Could we end migraines for good? – podcast

British cabinet minister Dehenna Davison recently resigned from government, explaining that chronic migraines were making it impossible for her to do her job. Her announcement coincided with a new drug for acute migraines being recommended for use in the NHS. Madeleine Finlay meets Prof Peter Goadsby, whose pioneering research underpins the new drug, to find out about the advances we’ve made in understanding migraines, and whether we might one day be able to wave goodbye to migraines for good

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How surging trade with China is boosting Russia’s war

Russian customs data filed as recently as August 2023 point to the continued supply of battlefield equipment, including drones, helmets, vests and radios, from China, new analysis by CNBC shows.

Police: Ghost guns, 3D printers found at East Harlem day care

The discovery comes after another recent tragedy in which a toddler died and three others were sickened due to exposure to fentanyl at a Bronx day care.

The second Republican debate's biggest highlights: Revisit 6 key moments

Seven Republican candidates met for the second primary debate in California on Wednesday, taking aim at President Biden and each other.

Trump seeks UAW endorsement while criticizing EVs, Biden in Michigan

Trump, several times, asked United Auto Workers members to encourage union leaders to endorse him during his roughly hour-long speech.

House Republicans to hold first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing

The first impeachment inquiry hearing into President Biden takes place Thursday. The GOP memo says the inquiry "will span the time of Joe Biden's Vice Presidency to the present, including his time out of office."

Evergrande halts share trading as woes mount for China’ property giant

Suspension comes a month after developer resumed trading and follows its chair reportedly being put under police surveillance

Embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande has suspended share trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange only a month after it resumed trading after a 17-month suspension.

Trading in its two other units – the property services and electric vehicle groups – also stopped at 9am on Thursday, according to notices posted by the stock exchange.

US actor Steve Martin backs Australian film on Indigenous art movement

Comedian announced as executive producer on Honey Ant Dreamers, about the evolution of the Papunya Western Desert art movement, to be filmed across the Northern Territory

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US actor, comedian and keen Indigenous art collector Steve Martin has been announced as an executive producer of a new feature film that charts the origins of the Western Desert art movement.

Martin, who is one of the world’s top collectors of Aboriginal Australian art, has also been involved in the script development for Honey Ant Dreamers, set to be filmed in 2024 around Papunya, the MacDonnell Ranges and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

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Trump criticizes Biden, Democrats, automakers over electric vehicles

Former President Trump addressed many of his remarks to UAW workers who were not in the room where he was speaking.

Nagorno Karabakh: Why a frozen conflict suddenly exploded

Tens of thousands of refugees have already fled their homes in the disputed region, and more are set to follow. Andrew Roth explains why

After a long blockade – then a lightening-fast offensive – the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh finally fell to Azerbaijan. And this week tens of thousands of refugees have fled over the border into neighbouring Armenia.

The Guardian’s Moscow correspondent, Andrew Roth, was at the border speaking to the people evacuating. One woman told him it was the third time she had had to flee, and how heartbroken she was to have to abandon not just her home, but the place her son was buried. Roth explains the long roots of the conflict and its wider significance.

Thousands of Las Vegas hospitality workers vote to authorize strike

If a strike were to happen, it would impact 22 casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

Delta CEO says carrier went 'too far' in SkyMiles changes, promises modifications after frequent flyer backlash

Delta's CEO said the carrier wanted to "rip the Band-Aid off" with changes to SkyMiles program.

FDA panel votes against experimental ALS treatment pushed by patients

Federal health advisors voted 17-1 against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease dubbed NurOwn, although the FDA is not bound by the vote.

Paul Dalla Rosa: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The Melbourne writer who penned ‘a novel about the internet’ shares why Lana Del Rey bathing with her cats, Bill Gates in slo-mo and the NYT advice column make him laugh online

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Last year, I went to write in a cabin in the middle of the New Hampshire woods. There were deer and bobcats and large, expressive racoons. I was excited to be off-grid. But even there, I still received data. My phone reception was better than ever. During the day, I placed my phone in a ziplock bag and stashed it in the unlit fireplace, then, late at night, abjectly clawed it back out. I understood why writers in the past cut modem lines and severed fibre optic cables, but I told myself it was OK to be on the internet as I was writing a novel about the internet, that semiotic deluge we’re all immersed in, which is something so strange and beautiful and wondrous and terrifying.

