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RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser said on Wednesday that Australia's inflation outlook 'looks materially worse' than the central bank expected two months ago, reviving talk of a fifth interest rate hike ahead of the board's 2 November meeting.
A 100,000 sq ft Beatles museum in Liverpool, an upgraded Beatles Story moving from the Royal Albert Dock to the former St John's Market, is planned to open in 2028 under new ownership by Apple Corps, with Paul McCartney calling the plans 'extraordinary'.
Flávio Bolsonaro walked into a primetime debate against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with the word “corrupto” written on his palm - and viewers sarcastically read it as an admission of his own guilt. After Sunday night's debate, Lula supporters flooded social media writing their own identities on their palms.
NatWest has told 13,000 employees, many of them among the bank's lowest paid, to raise their office attendance from two days a month to two days a week. The Unite union called the move a "kick in the teeth".
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby called for a national wealth tax and near-100% inheritance taxes in a New York Times interview, drawing boycott calls and criticism from rightwing figures.
Judicial police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of the Bandim Health Project vaccine researchers and seized doses of hepatitis B vaccines, officials announced on Facebook. The Bandim researchers have been praised by US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
The Jackdaw North Sea gasfield will get the go-ahead on Wednesday, energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh and chancellor John Healey are to announce from Aberdeen, clearing the way for Shell and Equinor to develop one of the basin's biggest undeveloped fields.
Romania has logged 35 unauthorised drone incursions this year, up from nine in 2025, while Nato prepares a fresh deployment of surveillance and patrol assets to the Black Sea after five more merchant vessels were attacked on Tuesday.
A power outage at a Google datacentre in London's europe-west2-b zone disrupted banking services, paused court hearings and caused temporary glitches on the NHS app, with problems peaking around 9am and mostly resolved by mid-afternoon.
The US government on Monday announced a DeepSeek AI ban for federal civilian agencies, in a directive from the Department of Homeland Security that also covers third-party tools built with the Chinese startup's products.
Flutter Entertainment, the Paddy Power and SkyBet owner, announced plans on Tuesday for flutter job cuts of up to 1,400 roles in its UK and Ireland division, blaming gambling tax rises imposed by Rachel Reeves.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary predicted on Tuesday that European air fares in 2027 could climb by 10%, 15% or even 20%, which he called the biggest such increase in the region's history, as jet fuel prices soar because the war on Iran has choked off fuel supplies.
BBC Three and BBC Scotland will close as TV channels and move online, while Radio 4 Extra will be scrapped, in the spring, as part of BBC channel closures driving towards £500m in savings.
The man who asked Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about the Muslim Brotherhood was identified as Thomas "Tommy" Teepell, son of strategist Timmy Teepell, whose firm Breakthrough LLC received $250,000 for canvassing and influencer marketing against El-Sayed.
A University of Bath study found a two-year unconditional basic income pilot in Peru's Asháninka region helped Indigenous communities protect the Amazon rainforest, with nearly 90% of participants adopting environmentally beneficial practices.
The UK Covid-19 inquiry has found that government failures let Covid-19 spread 'like wildfire' in care homes, with chair Heather Hallett saying the adult social care sector was treated as an afterthought. Her report, published Tuesday, is the sixth of 10 inquiry reports.
Millions of Revolut customers could not access their money after the banking app went down, with card payments, cash withdrawals and transfers among the services affected.
Rade Bajić, the Serbian prosecutor who investigated the allegedly illegal scheme behind the Belgrade Trump tower project, was targeted with advanced mercenary spyware, expert analysis has found. Bajić says his work on the case was the sole reason for the attack.
Chancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in next week's budget, despite earlier calls for an increase from cabinet colleagues Louise Haigh and Wes Streeting. Treasury sources said he decided any rise could cost the Treasury if wealthy individuals defer asset sales or move assets abroad.
A new David Bowie dance show, Subject to Change, created by Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau, will be staged at Sadler's Wells in London in autumn 2028 after a world premiere in Luxembourg, before travelling to Tokyo in 2029.
Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, beaten by masked Israeli settlers during an olive harvest last Friday, said her flak jacket and helmet likely saved her life. Her account came after US ambassador Mike Huckabee denounced the attack on the journalist as a 'despicable act of terror', a rare US break with Israel over settler violence.
About 3,600 people live on the Falkland Islands, 300 miles east of mainland South America, where assembly member Lewis Clifton says Argentina is waging an unprecedented economic war against a community no bigger than an English village - the sharpest pressure since 1982.
The French mayor Bernard Baudoux has been identified as one of those assaulted when Israeli settlers attacked diplomats in the occupied West Bank town of Taybeh on Saturday, injuring three people and damaging a car. Baudoux was visiting for a twinning agreement with Taybeh.
The UK is speeding up £10m of a £45m missile package announced on Wednesday to cover Ukraine's most urgent winter requirements, as part of an existing £1.6bn pledge of anti-drone missiles to Ukraine.
