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Professor Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission, has urged King Charles III to back slavery reparations talks between Britain and the Caribbean at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) next month in Antigua and Barbuda.
Falling AI stocks dragged markets lower worldwide on Thursday, sending the S&P 500 down 1.2% for its worst day since July, while Brent crude jumped 4% to $113.17 a barrel amid worries about the war with Iran.
Andy Burnham will announce plans for an AI unit to tackle UK wildfires at the government's first wildfire resilience summit on Friday, after the country's hottest-ever summer fuelled fires across the nation.
Tom Skerritt, the actor known for Alien and Top Gun, has died at the age of 93. His publicist said he died of natural causes.
The pro-Israel lobby Aipac announced on Wednesday it would stop endorsing candidates or making direct contributions to them, while keeping its super Pac, United Democracy Project, and continuing to fund pro-Israel candidates through other channels.
Downing Street has rejected the Witkoff Putin humanitarian remark: Donald Trump's Ukraine war negotiator Steve Witkoff called Vladimir Putin a 'humanitarian' during talks in St Petersburg on Wednesday, and a spokesperson responded that Putin has killed thousands of innocent Ukrainians.
Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has stated she fully supports home secretary Shabana Mahmood's migration policy, including the plan to extend indefinite leave to remain to 15 years, after joking at a Westminster event that she had not been able to "lie" about her views.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK will meet its net zero 2050 target and that he would not approve any new North Sea licences, in his most forthright comments on the climate crisis yet after the government approved the Jackdaw gasfield.
Reform UK donor Iran links have come to light: billionaire Hossein Ghandehari, who pledged millions to Nigel Farage's party, was in business between 2013 and 2016 with Astan Quds Razavi, an Iranian religious foundation later sanctioned by the US, French arbitration documents show.
A man in France has become the first person known to have contracted Shamonda virus, a midge-borne bunyavirus, and investigators are examining whether it contributed to his death this month.
An IUCN-coordinated assessment for the United Nations finds almost every shallow-water coral reef on Earth, including the Great Barrier Reef, at high risk of coral reef collapse before 2075 under global heating.
Defence secretary Wes Streeting warned that UK infrastructure attacks by hostile states are a threat Britain should prepare for, saying cyber-attacks could knock out businesses' payment systems or collapse supply chains.
The BBC education editor role has been axed: BBC News will merge it with the social affairs editor position, part of a cost-cutting drive cutting 100 jobs that is expected to save £5.5m.
Chiricahua national monument in south-eastern Arizona is now Chiricahua national park, the 64th US national park, after Donald Trump signed the legislation on Tuesday.
Andy Haldane, former Bank of England chief economist and one-time senior adviser to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, has urged him to tax online sales at a higher rate than physical shop sales to save the high street, ahead of next week's budget on Wednesday.
Kim Aris, the son of Aung San Suu Kyi, was allowed to speak to his detained mother for the first time in more than five years, he announced on Thursday in a Facebook post. The former Myanmar leader has been held in Naypyidaw since being unseated in the 2021 military coup.
Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency security council meeting with ministers and intelligence services in Paris on Thursday, 22 October 2026, ahead of protests planned for Saturday, and was expected to speak afterwards. In Italy, lorry drivers' blockades kept much of the south short of food and fuel for a fifth day.
Nicholas Hytner will revive Alan Bennett's The History Boys in the West End for the first time in two decades, opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 10 April for a 16-week run. Bennett will be involved in the production's development.
Chancellor John Healey will present the UK budget 2026 to MPs on Wednesday next week, and in a pre-budget interview says he wants to back businesses in Britain that are making a profit.
Barclays reported quarterly pre-tax profits of £2.3bn, up 12% from £2.1bn a year earlier, and announced a £500m share buyback days before Chancellor John Healey is due to announce a bank tax increase in the 28 October budget.
The US state department ordered some US diplomats in Saudi Arabia and the families of government employees to leave the country, citing Houthi attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure. The order followed attacks that killed at least three people on Wednesday evening.
Andy Burnham is recruiting several advisers to fill gaps in the No 10 policy unit, including a specialist on how AI will affect society and the workforce.
