As the shutdown drags on, the threat of permanent cuts is mired in politics

President Trump is meeting with his budget director, Russ Vought, about what additional cuts to make during the shutdown, and the president says his targets are partisan.

US government shutdown: Donald Trump promises firings and cuts to ‘Democrats’ favorite projects’ if shutdown continues – live

President says ‘I want to survive’ when asked about his plans for 2026 in interview with OAN television network

• Here’s what the shutdown means for travel, national parks and housing

• Share your views on the US government shutdown

Karoline Leavitt also spoke on Fox News this morning, where she was asked whether Donald Trump’s threats of cuts were just a negotiating tactic. “Oh, it’s very real,” she replied.

“The Democrats should know that they put the White House and the president in this position,” she went on. “And if they don’t want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government. It’s very simple. Pass the clean continuing resolution and all of this goes away.

Look, it’s likely going to be in the thousands. And that’s something that the Office of Management and Budget and the entire team at the White House here, again, is unfortunately having to work on today.

These discussions and these conversations, these meetings would not be happening if the Democrats had voted to keep the government open.

Reform UK council in Nottinghamshire ends ban on local journalists

Shut-out of Nottingham Post and its website reversed after threat of legal action over damaging freedom of expression

A Reform UK council has ended its ban on journalists from the area’s biggest local newspaper after being threatened with legal action over damaging the outlet’s freedom of expression.

Nottinghamshire county council, which has been led by Reform since the local elections earlier this year, said it was “committed to the principles of openness” after lifting the sanctions it had placed on journalists from the Nottingham Post and its website, Nottinghamshire Live.

Energy Dept. axes hundreds of 'green' projects in 'blue states' during shutdown

The Energy Department's cancellations of projects directly affected 16 states won by Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

White House asks 9 universities to sign agreement to guarantee funding

A White House compact asks universities to freeze their tuition for five years and ban the use of sex and gender as criteria used in admissions.

Europa League roundup: McGinn seals Villa win as Rangers and Celtic lose

• Emi Buendía also on target in 2-0 win at Feyenoord

• Rangers lose 2-1 at Sturm Graz; Celtic beaten by Braga

Emi Buendía and John McGinn struck second-half goals as Aston Villa beat Feyenoord 2-0 in Rotterdam to make it back-to-back Europa League wins.

Villa, who beat Bologna 1-0 in their opening game last week, held their nerve at De Kuip after coming under heavy first-half pressure, with Buendía and then McGinn scoring for Unai Emery’s side.

40% of arrests in D.C. crackdown have been immigration-related, data shows

Since launching its crackdown in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration has recorded over 3,500 arrests in the district, with nearly 1,400 strictly immigration-related.

Treasure hunters discover $1m in silver and gold coins off Florida coast

Valuables were being transported in 1715 from American colonies when a hurricane wrecked a Spanish fleet

Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “treasure coast”, a team of divers from a shipwreck salvage company have uncovered exactly that – a load of long-lost Spanish treasure they estimate is worth $1m.

More than 1,000 silver and gold coins thought to be minted in the Spanish colonies where Bolivia, Mexico and Peru now sit were uncovered this summer off Florida’s Atlantic coast, 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels LLC announced this week.

Nottingham Forest fans call for Postecoglou axe after 23 days following European defeat

Ange Postecoglou finds himself in an awkward spot. As Midtjylland streamed forward on the counterattack to score their third goal of a sobering evening, the Nottingham Forest head coach rested both hands on his head. The scenes that followed were close to extraordinary, sections of the home support, just 23 days into the manager’s reign, singing: “You’re getting sacked in the morning.” Then things got even more painful, the same fans singing the name of his predecessor Nuno Espírito Santo and many turning towards Evangelos Marinakis, watching on his own private television in the directors’ box.

Postecoglou insisted Forest had done their homework and understood what was always going to be a tricky assignment. He acknowledged Midtjylland would be messy opponents but their direct “vertical football” proved Forest’s undoing, the Danish side twice scoring from set pieces before Valdemar Byskov Andreasen capped the scoring after Dario Osorio pinched possession from Callum Hudson-Odoi. Chris Wood’s stoppage-time penalty proved merely a consolation. Postecoglou is now six games without victory.

Pope Leo's religious community is drawing renewed interest. Here's what makes it unique

"Before, we might get two or three discerners. But after Pope Leo, I now have 15. It's unbelievable."

The CDC still hasn't issued COVID vaccine guidelines, leaving access in limbo

Access to the COVID-19 vaccines remains difficult because of an unusual and unexplained delay by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in accepting recommendations from its advisers.

Manchester synagogue terror attack: two killed and suspect shot dead

Police say Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, was behind car and knife attack that left four people seriously injured

Police have shot dead a terrorist who killed two people and seriously injured four others in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Using a car to ram into the grounds of the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, the man then stabbed worshippers in a six-minute rampage that only ended when armed officers shot at him twice, fearing he also had an explosive device tied to his chest. It was later found to be a fake.

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

Man described as a Caribbean serial killer gets 30-year prison sentence in Guadeloupe

Kathron ‘Cuchi’ Fortune, 47, found guilty of torture and murder of a woman, one week after double murder sentence in separate case

A man described in court as a Caribbean serial killer has received a 30-year sentence for the torture and murder of a woman, days after he was given a life sentence for another double killing.

Kathron “Cuchi” Fortune, 47, was accused of “unbelievable violence” in the Assize court in Basse-Terre, in the French territory of Guadeloupe, where two separate trials were held in September and October.

