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Thursday, 8 October 2026 · Updated just now

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A fresh mix of headlines from around the globe — refreshed every few minutes.

World

US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering, rights group says

More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.

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Business

Bid to run new trains on West Coast Mainline refused

Plans for more trains would “likely increase delays and cancelled trains", the rail regulator says.

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World

Christa Pike now walking after failed US execution, lawyer tells BBC

A lawyer says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is moving around her hospital room after surviving two lethal injections.

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Science

First Hurricane of the Atlantic season due to hit the Gulf coast

El Niño has led to an eerily quiet season so far but the first Atlantic hurricane of the year is now set to impact the southern USA.

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Science

Residents airlifted to safety after flooding in central Chile

The Mapocho river has burst its banks after an unusually large amount of rain fell in recent days.

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Entertainment

Gaten Matarazzo on life after Stranger Things as he makes West End debut

The actor opens up about finding his way in the West End as he makes his debut in a revival of Rent.

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Technology

Asos hackers took more personal details than first revealed, BBC finds

Retailer issues update after BBC contacted by cyber criminals who said this week's breach went beyond "basic contact details"

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Sport

Wakefield top as all 14 Super League clubs stay for 2027

The 14 Super League clubs will remain in place for 2027 with Grand Final winners Wakefield Trinity topping the IMG ratings.

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Health

'I was blamed for my baby's death, now NHS needs to change'

Neil and Katie Russell are working with the hospital where their daughter died on the scheme.

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Business

How oil-rich Alberta's economy might fare if it broke away from Canada

Albertans vote this month on staying in Canada or moving ahead to a binding independence referendum.

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Science

World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers

Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island.

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Science

'Ghost particles' from space telescope wins physics Nobel

Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space.

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Health

One million UK people who have never smoked are now vaping

Latest statistics also show, for the second year in a row, more over-16s vape than smoke.

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Health

Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain

US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.

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Culture

18 of the best podcasts of 2026 so far

From A Great Book with Barack Obama to provocative drama Intimacy

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Culture

Tom Cruise takes the 'biggest risk of his career'

It's "the weirdest film he's ever made"

29 Sep 2026 Read →