These are some of the things I return to. Though, if I’m honest, the funniest things I’ve seen aren’t always “ha ha” funny. It’s more that I’m drawn to a weirdness, a certain energy. These are the things that make me laugh.

Indonesia bans e-commerce sales on social media platforms like TikTok

Government says regulation aimed at protecting small businesses from competition

Indonesia has banned goods transactions on social media platforms as it aims to protect small businesses from e-commerce competition.

Calls had grown in recent months for a regulation governing social media and e-commerce, with offline sellers seeing their livelihoods threatened by the sale of cheaper products on TikTok Shop and other platforms.

Senate establishes official dress code days after ditching it

The initial decision to relax the dress code prompted swift backlash, especially toward Sen. John Fetterman, who typically wears a hoodie and gym shorts.

MSU football coach Mel Tucker fired for "inappropriate behavior"

Michigan State University fired Tucker on Wednesday after the suspended football coach last year had what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist and rape survivor.

Canada assassination claim sparks rare consensus in India’s polarised politics and media

News anchors, political commentators and even the opposition furiously condemn accusations India played a role in assassination of Sikh activist

When Justin Trudeau stood up in Canadian parliament last week to announce there were “credible allegations” that agents linked to the Indian government had been involved in the assassination of a Sikh activist in a suburb of Vancouver, it sent reverberations across the world.

Countries from the US to the UK expressed concern at the allegations, urging India to cooperate with the investigation. Inside India, the response was defiant. The government called the allegations “absurd” and politically motivated and attempted to turn the tables, accusing Canada of being a rogue state that is a “safe haven for terrorists”.

NASA astronaut returns to earth after setting U.S. record for longest trip to space

After spending a NASA record 371 days in space, astronaut Frank Rubio returned to earth Wednesday, touching down in Kazakhstan with two Russian cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz MS-69/23S. Rubio's mission to the International Space Station was initially supposed to run for six months, but was delayed due to a coolant leak on a previous capsule, which forced them to wait for a replacement.

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker fired for sexual harassment

Mel Tucker, the head coach for the Michigan State football team, was fired Wednesday over allegations that he sexually harassed an activist and rape survivor during a phone call.

Judge denies Trump's request for her recusal in Jan. 6 case

Judge Tanya Chutkan denied former President Donald Trump's request to recuse herself.

Young Australians could turn the tide to make the voice a reality | Barrie Cassidy

History shows us referendums are tough. But the more progressive, issues-based under-40s might just make this one the groundbreaker

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There are so many political orthodoxies and shibboleths in Australia discouraging change. Conservatives use them like handbrakes. Progressive parties fear the strength of precedents and instead talk of change, but only so much change. It takes considerable political pressure from within their own constituency to even try for the harder stuff.

One such contention is that you can’t change the constitution without bipartisan support.

As it stands – with history and not the present as the determinant – that is so demonstrably right. Until now we have been a very conservative bunch when it comes to change. Especially at referendums.

There have been 44 referendums since 1901 and only eight were successful.

And here’s the thing. Of those eight, seven gained a majority of votes not only nationally but in all states. In other words, they had to be non-contentious ideas. Substantial, sure. But no-brainers. Proposals such as allowing the Senate and the House of Representatives elections to be held at the same time; a retirement age for judges; allowing territorians to vote in referendums; counting Aboriginal Australians in the census.

The one exception, the one referendum that drew a yes vote without all of the states on side, happened in 1910 when New South Wales alone resisted change.

Deadline for government shutdown nears with no deal in sight

If no deal is reached by Congress, a government shutdown could begin as soon as Sunday, causing major disruptions across the U.S. Scott MacFarlane has the latest on the negotiations.

Ghost gun lab found in New York City daycare

Three people have been arrested after a ghost gun printing operation was discovered inside a home-based daycare center in New York City's Harlem neighborhood, police said Wednesday. Jericka Duncan reports.

Gen. Mark Milley makes first public response to Trump comments

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sat down with Norah O'Donnell to make the first public response to former President Donald Trump's shocking recent comments, which suggested that Milley deserved execution for communications the general had with China during the final months of the Trump administration.

Kia, Hyundai recall 3.3 million vehicles over fire risk

Kia and Hyundai have recalled about 3.3 million vehicles over the possibility they could catch fire due to an antilock brake system issue.

Thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas vote to authorize strike

Approximately 40,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas could soon walk off the job after union members voted by a 95% margin Tuesday to authorize a strike if a new five-year labor deal is not reached. A strike would have a major impact on casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. Elise Preston has more.

U.S. soldier Travis King deported by North Korea

U.S. Army Pvt. Travis King, who crossed the border from South Korea to North Korea in July, is back in U.S. custody after being deported by North Korea Wednesday. A senior U.S. official said King is in good spirits and has already spoken with his mother. King had fled into North Korea on the same day he was supposed to return to the U.S. to face military discipline for an assault conviction. Elizabeth Palmer has more.

Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife plead not guilty to bribery, fraud

Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife, Nadine Menendez, appeared in a federal courtroom Wednesday where they pleaded not guilty to federal charges that they used the senator's powerful position to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. The senator was released on $100,000 bail, while his wife was released on $250,000 bail. Nikole Killion has the latest.

"CBS Evening News" headlines for Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 582 of the invasion

Wagner mercenaries return to Donetsk front; Russia launches 44 air strikes in one day

Dozens of people arrested in Philadelphia after stores are ransacked across the city

Dramatic scenes of large-group smash-and-grabs have been documented across the U.S. in recent years, but it's unclear whether such crimes are actually increasing.

Astronaut and cosmonauts return to Earth after getting stuck in space for more than a year

Trio had to stay longer on International Space Station after their original return capsule was hit by space junk

A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for the longest US spaceflight – a result of the extended stay.

The trio landed in a remote area of Kazakhstan, descending in a Soyuz capsule that was rushed up as a replacement after their original ride was hit by space junk and lost all its coolant while docked to the International Space Station.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks to digital assistants, smart glasses and AI to help metaverse push

Meta is rolling out new AI software in addition to its Quest 3 virtual reality headset and smart glasses as it tries to move the world to the metaverse.

Women’s Super League 2023-24 previews No 9: Manchester City

A team studded with England internationals need to kick on and secure European qualification after last season’s near miss

To improve on last season’s fourth place and challenge for the WSL title. If missing out on Champions League qualification on goal difference last term hurt, Gareth Taylor and his players could cite mitigating circumstances. The summer of 2022 proved turbulent at the Etihad campus with four leading City lights exiting stage left and another retiring. While England’s Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh defected to Barcelona, their international teammate Georgia Stanway departed for Bayern Munich and Ellen White, the Lionesses’ record goalscorer, hung up her boots. By then Scotland’s Caroline Weir had also already left for Real Madrid. Given that context, a top-four place represented respectability.

More aid money spent on clean air than fossil fuels for first time

Clean Air Fund says despite increased spending on air pollution, projects still receive less than 1% of funding

Governments, agencies and development banks have spent more aid money on clean air than fossil fuels for the first time on record, a report has found.

However, such projects still receive less than 1% of international development funding, according to the Clean Air Fund, an environmental charity.

SpaceX wins first Pentagon contract for Starshield, its satellite network for military use

The Pentagon is already a high-value buyer of the company's rocket launches and had shown increasing interest in its Starlink satellite internet.

The winner of August's $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot claims prize in Florida

The winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Neptune Beach, a town along the Atlantic Coast near Jacksonville. The jackpot was the third-largest in U.S. history.

AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb to participate in Medicare drug price negotiations

AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb and other drugmakers have filed at least eight lawsuits seeking to declare the Medicare price talks unconstitutional.

Late-night hosts announce return to air after deal to end writers' strike

Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel announced they would resume their shows on Monday, Oct. 2.

Florida man is bitten by a rabid otter. How is rabies treated?

After the attack in Jupiter, Florida, animal control picked up the otter and it tested positive for rabies, a disease that can be fatal. Here's how it is handled.

My first time in a float tank: ‘the only part of me I was sure still existed was my head’

In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong experiences sensory deprivation in a salty, skin-temperature bath

An hour sounds like a long time to float.

As a first-time float tank user with a love of statistics, I was across all the major numbers before dipping a single toe in the water. I knew, for example, that my toe would go into a double bed-sized pool filled with 400kg of Epsom salts and 1,000 litres of water.