Israel intercepts aid flotilla headed for Gaza

As Israel intercepted the aid ships, an airstrike also killed at least one aid worker in Gaza.

Who is Russ Vought? What to know about Trump's OMB director ahead of shutdown layoffs

President Trump described OMB Director Russ Vought as being "of PROJECT 2025 Fame."

‘Cancel Netflix’: Elon Musk leads rightwing backlash over trans character in kids’ show

Resurfaced clip from Dead End: Paranormal Park led Musk to encourage his followers to cancel their subscriptions

Elon Musk, the multibillionaire and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, has in recent days trained his attention on getting people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest of what he claims is the company’s “woke bias” and inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters.

Musk, the richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately $500bn, has repeatedly encouraged his 227 million followers on X, the platform he controls, to cancel their Netflix subscriptions. In the past three days alone, he has posted or reposted calls to cancel Netflix for its content at least 26 times.

OpenAI wraps $6.6 billion share sale at $500 billion valuation

OpenAI has completed a $6.6 billion secondary share sale at a $500 billion valuation, cementing its status as the most valuable private company in the world.

Amazon faces FAA, NTSB probe after two delivery drones crashed into crane in Arizona

The drones sustained "substantial" damage from the crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary incident report.

Emerging climbing star Balin Miller, 23, dies in fall from El Capitan

• Miller fell rappelling on El Capitan’s Sea of Dreams

• Alaskan was famed for bold Denali solo ascent

Balin Miller, a popular Alaskan climber, was killed on Wednesday while rappelling near the top of Sea of Dreams, an arduous route on the southeast face of El Capitan. His mother, Jeanine Girard-Moorman, confirmed the news in posts on social media.

“It is with a heavy heart I have to tell you my incredible son Balin Miller died during a climbing accident today,” she wrote. “My heart is shattered in a million pieces.”

MI5 and counter-terror police on heightened alert after synagogue attack

Policing at Jewish places of worship to increase as officials investigate killer’s motivations and ties to others

MI5 and counter-terrorism police will operate at a heightened state of alert in the coming weeks, reflecting concern that the Manchester synagogue attack may be followed by others during the period around the second anniversary of the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel.

Policing at synagogues across the country is to be increased. The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, promised “high visibility” patrols in and outside Jewish places of worship to reassure communities and to deter any further threats, while police forces elsewhere in the UK made similar commitments.

Tennessee set to execute only woman on state's death row. Here's what to know.

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds next September.

Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane likely located, research team claims

Researchers say they believe an object in a South Pacific island's lagoon is the wreck of Amelia Earhart's lost plane.

Crystal Palace extend unbeaten run as Muñoz gets European tilt off to flying start

The Crystal Palace juggernaut is showing no signs of slowing down. Goals from Daniel Muñoz and the substitute Eddie Nketiah ensured Oliver Glasner’s side marked their first appearance in the main phase of a European competition with a comfortable ­victory over Dynamo Kyiv despite a late red card for Borna Sosa.

It was the perfect reward for the 3,500 supporters who had made the pilgrimage from south London to southern Poland as Palace made it 19 games unbeaten in all competitions to establish a new club record that dates back more than 50 years.

Putin dismisses fears that Moscow plans to attack Nato as ‘nonsense’

During speech in Sochi, Russian president also strikes conciliatory note towards Donald Trump

Vladimir Putin has vowed to quickly retaliate against Europe’s “escalating militarisation”, while dismissing as “nonsense” western fears that Moscow plans to attack Nato.

During a wide-ranging speech in Sochi on Thursday, the Russian president said: “We are closely monitoring the escalating militarisation of Europe … We simply cannot ignore what is happening. We have no right to do so for reasons of our own security.”

LDS churchgoer raises money for accused Michigan shooter's family

Among the fundraisers that have cropped up in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at a Michigan church last weekend​, one aims to raise money not for the victims but, instead, for family members of the accused shooter. And it appears to have the backing of many LDS members.

Remains of U.S. sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identified

U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Edward D. Bowden was aboard the USS California when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, military officials said.

Immigration judge denies Kilmar Abrego Garcia's bid to reopen immigration case

Kilmar Abrego Garcia had asked an immigration judge to reopen his deportation proceedings.

Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to make Netflix road trip series

Former One Direction members to reunite for docuseries set on the road in US after death of bandmate Liam Payne

Former One Direction members Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson are to reunite for a Netflix road trip series.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the docuseries will follow the pair as they travel across the US. The show will be directed by Nicola Marsh, who was also behind the Demi Lovato documentary Child Star.

AI designs for dangerous DNA can slip past biosecurity measures, study shows

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study shows how AI could help malevolent actors get the stuff anyway.

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable

Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade

Wildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 buildings were destroyed in 2018 causing US$16bn (A$24bn, £12bn) in damage. Portugal, Greece, Algeria and Australia have all felt the grief and the economic pain in recent years.

As the headlines, the death tolls and the billion dollar losses from wildfires have stacked up around the world, so too have the rising temperatures – fuelled by the climate crisis – that create tinderbox conditions.

Tesla deliveries rise 7% before EV tax credits expire

Tesla's third-quarter deliveries got a boost as some consumers rush to buy electric vehicles before a federal tax credit expired.

