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A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of two men at a lockdown party in Manchester more than six years ago, Greater Manchester Police has confirmed.
A leading emergency doctor in Scotland has said she is 'completely terrified' about upcoming winter pressures on the NHS, warning that accident and emergency departments are providing unsafe levels of care with some patients spending 72 hours on trolleys in hospital corridors.
British farmers are warning that rising costs, extreme weather and geopolitical shocks are pushing food producers to the brink, with the National Farmers' Union saying some businesses will not make it. Crop growers face almost-doubled red diesel costs since the Iran conflict began in late February, fertiliser prices up about 20%, and the UK's hottest summer on record has produced England's worst cereals harvest on official estimates. Food experts, academics and the National Audit Office have all urged the government to strengthen the resilience of the UK's food system.
Marco Bezzecchi delivered a dominant performance to win the Indonesian Grand Prix on Sunday, while Jorge Martin's third-place finish was enough to retake the overall MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez by two points.
India's youth-led 'cockroach' movement leaders were released from detention on Sunday, a day after being swept up in a security crackdown ahead of a planned protest in New Delhi, and immediately called on supporters to keep taking to the streets. Founder Abhijeet Dipke marked his release by calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi an 'embarrassment to India' and a 'coward and bully.'
· 4 sourcesThousands of people were detained across New Delhi on Saturday as Indian police mounted a sweeping security operation to stop a protest by the youth-led 'cockroach' movement demanding the resignation of the country's election chief.
· 2 sourcesTwo suspected gunmen are on the run after firing at least two shots at a home in Adelaide's inner northwest in the early hours of Sunday, with an 18-year-old resident later charged over allegedly breaching a weapons prohibition order.
Ukrainian drones damaged a Yandex data centre in the Russian city of Vladimir on Sunday, forcing the tech giant to suspend operations completely at the site in the third attack on its facilities this week. The strike came hours after US President Donald Trump warned Ukraine to “damn well stop” attacking Russian oil refineries, deepening a diplomatic rift between Washington and Kyiv.
· 3 sourcesA Republican candidate for police chief in the small Louisiana village of Elizabeth is on course to be elected unopposed on 3 November despite two pending charges of child rape, after the only other candidate withdrew from the race after the deadline to replace him had passed.
Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday afternoon, just four days after an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, the Vatican has announced. The pontiff is scheduled to give the traditional Angelus prayer and blessing in St Peter's Square on Sunday, marking a swift return to public view.
· 24 sourcesPrime Minister Andy Burnham has made the UK's firmest attribution yet of the RAF Fairford security scare, telling parliament that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was almost certainly behind the incident and that further sanctions on Tehran would follow.
· 5 sourcesGold Coast is set to secure Hawthorn forwards Aidan Schubert and Sam Butler as early as Monday, as the Suns replenish their forward line following the loss of Ben King to the Hawks in the closing days of the AFL trade period.
· 7 sourcesA record number of pets in the UK are ingesting recreational drugs and requiring veterinary care, according to figures shared with the Guardian. The Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS) and its companion helpline Animal PoisonLine (APL) recorded a 42% increase in calls involving recreational drugs and nicotine in 2025, rising to 633 calls from 445 in 2024. The centre is on track for another record year in 2026.
· 2 sourcesA Syrian plastic surgeon living in London is facing deportation after the Home Office revoked his refugee status, in what is believed to be the first decision of its kind in Europe since the fall of the Assad regime. The government has classified Syria as safe for refugees to return to, despite Foreign Office guidance advising against all travel there because of the volatile security situation.
· 2 sourcesPanama's government declared a state of emergency on Saturday as more than 100 aftershocks rattled communities already reeling from two powerful earthquakes that struck the country on Friday, damaging buildings across all 10 provinces and two Indigenous territories.
ABC News has reported the weekend's AFLW results, noting the Kangaroos got past the Dockers while the Blues and Hawks tasted victory.
Day four of the first Test in Durban began with Australia firmly in control, resuming at 0/33 with a lead of 139 runs after a dominant bowling display on day three. Recalled opener Nic Maddinson (17 not out) and Travis Head (10 not out) were at the crease, with Maddinson looking to make amends for a disappointing first innings.
