Russian attack on bus kills at least 30 people near Ukraine frontline 08. October 2026 (13:32) Governor says Kremlin ‘deliberately targeting civilians’ after strike in Kramatorsk, which also wounded 18 and set second bus on fireEurope live – latest updatesA Russian missile strike on a bus in the eastern city of Kramatorsk has killed at least 30 people, officials said on Thursday, in one of the worst attacks by Moscow on Ukrainian civilians this year.The regional prosecutor’s office in the Donetsk region said the vehicle had been hit at 10am by an aerial bomb. “As of now, the death toll from this morning’s attack has risen to 30. Eighteen people were wounded,” it said, adding that all local public transport had been suspended. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US infant defies bleak odds from rare congenital trait: ‘Don’t quit before your child quits’ 08. October 2026 (13:00) Wren Michelle Roberts was born with heterotaxy, a syndrome so rare a specialist could only find 15 similar casesSouth-eastern Louisiana couple Nick and Savannah Roberts planned to bury their infant daughter the weekend after she was born in September with an exceedingly rare combination of birth defects that her doctors feared was unsurvivable.But an unforeseen congenital trait in Wren Michelle Roberts’ heart, combined with her parents’ dedication to her complex medical care, has allowed her to defy her bleak initial prognosis and meet weeks’ worth of milestones that each are a “miracle in [their] own way”, according to her doctor. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Queensland literary awards: ‘stunning’ debut inspired by segregated shantytown wins top prize 08. October 2026 (12:30) Lenora Thaker wins $30,000 prize for ‘a work of state significance’ for The Pearl of Tagai Town, which draws on her family’s history in Cairns-Malay TownA “stunning” debut novel described as “unambiguously and distinctively Queensland” has won the $30,000 top prize at the Queensland literary awards (QLAs).Meriam and Wagedagam author Lenora Thaker won the Queensland premier’s award for a work of state significance for her historical novel The Pearl of Tagai Town, which was inspired by her ancestors’ lives in an unmapped shantytown known as Cairns-Malay Town. The town once housed Indigenous Australians, Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Malaysian and Sri Lankan residents who had been segregated from the white population; it existed from the late 1800s until the late 1950s. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
USS Abraham Lincoln scheduled to dock in San Diego after harrowing stretch at sea 08. October 2026 (12:00) Deployment for nearly a year was marked by reports of supply shortages, and deteriorating morale and mental health among crewThe USS Abraham Lincoln, the US aircraft carrier that has been deployed for nearly a year and has spent months supporting US military operations against Iran, is scheduled to dock in San Diego on Thursday afternoon.It marks the end of a deployment that has been described as “one of the most operationally intense and consequential of the modern era” and that became marked by a record-stretch at sea, repeated deployment extensions, and reports of supply shortages, and deteriorating morale and mental health among some crew members. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘System is rigged’: Democrat Sherrod Brown puts datacenter danger at heart of populist Senate bid 08. October 2026 (12:00) Ohio former senator attacks Republican rival as the ‘face of datacenters’ as he wraps AI concerns into pro-worker messageSherrod Brown, the Democratic former senator from Ohio hoping to return to office in November’s midterm elections, has spent the past year traveling across his home state explaining to voters about all the ways the “system is rigged” against them. Recently, he’s been telling people about a trip he took across the north-west Ohio countryside.“You’re driving on what looks like really good farmland, driving past fields, driving past barns, driving past milking parlors, and you see, all of a sudden, you see these huge cranes and you see these trucks coming,” Brown told a crowd of dozens at a coffee shop in the city of Lima earlier this month. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade 08. October 2026 (12:00) Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for changeTesco lifts profit forecast and says shoppers are resilientBusiness live – latest updatesThey may be two of the most recognisable brands in Britain, with a combined 188 years serving shoppers, but industry watchers agree that either Asda or Morrisons – or both – could disappear within a decade.This week, it emerged that Sainsbury’s and Morrisons – the UK’s second- and sixth-largest supermarket chains – had held merger talks between last November and February, before the larger player decided to walk away. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
French high school protests continue despite PM’s promise of action – Europe live 08. October 2026 (11:49) Demonstrators have rejected a promise by Sébastien Lecornu to present a plan to fix the country’s education system by the end of the monthMeanwhile, we are getting sad news from Ukraine, where at least 30 people were killed in a Russian attack in the proximity of a bus stop in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine.At least 18 people were also injured. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Wrexham and Rochdale train services rejected over west coast line pressure 08. October 2026 (11:38) Regulator also vetoes extra Blackpool service, saying insufficient space for new direct trains to LondonBusiness live – latest updatesPlans to run direct train services to Wrexham and Rochdale from London have been rejected by the rail regulator because of “significant pressure” on the line.The Office of Rail and Road said that there was insufficient space on the crowded west coast main line to introduce the two new separate train services. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Royal Navy service member charged with spying 08. October 2026 (11:24) Teddy Young, 24, from Bedfordshire, charged under National Security Act after arrest by counter-terror policeA serving member of the Royal Navy has been charged with spying, police have said.Teddy Young, 24, will appear today at Westminster magistrates’ court after he was charged with obtaining protected information that could benefit a unnamed foreign power. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds 08. October 2026 (11:00) Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UKBrexit, Liz Truss’s mini-budget and other “shocks” over the last 10 years have led to a serious and lasting deterioration in the UK population’s mental health, research has found.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the first and second Covid lockdowns also triggered big rises in psychological distress, as measured by the number of people with depression and anxiety. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
