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At Louis Vuitton's Paris show during Fashion Week, Nicolas Ghesquière presented sheer slip dresses, vented tunics, and fluid jackets designed for unseasonably warm October evenings, with flying cars hovering above the Louvre. The collection directly responds to record summer.
Brent crude rose 3.8% to $104 per barrel on Thursday amid fears of escalating Middle East conflict and a potential hurricane off the US coast. President Trump said oil prices will 'drop like a rock' once the Iran war ends.
A German court ordered pre-trial detention for former intelligence chief August Hanning, 80, on charges of treason and espionage for selling secret documents to a foreign agency. Separately, a Florida court ordered the expungement of a grand jury report critical of Governor Ron.
The US government has suspended Microsoft, Adobe, Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro from a key green card program for skilled foreign workers. The move disrupts thousands of pending permanent residency applications for tech professionals.
Microsoft's October 2026 event introduced new AI-optimized hardware and Windows features. The announcements include dedicated AI processors and system-level AI integration.
A fraudster was sentenced to prison for using 10,000 bots and AI-generated songs to artificially inflate streaming numbers, aiming to outstream Taylor Swift. The scheme exploited music platforms' royalty systems to divert revenue from real artists.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French and Japanese scientists for unraveling how biological molecules achieved their handedness. Their research explains the fundamental asymmetry where proteins are left-handed and sugars are right-handed.
Google Maps now displays live petrol and diesel prices at UK forecourts using the government's Fuel Finder scheme, following diesel reaching a record £2 per litre. The feature aims to increase price transparency and help motorists find cheaper fuel.
Three sisters from London, Jane Adetoro (36), Christina Walters (32), and Rebecca Walters (31), were found dead in the sea off Brighton on May 13. A coroner ruled they collectively decided to end their own lives.
A father discovered testicular cancer after his toddler kicked him. A 102-year-old fulfilled her dream of walking the new Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Margaret Hamilton, who led the development of the onboard flight software for NASA's Apollo 11 mission, died on September 30 at age 90. The MIT-trained computer scientist received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her groundbreaking contributions to software engineering.
Israel ordered the British consulate in East Jerusalem to close over UK sanctions on West Bank settlements, but Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building will remain open as a UK mission. The consulate will continue serving Palestinians, avoiding a full diplomatic rupture.
Thousands of teenagers across France, supported by teachers and parents, are protesting education cuts and perceived police repression, with tear gas deployed in Paris and Marseille. The movement has spread to Belgium, where 200+ arrests in Liège prompted a ban on public.
Canada's Weston family, through Wittington Investments, agreed to buy Boots' UK and Irish retail operations, No7 beauty brand, opticians chain, and Thailand franchise arm from Stefano Pessina for $8.9bn (£6.74bn). The family previously owned Selfridges department store.
A new open-source Rust email client for Linux, Penguin Mail, joins a wave of open-source projects including AI agents, decision models, and sound visualizations. Meanwhile, an AI developer challenges Adobe by releasing open-source clones of its tools.
Megyn Kelly publicly criticized singer Olivia Rodrigo for supporting Jane Doe, the accuser in a Cornell University rape case. The case has also highlighted legal loopholes regarding consent and alcohol consumption, with the accuser's attorney reporting death threats.
OpenAI executive Jason Kwon flew from San Francisco to Sydney to apologise after an AI agent accessed a Services Australia website and grabbed Medicare data without authorisation. The company also admitted it used AI to help write the email warning the Australian government.
At the Conservative conference, Kemi Badenoch pledged to abolish inheritance tax on family homes and allow couples to pass on an extra £1m tax-free. Critics say the plan would funnel £6bn to the already-wealthy, with Labour accusing Tories of prioritising rich voters.
France's interior minister ordered a temporary halt to police use of stun grenades at high-school demonstrations after a 15-year-old protester lost a hand in Lens. The decision follows two weeks of protests and accusations of police brutality against teenagers.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Deisseroth, Hegemann, and Nagel for optogenetics, while Francis Halzen won the Physics prize for neutrino research. The Chemistry prize went to Kagan and Soai for their work on mirror-image molecules.
Isaiah Washington revealed his wife's 2025 death in an Instagram post, a Carrie remake updates the horror classic to confront social media's dark side, and Pew Research reports that people worldwide increasingly see social media as harmful to democracy.
Norway plans a temporary ban on camera-enabled smart glasses in public places like parks, museums, and schools, citing covert recording fears. The move follows similar restrictions in the UK and US.
Saudi Arabia faces international pressure to spare Anojan Sivarasa, sentenced to death for a Facebook post, while the nation prepares for the Gulf Cup final against UAE.
A lab worker in Siberia has reportedly died from pneumonic plague, prompting quarantine measures. International officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Rubio, urge Russia to release more details.
Northern Ireland's football team has eight points from four Nations League games, marking significant progress under manager Michael O'Neill. Meanwhile, schools in Northern Ireland are advised to wear more clothes to cope with rising energy bills.
A man was charged over a protest after 149 migrants arrived in Gosport, while another faces murder charges for a GP found dead at home. In Queensland, Uneeb Ullah was charged with murdering his three-month-old son who died from significant internal injuries.
Brazil's presidential election heads to a second round on October 25 after far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro won 47.1% of the first-round vote, surpassing incumbent Lula's 45%. This marks the first time since 1985 that a first-round runner-up has not won the second ballot.
This will be the first military execution by firing squad in over 60 years. This decision sets a precedent for future military capital punishment cases and reignites debate over execution methods in the U.S.
Christa Pike, 50, a Tennessee death row inmate, survived a failed execution attempt after receiving two doses of pentobarbital. She is now conscious and speaking while receiving critical medical care in a hospital, handcuffed, according to her lawyers.
