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The Resolution Foundation has warned that proposals to stop people with ADHD, autism or anxiety claiming Pip would not deliver major savings and could make it harder for claimants to work and take part in society.
Tens of thousands of students protesting rising education costs and corruption clashed with police in Tirana, Albania's capital, setting fire to a government building and two banks in the most violent outburst yet against Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using generative AI to write The Blue Fighter, announced winner of the Caine prize for African writers on 6 October, after an article by Vauhini Vara raised the simbarashe kundizeza ai controversy.
Reform UK councillors and election candidates were filmed making racist, misogynistic remarks and threats of extreme violence in an ITV undercover investigation aired on Wednesday, and three councillors have already stood down from the party.
Average pay for OpenAI's London staff reached £2,318,181 each last year, according to accounts for OpenAI UK Ltd, where 110 employees shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares. The figures cover 2025, and the company declined to comment.
Ukraine's military found overnight on Tuesday that Starlink Ukraine restrictions stopped working on drones flying faster than 160km/h, and one Ukrainian soldier said mid-strike operations could fall as much as 30-fold because alternatives are 30 times more expensive.
The UK is expanding its sanctions powers under a new global human rights sanctions regime taking effect on Thursday, in a move that lets UK sanctions target Israeli settlements through their enablers, as well as those obstructing humanitarian aid or unlawfully holding prisoners.
Cast members of The Archers have spoken of their anger after the BBC dropped plans for a new Birmingham studio at the Tea Factory in Digbeth, a move that could lead to the long-running radio drama being recorded away from its home in the West Midlands.
UK China policy is 'beset by incoherence' and lacks senior expertise, according to an audit published on Wednesday by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), which warns that past engagement with Beijing exposed Britain to interference risks without delivering the promised opportunities.
The Singapore-flagged GFS Pride has gone down close to the strait of Hormuz and a second cargo vessel was reportedly sinking, amid the steepest rise in Iranian attacks on shipping since the US-Israel war with Iran began.
French student protests over teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings have run for three weeks, with more than 160,000 people on the streets on Tuesday.
Ola Källenius, head of Mercedes-Benz and president of the ACEA industry group, warned in Brussels that excluding the UK from the EU's 'Made in Europe' law would be a deliberate choice to hurt carmaking across the bloc, weeks before leaders aim to agree the Industrial Accelerator Act.
Sally Rooney says her support for Palestine Action means she can no longer receive UK royalties, and her publisher Faber will stop supplying her books in the UK.
Texas attorney general and Republican US Senate candidate Ken Paxton is pursuing investigations into pediatricians over vaccines, aligning himself with Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr's Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement.
Donald Trump rallies supporters in Arizona and Montana later today - the Trump rallies Arizona Montana leg of his travel - after spending the past 24 hours at a campaign stop in Alaska, where polling shows Democrats could flip a Senate seat.
Pope Leo XIV is back in his room and recovering after undergoing surgery on his right lung, the Vatican said, with his public schedule cleared until 20 October.
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva warned that rising cyber-attacks and cyber-fraud risk undermining trust in money and the financial system, speaking at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok.
Ukrainian soldiers in combat suddenly lost access to Starlink satellite internet terminals on Tuesday evening, and a military technology adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the restrictions to Ukraine's military Starlink caused several combat missions to fail. The outage came as the Trump administration increased pressure on Ukraine to halt long-range strikes on Russia's oil industry.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukraine received no early warning from partners before a second night of Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, which hit civilian infrastructure including a power plant after dark. Ukraine intelligence sharing with western allies, he said, is what saves lives.
Russian authorities have detained Yuki Imai, a Japanese journalist detained in Russia who worked for the Hokkaido Shimbun, on Sakhalin and accused him of spying, according to the foreign ministry.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street on Wednesday, promising Britain is "with you for as long as it takes" as Ukraine faces increased Russian missile and drone attacks.
Ukraine, often described as the most mine-contaminated country in the world, faces contamination on a scale not seen since US cluster munitions on the Ho Chi Minh trail, says UN Development Programme manager Paul Heslop. Deminers like 58-year-old Olena Kabanova, who works a former Russian-occupied field in Kharkiv for the Halo Trust, are racing to clear it with new machines and AI.
Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old accounting student, has reportedly been handed a death sentence for blasphemy in Iran over a social media post - one of the rare such cases in recent years. She is held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad while her case awaits appeal.
A language learning study by researchers at UCL and Tohoku University in Japan found that learners who focus on how a foreign language sounds may progress better than those starting with rote vocabulary and grammar.
Since last year, 130 million names - more than Japan's population - have been removed from India's electoral roll through the special intensive revision (SIR), and the deletion of 130 million names has brought tens of thousands of protesters into Delhi demanding election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
Saudi Arabia struck the Central Sabaha Station oil depot on the outskirts of Sana'a on Tuesday, and the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted missiles launched toward Dharan, home of Saudi Aramco's headquarters.
The falklands oil interpol dispute has reached a new stage: Britain has appealed to Interpol to reject Argentina's requests for red notices against people involved in the Falklands oil project, arguing the requests are politically motivated. The letter went to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon amid the worst tensions over the islands since the 1982 war.
MI5's annual threat update, delivered by director general Ken McCallum, says the UK terror threat has become more diverse, with far-right anti-migrant threats rising and Iran emerging alongside Russia as a state behind violent plots in the UK.
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The Resolution Foundation has warned that proposals to stop people with ADHD, autism or anxiety claiming Pip would not deliver major savings and could make it harder for claimants to work and take part in society.
By LiveDigest · 23:13 GMTTens of thousands of students protesting rising education costs and corruption clashed with police in Tirana, Albania's capital, setting fire to a government building and two banks in the most violent outburst yet against Prime Minister Edi Rama.
By LiveDigest · 22:25 GMTZimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using generative AI to write The Blue Fighter, announced winner of the Caine prize for African writers on 6 October, after an article by Vauhini Vara raised the simbarashe kundizeza ai controversy.
By LiveDigest · 21:35 GMTReform UK councillors and election candidates were filmed making racist, misogynistic remarks and threats of extreme violence in an ITV undercover investigation aired on Wednesday, and three councillors have already stood down from the party.
By LiveDigest · 20:46 GMTAverage pay for OpenAI's London staff reached £2,318,181 each last year, according to accounts for OpenAI UK Ltd, where 110 employees shared £87m in salaries and £168m in shares. The figures cover 2025, and the company declined to comment.
By LiveDigest · 19:57 GMTUkraine's military found overnight on Tuesday that Starlink Ukraine restrictions stopped working on drones flying faster than 160km/h, and one Ukrainian soldier said mid-strike operations could fall as much as 30-fold because alternatives are 30 times more expensive.
By LiveDigest · 19:11 GMTThe UK is expanding its sanctions powers under a new global human rights sanctions regime taking effect on Thursday, in a move that lets UK sanctions target Israeli settlements through their enablers, as well as those obstructing humanitarian aid or unlawfully holding prisoners.
By LiveDigest · 18:22 GMTCast members of The Archers have spoken of their anger after the BBC dropped plans for a new Birmingham studio at the Tea Factory in Digbeth, a move that could lead to the long-running radio drama being recorded away from its home in the West Midlands.
By LiveDigest · 17:32 GMTUK China policy is 'beset by incoherence' and lacks senior expertise, according to an audit published on Wednesday by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (Ipac), which warns that past engagement with Beijing exposed Britain to interference risks without delivering the promised opportunities.
By LiveDigest · 16:43 GMTThe Singapore-flagged GFS Pride has gone down close to the strait of Hormuz and a second cargo vessel was reportedly sinking, amid the steepest rise in Iranian attacks on shipping since the US-Israel war with Iran began.
By LiveDigest · 15:55 GMTFrench student protests over teacher shortages, overcrowded classes and crumbling buildings have run for three weeks, with more than 160,000 people on the streets on Tuesday.