Norris considers Verstappen ‘genuine challenger’ for F1 title after resurgence

• Four-time champion has won past two races to close gap

• Norris plays down McLaren prioritising teammate Piastri

Lando Norris has brushed off suggestions that McLaren would prioritise his teammate Oscar Piastri in the world championship fight after a resurgent Max Verstappen has emerged as a rival contender.

Norris said the Dutchman was now in a position to defend his title, as the drivers prepare for what is likely to be the most gruelling meeting of the year in Singapore, with temperatures soaring.

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

I am really excited by Namanlagh, the first poetry collection in 10 years from the great Tom Paulin. A tone-perfect meditation on illness and recovery, partnership and writing, violence and historical neglect, it is an absolute cracker. There are subtle nods to Derek Mahon and Seamus Heaney, and many of the poems are filled with a sense of late style and unfinished business.

Trump approval slipping among Latinos, but Democrats haven't made major gains

Recent polling shows a majority of Hispanics disapprove of the way President Trump is handling his job as president, but it hasn't translated into support for Democrats.

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Does Congress get paid during a government shutdown?

The shutdown raises questions about what it would mean for lawmakers themselves — and their paychecks.

The Guardian view on the Manchester synagogue attack: a tragic wake-up call for Britain | Editorial

An assault of this kind was widely feared. Now that it has happened, Britain faces a choice between deeper division and greater tolerance

The attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester was outrageous. It took two innocent lives, and several others were injured. Yet it could have happened almost anywhere. It is an event with wider national meaning and lessons. On Thursday morning, Britain looked over the edge into one of the dark places to which modern public life has been heading. Having looked and seen, Britain now needs to learn and step back.

The violence began around 9.30am, just as morning prayers were being held on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s most solemn and sacred day. The synagogue was inevitably well attended. Yet within a short period of time, two Jewish victims lay dead from stabbing, with four others injured, outside what ought to be a place of prayer and community. The attacker was then himself shot and killed, possibly as he attempted to get inside the building. He may have been armed with an explosive device.

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.

The Guardian view on climate policy: Britain needs clean power, not culture wars | Editorial

Kemi Badenoch’s plan to scrap the Climate Change Act is reckless. Ed Miliband offers a bolder, fairer vision. The future must be built on renewables

Let’s scrap Britain’s successful climate law so we can burn more gas, lose investment and have higher bills. Crazy as it might seem, that is the message of Kemi Badenoch’s new energy strategy. The Conservative leader proposes to repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act in favour of a plan to “maximise oil and gas extraction”, and remove all legally binding carbon targets. It’s pitched as pragmatism. But it’s a lurch into ideological self-harm.

Britain’s energy problem isn’t its climate legislation, which is admired globally, backed by industry and supported by the public. It’s that this country remains too dependent on volatile fossil fuels. Emissions targets are not the reason for high bills. It is gas prices, which skyrocketed after Russia invaded Ukraine. They set UK electricity prices. In Europe, they don’t – that’s why bills are lower there. Rather, Mrs Badenoch is choosing to follow Donald Trump in rolling back climate goals and seeing electricity prices in the US rise, not fall.

Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here.

Imelda weakens after lashing Bermuda as a Category 2 storm

Imelda, the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, has weakened to a post-tropical storm after lashing Bermuda with wind and rain.

‘A paroxysm of disposability’: France’s distaste for Shein’s ultra-fast fashion

A petition to ban the brand has passed 270,000 names but French shoppers have not been immune to its inexorable rise

A couple of hours before Shein opened a pop‑up shop in Dijon this summer, the words “Shein kills” and “exploitation, forced labour, slavery, pollution” were found graffitied in French on the outside wall.

Yet the fierce backlash to its series of temporary outlets in France in recent years, including in Toulouse, Montpellier and Marseille, has not deterred the Chinese-founded fast fashion brand from choosing the country for its first permanent physical stores.

Only Fools and Horses actor Patrick Murray dies aged 68

‘Much-loved’ film and TV performer played dim-witted Mickey Pearce in classic BBC sitcom

Patrick Murray, the actor best known for playing Mickey Pearce in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, has died aged 68.

In 2021 Murray revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer and had an operation to remove a lung tumour in its early stages. He said in 2022 that his oncologist had told him his “lung cancer was cured and that the tumour in my liver was shrinking”, but in April 2023 he revealed it had returned.

Hamas to demand key revisions to Trump Gaza plan before accepting, sources say

Turkey and Qatar putting pressure on group to make concessions – but condition it disarm is a sticking point

Hamas will demand key revisions to Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal but is likely to accept the plan in coming days as a basis for renewed negotiations, analysts and sources close to the group say.

Trump imposed a deadline of “three or four days” from Tuesday for Hamas to give its response to his 20-point plan, which aims to bring the two-year war in Gaza to a close and allow an apparently indefinite international administration of the devastated territory, or “pay in hell”.

Catalyst for peace? Welsh women’s 100-year-old petition gets new home

Exhibition at National Library of Wales marks historic event that has also inspired a wave of activism

The story it tells is a glorious one: how a century ago a determined band of campaigners trailed door to door persuading a third of all Welsh women to sign a petition calling for world peace and delivered it to the US.

UK government owes children apology for damaging Covid errors, inquiry hears

Children’s commissioner during pandemic says long lockdowns caused explosion in vulnerability among young

The government should apologise to children for the damaging mistakes and policy errors it committed during the pandemic, the former children’s commissioner for England has told the Covid-19 inquiry.

