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Mon Oct 12 2026
A family walks past an apartment building on Monday that was hit by a Russian drone in Kharkiv
Europe live
Kremlin rejects 60-day truce offer and refuses to comment on Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’
Grainy CCTV image of people running from smoke and rubble in an airport departure lounge
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia further suspends flights after latest deadly Houthi attack on airport
man in suit holds palms together while surrounded by crowd of people
Kansas
Republican US senator facing re-election settles six-year bakery debt
Photographs of American economists Robert E. Hall (L) and Michael Woodford (R) are displayed on a screen during the official announcement of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm today.
Business live
Nobel prize for economics awarded to two Americans, Hall and Woodford, for work on New Keynesian models
Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest
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In focus

a person holds a sign that reads 'fire Kotlikoff ban the frats'
Universities
Fraternities are the most likely place for US campus rapes. Should they be shut down?
Exclusive
Roman fort found in Wales could prove myth of emperor’s camp is real
Ohio
The Beach Boys’ Mike Love returns to the stage despite ‘facing serious health challenges’
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Features

black and white still of two men seated at table talking to each other
HBO
The missed opportunity of Jay-Z’s documentary series
The one change that worked
quote  Numb with grief, I sat in the dark, surrounded by strangers – and began to heal
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Opinion

Marco Rubio speaks with the Parthenon as a backdrop.
quote  Marco Rubio is promoting troubling ideas about ‘western civilization’
Ted Widmer
quote  The Gulf has entered a new era of instability. If its leaders think they can rely on old alliances, they are wrong
Nesrine Malik
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Sports

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is sacked by Jets cornerback Jarvis Brownlee Jr during the second half of Sunday’s game in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
NFL review
The Deshaun Watson revival derailed, much to the joy of those with a functional memory
Dave Schilling
Soccer
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
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Culture

Tom Sweet as Jim Hawkins, David Oyelowo as Long John Silver and Hayley Atwell as Bess
TV review
Treasure Island review – this TV stinker does its best to ruin a literary classic
★★☆☆☆
Music
Fontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph
★★★★★
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Lifestyle

Chris and Pumpkin
The pet I'll never forget
Pumpkin, the rescue cat turned social media star
The Filter
The 10 best (and worst) whey protein powders – taste-tested
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