body’s diversity policies, which Reform’s equalities spokesperson described as “utter woke nonsense”. Continue reading...

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UK offers to host international summit on reopening strait of Hormuz

Defence chiefs have been discussing how to unblock the conduit for about a fifth of the world’s oil supplies The UK has offered to host an international security summit to draw up a “viable, collective plan” to reopen the strait of Hormuz as economic fallout from the Iran conflict continues. Defence chiefs have been discussing how they could unblock the vital shipping lane, through which about 20% of global oil supplies usually pass, amid the Middle East crisis unleashed by the US and Israel. Co

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NTSB says there were two controllers in LaGuardia tower at time of fatal collision

The National Transportation Safety Board said there were two controllers in the tower cab at LaGuardia Airport at the time of the crash between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck on the airport's runway. NBC News' Sam Brock reports on the timeline of the deadly collision as described by NTSB officials.

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NBC News · Oct 8

California governor debate canceled after criticism of criteria that excluded candidates of color

California gubernatorial candidates meet for a debate in San Francisco on Feb. 3.

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Guardian - World · Oct 8

A tangled web leads from Golders Green ambulance attack to Tehran

British investigators are circumspect, but experts and security officials say incident has hallmarks of Iranian intelligence Middle East crisis – live updates From Golders Green, where four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set alight in the early hours of Monday, a tangled trail likely leads across two continents to Tehran. British investigators are circumspect. Speaking at an event on Monday evening, Sir Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan police, described a “very relevant a

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NPR News · Oct 8

Senate confirms Trump's pick for new role of fraud enforcement at Justice Department

The confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

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NBC News · Oct 8

Markwayne Mullin sworn in to serve as Homeland Security Secretary

President Trump held a swearing-in ceremony for the Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin at the White House. Mullin pledged to "fight every single day" to protect the homeland and commented on the ongoing partial government shutdown.

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Taliban release US academic held in detention for more than a year

Marco Rubio welcomes release of Dennis Coyle, who was detained in January last year for violating unspecified laws Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with the foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. A statement from the ministry said the academic researcher had been released in Kabul on Tuesday, following an ap

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Video shows Russian drone explosion in Lviv

A Russian drone was caught on camera slamming into Lviv’s old town and exploding. At least two people were seriously injured in the attack, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site was damaged.

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Russia launches fresh wave of strikes on civilian areas across Ukraine

Moscow appears to step up spring offensive amid concerns international focus on Iran war leaves Kyiv more vulnerable Russia has launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes on civilian areas across Ukraine, killing at least five people, as Moscow appears to be stepping up a spring offensive intended to break Ukrainian resistance along the front. Moscow fired nearly 400 long-range drones and 23 cruise missiles overnight, Ukraine’s air force said, marking one of the largest attacks in weeks

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Guardian - World · Oct 8

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro allowed to serve 27-year sentence at home due to failing health

The former president was in prison for a coup attempt after losing the country’s last election Brazil ’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been granted permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health. The decision by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes followed Bolsonaro’s hospitalization since 13 March for pneumonia, one of several health problems the former leader has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 befo

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Guardian - World · Oct 8

Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s AI company over Grok’s fake nude images

Lawsuit argues XAI failed to disclose risks, limitations and exposure to harm that come with using chatbot The mayor and city council of Baltimore, Maryland, filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI company on Tuesday, alleging that its Grok chatbot violated consumer protections by generating nonconsensual sexualized images. Baltimore’s lawsuit argues that xAI deceptively marketed Grok as a general-purpose AI assistant and X as a mainstream social media site, failing to disclose the risks, limita

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NPR News · Oct 8

The Israeli military wants more weeks to fight Iran war, officials say

The Israeli military estimates it would need several more weeks of fighting to complete its war goals in Iran, at a time when President Trump says the U.S. is negotiating an end to the war. (Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)

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The biggest takeaways from the 'Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special'

Miley Cyrus attends the world premiere of Disney+'s "Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special" at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday.

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Live-action movie version of children’s TV series Mr Benn in the works

I Swear’s Kirk Jones set to direct film based on the 1970s cult animation about a ‘very ordinary man’ who accessed different worlds via a magical fancy dress shop A live-action film based on the cult British kids’ cartoon Mr Benn is to go into production with I Swear director Kirk Jones at the helm. Mr Benn first appeared on TV on the BBC in 1971, in a series created by David McKee, who died in 2022 . The series followed the adventures of “a very ordinary man who could do extraordinary things” w

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Netanyahu vows further strikes on Iran and Lebanon as missile hits Tel Aviv

Israeli PM says ‘there’s more to come’ while Iran’s IRGC promise to attack ‘without restraint’ if conflict continues Middle East crisis – live updates An Iranian missile struck central Tel Aviv on Tuesday and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed to continue striking Tehran and Lebanon, dimming hopes of de-escalation after Donald Trump played up the chances of a deal to end the conflict . “There’s more to come,” Netanyahu said in remarks that appeared to corroborate those of thre

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Trump picks Australian-born ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams as presidential envoy

White House says Maga influencer appointed to role for tourism, exceptionalism and American values Donald Trump’s appointment of Nick Adams, the “alpha male” Australian turned American internet provocateur as a new special presidential envoy on Tuesday, could give fuel to theories that the White House is deliberately trolling the world. The president nominated the Sydney-born Maga influencer, who has a history of theatrically inflammatory and Islamophobic comments, as ambassador to Malaysia in J