Victor Osimhen on target in Napoli win, Sassuolo end Inter’s unbeaten start

• Napoli 4-1 Udinese, Inter 1-2 Sassuolo, Cagliari 1-3 Milan
• Girona go top of La Liga, Real Madrid sink Las Palmas

Victor Osimhen was on the scoresheet for Napoli as the defending Serie A champions earned a welcome 4-1 home win over Udinese on Wednesday.

The Nigeria forward struck in the first half and offered a muted celebration, after a week where his agent has discussed “the right to take legal action” after Napoli posted a bizarre video on TikTok that seemingly mocked the player.

Fraud ruling could topple Donald Trump's New York business empire

Judge's ruling could strip Donald Trump of his authority to make strategic and financial decisions over key properties in the state.

FAA closes investigation into Blue Origin rocket failure, requires 21 'corrective actions'

The Federal Aviation Administration closed its investigation into last year's failed flight of a cargo mission by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

Heinz selling Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch after viral Taylor Swift tweet

Heinz is selling limited bottles of Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch after a Taylor Swift fan account posted a photo of the pop icon at a Kansas City Chiefs game.

Costco is selling gold bars and they are selling out within a few hours

The retail warehousing giant is your one-stop shop for 1 ounce gold bars, handsomely detailed and ready for purchase.

Newcastle earn Manchester United trip as Isak sends City out of Carabao Cup

If Pep Guardiola did not particularly relish receiving a reminder that, sometimes, possession can be overrated, Eddie Howe saw his Newcastle team transformed by the half-time introduction of Bruno Guimarães and Anthony Gordon.

That pair made a mockery of Manchester City’s earlier domination, paving the way for Alexander Isak’s second-half winner to earn Howe’s side a fourth-round trip to Manchester United. Not to mention ensuring that “Gulf derby” bragging rights belong to Saudi Arabia.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville says U.S. military not an 'equal opportunity employer'

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., rejected notions that the U.S. military should promote racial minorities. The military began desegregating in 1948.

Dominik Szoboszlai’s rocket helps Liverpool avoid upset against Leicester

Another moment of brilliance from Dominik Szoboszlai sealed yet another comeback from Liverpool as Leicester’s hopes of an upset were shattered spectacularly at Anfield.

The Hungary captain had been on the pitch for five minutes when he polished a dominant home display with a thunderous drive that kissed the underside of Jakub Stolarczyk’s crossbar en route to goal. The Championship club had taken an early lead through Kasey McAteer but stylish strikes from Cody Gakpo, Szoboszlai and Diogo Jota ensured Liverpool came from behind to win for the fifth time in eight matches.

Microsoft technology chief says supply of Nvidia's AI chips is improving

Kevin Scott, Microsoft's chief technology officer, said supply of Nvidia's graphics processing units is improving now that generative AI hype has cooled a bit.

Nicolas Jackson knocks Brighton out of Carabao Cup to lift gloom at Chelsea

When it finally arrived the goal could not have been more out of keeping with Chelsea’s recent attacking efforts. There was a deft assist from Cole Palmer, who impressed on his first start since joining from Manchester City, but what stood out even more was Nicolas Jackson casting the doubts aside, taking the ball on the run and finding the ruthlessness to send Brighton out of the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Was this really Chelsea? It has not been easy to keep the faith with Mauricio Pochettino’s blunt side. Chelsea, who had gone three games without finding the back of the net, had felt the gloom deepening after losing to Aston Villa. There were even concerns that the men’s team would not be contributing any entries to the club’s goal of the month competition for September.

UAW again threatens to expand strikes at Detroit automakers if progress isn't made by Friday

Autoworkers initially went on strike on Sept. 15, shutting down one assembly plant each at GM, Ford and Stellantis.

McCarthy revives immigration battles in bid to shift shutdown blame from GOP feuds

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still faces a bloc of conservatives who oppose any short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown. He's trying to muscle through a partisan stopgap bill with border security.

EV charging stations at commercial properties are a hot amenity

Commercial real estate owners are trying to draw in EV owners by alleviating their range anxiety.

Glasgow gets go-ahead to open UK’s first drug consumption room

Cities across Scotland considering similar addiction schemes as plans approved for Hunter Street facility

Cities across Scotland are considering setting up their own safe injecting facilities after authorities in Glasgow gave the official go-ahead to the UK’s first drug consumption room.