Giving evidence to the inquiry’s public hearing on Thursday, Anne Longfield said a “doom loop” of fatalism among ministers meant the government failed to do more to help children. She argued that the prolonged lockdowns and school closures were responsible for the explosion in mental health, welfare and behaviour difficulties still being experienced by children and young people.

Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens

Masoud Pezeshkian says subsidence is also ‘a disaster’ in city of 10 million, which consumes quarter of Iran’s water

Iran’s president has claimed Iran has no choice but to move its capital from Tehran to the south of the country due to the city’s over-expansion, the lack of adequate water supplies and the growing threat of subsidence.

Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that he had raised the proposal with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last year. He admitted it had received a lot of criticism, but argued that the accumulating resource crises were so deep that Iran now had an obligation to shift the capital, and no choice but to do so.

The Energy Department canceled billions in funding. Democrats say it's retribution

Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said the funding was for projects in 16 states, all of which voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

Sean Combs, in custody for a year, to face sentencing on split verdict

The music mogul, who was convicted on two counts of transportation for prostitution but acquitted of more serious charges, will be in court on Friday, Oct. 3 for a sentencing hearing.

Virgil Abloh: The Codes review – archive show sews up status as his generation’s leading designer

Grand Palais, Paris
Teeming display from Abloh’s vast collection shows him spinning Evian bottles, Air Jordans and mixtapes into landmark looks

Before his death in 2021 aged 41, Virgil Abloh was often called the most important fashion designer of his generation. Not the best – not even close. Even at Louis Vuitton, where he became the first Black man to oversee the label’s menswear in 2018, he preferred to print on T-shirts rather than tailor them. But as a pop-culture-obsessed polymath who approached fashion with a teenager’s enthusiasm, his high-low take on streetwear sought to open up the rarefied world of fashion to kids like him who had historically been shut out of it, whether he was putting his stamp on Evian bottles, Ikea rugs, or £8,000 bags.

The scale of his impact on design can’t be measured in stuff, but Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first exhibition devoted purely to the late fashion designer’s whopping 20,000-item archive, demonstrates that he was as much a voracious collector of things – the titular codes – as he was a maker of it.

Good Boy review – crafty supernatural horror leads with a heroic dog

A lovable pet is unlikely protagonist of 73-minute haunted house riff that has ingenious moments but gets repetitive

In the horror genre, you’d be a fool to ignore the concerns of a dog. While cats are mainly lurking in dark spaces waiting to collaborate with the orchestra on a cheap jumpscare, dogs are quick to alert their owners of nefarious goings-on, acutely sensitive to threats whether they be human or not.

In the often ingenious new horror film Good Boy, a pet dog isn’t just an easily dismissed harbinger of evil, he’s also the main character. Like last year’s Presence, which saw Steven Soderbergh tell a ghost story through the lens of the ghost, and In a Violent Nature, which gave us a gory slasher as seen by the killer, we’re given a fresh perspective on a story that’s anything but, this time a haunted house horror as seen by Indy, a loyal retriever. He’s worried about his owner, Todd (Shane Jensen, whose face we barely see), who’s retreating to his grandfather’s remote cabin after an undefined medical crisis.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says U.S. GDP could take a hit from the government shutdown

The Cabinet official spoke on the second day of the government closure.

Two Delta planes collide while on the taxiway in New York

Wing of one aircraft hit fuselage of another, resulting in one flight attendant with non-life threatening injuries

Two Delta Air Lines regional jets collided on the taxiway at LaGuardia airport in New York, injuring a flight attendant, damaging a cockpit and tearing off part of a wing in what the airline described as a “low-speed collision”.

The wing of an aircraft carrying 32 people getting ready to take off on Wednesday night to Roanoke, Virginia, hit the fuselage of an aircraft arriving from Charlotte, North Carolina, with 61 people aboard, according to a statement from Delta.

Meta wants to bring its Business AI chat tools to third-party websites

Meta debuted Business AI digital assistant for companies to offer to their customers more personalized product recommendations via chat interactions.

How to keep your child hooked on reading

"In honor of National Book Month, children's magazine The Week Junior has compiled a list of "read-alikes," books that share themes, genres, and characters with beloved kids' series. Executive editor Mindy Walker joins "CBS Mornings" to explain how read-alikes can help children stay excited about reading long after finishing their first book. "

Report shows hiring at lowest since 2009 as economists turn to alternative data during shutdown blackout

The data points fill in some gaps on information that usually comes from the Labor Department but are delayed because of the shutdown.

Imogen Heap: ‘We’re making a horrendous job of existing. Maybe AI is the next stage of evolution’

The pop-electronica musician answers your questions on hanging out with Jeff Beck, cheering up babies, and what she has learned from her ADHD and autism diagnoses

Social media has repopularised your song Headlock, but how did it feel 20 years ago when you had to create, advertise and market the Speak For Yourself album almost entirely solo? Samgams
Back then if you were lucky you got into NME or i-D magazine. The only real coverage I got was in the techie music mags, but then Hide and Seek was in The OC, Headlock got on the radio and I started getting recognition. If only we could have had TikTok and all this free promotion 20 years ago … but if I’d received then the kind of attention I get now, I might have made different life choices, so I wouldn’t have changed anything.

Did you really remortgage your flat to finance Speak For Yourself? AD2023
I spent four years making an album in [the electronic duo] Frou Frou on Island Records, but it never recouped so I never saw a penny. Making another album with that label would have felt like taking your best dress back to the dry cleaners after they burned it. After I got out of that deal, no bank would lend me any money. Then I realised that my two-bedroom flat in Waterloo I’d bought for £120,000 was worth a hundred grand more a year later. I remortgaged it to make the album and never looked back. Funnily enough, after all the attention on TikTok recently I’ve just received my first royalties from Frou Frou after 25 years.

