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Tesla reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with revenue of $28.05bn and $0.48 in earnings per share, hours after CEO Elon Musk floated a potential merger with SpaceX.
Immigration remains a key issue for voters in the final weeks before the US midterm elections on 3 November, and reporters answered readers' questions on Trump's mass deportation agenda in a live Q&A on Thursday at 12pm ET.
Giorgia Meloni's government passed emergency decrees this week creating an offence of violent participation in a demonstration, as far-right leaders from Spain to Belgium used last weekend's rioting to advance their anti-immigration agenda months before key elections in Spain, France and Italy.
Neil Bush, son of former president George HW Bush and brother of George W Bush, announced on Tuesday that he voted early for James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race - a Neil Bush James Talarico cross-party endorsement made in a Facebook post.
The Elon Musk super pac America Pac has put more than $500,000 into New York's 17th congressional district race to help Republican incumbent Mike Lawler hold his seat, Federal Election Commission filings covering the last year show.
A US-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns has been halted, with lead researcher Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer saying the study will not move forward in Guinea-Bissau because the team received no governmental approval.
Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, seriously injured in an Israeli settler attack during an olive harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah on Friday, says young Palestinians armed with slingshots drove the settlers back and saved her life.
Honeybees are outcompeting wild pollinators by bumping into rivals and chasing them off flowers, according to a two-year Anglia Ruskin University study of pollinators foraging in Cambridgeshire.
Emmanuel Macron accused Donald Trump and other foreign leaders of making 'stupid comments' about France's street unrest for political gain, speaking during a visit to Qatar as the country braced for more protests this weekend.
Poland's lower house of parliament has approved two bills easing the country's near-total abortion ban, but the measures face a likely veto from Poland's nationalist president.
The European Commission has opened a Booking.com EU investigation over allegations the Amsterdam-based site failed to protect consumers from fake listings, phishing scams and reservation hijacks, and may have breached the Digital Services Act.
French borrowing costs rose above 5% for the first time in 24 years, as political unrest and the failure to pass a delayed budget unsettled markets in the eurozone's second largest economy. The 10-year OAT bond yield later eased to 4.99%.
Brad Lander, the New York Democratic congressional nominee, was among about 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers detained by the Israeli military on Wednesday as they helped Palestinians harvest olives near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is leaning towards rejecting the giant Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, according to officials, though no final decision has been taken and a ruling is expected later this year.
Vladimir Putin ordered the release of American Stephen Hubbard from a Russian jail while meeting Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Stratford International international trains could move a step closer, with the east London station set to receive funding in next week's budget, according to reports. Chancellor John Healey reportedly plans to approve a business rate retention zone to fund the redevelopment.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, has spent the weeks since his primary win pushing back directly against Muslim Brotherhood questions from town hall questioners, cable hosts and network interviewers, amid what researchers call the worst Islamophobic attacks since 9/11.
Defence secretary Wes Streeting has delayed publication of a government plan to get more young people into defence industry jobs after trade unions said they could not support it. The defence jobs plan had been due to be announced on Thursday.
The UK government has approved drilling of the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, and Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa said the decision is a serious blow to Britain's international climate credibility ahead of Cop31 in Turkey next month.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Saint Petersburg on the morning of Wednesday, 21 October 2026, for talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin about Ukraine. He was met at Pulkovo Airport by Kremlin economic cooperation advisor Kirill Dmitriev.
UK government borrowing jumped to £24.5bn in September, above forecasts, as inflation pushed debt interest to a record £10.9bn for the month - weeks before Chancellor John Healey's first budget next Wednesday.
Roughly two dozen volunteer Wikipedia editors gathered at a London wikithon last week to improve the encyclopedia's arms trade pages, tackling subjects such as Palantir, Project Maven and Nitro-Chem.
The Jerusalem cable car project from West to East Jerusalem has lost a fifth foreign company after ROPES, an Italian-based engineering consultancy, declined the work, weeks after the Jerusalem Development Authority moved to award a contract without a public tender. Local authorities say the plan continues.
Los Angeles election officials said in court papers on Tuesday that the justice department's list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens in California includes a "high percentage" of people born in the United States.
Michael Bloomberg will spend $80m to help Democratic candidates in the US midterm elections, US media reported on Tuesday, in a round of michael bloomberg $80m midterms giving made in September and October. The same day, Donald Trump announced he intends to spend $400m to aid Republican candidates, with $300m already disbursed.
The You Can See Everything documentary sent viewing of The Dropout, Hulu's 2022 series starring Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, up 186% in September versus the month before, Variety reported.
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would serve as 'the arbitrator' of decisions in the justice department's new anti-fraud whistleblower program, which rewards tips leading to conviction or significant federal enforcement with up to $30,000.
Nigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in the current outbreak, with the health ministry saying a woman who arrived in Abuja from Uganda tested positive. Authorities have begun tracing 44 of her contacts.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Tesla reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with revenue of $28.05bn and $0.48 in earnings per share, hours after CEO Elon Musk floated a potential merger with SpaceX.
By LiveDigest · 23:20 GMTImmigration remains a key issue for voters in the final weeks before the US midterm elections on 3 November, and reporters answered readers' questions on Trump's mass deportation agenda in a live Q&A on Thursday at 12pm ET.
By LiveDigest · 22:32 GMTGiorgia Meloni's government passed emergency decrees this week creating an offence of violent participation in a demonstration, as far-right leaders from Spain to Belgium used last weekend's rioting to advance their anti-immigration agenda months before key elections in Spain, France and Italy.
