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Fri 16 Oct 2026
Lars Klingbeil, John Healey and Jim Chalmers converse closely indoors near stairs
Exclusive
John Healey poised to raise taxes on banks in budget
Wes Streeting and Pete Hegseth shake hands and Hegseth waves to the cameras with his other hand
UK defence
Streeting urges US to back Ukraine on Washington visit after Starlink row
a cross stands at a memorial in front of US flags
US news
Trump cancels plan to livestream execution after global condemnation
Jamaica says slavery reparations petition to be heard by UK privy council in March 2027
Jamaica
Jamaica says slavery reparations petition to be heard by UK privy council in March 2027
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Transport
Number of cloned number plates on UK roads at record high, data shows
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In focus

Pope Leo giving his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square
Explainer
Pope Leo lung cancer surgery: what kind of operation did he have and what happens next?
Economics
‘People’s dignity, and democracy, is at stake’: meet the economist ditching ideology for reality
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Features

Shygirl, with red corkscrew hair and wearing a grey ribbed dress, reclines on the bare ground
Music
‘I need to prove my family’s sacrifice was worth it’: how pop auteur Shygirl slogged her way to the top
Science
How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hour
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The long read

Anchoveta being sucked into the hold of a fishing boat off the coast of Lima, 19 November 2023.
A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry
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Opinion

Illustration by Thomas Pullin of Andy Burnham and Kemi Badenoch tending red and blue plants.
quote  It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers
Gaby Hinsliff
quote  Just as Saint Nige thought it was safe to reappear, along comes pesky ITV
John Crace
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Sport

Warwickshire’s Chris Woakes poses for a portrait at  Edgbaston’s indoor cricket school
Big interview
Chris Woakes: ‘It’s unacceptable seeing the way some England players have acted’
Premier League
10 things to look out for this weekend in the top flight
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Podcast

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NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see – podcast
Podcast | 45:25
 
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Climate crisis

Isometric drawings of emissions impacts for the One Big Chart series
One big chart
Just what damage can the emissions from a new fossil fuel facility cause? A new tool has estimates
Argentina
The hidden costs of fracking: boom in Argentina linked to trail of sickness
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Business & technology

The Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea viewed from the Great Orme, Llandudno, North Wales
Energy industry
Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day
Economic growth (GDP)
UK economy unexpectedly grows in August despite fall in consumer spending