‘It will be a hell of a ride’: Steven Knight announces Peaky Blinders spin-off show

The BBC has commissioned two series focused on the next generation of the Shelby family

Peaky Blinders is to get a spin-off series, according to the BBC. The new show will focus on Birmingham after the second world war, and will follow the Shelby family who starred in the show’s previous incarnation.

Two series have already been commissioned, to air on both the BBC and Netflix, with the narrative starting in 1953.

How much could a government shutdown cost the economy and taxpayers?

A shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion each week, according to one analysis.

Jem Cresswell’s striking whale images – in pictures

Photographer Jem Cresswell spent five years documenting the southern hemisphere’s humpback whales in the waters surrounding the Tonga Trench for his new book Giants, out now

Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution

A 30-year effort driven by long-term policies is finally paying off in Santiago in Chile – but the challenge is far from over

In Santiago, this winter was different. The mountains surrounding the city – the same ones that usually trap smog and turn it into a “pressure cooker” – were visible more days than usual.

For nearly 30 years Chile’s capital has been experimenting in how to reduce air pollution; in the last few years the work has at last begun paying dividends and 2025 was the third best year in terms of fewest hours of critical pollution episodes since the first atmospheric prevention and decontamination plan in 1997. Over the last decade, hours of exposure to high levels of pollution fell by 66%, which, according to the environment minister, Maisa Rojas, means the 7.5 million residents of the metropolitan region “are breathing cleaner air”.

Part of Pablo Escobar’s ranch to be given to female victims of Colombia conflict

Estate was abandoned after Escobar’s 1993 killing and later became a theme park, and now the land has been granted to female farmers

A slice of Pablo Escobar’s once-lavish ranch – a symbol of the drug lord’s enormous wealth and home to his infamous “cocaine hippos” – is being given to women who suffered in Colombia’s armed conflict, announced Gustavo Petro, the president.

Escobar, Colombia’s most notorious narco-trafficker and former head of the powerful Medellín cartel, became one of the richest men in the world in the late 1980s, with Forbes magazine estimating his fortune at $25bn.

Mckenna Grace on going from "Young Sheldon" to "Regretting You"

Actor Mckenna Grace, known for her work in "Young Sheldon" and other films, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about her latest role in the new Paramount Pictures film "Regretting You."

Exclusive discounts from CBS Mornings Deals

On this edition of CBS Mornings Deals, we show you items that might just become essentials in your everyday life. Visit cbsdeals.com to take advantage of these exclusive deals today. CBS earns commissions on purchases made through cbsdeals.com.

Waymo's self-driving car tested after traffic violation near San Francisco

Police near San Francisco say a self-driving Waymo vehicle made an illegal U-turn, raising questions about accountability when driverless cars break the law. With more autonomous vehicles hitting the road, CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on why there is still room for improvement.

Norovirus outbreak on cruise ship sickens nearly 100 people

According to the CDC, more than 90 passengers and four crew members aboard a Royal Caribbean ship reported symptoms of norovirus. The cruise ship was traveling through Central America and docked in Miami early Thursday morning.

Eye Opener: Government shutdown enters second day

The government shutdown has entered its second day as Democrats hold firm on health care demands. Also, scary moments at New York's LaGuardia Airport after two Delta planes collide on a taxiway. All that and all that matters in today's Eye Opener.

Trump administration officials in Memphis for latest federal effort to crack down on crime

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to Memphis Wednesday as part of the Trump administration's latest effort to crack down on crime in U.S. cities. Hundreds of federal forces will soon arrive in Memphis as well. Crime in the city has dropped to a historic 25-year low in the first eight months of the year, according to Memphis police.

Actors hate Tilly Norwood – but they are their own worst enemies | Catherine Shoard

The backlash against the AI actor has been fierce but with the rise of cosmetic surgery and navel-gazing releases, Hollywood needs to take a long, hard look at itself

Given that she has appeared only fleetingly in a brief comedy sketch, backlash to AI actor Tilly Norwood has been swift and fulsome. The people, the industry and the critics spoke with united voice, all of them basically retching.

Actors were especially fast out of the gate to condemn a concept that is – obviously – depressing, dystopian and (if the tech behind it has ripped off real-life faces) dodgy. It is also plain shonky: my colleague Stuart Heritage has said perhaps all there needs to be said about Tilly’s indeterminate dentistry, but there are clearly teething problems here that mean she’s far from ready for her closeup.

Two regional jets collide on tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport

Two regional jets crashed into each other on the tarmac at New York's LaGuardia Airport when the wing of one aircraft hit the front end of another. One flight attendant was injured.

Marion Cotillard at 50: the actor’s 20 best films – ranked!

We rate her most impressive performances, from Lady Macbeth to Edith Piaf to a Batman baddie

In her breakout film, modern great Marion Cotillard supplies annoying-girlfriend comic relief for Samy Naceri’s gallivanting Marseille taxi driver. The spunkiness and sultriness she gives out in every scene is small beer for her – but you’ve got to start somewhere. There are worse places than in this French box office ram-raider, which spawned a franchise.

How will the government shutdown impact the U.S. military?

Active-duty troops and National Guard members on missions will continue to work with the promise of back pay after Congress passes legislation to fund the government.