House prices are falling in every Australian capital city for the first time in 15 years and only the second time on record, according to Domain's September Quarter 2026 House Price report, with Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide all recording their steepest quarterly drops.
Waitrose is opening its first new supermarket in eight years in Cricklewood, north London, on Thursday, as part of a £1bn investment plan.
The USDA said on Wednesday it had confirmed the first detection of the New World screwworm in US wildlife: a flesh-eating parasite found in an elk on a game ranch in Pecos county, Texas, reported after the animal was harvested by a hunter.
The Boréal Thélyson Orélien AI dispute ended on Wednesday when Canadian publisher Les Éditions du Boréal said a further investigation confirmed artificial intelligence was used in the writing of his novel C'était ça ou mourir, and that it was ending its professional relationship with the novelist.
Donald Trump praised a rally attender who appeared to punch a Trump rally protester punched out of his event at Clemson University in South Carolina on Wednesday, saying: 'Man, I loved that.'
Aneurin Bevan, the Labour politician who drove the creation of the NHS, was monitored by MI5 from 1933 over his links with communists, according to files released to the National Archives - though an officer reviewing the aneurin bevan mi5 file after his death called it 'remarkably tame'.
The Royal Navy may lack the submarines and warships to counter the Russian threat in the high north, MPs on the defence select committee warn, urging a plan for more ships at sea by 2030.
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Every story LiveDigest published on Thursday, October 22, 2026, newest first.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Professor Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission, has urged King Charles III to back slavery reparations talks between Britain and the Caribbean at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (Chogm) next month in Antigua and Barbuda.
By LiveDigest · 23:32 GMTFalling AI stocks dragged markets lower worldwide on Thursday, sending the S&P 500 down 1.2% for its worst day since July, while Brent crude jumped 4% to $113.17 a barrel amid worries about the war with Iran.
By LiveDigest · 22:44 GMTAndy Burnham will announce plans for an AI unit to tackle UK wildfires at the government's first wildfire resilience summit on Friday, after the country's hottest-ever summer fuelled fires across the nation.
By LiveDigest · 21:54 GMTTom Skerritt, the actor known for Alien and Top Gun, has died at the age of 93. His publicist said he died of natural causes.
By LiveDigest · 21:06 GMTThe pro-Israel lobby Aipac announced on Wednesday it would stop endorsing candidates or making direct contributions to them, while keeping its super Pac, United Democracy Project, and continuing to fund pro-Israel candidates through other channels.
By LiveDigest · 20:17 GMTDowning Street has rejected the Witkoff Putin humanitarian remark: Donald Trump's Ukraine war negotiator Steve Witkoff called Vladimir Putin a 'humanitarian' during talks in St Petersburg on Wednesday, and a spokesperson responded that Putin has killed thousands of innocent Ukrainians.
By LiveDigest · 19:29 GMTEnergy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has stated she fully supports home secretary Shabana Mahmood's migration policy, including the plan to extend indefinite leave to remain to 15 years, after joking at a Westminster event that she had not been able to "lie" about her views.
By LiveDigest · 18:37 GMTPrime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK will meet its net zero 2050 target and that he would not approve any new North Sea licences, in his most forthright comments on the climate crisis yet after the government approved the Jackdaw gasfield.
By LiveDigest · 17:49 GMTReform UK donor Iran links have come to light: billionaire Hossein Ghandehari, who pledged millions to Nigel Farage's party, was in business between 2013 and 2016 with Astan Quds Razavi, an Iranian religious foundation later sanctioned by the US, French arbitration documents show.
By LiveDigest · 17:00 GMTA man in France has become the first person known to have contracted Shamonda virus, a midge-borne bunyavirus, and investigators are examining whether it contributed to his death this month.
By LiveDigest · 16:11 GMTAn IUCN-coordinated assessment for the United Nations finds almost every shallow-water coral reef on Earth, including the Great Barrier Reef, at high risk of coral reef collapse before 2075 under global heating.
