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Fri 9 Oct 2026
Groups of students crowd on to the column's plinth and a surrounding pillar
France
French ministers scramble to appease students after 10 days of protests
Pete Hegseth speaks at a presidential lectern outdoors during an event
US
Pete Hegseth says execution of Fort Hood shooter by firing squad will be a public event
Giorgia Meloni gestures with both hands while speaking into a microphone at a press conference
Italy
Italian opposition cries foul as Meloni’s electoral reform passed in secret ballot
Sagal Abdi-Wali smiles in a hijab and pink blazer, walking through a crowd of photographers
UK
Labour fends off Green party to win Keir Starmer's old seat in byelection
A man floats among giant waterlilies, his eyes closed and smiling
Plants
How a plant selfie in Colombian jungle led to ‘jaw dropping’ giant waterlily find
 

In focus

Princess Aiko Visits Niigata.
Japan
Running out of royals: why calls are growing to let Japan’s princess Aiko take the throne
Andy Burnham is pressing ahead with his Brexit reset, using a visit to Germany to make a “commitment to deeper EU co-operation”, which has been welcomed by senior European officials including the French finance minister who has urged the UK to “come all the way back.” Lucy Hough speaks to Europe correspondent Jon Henley
The Latest
Will they, won’t they? EU flirts with UK rejoining
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Analysis
Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem
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Features

Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich and Martin McDonagh sat together
Venice film festival
‘Old-timey fascism was kept secret. Now you don’t have to hide it’: Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell on Wild Horse Nine
Experience
I became the world’s oldest crowd surfer at 99
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The long read

Illustration showing hands with a red book and bunch of autumn crocuses.
His mother died. Then he was arrested
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Opinion

Friedrich Merz speaks at a press conference before a large painting of soldiers and horses
quote  Germany is right to rearm. But Europe has well-founded fears about that
Paul Taylor
quote  Execution TV? Pete Hegseth has taken the once ‘greatest democracy’ to a horrific new low
Paul Daley
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Sport

Declan Rice, Erling Haaland, Jay Dasilva
Football
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Football interview
Sergio Camello: ‘Rayo is the last team standing – it’s football from another time’
Formula One
Bottas reveals lizard-leaping, python-dodging cycling exploits on epic ride
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Climate crisis

People pick up sandbags
US
Millions on alert as Hurricane Isaias set to bring dangerous storm surge
Environment
Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island
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Podcast

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Russell T Davies on 40 years of bringing gay stories to our screens – podcast
Podcast | 27:41
 
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