How could a government shutdown affect travel around the U.S.?

A prolonged government shutdown, as occurred in 2018, could lead to long lines at TSA checkpoints and economic losses, experts warn.

What is a government shutdown? Here's what happens when funding runs out

Much of the federal government shut down after Congress failed to reach a deal to approve new funding. Here's what that means.

How could a government shutdown affect Social Security recipients?

The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday after Congress failed to approve funding for federal agencies. Here's how that could affect Social Security recipients.

Christian Tetzlaff: Elgar and Adès Violin Concertos album review – refreshing and exhilarating

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The violinist’s performance of these two concertos is energetic but also thoughtful, with the BBC Phil sounding electric

Not everyone who loves Elgar’s Violin Concerto is going to love Christian Tetzlaff’s new recording of it, but nobody will find it bland. What’s perhaps most striking is the pace of the performance, which knocks minutes off anybody else’s: Tetzlaff could have packed up and left the building by the time, say, Vilde Frang gets offstage. Egged on by the conductor John Storgårds – who has the BBC Philharmonic sounding electric – Tetzlaff often runs towards moments of burgeoning intensity, rather than broadening out into them, and the effect is exhilarating. The downside is that some of the more densely woven passages sound fragmented this way; Tetzlaff is like a cat playing with a mouse, continually tensing, ready to pounce.

It’s not by any means all rushed, though. Sometimes Tetzlaff is introspective where other violinists are assertive, and vice versa; the phrases that tug at the heart are not always those you would expect. It’s a genuinely refreshing performance.

Trump Jr. dismisses crypto conflicts of interest, says dad’s not checking blockchain ledgers

Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Witkoff dismissed concerns regarding the project's political ties as "complete nonsense," at a major crypto event in Singapore.

Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, according to report

During the 2024-2025 school year, there were more then 6,800 instances of books being pulled, led by the horror author

A new report on book bans in US schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attempting to limit or eliminate bans.

PEN America’s Banned in the USA, released on Wednesday, tracks more than 6,800 instances of books being temporarily or permanently pulled for the 2024-2025 school year. The new number is down from more than 10,000 in 2023-24, but still far above the levels of a few years ago, when PEN didn’t even see the need to compile a report.

What's behind the health care fight that led to the government shutdown

It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.

Layoffs this year are at their highest level since 2020, report finds

Employers have announced nearly 950,000 job cuts through September, the great number of layoffs through September since 2020, an analysis finds.

I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally audiobook review – the life of a hospitality legend

Richard E Grant narrates the restaurateur’s candid memoir about his life’s highs, lows and biggest regrets – including barring James Corden

The memoir from Keith McNally, the British-born restaurateur behind celebrated New York establishments including The Odeon and Balthazar, begins bleakly with its author attempting suicide at his summer house in Martha’s Vineyard in 2018. We then rewind to 20 months earlier when, on a Saturday morning, he took his youngest children to the National Gallery in London. While looking at a painting of Jesus being betrayed by Judas, “I sensed my body beginning to show signs of betraying me: a strange metallic tingling started to pinch my fingertips.” McNally was experiencing the beginnings of a stroke that would leave him with impaired speech and paralysis on one side of his body.

I Regret Almost Everything sees McNally, now 74, reflecting on his health along with his long career, moving from bellboy at the Hilton hotel in London to teen actor – aged 16, he played the lead in a production of The Winslow Boy – to busboy at the New York restaurant One Fifth, where he was later promoted to maître d.

LA 2028 Olympics: fears of mass displacement and homeless sweeps as Trump threat looms

The city has been here before, with arrests during the 1984 Olympics that had long-term consequences for the city’s Black and brown people

In the lead-up to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, the city deployed 30 police officers on horseback to rid downtown of unhoused people and, in the words of a captain, “sanitize the area”.

Some people were arrested and transported to detox centers. Others were forced from public view while their possessions were trashed.

Champions League review: PSG’s young guns, Valverde’s discontent and Qarabag shine

There was a compelling clash of heavyweights in Catalonia, some unhappy rumblings at Real and a legend of Azerbaijani football roared

• The viewers. Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain was the final many wanted last season. Wednesday’s group-stage meeting showed why. The fixture did not disappoint, even if, with red tape delaying the opening of the renovated Camp Nou, it was played in the less atmospheric Lluís Companys Stadium. Luis Enrique’s young Parisians staged a comeback in Catalonia, thanks to their coach’s expert use of his squad. Senny Mayulu, 19, upstaged Lamine Yamal by scoring the equaliser – Wednesday was the first match this season Yamal had failed to either score or contribute to a goal. Instead, the resurgent Marcus Rashford set up Ferran Torres’s opener for Barça. PSG were shorn of Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the forward line that claimed last season’s crown. No matter: 23-year-old Bradley Barcola stepped up as the senior forward and ravaged Hansi Flick’s high-line, high-wire defence. The youngsters kept coming for PSG: 17-year-old Ibrahim Mbaye was replaced by another teenager, Quentin Ndjantou, to play alongside the lively Lee Kang-in. In the end, Achraf Hakimi supplied the assist for Gonçalo Ramos, another sub, to score the 90th minute winner and inflict Barcelona’s first loss this season. “If you’re the best team, you have to show it on the pitch, and not talk,” said Ramos, who habitually scores late goals off the bench. “We are the champions of Europe.”

