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Sat 10 Oct 2026
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US
Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel from Russia
Andy Burnham holds John Healey's hand in the air.
Budget
‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
Nigel Farage at the Reform UK podium at the party conference
Nigel Farage
Parties prepare for byelection in Farage seat amid speculation over £5m gift inquiry
Soldiers stand at a memorial with a flag at half-mast
US justice system
‘Medieval’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation
A PSNI armoured vehicle parked on a road near Drumcree Church and its graveyard
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade
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In focus

A leaflet with Zach Polanski's face, saying: 'Just a few hours to go'
Politics
Does Polanski have to go? Greens at the crossroads after Holborn and St Pancras
The execution of a former US army psychiatrist by firing squad will be livestreamed after Pete Hegseth promised it would be a public event. The UN has said the execution would “amount to torture.” Lucy Hough speaks to US academic and capital punishment specialist Austin Sarat
The Latest
‘Barbaric’: firing squad livestream ordered by Pete Hegseth
  Video | 11:14
 
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Features

Imam Adam Kelwick stands outside the Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool
Far right
‘Would I sit down with Tommy Robinson? It’s not a definite no’: lessons from people who fought the far right in the 70s, 80s and beyond
Blind date
‘Most awkward moment? When she squished an insect that was on my forehead’
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Opinion

Andy Burnham shortly after his meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in Berlin on 8 October 2026.
quote  Andy Burnham is lucky – Polanski, Farage and Badenoch all seem determined to help him
Jonathan Freedland
quote  Heathrow’s third runway is a bottomless money pit. Stop it now
Simon Jenkins
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Sport

Rieko Ioane leads the haka as the Wallabies seek to end the Eden Park hoodoo against the All Blacks in the first Bledisloe Cup Test. Follow live updates from NZ vs Aus.
Rugby union live
New Zealand v Australia – Bledisloe Cup rugby union international
quote  The Premier League is back: welcome to the new era of post-verdict unreality
Barney Ronay
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Podcast

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‘Barbaric’ firing squad livestream ordered by Pete Hegseth – The Latest
Podcast | 12:53
 
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Climate crisis

Aerial view of circular tanks at a sewage treatment works
Exclusive
Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Climate crisis
Cop31 host urges wealthy countries to spend ‘much more’ on climate than defence
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Business & technology

BYD cars being loaded on its cargo ship at Nantong Port in Jiangsu Province of China.
Automotive industry
China agrees to ‘halve’ hybrid car exports to EU in landmark deal
Exclusive
Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
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In pictures