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October 5, 2026

78 stories published this day.

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‘Smash the patriarchy’: Activists graffiti Cornell hall over gang rape case

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Student groups call for the abolition of Greek life and more punitive action in the wake of fraternity assault allegations.

Trump says 'threat' led US to pull bombers from RAF Fairford

October 5, 2026BBC World

The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.

Trump claims he’s ‘doing great’ as his approval rating sinks to record low – live

October 5, 2026The Guardian

President downplays unfavorable polling as he travels to Nebraska to support Republicans ahead of the US midterm electionsSign up for the Breaking News US emailSend us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midtermsAs the supreme court hears oral arguments this morning, it’s worth noting that if the justices side with Boulder or decide that the case is not in their jurisdiction, then it would continue in state court.But if the fossil fuel industry convinces the justices, the decision could apply not only to the Boulder case, but also to the many other climate cases brought by state and local governments around the US that we mentioned earlier. Continue reading...

US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia

October 5, 2026BBC World

Donald Trump says the US was looking "very strongly" at the case of a lab technician who died at a research centre in Siberia.

Woman charged with murder after stabbing seven-year-old girl in Chicago

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Shavdon Gayden killed Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon in broad daylight while walking with her older sisterA woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a seven-year-old girl, with police describing it as an unprovoked attack on a sidewalk in Chicago.Shavon Gayden, 48, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, Chicago police said in a statement on Sunday. The killing happened just before noon on Saturday in the Chatham neighborhood. The victim has been identified by local media and the medical examiner’s office as Eddimar Hernandez-Chacon. Continue reading...

Coalition set to unveil dramatically deeper cuts to overseas migration as it fends off One Nation’s rise

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Sources say the opposition’s target will be below Labor’s but won’t match One Nation’s goal to limit net arrivals to 130,000Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition is expected to reveal deep cuts to immigration today which the party says would maintain working holidaymaker places and prioritise skills as part of attempts to dent growing support for One Nation.The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, is expected to unveil the Coalition’s policy on Tuesday, after signoff from Liberal and National MPs in a special party room meeting due to convene this morning.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

France braces for national day of school protests after injuries and mass arrests

October 5, 2026BBC World

France prepares for a day of protests in support of students who’ve been demanding more investment in education.

Super-subs help France demolish Belgium with late flurry

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Michael Olise scores twice and assists as France come from 1-0 with 13 minutes left to beat Belgium 4-1

Ethiopia’s PM insists on access to Red Sea despite regional conflict threat

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Neighbouring countries say coastal states must govern Red Sea as fighting escalates in northern Ethiopia.

Pennsylvania faces largest measles outbreak in decades as case count rises to 1,000

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the countryPennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials calculate, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The benchmark comes as neighboring New York declared a state of emergency about measles rates there.Pennsylvania’s health department said Monday 1,004 cases of measles had been confirmed. Five Pennsylvania residents ⁠have died ⁠after contracting the disease, with 198 hospitalizations. Continue reading...

Trump says US ready to aid Russia with plague outbreak in Siberia

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Russian authorities quarantine hospital, monitor 200 contacts after suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia.

Brazil’s presidential race head for a tough runoff

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Brazil is heading into a fiercely contested presidential runoff after the first round revealed major gains for Bolsonaro

Conservatives propose £10bn ‘Britannia Shield’ inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Party to unveil plans for one of UK’s ‘most significant military programmes since the cold war’ The Conservatives will announce plans to build a £10bn British “Iron Dome” similar to Israel’s air and missile defence system, which the party will christen “Britannia Shield” in an announcement at conference on Tuesday.The shadow defence secretary, James Cartlidge, will say Britain needs to be ready to defend itself from potential aerial attacks and that new investment was needed in advanced radar and interceptor missiles. Continue reading...

What’s next for Bosnia after elections?

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s election strengthened nationalist parties.

Can Yemen retake territory seized by Houthis?

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

The group has taken control of much of the Red Sea coast.

Israeli forces kill one, injure several in occupied West Bank

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Palestinians in West Bank are suffering increasing Israeli violence and repression.