At a Monday evening rally in Kansas, Donald Trump blamed France's nationwide protests on immigration, describing the country as "conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and communists" and recasting the French unrest as a warning for American voters ahead of November's midterm elections.
Royal Exchange artistic director Selina Cartmell has announced the Manchester theatre's 2027-28 season of new plays, two years after a censorship row triggered by a cancelled A Midsummer Night's Dream production.
A new Washington Post-ABC poll has found 66% of Americans believe Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself. His approval rating in the same poll stands at 33%, a new low ahead of November's midterm elections.
Researchers at Mass General Brigham in Massachusetts have built an AI system that estimates a cancer patient's biological age and predicts survival chances from a single facial photograph, according to a study published in Lancet Digital Health.
Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh told a September meeting in her Peckham constituency that a longer settlement process could affect integration, remarks later removed from her website as not a true representation of her views. The comment came as the government proposes doubling the standard qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain from five years to 10.
The US Department of Justice announced on Monday that 28 green card holders across California face voter fraud charges for fraudulently registering to vote and, in 21 cases, casting illegal ballots, less than two months before the November midterm elections.
A Colorado wildlife overpass spanning Interstate 25 between Denver and Colorado Springs has cut wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% in the 10 months since it was completed, according to a newly released report.
More than 160 offshore rig workers at five Apache platforms will stage a 24-hour strike from 6am on Wednesday, in action the Unite union warns could severely disrupt UK fuel supplies through the Forties Pipeline System.
ITV broadcast an exposé on Sunday night documenting widespread racism and misogyny within Reform UK, and by Monday morning no Reform MP had appeared on air to defend the party. Nigel Farage gave no public response.
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Every story LiveDigest published on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, newest first.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser said on Wednesday that Australia's inflation outlook 'looks materially worse' than the central bank expected two months ago, reviving talk of a fifth interest rate hike ahead of the board's 2 November meeting.
By LiveDigest · 23:57 GMTA 100,000 sq ft Beatles museum in Liverpool, an upgraded Beatles Story moving from the Royal Albert Dock to the former St John's Market, is planned to open in 2028 under new ownership by Apple Corps, with Paul McCartney calling the plans 'extraordinary'.
By LiveDigest · 23:08 GMTFlávio Bolsonaro walked into a primetime debate against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with the word “corrupto” written on his palm - and viewers sarcastically read it as an admission of his own guilt. After Sunday night's debate, Lula supporters flooded social media writing their own identities on their palms.
By LiveDigest · 22:16 GMTNatWest has told 13,000 employees, many of them among the bank's lowest paid, to raise their office attendance from two days a month to two days a week. The Unite union called the move a "kick in the teeth".
By LiveDigest · 21:26 GMTUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby called for a national wealth tax and near-100% inheritance taxes in a New York Times interview, drawing boycott calls and criticism from rightwing figures.
By LiveDigest · 20:33 GMTJudicial police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of the Bandim Health Project vaccine researchers and seized doses of hepatitis B vaccines, officials announced on Facebook. The Bandim researchers have been praised by US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.
By LiveDigest · 19:45 GMTThe Jackdaw North Sea gasfield will get the go-ahead on Wednesday, energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh and chancellor John Healey are to announce from Aberdeen, clearing the way for Shell and Equinor to develop one of the basin's biggest undeveloped fields.
By LiveDigest · 18:55 GMTRomania has logged 35 unauthorised drone incursions this year, up from nine in 2025, while Nato prepares a fresh deployment of surveillance and patrol assets to the Black Sea after five more merchant vessels were attacked on Tuesday.
By LiveDigest · 18:08 GMTA power outage at a Google datacentre in London's europe-west2-b zone disrupted banking services, paused court hearings and caused temporary glitches on the NHS app, with problems peaking around 9am and mostly resolved by mid-afternoon.
By LiveDigest · 17:19 GMTThe US government on Monday announced a DeepSeek AI ban for federal civilian agencies, in a directive from the Department of Homeland Security that also covers third-party tools built with the Chinese startup's products.
By LiveDigest · 16:30 GMTFlutter Entertainment, the Paddy Power and SkyBet owner, announced plans on Tuesday for flutter job cuts of up to 1,400 roles in its UK and Ireland division, blaming gambling tax rises imposed by Rachel Reeves.
By LiveDigest · 15:39 GMTRyanair chief executive Michael O'Leary predicted on Tuesday that European air fares in 2027 could climb by 10%, 15% or even 20%, which he called the biggest such increase in the region's history, as jet fuel prices soar because the war on Iran has choked off fuel supplies.
By LiveDigest · 14:48 GMTBBC Three and BBC Scotland will close as TV channels and move online, while Radio 4 Extra will be scrapped, in the spring, as part of BBC channel closures driving towards £500m in savings.