“All eyes are on Glasgow,” said Allan Casey, Glasgow city council’s addictions convener, after the plans were approved on Wednesday morning by a joint committee of NHS and council officials.

Kia and Hyundai recall more than 3 million vehicles due to the risk of fire

More than 1.6 million Hyundais and 1.7 million Kias are at risk of engine compartment fires. Owners of the affected vehicles are urged to park them outside and away from homes and buildings.

Colin Kaepernick asks New York Jets if he can join practice squad

Colin Kaepernick, who last played in the NFL in 2016, wrote in his letter to the Jets that he "never retired or stopped training" in hopes of getting another opportunity.

Rivals accuse Trump of being ‘missing in action’ at second Republican debate

Seven candidates faced off at Ronald Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, with Republican frontrunner again choosing to skip

The absence of Donald Trump played a central role in the second Republican primary debate of the 2024 election season, as seven White House hopefuls tried and mostly failed to shake up a race in which the former president remains the clear frontrunner.

Two of Trump’s rivals attempted to capitalize on his absence by criticizing him for skipping the debate, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute in Simi Valley, California. DeSantis mocked Trump as “missing in action”, saying, “He should be on this stage tonight. He owes it to you to defend his record.”

Meta to launch AI chatbots played by Snoop Dogg and Kendall Jenner

Host of celebrities to embody new assistants aimed at increasing young people’s interaction with AI

Meta is to launch artificial intelligence chatbots embodied by celebrities including Snoop Dogg, Kendall Jenner and Naomi Osaka.

Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at the company’s annual Connect conference, where he spoke about new AI products at Facebook’s parent company.

Uruguay fight back to deny 14-man Namibia first-ever Rugby World Cup win

• Pool A: Uruguay 36-26 Namibia
• Des Sethie sent off as discipline costs outsiders

Uruguay secured their first win at this year’s Rugby World Cup, fighting back to beat Namibia 36-26 in their Pool A meeting in Lyon.

Namibia led 14-0 early on and 23-12 soon after half-time, but were punished for ill-discipline as their bid for a first-ever World Cup win fell short. Des Sethie saw his yellow card for a high tackle upgraded to a red, while Johan Coetzee and the captain Tjiuee Uanivi were also sent to the sin bin.

Lillard joining Antetokounmpo at Bucks in blockbuster trade, say reports

• Seven-time All-Star requested trade from Portland in July
• ESPN say Phoenix Suns also involved in trade

The Milwaukee Bucks look like they will have a formidable duo at their disposal with reports they have acquired seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard to play alongside two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Portland Timbers will receive Milwaukee’s 2029 unprotected first-round draft pick, and unprotected Bucks swap rights in 2028 and 2030 as well as Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton and Toumani Camara. The Phoenix Suns are also part of the deal and will receive Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson.

US soldier who fled to North Korea in July back in US custody

Travis King transferred across border to China, where he was handed to US embassy and will be returned home

Travis King, an American soldier who fled across the border from South Korea to North Korea in July, is back in US custody, officials said on Wednesday.

According to senior administration officials, King crossed the Chinese border on Wednesday, and Chinese authorities handed him to the US embassy, who then arranged for the army private to be flown to a US military base in the region.

UAW leader condemns Trump ahead of Michigan visit during union strike

UAW President Shawn Fain criticized Trump's track record with unions as well as his Wednesday visit being at a nonunion company called Drake Enterprises.

'It's just not right': residents react to demolition order for Mast Quay II tower block – video

Residents at the Mast Quay Phase II tower block and surrounding area in Greenwich spoke to the Guardian about a demolition order for their building from the Greenwich council due to a series of planning breaches. Many of the people residing in the 23-storey housing development initially received the news through journalists and expressed surprise and disappointment with the decision.

Anthony Okereke, the Labour leader of Greenwich council, said developers were 'lining their pockets' by letting the apartments despite issues with planning breaches. The council described the building as a 'mutant development that is a blight on the landscape'.