Jeffrey Archer, former Conservative politician and novelist, dies aged 86

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Lord Archer died peacefully at home between writing sessions, his publisher saidThe author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86.Archer, who was a Conservative MP for five years before serving as the party’s deputy chairman, died “suddenly and peacefully” at his home “between writing sessions” on Monday, his publisher Harper Collins said. Continue reading...

London to Chicago BA flight declares emergency after dropping 28,000 feet

October 5, 2026The Guardian

British Airways Boeing abruptly lost altitude over Ireland due to ‘technical issue’ and returned to HeathrowA flight from London to Chicago declared an emergency after a sudden and steep descent of 28,000 feet over Ireland and was forced to turn back to Britain.British Airways flight BA295 was bound for Chicago’s O’Hare airport but after a “technical issue” during which oxygen masks were deployed from the ceiling, the plane landed safely back at London Heathrow. Continue reading...

Obama to appear at Abdul El-Sayed rally in critical Michigan Senate race

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Former president to visit 10 days before election day as victory for progressive challenger could tip Senate balanceBarack Obama will head to Detroit this month to rally with Abdul El-Sayed, a show of establishment support for a progressive insurgent in Michigan, one of the most consequential Senate races in the country.The former president will appear with El-Sayed and the gubernatorial nominee, Jocelyn Benson, on 24 October, the state’s Democratic party announced on Monday. The rally falls on the first day of the state’s in-person early voting period and 10 days before election day. Continue reading...

Turkiye, Pakistan agree to military deployment to Saudi Arabia

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have agreed to trigger collective deterrence measures in response to Houthi attacks.

Premier League viewership in US up 20 percent among young Americans

October 5, 2026Al Jazeera

English Premier League viewership up 20 percent among young Americans following World Cup, Nielsen Sports data shows.

Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surgeFlávio Bolsonaro is in pole position to win Brazil’s presidential election, after a far-right tsunami propelled him to a shock first-round victory over the incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, leaving progressive voters reeling.The 45-year-old rightwing candidate received 56.1m votes to Lula’s 53.8m – 47.03% to 45.16% – meaning the 80-year-old leftwinger has a mountain to climb if he is to bounce back in the second round on 25 October. Never, since the return of democracy to Brazil in 1985, has the first-round runner-up managed to turn the game around and win the second ballot. Continue reading...

Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets

October 5, 2026The Guardian

Former MP and Green Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery pricesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastMore than 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets would be nationalised, and hundreds of government grocery stores opened, under a $25bn plan being put forward by former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather.Channelling New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for publicly owned grocery stores, Chandler-Mather, the head of the party’s thinktank, the Green Institute, wants to use new forced divestiture laws to take over major supermarket sites and three distribution centres.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Spain PM pins hopes on housing crisis to help win snap election

October 5, 2026BBC World

Calling of a snap election was not a knee-jerk reaction from Pedro Sánchez but a carefully thought-out manoeuvre, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Madrid.

Yemeni military says it has retaken Mokha and 'secured' Red Sea waterway

October 5, 2026BBC World

Saudi-backed forces say they seized the port city of Mocha, near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, at the start of an offensive against the Houthis.

Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told

October 5, 2026BBC World

It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.

Zelensky condemns 'horrific' Russian strike on boat carrying corn in Black Sea

October 5, 2026BBC World

The vessel's captain was killed and 11 crew members were rescued after the attack on the Turkish-owned ship, Ukraine's leader says.

Bombs preventing rescue of kidnapped youths, Nigerian police say

October 5, 2026BBC World

The father of one of the 19 young abductees tells the BBC he hasn't eaten in three days out of worry.

Drones buzz overhead, troops hunker underground in Ukraine's hellish kill zone

October 5, 2026NPR World

The front line in the Russia-Ukraine war stretches more than 700 miles and has barely moved in four years. Yet straddling this line is the kill zone, dominated by constantly evolving drone technology.

Georgia officials hunt for suspect in shooting that killed two and injured 35

October 5, 2026BBC World

A homecoming celebration turned into a scene of deadly violence, as dozens of shots were fired into a crowd.