By LiveDigest · 13:59 GMTThe man who asked Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about the Muslim Brotherhood was identified as Thomas "Tommy" Teepell, son of strategist Timmy Teepell, whose firm Breakthrough LLC received $250,000 for canvassing and influencer marketing against El-Sayed.
By LiveDigest · 13:10 GMTA University of Bath study found a two-year unconditional basic income pilot in Peru's Asháninka region helped Indigenous communities protect the Amazon rainforest, with nearly 90% of participants adopting environmentally beneficial practices.
By LiveDigest · 12:21 GMTThe UK Covid-19 inquiry has found that government failures let Covid-19 spread 'like wildfire' in care homes, with chair Heather Hallett saying the adult social care sector was treated as an afterthought. Her report, published Tuesday, is the sixth of 10 inquiry reports.
By LiveDigest · 11:33 GMTMillions of Revolut customers could not access their money after the banking app went down, with card payments, cash withdrawals and transfers among the services affected.
By LiveDigest · 10:44 GMTRade Bajić, the Serbian prosecutor who investigated the allegedly illegal scheme behind the Belgrade Trump tower project, was targeted with advanced mercenary spyware, expert analysis has found. Bajić says his work on the case was the sole reason for the attack.
By LiveDigest · 09:56 GMTChancellor John Healey will not raise capital gains tax in next week's budget, despite earlier calls for an increase from cabinet colleagues Louise Haigh and Wes Streeting. Treasury sources said he decided any rise could cost the Treasury if wealthy individuals defer asset sales or move assets abroad.
By LiveDigest · 09:07 GMTA new David Bowie dance show, Subject to Change, created by Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau, will be staged at Sadler's Wells in London in autumn 2028 after a world premiere in Luxembourg, before travelling to Tokyo in 2029.
By LiveDigest · 08:21 GMTWashington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, beaten by masked Israeli settlers during an olive harvest last Friday, said her flak jacket and helmet likely saved her life. Her account came after US ambassador Mike Huckabee denounced the attack on the journalist as a 'despicable act of terror', a rare US break with Israel over settler violence.
By LiveDigest · 07:52 GMTAbout 3,600 people live on the Falkland Islands, 300 miles east of mainland South America, where assembly member Lewis Clifton says Argentina is waging an unprecedented economic war against a community no bigger than an English village - the sharpest pressure since 1982.
By LiveDigest · 07:41 GMTThe French mayor Bernard Baudoux has been identified as one of those assaulted when Israeli settlers attacked diplomats in the occupied West Bank town of Taybeh on Saturday, injuring three people and damaging a car. Baudoux was visiting for a twinning agreement with Taybeh.
By LiveDigest · 07:35 GMTThe UK is speeding up £10m of a £45m missile package announced on Wednesday to cover Ukraine's most urgent winter requirements, as part of an existing £1.6bn pledge of anti-drone missiles to Ukraine.
By LiveDigest · 07:04 GMTAt a Monday evening rally in Kansas, Donald Trump blamed France's nationwide protests on immigration, describing the country as "conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and communists" and recasting the French unrest as a warning for American voters ahead of November's midterm elections.
By LiveDigest · 06:57 GMTRoyal Exchange artistic director Selina Cartmell has announced the Manchester theatre's 2027-28 season of new plays, two years after a censorship row triggered by a cancelled A Midsummer Night's Dream production.
By LiveDigest · 06:00 GMTA new Washington Post-ABC poll has found 66% of Americans believe Donald Trump is using the presidency to enrich himself. His approval rating in the same poll stands at 33%, a new low ahead of November's midterm elections.
By LiveDigest · 05:11 GMTResearchers at Mass General Brigham in Massachusetts have built an AI system that estimates a cancer patient's biological age and predicts survival chances from a single facial photograph, according to a study published in Lancet Digital Health.
By LiveDigest · 04:22 GMTEnergy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh told a September meeting in her Peckham constituency that a longer settlement process could affect integration, remarks later removed from her website as not a true representation of her views. The comment came as the government proposes doubling the standard qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain from five years to 10.
By LiveDigest · 03:34 GMTThe US Department of Justice announced on Monday that 28 green card holders across California face voter fraud charges for fraudulently registering to vote and, in 21 cases, casting illegal ballots, less than two months before the November midterm elections.
By LiveDigest · 02:45 GMTA Colorado wildlife overpass spanning Interstate 25 between Denver and Colorado Springs has cut wildlife-vehicle collisions by 91% in the 10 months since it was completed, according to a newly released report.
By LiveDigest · 01:50 GMTMore than 160 offshore rig workers at five Apache platforms will stage a 24-hour strike from 6am on Wednesday, in action the Unite union warns could severely disrupt UK fuel supplies through the Forties Pipeline System.
By LiveDigest · 01:02 GMTITV broadcast an exposé on Sunday night documenting widespread racism and misogyny within Reform UK, and by Monday morning no Reform MP had appeared on air to defend the party. Nigel Farage gave no public response.
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