Wong thanks ‘heroes’ who thwarted flydubai pilot’s alleged attack on co-pilot as Australians confirmed safe 01. October 2026 (08:24) Sydney couple were among passengers on board flight to Tel Aviv that was dramatically diverted to Saudi Arabia after one pilot allegedly stabbed the otherTwo Australian citizens onboard a flight to Tel Aviv that was diverted after one of the pilots allegedly stabbed the other in an attack are “safe,” the foreign minister confirmed.The passengers are a Jewish couple from Sydney, the Israeli embassy in Australia confirmed to the Guardian on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Charity threatens legal action over two-year NHS wait for ADHD and autism assessments 01. October 2026 (08:00) Exclusive: ADHD UK may seek judicial review of West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board’s ‘unlawful’ policyADHD UK has threatened legal action against an NHS organisation over its decision to impose a minimum two-year wait for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism assessments.In a legal letter to West Yorkshire NHS integrated care board (ICB), seen by the Guardian, the charity alleges that the decision to force patients to wait at least two years for such assessments was unlawful and says it will seek a judicial review if the board fails to reverse the policy. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4% 01. October 2026 (07:00) Millions of people in Great Britain face increase from Thursday to an average of £1,723 a year for a typical homeJohn Healey is under growing pressure to offer fresh energy support for households in next month’s budget as millions face a 4% rise in charges from Thursday to an average of £1,723 a year for a typical home.In his speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool this week, the chancellor warned that the government had limited resources to cushion the worldwide economic shocks hitting Britain, while arguing his budget would have fiscal discipline at its core. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Prisoners freed early in England and Wales risk living on the streets, say probation officers 01. October 2026 (07:00) Warning of a lack of hostel places for 2,000 criminals due to be released over the next month to ease overcrowdingHundreds of prisoners are due to be released early from jail on Thursday amid warnings that many will have nowhere to live and the probation system will struggle to monitor them.About 2,000 criminals including domestic abusers and violent offenders are to be freed over the next month, with another 3,000 in stages over the next year to ease overcrowding. The number was reduced from 6,000 after an intervention by the prime minister, Andy Burnham. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Netanyahu says too early to tell who was behind plane incident as flydubai halts all flights to Israel 01. October 2026 (06:55) Israeli prime minister cautions against early conclusions when asked if there were any signs of Iranian involvementBenjamin Netanyahu has said it was too early to tell who was ultimately behind the apparent attempt to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, even as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called the incident a “terror attack”, without apportioning blame.Danny Danon told Fox News on Wednesday night that Israel had “no doubt that it was a terror attack from a radical individual. We still cannot link it to a terror state or terror organisation, but for sure we know there was an intention to bring that plane down.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Israelis divided as vote that could oust Netanyahu only weeks away 01. October 2026 (06:00) Some on streets of Jerusalem pledge their support to prime minister while others hope for changeOn the streets of Jerusalem, crowded with secular and ultra-Orthodox Jews, religious nationalists, settlers, Palestinians, and soldiers returning from deployments, uncertainty hangs over an election less than a month away that could mark a turning point for a country profoundly changed after the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023 and nearly three years of war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.The political battle remains on a knife-edge. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza 01. October 2026 (06:00) Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire An update to Google Maps has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants.The images were taken in June this year and show further destruction of homes, businesses, places of worship and infrastructure since a fragile ceasefire came into effect almost 12 months ago. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years 01. October 2026 (06:00) Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollutionSwitzerland has lost almost one-fifth of its ice in just five years, research has found, in a dramatic reshaping of the Alpine country whose big white glaciers have been reduced to moonlike rock deserts, scientists say.Swiss glaciers shrank by 5.5% in the first eight months of 2026, according to an annual monitoring report, after a summer of scorching heatwaves that followed a winter with little snow. The reduction in ice volume falls just shy of the record set in 2022 and brings the total loss of glacier ice since 2021 to 19.4%. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Kyiv Independent editor: ‘Our readers want Russia to suffer but we can’t be propagandists’ 01. October 2026 (06:00) Olga Rudenko says news site has duty to report on Russian military gains and Ukrainian corruption even if subjects are not so well readReaders of Ukraine’s leading English news site “really want Russia to suffer” but that should not lead the title to downplay the military and political problems facing Kyiv, its editor has said.Speaking to the Guardian before an event to London, Olga Rudenko said many of the Kyiv Independent’s most-read stories described Ukrainian deep strike attacks into Russia, potentially distorting its coverage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jesse Baird’s housemate did not know surfboard bags contained bodies when she took photo, court hears 01. October 2026 (05:52) Housemate tells court she saw the bags oozing red liquid she assumed was furniture rustJesse Baird’s housemate didn’t know she was looking at bags with Baird and his partner’s dead bodies, when she took a photo of oozing surfboard covers the night of their alleged murders, a court has heard.Beau Lamarre-Condon, 31, has been accused of fatally shooting Baird and Luke Davies with his police service weapon in Baird’s Paddington home on 19 February 2024. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and one charge of aggravated break and enter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