By LiveDigest · 14:54 GMTDefence secretary Wes Streeting warned that UK infrastructure attacks by hostile states are a threat Britain should prepare for, saying cyber-attacks could knock out businesses' payment systems or collapse supply chains.
By LiveDigest · 14:00 GMTThe BBC education editor role has been axed: BBC News will merge it with the social affairs editor position, part of a cost-cutting drive cutting 100 jobs that is expected to save £5.5m.
By LiveDigest · 13:12 GMTChiricahua national monument in south-eastern Arizona is now Chiricahua national park, the 64th US national park, after Donald Trump signed the legislation on Tuesday.
By LiveDigest · 12:22 GMTAndy Haldane, former Bank of England chief economist and one-time senior adviser to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, has urged him to tax online sales at a higher rate than physical shop sales to save the high street, ahead of next week's budget on Wednesday.
By LiveDigest · 11:34 GMTKim Aris, the son of Aung San Suu Kyi, was allowed to speak to his detained mother for the first time in more than five years, he announced on Thursday in a Facebook post. The former Myanmar leader has been held in Naypyidaw since being unseated in the 2021 military coup.
By LiveDigest · 10:44 GMTEmmanuel Macron convened an emergency security council meeting with ministers and intelligence services in Paris on Thursday, 22 October 2026, ahead of protests planned for Saturday, and was expected to speak afterwards. In Italy, lorry drivers' blockades kept much of the south short of food and fuel for a fifth day.
By LiveDigest · 09:57 GMTNicholas Hytner will revive Alan Bennett's The History Boys in the West End for the first time in two decades, opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 10 April for a 16-week run. Bennett will be involved in the production's development.
By LiveDigest · 09:08 GMTChancellor John Healey will present the UK budget 2026 to MPs on Wednesday next week, and in a pre-budget interview says he wants to back businesses in Britain that are making a profit.
By LiveDigest · 08:18 GMTBarclays reported quarterly pre-tax profits of £2.3bn, up 12% from £2.1bn a year earlier, and announced a £500m share buyback days before Chancellor John Healey is due to announce a bank tax increase in the 28 October budget.
By LiveDigest · 07:30 GMTThe US state department ordered some US diplomats in Saudi Arabia and the families of government employees to leave the country, citing Houthi attacks on civilian airports and other critical infrastructure. The order followed attacks that killed at least three people on Wednesday evening.
By LiveDigest · 06:41 GMTAndy Burnham is recruiting several advisers to fill gaps in the No 10 policy unit, including a specialist on how AI will affect society and the workforce.
By LiveDigest · 05:51 GMTHouse prices are falling in every Australian capital city for the first time in 15 years and only the second time on record, according to Domain's September Quarter 2026 House Price report, with Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide all recording their steepest quarterly drops.
By LiveDigest · 05:02 GMTWaitrose is opening its first new supermarket in eight years in Cricklewood, north London, on Thursday, as part of a £1bn investment plan.
By LiveDigest · 04:13 GMTThe USDA said on Wednesday it had confirmed the first detection of the New World screwworm in US wildlife: a flesh-eating parasite found in an elk on a game ranch in Pecos county, Texas, reported after the animal was harvested by a hunter.
By LiveDigest · 03:24 GMTThe Boréal Thélyson Orélien AI dispute ended on Wednesday when Canadian publisher Les Éditions du Boréal said a further investigation confirmed artificial intelligence was used in the writing of his novel C'était ça ou mourir, and that it was ending its professional relationship with the novelist.
By LiveDigest · 02:36 GMTDonald Trump praised a rally attender who appeared to punch a Trump rally protester punched out of his event at Clemson University in South Carolina on Wednesday, saying: 'Man, I loved that.'
By LiveDigest · 01:46 GMTAneurin Bevan, the Labour politician who drove the creation of the NHS, was monitored by MI5 from 1933 over his links with communists, according to files released to the National Archives - though an officer reviewing the aneurin bevan mi5 file after his death called it 'remarkably tame'.
By LiveDigest · 00:56 GMTThe Royal Navy may lack the submarines and warships to counter the Russian threat in the high north, MPs on the defence select committee warn, urging a plan for more ships at sea by 2030.
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