By LiveDigest · 21:43 GMTNeil Bush, son of former president George HW Bush and brother of George W Bush, announced on Tuesday that he voted early for James Talarico over Republican Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race - a Neil Bush James Talarico cross-party endorsement made in a Facebook post.
By LiveDigest · 20:53 GMTThe Elon Musk super pac America Pac has put more than $500,000 into New York's 17th congressional district race to help Republican incumbent Mike Lawler hold his seat, Federal Election Commission filings covering the last year show.
By LiveDigest · 19:59 GMTA US-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns has been halted, with lead researcher Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer saying the study will not move forward in Guinea-Bissau because the team received no governmental approval.
By LiveDigest · 19:11 GMTWashington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine, seriously injured in an Israeli settler attack during an olive harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah on Friday, says young Palestinians armed with slingshots drove the settlers back and saved her life.
By LiveDigest · 18:23 GMTHoneybees are outcompeting wild pollinators by bumping into rivals and chasing them off flowers, according to a two-year Anglia Ruskin University study of pollinators foraging in Cambridgeshire.
By LiveDigest · 18:07 GMTEmmanuel Macron accused Donald Trump and other foreign leaders of making 'stupid comments' about France's street unrest for political gain, speaking during a visit to Qatar as the country braced for more protests this weekend.
By LiveDigest · 17:08 GMTPoland's lower house of parliament has approved two bills easing the country's near-total abortion ban, but the measures face a likely veto from Poland's nationalist president.
By LiveDigest · 16:19 GMTThe European Commission has opened a Booking.com EU investigation over allegations the Amsterdam-based site failed to protect consumers from fake listings, phishing scams and reservation hijacks, and may have breached the Digital Services Act.
By LiveDigest · 15:29 GMTFrench borrowing costs rose above 5% for the first time in 24 years, as political unrest and the failure to pass a delayed budget unsettled markets in the eurozone's second largest economy. The 10-year OAT bond yield later eased to 4.99%.
By LiveDigest · 14:40 GMTBrad Lander, the New York Democratic congressional nominee, was among about 80 US, Israeli and British volunteers detained by the Israeli military on Wednesday as they helped Palestinians harvest olives near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
By LiveDigest · 13:49 GMTEnergy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is leaning towards rejecting the giant Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea, according to officials, though no final decision has been taken and a ruling is expected later this year.
By LiveDigest · 13:02 GMTVladimir Putin ordered the release of American Stephen Hubbard from a Russian jail while meeting Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg on Wednesday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
By LiveDigest · 12:13 GMTStratford International international trains could move a step closer, with the east London station set to receive funding in next week's budget, according to reports. Chancellor John Healey reportedly plans to approve a business rate retention zone to fund the redevelopment.
By LiveDigest · 11:24 GMTAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, has spent the weeks since his primary win pushing back directly against Muslim Brotherhood questions from town hall questioners, cable hosts and network interviewers, amid what researchers call the worst Islamophobic attacks since 9/11.
By LiveDigest · 10:38 GMTDefence secretary Wes Streeting has delayed publication of a government plan to get more young people into defence industry jobs after trade unions said they could not support it. The defence jobs plan had been due to be announced on Thursday.
By LiveDigest · 09:48 GMTThe UK government has approved drilling of the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, and Mohamed Adow of Power Shift Africa said the decision is a serious blow to Britain's international climate credibility ahead of Cop31 in Turkey next month.
By LiveDigest · 09:00 GMTUS special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Saint Petersburg on the morning of Wednesday, 21 October 2026, for talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin about Ukraine. He was met at Pulkovo Airport by Kremlin economic cooperation advisor Kirill Dmitriev.
By LiveDigest · 08:09 GMTUK government borrowing jumped to £24.5bn in September, above forecasts, as inflation pushed debt interest to a record £10.9bn for the month - weeks before Chancellor John Healey's first budget next Wednesday.
By LiveDigest · 07:20 GMTRoughly two dozen volunteer Wikipedia editors gathered at a London wikithon last week to improve the encyclopedia's arms trade pages, tackling subjects such as Palantir, Project Maven and Nitro-Chem.
By LiveDigest · 05:42 GMTThe Jerusalem cable car project from West to East Jerusalem has lost a fifth foreign company after ROPES, an Italian-based engineering consultancy, declined the work, weeks after the Jerusalem Development Authority moved to award a contract without a public tender. Local authorities say the plan continues.
By LiveDigest · 04:53 GMTLos Angeles election officials said in court papers on Tuesday that the justice department's list of 20,000 suspected non-citizens in California includes a "high percentage" of people born in the United States.
By LiveDigest · 04:04 GMTMichael Bloomberg will spend $80m to help Democratic candidates in the US midterm elections, US media reported on Tuesday, in a round of michael bloomberg $80m midterms giving made in September and October. The same day, Donald Trump announced he intends to spend $400m to aid Republican candidates, with $300m already disbursed.
By LiveDigest · 03:15 GMTThe You Can See Everything documentary sent viewing of The Dropout, Hulu's 2022 series starring Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes, up 186% in September versus the month before, Variety reported.
By LiveDigest · 02:23 GMTDonald Trump said on Tuesday he would serve as 'the arbitrator' of decisions in the justice department's new anti-fraud whistleblower program, which rewards tips leading to conviction or significant federal enforcement with up to $30,000.
By LiveDigest · 01:35 GMTNigeria has confirmed its first Ebola case in the current outbreak, with the health ministry saying a woman who arrived in Abuja from Uganda tested positive. Authorities have begun tracing 44 of her contacts.
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