Tesco lifts profit forecast and says consumer confidence is resilient↗
Sales rise 2% to £33.8bn in the past six months, helped by strong trade online Business live – latest updates Tesco has raised its annual profit forecast as the supermarket group said consumer confidence has remained relatively resilient…
University students say procrastination is biggest threat to their academic performance↗
More than half of US students surveyed said the problem damaged their ability to do academic work, study finds Procrastination is the biggest problem that can harm students’ academic performance at university, according to a study of more…
Voting opens in high-stakes Holborn and St Pancras byelection↗
Zack Polanski has led energetic campaign for the Greens, while Labour will hope to hold on to Starmer’s old seat Voting has opened in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, a contest seen as a key gauge of Andy Burnham’s ability to…
UK’s military needs to focus spending on domestic defence, not overseas missions – report↗
Exclusive: Thinktank says Britain’s drive towards global commitments is symptom of ‘outdated foreign policy’ The UK’s military is too focused on global commitments at the expense of domestic defence, meaning the government’s planned…
Bachelor star Sam Wood denied bail as police allege he choked woman until she ‘thought she would die’↗
Court hears police attended Wood’s Victorian home over a similar allegation about three years ago, but the woman had not complained then out of ‘fear of retribution’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A woman who…
Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France↗
In today’s newsletter: A youth-led movement is protesting crumbling school buildings and teacher shortages while turning adult focus onto wider educational inequalities Good morning. In my experience, at any protest, the most memorable and…
NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest↗
Police watchdog says Mal Lanyon’s timing in raising the issue was ‘regrettable’ and led to delays Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales police commissioner made a last-minute bid to hold hearings…
UK motorists can now see live fuel prices on Google Maps↗
Move expected to make pump pricing more transparent and encourage competition after diesel hits record £2 a litre Drivers will be able to see live petrol prices on Google Maps for the first time from Thursday, in a move that will help…
‘I feel perfectly safe’: white Lutonians on the town’s supposed no-go zones↗
Little if any sign Bury Park is a place where any group might fear to tread, despite Tory MP’s comments to the contrary From behind the counter of his chippie, Tanner Ahmed is wrestling with the notion that the regular stop-off point for…
‘That is a lie’: alleged Alan Jones victim denies family tried to get money out of broadcaster, court hears↗
Youngest complainant in trial alleges Jones put his tongue in his mouth and touched him on the bottom during visit to shock jock’s property Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Listen to the podcast Alan Jones on…
South Korea threatens legal action if fuel shipments to Russia found to have broken law↗
Responding to a Guardian report that revealed thousands of tonnes of fuel was transported to Russia, Seoul said it was investigating the cases South Korea will take legal action if it finds that shipments of fuel from its ports to Russia…
Teenager becomes first person to have testicular tissue transplant in UK↗
Operation on 19-year-old who had no sperm after chemotherapy offers hope of preserving children’s fertility after cancer treatment Surgeons have performed the first testicular tissue transplant on a teenager in the UK, offering hope that…
Sardinian village where more women reach 100 may be new centenarian ‘blue zone’↗
In Bolotana, 70 miles from island’s original blue zone, 13% of women who reach 70 will live on to a century The secret to longevity is being a woman – specifically, a woman in one part of Sardinia. At least, that is the conclusion of a…
Japan beer giants raided over suspicions they colluded to set the price of beverages↗
Investigators probe Asahi, Kirin, Suntory and Sapporo breweries – which together control more than 90% of Japan’s beer market Japanese authorities have raided the country’s four biggest breweries over suspicions they colluded to set the…
Indonesia accused of ‘gross negligence’ in wildfires lawsuit as haze tests region↗
NGOs in Indonesian Borneo file class action lawsuit calling for government to better manage annual fires and The Indonesian government has been accused of “gross negligence” in a class action lawsuit over its handling of wildfires that…
OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites↗
Exclusive: Revelation comes after company’s executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write message Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast OpenAI used AI to help write the email to…
Jurors in Beau Lamarre-Condon murder case shown photos of decomposed bodies↗
Former NSW police officer has pleaded not guilty to the February 2024 murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Photographs of the decomposed bodies of Jesse Baird and…
Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut↗
Sources say Firmus is slashing its price and may even shelve initial public offering altogether Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The momentum behind Firmus Technologies’ high-flying valuation is showing severe…
Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year↗
Hundred-and-fifty-year-old Wych elm in Newcastle, Co Down has grown sideways owing to strong winds The “astonishing and bizarre” Bendy Tree in Northern Ireland has been crowned the winner of this year’s tree of the year competition. The…
Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach↗
In the shadow of the Parthenon, the secretary of state gave a selective reading of history as he urged Europe to ‘awaken from its slumber’ The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, delivered a classically inspired apologia for Donald Trump’s…
Family of student who took his own life say university ‘will be held to account’↗
Ethan Scott Brown died after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow The family of a student who took his own life after being wrongly told he would not be eligible to graduate have said the…
‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins↗
People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive Ahmed Ishtaiwi has six chairs. They are cheap and plastic and battered, but they are among the…
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts↗
Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic Labour’s flagship changes to special education in England are at risk of unravelling because parents are rushing to…
María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87↗
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election María del Carmen…
WHO says it does not have ‘full picture’ from Russia following suspected plague death↗
‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency says The World Health Organization has said it does not have the “full picture” from Russia following the suspected death from plague last…
Trump backs away from top aides who reportedly advised pro-Russia government↗
President floats firing Chris LaCivita and James Blair over any ‘conflict’ after reports of work in Republika Srpska Donald Trump distanced himself from two top advisers on Wednesday, claiming he did not have “any idea who else they work…
Houthi forces appear to make slow advance in south-west Yemen↗
Group’s fighters hit key airport in Aden with explosive moments before plane from Cairo was due to land Houthi forces appeared to be making slow advances on Wednesday in south-west Yemen, approaching the city of Taiz and firing a missile…
The Guardian — WorldInternationalAisha Down in London, Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels7 Oct 2026 EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request↗
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website The Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on…
Canada to indefinitely bar mental illness as sole reason for access to euthanasia↗
Legislation is an effort by ruling Liberals to address growing clash over who has access to doctor-assisted death Canada’s federal government said Wednesday it would advance legislation to prevent people whose sole health condition is…
Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit makes no economic sense | Heather Stewart↗
The Tory leader’s proposal to slash the tax would shovel £6bn of taxpayer money to the already-wealthy Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax gambit is a Conservative classic. After all, it was George Osborne’s high-profile pledge to “take the…