· 4 sourcesPakistan's government has imposed a state of emergency in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, effectively suspending the provincial administration led by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party, amid growing political tensions and a planned PTI march on the capital.
· 2 sourcesDUP MP Carla Lockhart has said that unionist anger over Michelle O'Neill's role in protests during the Garvaghy Road parading dispute means "it cannot be business as usual" at Stormont, adding that the DUP has it "within its gift to remove" O'Neill as Northern Ireland's first minister.
The latest federal opinion polls show the governing Labor Party and the Greens making marginal gains, while support for One Nation has declined from its mid-year peak. However, the surveys also reveal that 46% of voters hold the federal government primarily responsible for rising cost-of-living pressures, a six-point increase since March.
· 4 sourcesPremier Roger Cook has defended his government's cost-of-living measures after a new report found poverty in Western Australia has risen sharply since 2021, drawing a sharp rebuke from opposition leader Basil Zempilas who said 'what they're doing isn't working.'
· 3 sourcesThe family of Melbourne hiker Jordan Yap has confirmed the 30-year-old has been found dead in Peru, weeks after he failed to return from a solo hike in the remote Huayhuash mountain range. His body was located in the Mitucocha Lagoon area, a high-altitude lake north of Lima.
· 6 sourcesKemi Badenoch has made scrapping the future homes standard (FHS) a central plank of her Conservative leadership campaign, a move that critics say would lock millions of new homes into higher energy bills for decades and disrupt supply chains already geared up for the policy.
· 2 sourcesThe leader of Britain's largest teaching union has called for a mass retrofitting programme to make schools fit for extreme heat and urged a national debate on moving exam dates and altering school hours, warning that this summer's heatwaves had a devastating impact on pupils and teachers.
The Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane brought together Australia's conservative right for a spectacle of Trump impersonators, opera singers and Barnaby Joyce holding up Roman coins, but beneath the pageantry lay a serious debate about how to unify a splintered opposition to defeat Labor at the next election.
· 2 sourcesA new requiem composed by Manchester-based David Önaç, drawing on centuries-old insurance documents from Lloyd’s of London that once covered enslaved Africans, will premiere in London this weekend. The 40-minute work, commissioned by the arts and heritage charity Culture&, combines Catholic liturgy, historic insurance records, and testimony about the killing of an enslaved African woman aboard a ship in 1790, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers.
The US Justice Department has announced it is investigating five television networks for potential violations of federal antitrust law after they suspended White House coverage last month in protest of the Trump administration's decision to revoke credentials from CNN, MS Now and Politico.
· 4 sourcesWith less than a month before Israel's October 27 general election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned without evidence that the country's enemies are planning an attack, while his far-right coalition partners have openly called for war in the occupied West Bank and the annexation of Gaza. The campaign has become a competition over who can promise the most aggressive action against Palestinians, analysts say.
A flash flood along the Budhi Gandaki River in central Nepal has swept away about a dozen houses, several suspension bridges and damaged a hydropower station, with five people missing and around 50 rescued, authorities said Sunday.
· 6 sourcesA new report from the thinktank Theos has found that Christian nationalism in Britain is driven largely by people who rarely attend church and are more concerned with defending the country's Christian heritage than with religious practice. The group, termed 'identity integrationists', accounts for just 11% of respondents but holds strongly hostile views toward immigration and Islam.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia seized territory alongside the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important waterways, in a single night of chaos and panic, plunging Yemen back into war and prompting Saudi Arabia to launch a bombing campaign with intelligence and targeting assistance from the US military.
· 3 sourcesUnited States forces have disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after its crew ignored warnings and attempted to run the US naval blockade against Iran, according to Central Command. In a separate incident, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a different vessel in the Strait of Hormuz for taking an 'illegal route.'
Yemen's internationally recognised government has warned of an imminent health and humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged city of Taiz, saying medicines, medical supplies and fuel at local health facilities are nearing depletion as Houthi forces tighten a renewed siege in the country's southwest.