FBI arrests a woman accused of spying on Taiwan leader's family for China

October 5, 2026NPR World

The FBI and U.S. prosecutors say Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family.

Imran Khan supporters march in Pakistan to demand his release after talks failed

October 5, 2026NPR World

Talks between Khan's party and the government failed two days ago. Besides Khan's release, protesters demand his transfer to a hospital and family visits.

Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport or building, reports say

October 5, 2026BBC World

The Omani national was a "lone wolf" extremist, according to the reports.

SCOTUS hears major climate change case. And, Brazil's presidential race goes to runoff

October 5, 2026NPR World

The Supreme Court is set to hear a blockbuster climate change case that could affect more than just climate issues. And, Brazil's presidential race is too close to call.

FlyDubai attacker intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, investigation finds

October 5, 2026NPR World

The ongoing investigation has found the attacker intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, a person familiar with the matter but not authorized to speak publicly told NPR.

U.S. Marine suspected in woman's death arrested in Japan

October 5, 2026NPR World

A U.S. Marine has been arrested on suspicion of murder in Okinawa, prompting renewed Japanese criticism of the conduct of American military personnel.

Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for research into brain activity

October 5, 2026NPR World

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells.

Former Prince Andrew files legal action to quash warrants that led to residence searches

October 5, 2026NPR World

A judicial spokesperson confirmed that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had filed a claim with the High Court in London and a hearing would take place Thursday.

Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis

October 5, 2026NPR World

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's housing crisis.

Russia's attacks on Ukraine escalate as its drones target bridges in Kyiv

October 5, 2026NPR World

Russia's jet-powered drones are targeting bridges in the Ukrainian capital, an escalation after more than a month of day-and-night strikes that have left Kyiv feeling almost like a frontline city.

In tech

Lucid Motors’ EV output falls to lowest level in almost two years

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

The company is deliberately limiting production after years of struggling to find mass-market demand for its EVs.

Reverse-engineered games: All the news on video game decomps, recomps, VR and web and 3D ports

October 5, 2026The Verge

It’s a wild time for retro gaming. Thanks to decompilations and recompilations of classic titles, those games are becoming unshackled from their proprietary code and original hardware to be ported to new devices or updated in ways to completely change the original game. Ever imagined skateboarding in Call of Duty? Or playing the original Halo right […]

The Matic is the first robovac to get an FCC ban waiver, not that it needs it

October 5, 2026The Verge

The Matic is our favorite robot vacuum and robo-mop, and it's also now the first to escape the FCC's Roomba ban. Well, sort of - because the Matic wasn't banned to begin with. Here's what's actually happening: On October 2nd, the FCC added the original Matic, model 4MA0001, and its charging dock model 4DK0008 to […]

Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap

October 5, 2026Ars Technica

Cable industry to sue, says FCC can't repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.

OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

OpenAI will watermark ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to comply with the AI Act. Editing can make the invisible marks harder to detect, it says.

Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage

October 5, 2026Ars Technica

Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.

Etched fields funding offers at $40B+ valuation, sources say

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

Just a couple of months after its last big raise, the AI chip startup is already being plied with investment offers at double or more its current value, sources tell TechCrunch.

This startup is issuing AI-generated acne prescriptions

October 5, 2026The Verge

People in Utah can now use AI to get a prescription for acne treatment. On Monday, healthcare startup Nolla Health announced that users in the state can scan their faces using its app, allowing its AI system to analyze acne severity and autonomously write a prescription, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. The service is launching […]

Elon Musk’s Exes Are the Most Damning Part of a Massive New Documentary

October 5, 2026Wired

Interviews with Justine Wilson and Ashley St. Clair in the nearly four-hour-long Musk paint the world’s richest man as capricious and cruel even toward those closest to him.

After Factory’s public spat with Khosla, Menlo proudly invests

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

Days after Vinod Khosla called Factory a struggling also-ran, Menlo has shown up with a check and a glowing blog post.

Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

Reflection is aiming Beam and future models at enterprises and sovereign nations. The pitch is to build “AI factories,” a product that would let institutions build their own customized, local AI system by training Reflection’s AI models on their own proprietary data.

