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UK steelmakers face an electricity cost premium of almost £30 per megawatt hour over French rivals, the widest in three years, according to UK Steel analysis, which attributes the widening gap to a gas price surge after Iran's closure of the strait of Hormuz.
Inflammatory bowel disease warning signs in the blood - patterns of antibodies - could predict IBD up to a decade before diagnosis, researchers say, after testing samples from 500 US military personnel.
Tom Homan, Donald Trump's 'border czar', said the Trump administration could 'of course' strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship and deport her, speaking on Fox News on a Saturday in his first named comments on Ilhan Omar denaturalization since the 12 October raid on her Minnesota home.
US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has denounced a West Bank settler attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine as a "despicable act of terror", saying the US has called for a full investigation and for those responsible to be arrested and prosecuted.
Alan Milburn, whose government-led review found a record 1 million 18- to 24-year-olds in England are Neet, says ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support ahead of John Healey's first budget.
A Guardian reporter filmed masked militants moments before they attacked a delegation including Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, in the West Bank town of Taybeh on Saturday. Metadata shows 22 seconds between footage of Baudoux remonstrating with the attackers and images of him on the ground.
UK home secretary Shabana Mahmood meets the EU's home affairs commissioner Magnus Brunner on Monday for talks on eu law enforcement cooperation, covering migration, border management and counter-terrorism.
More than a quarter of opposite-sex divorces in England and Wales last year involved couples married 20 years or more, according to ONS data - overtaking the five-to-nine-year group that has long led the statistics.
Russia and Ukraine traded strikes on each other's power infrastructure, leaving two people dead and at least 17 injured, after the collapse of an 'energy ceasefire' neither side had agreed to beforehand.
Scholars conclude 'beyond doubt' that Shakespeare was the principal author of the play Edward III, and that it was a major collaboration with Christopher Marlowe, based on computerised textual analysis.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said in a BBC interview on Sunday that Zionism in its current form is racist and that no state has a right to exist under international law.
Austrian Green MEP Lena Schilling said she learned last month that nude deepfakes of herself were circulating online, and joined 118 other MEPs in a letter asking the EU to pair its forthcoming ban on AI undressing apps with real enforcement.
A new biography of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the Yorùbá woman presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle aged seven as a 'diplomatic gift', has been published, and her great-great-grandson Bayo Randle has welcomed it.
Some 1,200 people were arrested and 150 police hurt during nationwide demonstrations in France on Saturday, prime minister Sébastien Lecornu said, as Paris mayor Emmanuel Gregoire reported whole streets of the capital 'have been devastated'.
Condé Nast's UK pre-tax profits excluding exceptional items fell 36%, from £28m in 2024 to nearly £18m last year, as revenues dipped and Steven Newhouse, chair of controlling shareholder Advance, ruled out a sale of the publisher.
Mark Smith, a 60-year-old Briton with severe health problems, is hiding with his wife in a caravan park in Sweden after being told by phone to leave the country by 17 October as an "alien" without permission to stay.
US companies and trade groups including Cargill, Bunge and Mondelēz mounted a two-year campaign of more than 350 meetings to delay and dilute the EU deforestation law (EUDR), an investigation by Mighty Earth has found.
Bolotana, a mountain village of 2,266 people in central Sardinia, is in the running to become the world's sixth blue zone after a study found 13.8% of its women who reach 70 will live to 100 - second in the world for female longevity after Hong Kong.
Couples separated by the Gaza war include Wijdan Abu Matar, 43, who left Gaza in November 2023 with her eight children for medical treatment while her injured husband Hatem stayed behind, and photojournalist Sami Abu Tabaq, 29, who left in April 2024, leaving his fiancee Ola.
Experts warn of smaller pumpkins this Halloween in England, with a likely shortage ahead of the holiday after a drought lasting most of the year.
Half of Trump's eight high-level female officials have resigned or been fired within months of his second term, and all were replaced by men. The departures include press secretary Katie Zacharia, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, attorney general Pam Bondi and national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard.
Peter Ricketts, a former national security adviser, said UK ministers must be honest with the British public about the immediate Russian threat, warning that Kremlin cyber-assaults could hit banking, energy or water systems.
A prospective Reform UK MP told an undercover reporter that asylum seekers arriving on small boats should be locked up in concentration camps during the first week of an election, in footage from an undercover ITV investigation due to be broadcast on Sunday.
Arizona has stepped into Nevada's legal fight against the Trump administration's proposed Colorado River water cuts, Governor Katie Hobbs announced in a Friday statement.
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Every story LiveDigest published on Sunday, October 18, 2026, newest first.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
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UK steelmakers face an electricity cost premium of almost £30 per megawatt hour over French rivals, the widest in three years, according to UK Steel analysis, which attributes the widening gap to a gas price surge after Iran's closure of the strait of Hormuz.
By LiveDigest · 23:18 GMTInflammatory bowel disease warning signs in the blood - patterns of antibodies - could predict IBD up to a decade before diagnosis, researchers say, after testing samples from 500 US military personnel.