By LiveDigest · 15:05 GMTOla Källenius, head of Mercedes-Benz and president of the ACEA industry group, warned in Brussels that excluding the UK from the EU's 'Made in Europe' law would be a deliberate choice to hurt carmaking across the bloc, weeks before leaders aim to agree the Industrial Accelerator Act.
By LiveDigest · 14:15 GMTSally Rooney says her support for Palestine Action means she can no longer receive UK royalties, and her publisher Faber will stop supplying her books in the UK.
By LiveDigest · 13:27 GMTTexas attorney general and Republican US Senate candidate Ken Paxton is pursuing investigations into pediatricians over vaccines, aligning himself with Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr's Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement.
By LiveDigest · 12:38 GMTDonald Trump rallies supporters in Arizona and Montana later today - the Trump rallies Arizona Montana leg of his travel - after spending the past 24 hours at a campaign stop in Alaska, where polling shows Democrats could flip a Senate seat.
By LiveDigest · 11:50 GMTPope Leo XIV is back in his room and recovering after undergoing surgery on his right lung, the Vatican said, with his public schedule cleared until 20 October.
By LiveDigest · 10:59 GMTBank of England governor Andrew Bailey and IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva warned that rising cyber-attacks and cyber-fraud risk undermining trust in money and the financial system, speaking at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok.
By LiveDigest · 10:11 GMTUkrainian soldiers in combat suddenly lost access to Starlink satellite internet terminals on Tuesday evening, and a military technology adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the restrictions to Ukraine's military Starlink caused several combat missions to fail. The outage came as the Trump administration increased pressure on Ukraine to halt long-range strikes on Russia's oil industry.
By LiveDigest · 09:23 GMTVolodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukraine received no early warning from partners before a second night of Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, which hit civilian infrastructure including a power plant after dark. Ukraine intelligence sharing with western allies, he said, is what saves lives.
By LiveDigest · 07:44 GMTRussian authorities have detained Yuki Imai, a Japanese journalist detained in Russia who worked for the Hokkaido Shimbun, on Sakhalin and accused him of spying, according to the foreign ministry.
By LiveDigest · 06:53 GMTUK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Downing Street on Wednesday, promising Britain is "with you for as long as it takes" as Ukraine faces increased Russian missile and drone attacks.
By LiveDigest · 06:06 GMTUkraine, often described as the most mine-contaminated country in the world, faces contamination on a scale not seen since US cluster munitions on the Ho Chi Minh trail, says UN Development Programme manager Paul Heslop. Deminers like 58-year-old Olena Kabanova, who works a former Russian-occupied field in Kharkiv for the Halo Trust, are racing to clear it with new machines and AI.
By LiveDigest · 05:14 GMTNajmeh Amini, a 23-year-old accounting student, has reportedly been handed a death sentence for blasphemy in Iran over a social media post - one of the rare such cases in recent years. She is held in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad while her case awaits appeal.
By LiveDigest · 04:25 GMTA language learning study by researchers at UCL and Tohoku University in Japan found that learners who focus on how a foreign language sounds may progress better than those starting with rote vocabulary and grammar.
By LiveDigest · 03:36 GMTSince last year, 130 million names - more than Japan's population - have been removed from India's electoral roll through the special intensive revision (SIR), and the deletion of 130 million names has brought tens of thousands of protesters into Delhi demanding election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation.
By LiveDigest · 02:49 GMTSaudi Arabia struck the Central Sabaha Station oil depot on the outskirts of Sana'a on Tuesday, and the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted missiles launched toward Dharan, home of Saudi Aramco's headquarters.
By LiveDigest · 01:58 GMTThe falklands oil interpol dispute has reached a new stage: Britain has appealed to Interpol to reject Argentina's requests for red notices against people involved in the Falklands oil project, arguing the requests are politically motivated. The letter went to Interpol's headquarters in Lyon amid the worst tensions over the islands since the 1982 war.
By LiveDigest · 01:09 GMTMI5's annual threat update, delivered by director general Ken McCallum, says the UK terror threat has become more diverse, with far-right anti-migrant threats rising and Iran emerging alongside Russia as a state behind violent plots in the UK.
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