Brisbane Roar have turned to Europe-trained recruits in their bid to revive the club's fortunes, with former Paris Saint-Germain academy product Virgiliu Postolachi the most prominent of the new arrivals.
· 3 sourcesOn a warm January day in 1941, a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat touched down in Honolulu after a nearly day-long flight from San Diego. Waiting on the water was a Qantas crew. That plane would soon become part of the Double Sunrise service that kept Australia connected to the UK during World War II. Within months of its delivery, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched its attack on Pearl Harbor, drawing the United States into the conflict.
· 3 sourcesThe average price of a pint of beer in Australia has risen from $9.96 to $13.76 since January 2020, with Melbourne drinkers paying the most and Perth drinkers the least for several popular brands, according to exclusive data from payments company Square.
· 3 sourcesCurtin University vice-chancellor Harlene Hayne has called the Western Australian government's plan to merge three public universities a 'solution looking for a problem', as the government officially announced it would proceed with a business case. The proposal to amalgamate Curtin, Murdoch and the University of Western Australia (UWA) into a single mega-university of about 120,000 students has drawn sharp opposition from all three institutions.
· 8 sourcesWallabies flyhalf Ben Donaldson says kicking accuracy will be a priority ahead of the second Bledisloe Cup clash, after Australia lost the crucial aerial contest 8-3 against the All Blacks at Eden Park.
· 6 sourcesJarome Luai received a rapturous reception from more than 5000 devoted Samoa fans at Mt Druitt on Saturday, as the 29-year-old prepares for a one-season stint at Parramatta before joining the PNG Chiefs.
· 3 sourcesThe trial of three men accused of murdering Hong Kong socialite and influencer Abby Choi Tin-fung has resumed, three years after her decapitated and dismembered body was found, following the discharge of the first jury over health concerns.
· 3 sourcesFormer federal attorney-general and high commissioner to the UK George Brandis has urged the Australian Coalition to study an 'electrifying speech' by British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch, in which she directly confronted the populist Reform UK party, as the Coalition continues to debate its own strategy towards One Nation.
· 3 sourcesThe US Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into five major television networks over their decision last month to halt coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House revoked the credentials of reporters from three news organisations. The probe examines whether ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News violated federal competition law by coordinating their boycott.
· 3 sourcesAn undercover investigation by Al Jazeera's 101 East program has alleged that the business empire of China-born billionaire Deng Pibing in Cambodia is built on corruption. The report, published on 10 October 2026, focuses on the tycoon's flagship Long Bay project, marketed as a "world-class coastal destination for culture and tourism", and alleges a more sinister reality behind that image.
Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, who faces five charges of war crime murder, was among about 600 veterans at a national commemoration in Canberra marking 25 years since the beginning of Australia's longest war. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led tributes to the more than 35,000 Australians who served in Afghanistan, honouring the 47 personnel who died and their families.
· 8 sourcesHome Affairs Minister Tony Burke has challenged the Coalition to explain how it will pay the billions needed for its plan to remove over 400,000 migrants on bridging visas, as the government\'s own billion-dollar-plus National Security Office Precinct takes shape in Canberra.
· 6 sourcesDay three of the first Test at Kingsmead saw South Africa resume their chase of Australia's first-innings total of 390, reaching 1-49 at the morning drinks break with Aiden Markram on 28 and David Bedingham on 21. The home side resumed on 1-27 after Australian centurion Matt Renshaw had anchored the tourists' innings on day two.
· 6 sourcesA Panama-registered bulk carrier reached the stricken ferry MV Awka in Solomon Islands waters on Sunday morning and began transferring water and food, as authorities said a final rescue plan for the more than 70 people on board would be determined by operators at the scene. The vessel has been drifting since its engine failed on Friday, with French and Australian aircraft delivering emergency supplies by air since Saturday.
· 3 sourcesFive people were shot and killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a family home in Douglas, Georgia, on Friday, authorities said. Police Chief Brannen Pruette said officers responded to an active shooter report and found four deceased adults inside, with a fifth victim later dying at a hospital.