The developer, Comer Homes, said: 'We are justly proud of our track record of delivering high-quality developments across the UK. In our view the council’s concerns regarding Mast Quay Phase II can be addressed through following normal process and engaging with us on a retrospective planning application'

• London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council

• ‘We haven’t been informed’: woman shocked to learn her London flat will be demolished – video

• The decision to demolish the Mast Quay flats is a rare triumph for planners

‘It’s fertile ground’: far right tries to muscle in on France’s World Cup | Raphaël Jucobin

Rugby’s spot in the limelight at a home World Cup comes with divisive attention from all sides of the political spectrum

Even when he’s not playing, all eyes are on Antoine Dupont. With the France captain seemingly closing in on a freakishly rapid return to action after fracturing his cheekbone, the hosts’ hopes for World Cup glory on home soil appear to be back on track. Les Bleus’ star player has inevitably been the face of the competition, his growing renown attracting media attention from all sectors – some of it, though, has been very much unwelcome.

After the opening-night win over New Zealand, the far-right weekly magazine Valeurs Actuelles – which notably backed Éric Zemmour’s presidential bid last year – ran a rugby-focused issue: “La France Rugby”. The front page featured Dupont and actor Jean Dujardin, who starred in the opening ceremony, and read: “Well-behaved supporters, patriot players, exemplary values: the recipe for a well-rooted sport that’s a model to society.”

Raphaël Jucobin is a French rugby and football writer

More than minimalism: designers expand Scandi style at Paris fashion week

From gothic to upcycling, labels are going beyond the neutrals that defined the region

“Scandi” design is often shorthand for a minimal and tasteful aesthetic. But at Paris fashion week this season, designers are showing there is more to the region than understated separates.

Cecilie Bahnsen is becoming known for her ethereal, ultra-feminine designs. The Danish designer’s show on Wednesday continued the theme – with cloud-like dresses in white, black, red and pink. These were mixed with raw denim and knitwear.

A look back at 25 years of Google

Google was created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University, who moved the company to a garage in 1998.

Revealed: Europe’s role in the making of Russia killer drones

Exclusive: Kyiv says Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine have various European components

• The experts dismantling bombs for clues to Putin’s arms supply

Iranian kamikaze drones used in the latest attacks on Ukrainian cities are filled with European components, according to a secret document sent by Kyiv to its western allies in which it appeals for long-range missiles to attack production sites in Russia, Iran and Syria.

In a 47-page document submitted by Ukraine’s government to the G7 governments in August, it is claimed there were more than 600 raids on cities using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) containing western technology in the previous three months.

Walking riddle Brooks Koepka brings much-needed edge to Ryder Cup | Jonathan Liew

While far from universally loved, the American is a guaranteed attention-grabber in a sport which finds itself in turmoil

Brooks Koepka doesn’t like you. Perhaps Brooks Koepka doesn’t strictly know you yet, but for a man of Koepka’s unbendable principles this point would be a mere formality. Perhaps at this early stage of your enmity it is more correct to say he disapproves of you. You are the autograph hunter hassling him after practice. You are the person who left the irritating comment on Instagram. You are the driver who cut him up on I-95. Maybe not you specifically, but someone like you. And let’s be real, it probably will be you one day. Best give him a wide berth just to be safe.

You don’t even need to interact directly with Koepka to get on his wrong side. Earlier this year he was at a Florida Panthers ice hockey game when he became exasperated at one of the home team’s defenders. “Ekblad, you suck!” Koepka shouted from the stands in a video that was lighting up the internet within minutes. “Fucking traffic cone!”

Meta announces new Quest 3 VR headset as Apple competition looms

Preorders open on Wednesday and it ships on Oct. 10.

What do homeless people do with cash aid? A new study found out

Canadian researchers show unhoused people don’t waste money on ‘temptation goods’ – and hope to alter public opinion

In 2002, the then San Francisco supervisor Gavin Newsom proposed legislation to cut welfare assistance to nearly 3,000 homeless people living in the city from $395 a month to $59 a month, and divert the budgetary savings toward shelters and other services. It was promoted with the name “Care Not Cash”.

Newsom’s campaign tied the unconditional payments to drug and alcohol abuse. As the San Francisco voter’s guide spelled out: “[H]omeless people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol end up spending their welfare checks on their addictions instead of meeting their basic needs.” The framing worked. The measure passed with nearly 60% of the vote, and Newsom used the publicity to propel his political career to San Francisco mayor and, ultimately, California governor.

Newsom’s framing was just a different iteration of an old message: it doesn’t help to give poor people money. As that thinking goes, the unhoused, Ronald Reagan’s “welfare queens” and those with substance abuse issues will just waste it.