All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics

October 5, 2026The Verge

This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing mathematical problems, in some cases pushing well beyond what researchers expected current systems to be capable of — including resolving one of the famous Millennium Prize problems. But in classic Silicon Valley style, AI labs are moving fast and breaking things, […]

Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27

October 5, 2026Ars Technica

The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.

Wikipedia operator says OpenAI’s ‘rogue’ bots may be linked to a May outage

October 5, 2026The Verge

Following many recent disclosures about AI agents accessing third-party websites and services, the Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia, says that it "can confirm that we have discovered some activity" by "rogue" OpenAI agents on Wikimedia platforms. The activity includes edits to Wikimedia wikis, "unsuccessful attempts" to "exploit" the Etherpad note-taking tool that the Wikimedia Foundation […]

Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

Instinct is launching group chats that let friends use its AI agent together for tasks like planning trips, organizing carpools, and coordinating events. The company says personal accounts remain separate, with permission required before personal agents share information or take action.

Hyundai CEO says only a ‘level playing field’ can minimize damage from China

October 5, 2026The Verge

There's been a lot of doom and gloom from the auto industry lately when the subject of China comes up. Automaker CEOs, in particular, warn that allowing low-cost, high-tech Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in the US would effectively spell the end of their businesses. Hyundai CEO José Muñoz is not as pessimistic as […]

TikTok rolls out an AI shopping assistant and one-click checkout

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

TikTok describes its new Shopping Assistant as a conversational AI agent designed to help users discover and purchase products.

Astronomers Confirm Discovery of the Youngest Known Exoplanet Ever

October 5, 2026Wired

Under 1 million years old, “Elias 2-24b” is now the youngest exoplanet ever observed, and it may force researchers to reevaluate theories about how planets are formed.

OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex

October 5, 2026The Verge

An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or exceeded" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also the basis for the watermarking Anthropic announced in August. Like OpenAI, Anthropic […]

At 19, founder raises $11M for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

Ghost's first product is Core, a personal computer designed specifically for AI agents that can take actions on a person's behalf.

Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

October 5, 2026Ars Technica

The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.

The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Deals 2026: WIRED-Tested Picks to Shop Now

October 5, 2026Wired

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days officially begin tomorrow, but I’ve already spotted early discounts on gear our team recommends.

Hot Girl Hotline is like ‘Dear Abby’ for the AI era

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

Founded by two sisters, Hot Girl Hotline uses AI to give young women personalized dating and relationship advice, with an emphasis on safety and avoiding emotional dependency.

5 startups that caught VCs’ attention at the latest PearX demo day

October 5, 2026TechCrunch

TechCrunch attended Pear’s latest demo day and discovered which startups generated the most buzz, from spatial models to chips for local AI.

Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps

October 5, 2026Ars Technica

Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.

OpenAI PR tells journalist to ‘move on’ while asking Sam Altman about a ChatGPT user’s suicide

October 5, 2026The Verge

An OpenAI publicist tried to change the topic of CEO Sam Altman's interview with Vanity Fair's Mark Guiducci after the editor brought up a ChatGPT user's suicide. When Guiducci confronted Altman about the incident, the publicist warned Guiducci about running out of time, saying she'd like to "move on" to another topic. The interruption came […]

Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen, but AI is totally worth it

October 5, 2026The Verge

Sam Altman thinks that the benefits of AI will be so great that "the world should accept some bad things happening" along the way. The OpenAI CEO pointed to hacks, scams, and "other bad things" as costs society should expect to tolerate because "people will do tremendously orders of magnitude more good stuff" with AI, […]

F1 in Bahrain... in Malaysia: The race needed a software update to start

October 5, 2026Ars Technica

A software bug waylaid half the field and required a race reboot.

Nvidia’s Shield TV Pro just got a $100 price hike

October 5, 2026The Verge

Nvidia's Shield TV streaming boxes are the latest victims of the memory shortage that has seen prices increase dramatically for everything from digital cameras to game consoles. When the Shield TV Pro launched nearly seven years ago with an upgraded Tegra X1+ processor, 3GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage, it sold for $199.99. But […]