Kenyan activists abducted after joining opposition rally in Uganda

Pair had crossed border to support presidential campaign of reggae singer Bobi Wine

Two Kenyan activists have been abducted in Uganda after attending a presidential campaign event for Bobi Wine, the reggae musician turned politician.

Heavily armed security operatives detained Bob Njagi, the chair of Free Kenya, and Nicholas Oyoo, the movement’s secretary general, at a petrol station near Kampala on Wednesday afternoon.

U.K. police investigate Manchester's deadly synagogue attack as a terrorist incident

Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, "all the more horrific" for taking place on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day.

Organisers call for sixth night of protest as Morocco death toll rises to three

Prime minister praises security response and says government is ready for talks

Morocco’s prime minister, Aziz Akhannouch, has praised the security force reaction to protests over corruption and public spending and said the government was ready for talks, as organisers called for a sixth night of protests.

In a statement, Akhannouch said the death toll in the protests had risen to three.

Hot-air balloons and a dewy cobweb: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Dame Jane Goodall obituary

Pioneering scientist whose breakthrough studies of chimpanzees changed how the animals were perceived and led to greater protection

During the final months of 1960, in what is now Gombe national park, Tanzania, Jane Goodall, then 26 years old, made two discoveries that established her name and reputation as a field scientist studying wild apes. First, she observed chimpanzees eating red meat. Before that moment, the scientific consensus, based on virtually no direct observation, was that chimpanzees were vegetarians.

Then she witnessed an even more unexpected behaviour: a chimpanzee male, crouched next to a high earthen tower built by termites, studiously modifying a long stalk of grass until it became a useful probe. The chimp then inserted the probe into a narrow tunnel that descended deep into the mound. As Goodall soon came to understand, members of the insect species’ soldier caste inside the mound instinctively lock their powerful mandibles on to any intruding object – and thus they became, once the probe was carefully drawn back out, victims of a crafty ape. The termites, potentially a significant source of nutrition, were tasty enough to serve as food for several species of monkey in that part of east Africa. Only chimpanzees, however, had developed the cultural tradition of “fishing” for them.

Taiwan rejects U.S. proposal for '50-50' chip production, says trade talks focused on tariffs

Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said the arrangement was "not discussed," as she returned from trade talks in the U.S., according to Taiwan's Central News Agency.

New signings lighting up the Premier League – and those yet to shine

Nordi Mukiele, Mohammed Kudus and Hugo Ekitiké have started quickly, unlike Florian Wirtz, Anthony Elanga and Benjamin Sesko

By WhoScored

Six games into their first Premier League season since 2016-17, and Sunderland are flying high in fifth place. It’s their best start to a top-flight campaign in 70 years. A lot of that success can be attributed to their new signings, none more than the outstanding Mukiele – WhoScored’s second-highest rated player this season after Erling Haaland.

James Comey’s real ‘crime’? Daring to put the law before loyalty to Trump | Lawrence Douglas

The former FBI director prioritized fidelity to his office. The case against him is flimsy – but that’s cold comfort

In 1931, an exceptionally talented young Berlin attorney named Hans Litten summoned Adolf Hitler to testify in a criminal case. Litten represented four victims of a brutal assault perpetrated by members of Hitler’s Sturmabteilung, or SA, on a dance hall frequented by leftist workers; by the time the assault ended, three people were dead. At trial, the defense sought to portray the SA as a disciplined political organization, under orders from Hitler to use force only as self-defense.

In his three-hour cross-examination of the head of the Nazi party, Litten managed what precious few dared to attempt. Hitler had expected the young lawyer to be intimidated; instead, Litten aggressively and skillfully dissected him under oath, reducing the supposedly gifted orator to a stammering rage. In trapping Hitler in contradictions and exposing him as an inveterate liar, Litten also made clear the Nazis’ goal of destroying the Weimar Republic. Hitler left the witness stand rattled and humiliated, henceforth forbidding Litten’s name to be uttered in his presence.

Lawrence Douglas teaches at Amherst College. His newest book, The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice, will be published in the spring of 2026

GoldenEye review – Pierce Brosnan’s ‘sexist, misogynist dinosaur’ makes his Bond movie debut

The 1995 spy adventure introduced Brosnan as 007 and Judi Dench as M – blending high-octane action with a cheeky post-Soviet self-awareness

This James Bond film from 1995, reissued for its 30th anniversary, is named after Ian Fleming’s own “Goldeneye” estate in Jamaica – though perhaps oddly, the film’s only Caribbean location is supposed to be Cuba. There’s a fair bit to enjoy here, although perhaps it’s best experienced on TV over Christmas in a Quality Street stupor. GoldenEye was the first to star Pierce Brosnan as 007, the first to see Judi Dench as M, and the first film to challenge its own franchise identity. As M crisply says to Bond: “I think you are a sexist, misogynist dinosaur and a relic of the cold war” – although her criticism of her star agent begins and ends with that description.

The film gamely attempts to reposition itself in the new post-Soviet world, with a key scene (and some of the opening sequence) taking place among the discarded, crumbling statues of Soviet heroes. Perhaps even more gamely, it revives the memory of the Lienz Cossacks who were chillingly repatriated to the Soviet Union after the war by the British to be slaughtered by Stalin.

Cross-country running and cyclocross could be added to Winter Olympics by 2030

• Indoor sports such as judo could switch to winter Games

• Coe wants athletics events outside stadium at LA 2028

Cross-country running and cyclocross have a good chance of being added to the 2030 winter Games in France, Sebastian Coe has predicted, as part of what could be the biggest overhaul of the Olympics in a generation.

