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Thursday, 8 October 2026 · Updated just now

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World

US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering, rights group says

More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.

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Entertainment

'Bold and inventive' Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Literature Prize

Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.

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Sport

Floored by Farrell to top of the league - Atkinson on Gloucester resurgence

Charlie Atkinson has had three professional clubs and plenty of set-backs in his career so far, but now he is riding high with a resurgent Gloucester

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Sport

Russell to take further grid penalty this season

George Russell says he will be taking a further grid penalty this season in addition to the one he has been hit with for the Singapore Grand Prix.

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World

Teacher who sexually abused pupil back in Indonesia jail after BBC investigation

Mochamad Subchi Azal Tsani had been secretly released on parole in 2025, after serving less than half his sentence.

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Science

First Hurricane of the Atlantic season due to hit the Gulf coast

El Niño has led to an eerily quiet season so far but the first Atlantic hurricane of the year is now set to impact the southern USA.

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Science

Residents airlifted to safety after flooding in central Chile

The Mapocho river has burst its banks after an unusually large amount of rain fell in recent days.

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Science

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Business

'Come all the way' back to EU, French finance minister tells UK

Roland Lescure tells the BBC that being in the bloc enables members to better address the challenges facing the world.

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Technology

AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn

The tech giant is also expected to get a boost from its latest folding devices that were launched in August.

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Science

Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry

The prize was given to the French and Japanese scientists for solving the mystery of life's asymmetry.

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Technology

Rainmakers: The drones used to seed clouds

Cloud seeding is gaining attention as countries look to boost rainfall - will drones help?

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Science

A beautiful Himalayan bird is changing its voice due to human activity, research shows

A sharp increase in human activity is affecting the way the Himalayan monal lives and communicates, studies show.

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Health

Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain

US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.

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Culture

The brand new 'historic' mansions dividing opinion

Why grand country houses built to look like they're centuries old are in demand

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Culture

Ethan Hawke on the role that 'changed my life'

The beloved star reflects on the part that means the most to him in his career

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