By LiveDigest · 22:28 GMTTom Homan, Donald Trump's 'border czar', said the Trump administration could 'of course' strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship and deport her, speaking on Fox News on a Saturday in his first named comments on Ilhan Omar denaturalization since the 12 October raid on her Minnesota home.
By LiveDigest · 21:38 GMTUS ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has denounced a West Bank settler attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine as a "despicable act of terror", saying the US has called for a full investigation and for those responsible to be arrested and prosecuted.
By LiveDigest · 20:52 GMTAlan Milburn, whose government-led review found a record 1 million 18- to 24-year-olds in England are Neet, says ministers should cut welfare spending to fund more employment support ahead of John Healey's first budget.
By LiveDigest · 19:59 GMTA Guardian reporter filmed masked militants moments before they attacked a delegation including Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, in the West Bank town of Taybeh on Saturday. Metadata shows 22 seconds between footage of Baudoux remonstrating with the attackers and images of him on the ground.
By LiveDigest · 19:11 GMTUK home secretary Shabana Mahmood meets the EU's home affairs commissioner Magnus Brunner on Monday for talks on eu law enforcement cooperation, covering migration, border management and counter-terrorism.
By LiveDigest · 18:21 GMTMore than a quarter of opposite-sex divorces in England and Wales last year involved couples married 20 years or more, according to ONS data - overtaking the five-to-nine-year group that has long led the statistics.
By LiveDigest · 17:33 GMTRussia and Ukraine traded strikes on each other's power infrastructure, leaving two people dead and at least 17 injured, after the collapse of an 'energy ceasefire' neither side had agreed to beforehand.
By LiveDigest · 16:45 GMTScholars conclude 'beyond doubt' that Shakespeare was the principal author of the play Edward III, and that it was a major collaboration with Christopher Marlowe, based on computerised textual analysis.
By LiveDigest · 16:09 GMTGreen Party leader Zack Polanski said in a BBC interview on Sunday that Zionism in its current form is racist and that no state has a right to exist under international law.
By LiveDigest · 15:48 GMTAustrian Green MEP Lena Schilling said she learned last month that nude deepfakes of herself were circulating online, and joined 118 other MEPs in a letter asking the EU to pair its forthcoming ban on AI undressing apps with real enforcement.
By LiveDigest · 10:01 GMTA new biography of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the Yorùbá woman presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle aged seven as a 'diplomatic gift', has been published, and her great-great-grandson Bayo Randle has welcomed it.
By LiveDigest · 09:12 GMTSome 1,200 people were arrested and 150 police hurt during nationwide demonstrations in France on Saturday, prime minister Sébastien Lecornu said, as Paris mayor Emmanuel Gregoire reported whole streets of the capital 'have been devastated'.
By LiveDigest · 08:23 GMTCondé Nast's UK pre-tax profits excluding exceptional items fell 36%, from £28m in 2024 to nearly £18m last year, as revenues dipped and Steven Newhouse, chair of controlling shareholder Advance, ruled out a sale of the publisher.
By LiveDigest · 07:34 GMTMark Smith, a 60-year-old Briton with severe health problems, is hiding with his wife in a caravan park in Sweden after being told by phone to leave the country by 17 October as an "alien" without permission to stay.
By LiveDigest · 06:47 GMTUS companies and trade groups including Cargill, Bunge and Mondelēz mounted a two-year campaign of more than 350 meetings to delay and dilute the EU deforestation law (EUDR), an investigation by Mighty Earth has found.
By LiveDigest · 05:58 GMTBolotana, a mountain village of 2,266 people in central Sardinia, is in the running to become the world's sixth blue zone after a study found 13.8% of its women who reach 70 will live to 100 - second in the world for female longevity after Hong Kong.
By LiveDigest · 05:06 GMTCouples separated by the Gaza war include Wijdan Abu Matar, 43, who left Gaza in November 2023 with her eight children for medical treatment while her injured husband Hatem stayed behind, and photojournalist Sami Abu Tabaq, 29, who left in April 2024, leaving his fiancee Ola.
By LiveDigest · 04:19 GMTExperts warn of smaller pumpkins this Halloween in England, with a likely shortage ahead of the holiday after a drought lasting most of the year.
By LiveDigest · 03:27 GMTHalf of Trump's eight high-level female officials have resigned or been fired within months of his second term, and all were replaced by men. The departures include press secretary Katie Zacharia, homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, attorney general Pam Bondi and national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard.
By LiveDigest · 02:38 GMTPeter Ricketts, a former national security adviser, said UK ministers must be honest with the British public about the immediate Russian threat, warning that Kremlin cyber-assaults could hit banking, energy or water systems.
By LiveDigest · 01:48 GMTA prospective Reform UK MP told an undercover reporter that asylum seekers arriving on small boats should be locked up in concentration camps during the first week of an election, in footage from an undercover ITV investigation due to be broadcast on Sunday.
By LiveDigest · 00:55 GMTArizona has stepped into Nevada's legal fight against the Trump administration's proposed Colorado River water cuts, Governor Katie Hobbs announced in a Friday statement.
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