Germany arrests former domestic intelligence chief over alleged spying 06. October 2026 (11:49) August Hanning served as president of Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office has said a former domestic intelligence chief was arrested on Tuesday on espionage allegations.August Hanning was president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from December 1998 to November 2005. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Kenya confirms first Ebola case and says patient has died 06. October 2026 (11:35) Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on SaturdayKenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and arrived in Nairobi on Saturday, the health minister, Aden Duale, has said.The patient has since died, and 28 contacts have been identified so far including family members and health workers, Duale told a press conference. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
George Fenton, Oscar-nominated British composer for more than 100 films, dies aged 76 06. October 2026 (11:24) Fenton’s successes include scores for Gandhi, Groundhog Day and 18 Ken Loach films, plus BBC TV news themes, Blue Planet and moreGeorge Fenton, the British composer who earned five Oscar nominations for scores to films such as Gandhi and Dangerous Liaisons, has died aged 76.A statement from his family said his death was “unexpected” but did not give a cause. The statement added that he was survived by various family members, as well as “a life of music”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Woman’s body found in stockyard trough close to NSW-Queensland border 06. October 2026 (11:05) Police say body found by trail bike riders at remote farm in Terragon is badly decomposed, sparking search of missing persons recordsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA partially submerged body believed to be a woman has been discovered in a remote stockyard, with the death being treated as suspicious.Officers were called to a property in Terragon, near Murwillumbah in northern NSW, at about 11.20am on Monday after reports of a dead body. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds 06. October 2026 (11:00) For-profit water corporations, federal cuts and climate crisis are ‘supercharging water rate hikes’, study co-author saysUS households are paying 62% more for drinking water than they did a decade ago – outpacing inflation, grocery prices and household incomes, according to a new study.Food & Water Watch, a Washington DC-based non-profit, analyzed 2025 billing data from the 500 largest community water systems in the US, which together serve about 155 million people, or 45% of the country’s population. The analysis compared current rates with data from a similar Food & Water Watch survey conducted in 2015. The study does not include wastewater or storm water charges, which are often billed separately from drinking water service. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Loss of green space could be issue that decides Holborn and St Pancras byelection 06. October 2026 (11:00) Labour could pay price for disappearance of parks and playgrounds around Euston stationWhen HS2 construction began around London’s Euston station in 2017 and people living nearby watched parks and playgrounds give way to diggers and rubble, they were promised that the lost green space would be replaced. “They have to give it all back,” said Dorothea Hackman. “But they are destroying it – so there’s nothing to give back.”As the dust from the political party conference season begins to settle, disappearing green spaces and housing developments have become central issues in the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. On Thursday, Labour and the Green party will contest the seismic seat vacated by the former prime minster Keir Starmer. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Axe used by Jack Nicholson in The Shining for sale as part of Stanley Kubrick auction 06. October 2026 (11:00) Exclusive: Weapon is one of hundreds of items to be sold as part of the influential late director’s personal archiveThe axe wielded by Jack Nicholson as he delivered his chillingly manic line “Here’s Johnny!” in the 1980 horror movie The Shining is to go on sale.Nicholson’s character, Jack Torrance, uses the axe to hack out an opening in a locked door protecting his terrified wife Wendy, played by Shelley Duvall. It is also the murder weapon in the killing of Scatman Crothers’ character, Dick Hallorann. One of cinema’s most famous axes could be yours for a list price of between £30,000 and £50,000. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86 06. October 2026 (10:55) Bakker spent four and a half years in prison after being convicted in 1989 of defrauding followers in a scheme involving holidays at his Christian theme parkThe US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a conviction for defrauding followers and divorce from his television co-host Tammy Faye, has died aged 86.The death of Bakker, whose journey from the TV pulpit to a prison cell in the 1980s inspired comparisons to the corrupt character of the fictional preacher-huckster Elmer Gantry, was revealed on social media by his second wife, Lori Bakker. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Badenoch denies ‘British Iron Dome’ plan – after Tories use phrase in press release 06. October 2026 (10:27) Tory leader says proposed ‘Britannia Shield’ would not be comparable to Israeli missile defence systemUK politics live – latest updatesKemi Badenoch has denied she compared a new air defence system proposed by the party to Israel’s Iron Dome, despite using the term in her press release and a newspaper article.The Conservative leader said the party’s proposed “Britannia Shield” would not be comparable to the missile defence system in Israel, which is primarily designed to counter short-range attacks. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Taylor’s hardline immigration plan drags Australian politics further to the right – and it’s all upside for One Nation 06. October 2026 (09:26) Coalition leader’s proposal goes further than Peter Dutton’s 2025 election promise and beyond even Pauline Hanson’s bottom lineGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastWith Angus Taylor’s hardline immigration policy unveiled on Tuesday, voters have a new measure of Pauline Hanson’s success in dragging politics further to the right.Taylor’s plan will cut 60,000 more people from net overseas migration (Nom) than the reductions proposed by Peter Dutton just before the last election. Dutton wanted to take Nom down to about 160,000 people a year, while Taylor’s plan goes far further, beyond even Hanson’s bottom line of 130,000 people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