The World Athletics president also confirmed that switching some indoor sports – such as judo – to future winter Games was on the table as part of the International Olympic Committee’s new “fit for the future” plans, designed to keep the Games relevant.

If it’s autumn, it must be bloody mary season | Hannah Crosbie on drinks

One alternative to Sober October is to sip away slowly at the classic hangover cure, the bloody mary, before the Christmas onslaught begins

‘When we drink alcohol, we are borrowing happiness from tomorrow” has always felt a particularly comforting quote whenever I’m on the horns of an especially awful hangover. It is also one that, until a shamefully short time ago, I attributed to Albert Einstein, because it turns out it’s apparently enough for me just to see a quote in cursive text overlaying a black-and-white photo of a famous person for me to believe it was said by them. Deeply embarrassing. I’ve also seen it recounted by James Corden, so who knows at this point? Einstein, Corden’s mate Jez … who’s to say?

Anyway, now that summer is over, most of us are left feeling that most of the year’s drinking is safely out of the way. Autumn is the hangover of the calendar year. Spring is the pre-drinks, summer the big blow-out and winter is the enormous, restorative takeaway. And when I think about hangovers, I often think of the bloody mary. It’s one of those drinks whose origins are shrouded in mystery, but the most commonly received wisdom is that it was created by Fernand Petiot in the 1920s, when he was working at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris (which, at the time, was simply called the New York Bar).

More Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, foiling retirement plans

Roughly 42% of younger working adults — spanning Gen Z, millennials and Gen X — report having no money left over after covering their daily expenses.

US to give Ukraine intelligence on long-range energy targets in Russia, say reports

Decision would signal a significant shift in White House support for Kyiv as Trump grows irritated with Putin

The US will provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets deep inside Russia, according to several media reports, a move that would signal a significant shift in White House support for Kyiv.

The decision would be the first example of a change in policy by Donald Trump since his comments on social media towards the end of September that Ukraine could win back all of the territory occupied by Russia.

Scientists to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in nitrogen

If successful, method could be used to support long-term conservation of species vulnerable to extinction

Researchers are to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in liquid nitrogen in a test to see whether cryopreservation could support the long-term conservation of Britain’s largest native species.

In a groundbreaking project, researchers will freeze eggs of captive-bred European swallowtails in liquid nitrogen at -196C and attempt to rear butterflies from the unfrozen eggs, comparing their success with butterflies reared from eggs that have never been frozen.

‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?

Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its effect on creativity

Josh was at the end of his rope when he turned to ChatGPT for help with a parenting quandary. The 40-year-old father of two had been listening to his “super loquacious” four-year-old talk about Thomas the Tank Engine for 45 minutes, and he was feeling overwhelmed.

“He was not done telling the story that he wanted to tell, and I needed to do my chores, so I let him have the phone,” recalled Josh, who lives in north-west Ohio. “I thought he would finish the story and the phone would turn off.”

‘She’s leaning into the idea that her image is a gilded fantasy’: how Taylor Swift embraced the showgirl

Swift, who returns with her 12th album in the guise of the ultimate iconic performer, is the latest pop star to take on the 19th-century tradition

Taylor Swift has gone through many evolutions over her 20-year career: the guitar-strummer of her 2006 debut, the wide-eyed New Yorker on 1989, the introspective storyteller of Folklore and Midnights. Her two-year Eras tour established her as the defining entertainer of her generation, and after her recent engagement to American footballer Travis Kelce, one of its biggest celebrities. Now, after an unexpectedly brief hiatus, Swift returns with her 12th album in yet another guise: a showgirl.

Swift made The Life of a Showgirl with Swedish super-producers Max Martin and Shellback while touring Europe last year. She described the project as a tribute to her “joyful, wild, dramatic” life as an entertainer, and a look “behind the scenes” of the Eras spectacle. Album imagery by fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott shows Swift bejewelled with diamantes, fishnet tights, fur and feathered headdresses.

How Chicago is resisting Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown - video

In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing, the Guardian's Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone head to Chicago, where Donald Trump's Ice deployment, codename Operation Midway Blitz, has been met by a defiant wave of sustained protests. With political violence on the rise, they speak to a new generation of political candidates and organisers, including Kat Abughazaleh, to find out if worse is still to come

Do you know about shitposting? It’s cheap humour, rage bait – and now, it seems, US government policy | Robert Topinka

Donald Trump’s White House reveals a new ‘portrait’ of Joe Biden – and in his world, if you don’t laugh, the joke’s on you

On 24 September, a White House communications adviser posted a video on X of a new presidential Walk of Fame, captioned: “Wait for it”, with a pen and eyes emoji. The video pans over a succession of presidential portraits to reveal – in place of Joe Biden’s portrait – a framed photograph of an autopen signing his name. The sight-gag references the Maga conspiracy theory that, unbeknownst to “Sleepy Joe”, unscrupulous aides used the autopen to sign pardons in his name. The post delighted supporters and outraged critics, which only further delighted supporters.

And that was precisely the point. This combination of cheap humour and rage bait is the province of the shitpost, a genre of low-effort social media content designed to amuse insiders and annoy outsiders. Like so much of internet culture, shitposting was pioneered on the message board 4chan – but Donald Trump is a natural. On the 12th anniversary of 9/11, he tweeted: “I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.” The shitpost forces a choice: undermine public decorum by laughing along, or get offended, outing yourself as a hater and a loser.

Robert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of London