One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain, say wildlife experts

State of Nature report paints bleak picture of wildlife in UK but says conservation methods are yielding results

One in six species is at risk of being lost in Great Britain, according to a comprehensive analysis by leading wildlife scientists.

Bird species had the most worrying results in the report, with 43% at risk of extinction, but other much loved species such as turtle dove, hazel dormouse, lady’s slipper orchid and european eel also now face an uncertain future. The report argues that this is largely a result of human activities such as causing habitat loss, accelerating diseases such as avian flu via factory farming, and burning fossil fuels, which has altered the climate.

The Guardian view on disappearances in China: silence sends a sinister message | Editorial

Several senior officials have conspicuously vanished. But it is ordinary people, especially Uyghurs, who are most vulnerable

In 1971, Lin Biao, hailed by China as Mao Zedong’s successor, fell from grace, fled the country and was killed in an aircrash in Mongolia. Despite his prominence, it was weeks before the public was told of his death, and months before any explanation was offered. The recent spate of disappearances from China’s top echelons is hardly as seismic. They have happened in calmer political waters, far from the Cultural Revolution’s turmoil. But they speak to the way that politics still operates in Beijing. The glaring absences of senior officials are eventually followed by a belated narrative of their downfall in the rumour mill and then state media.

When Qin Gang, the foreign minister, vanished from public view in June, it was particularly conspicuous given his diplomatic role. It was almost a month before authorities confirmed that he had been removed from his post. A few weeks later, China’s defence minister, Li Shangfu, also failed to appear at scheduled meetings with foreign officials. Reuters has reported that he is being investigated over corruption in military procurement. The two most senior generals overseeing nuclear and conventional land-based missiles had already been replaced at the beginning of August. One was reportedly taken away by corruption investigators.

GB News suspends Dan Wootton after Laurence Fox’s remarks on show

Broadcaster says it is conducting full investigation after also suspending Fox

• How Laurence Fox turned on Dan Wootton for GB News rant apology

GB News has suspended the presenters Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox as the channel struggles to contain the fallout after misogynistic comments made on Wootton’s show.

The rightwing news channel said on Wednesday: “GB News has suspended Dan Wootton following comments made on his programme by Laurence Fox last night. This follows our decision earlier today to formally suspend Mr Fox. We are conducting a full investigation.”

Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife plead not guilty in bribery case

Menendez has refused to step down as New Jersey's senior senator even amid growing calls from his fellow Democratic senators.

Amazon lawsuit protects 'free and fair competition,' says FTC Chair Lina Khan

FTC Chair Lina Khan defended the agency's decision to pursue the company in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Red Island review – beauty and colonialism in a French childhood in Madagascar

This visually exquisite, tender film about a boy growing up in a military air base on an former colony is a wonderful watch

Film-maker Robin Campillo has surrendered to the flow of memory and given us this wonderful, personal movie, created with tenderness, unsentimental artistry and visual flair, inspired by his own childhood growing up on a French army base in recently independent Madagascar in the early 1970s. It is the story of an imaginative little kid spying and eavesdropping on the private lives of grownups, which are a mystery to him and a mystery to the grownups, too. Red Island elides his own poignant growing pains with Madagascar’s emergence from the infantilised colonial state. It feels like a classic depiction of childhood on film.

Twelve years after its establishment as an independent republic in 1960, Madagascar still permits the presence of the French army to assist the national authorities. This has clearly become a plum posting for France’s military personnel: an island paradise (far more pleasant in their eyes than Algeria or Morocco) in which the actual business of governing, the heavy lifting of what Kipling called the white man’s burden, has effectively been passed on to the former imperial subjects.

Bruce Springsteen postpones rest of tour due to peptic ulcer disease

Singer shelves all 2023 shows with the E Street Band to ‘continue treatment through the rest of the year on doctor’s advice’

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have postponed the remainder of their 2023 concerts as the singer receives treatment for peptic ulcer disease.

According to a statement released by the New Jersey singer on Wednesday, all of the cancelled shows will be rescheduled for 2024. Springsteen had previously postponed his September shows because of symptoms from peptic ulcer disease, which causes open sores in the esophagus, stomach or small intestine.

This year's COVID vaccine rollout is off to a bumpy start, despite high demand

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‘No one wants to lose their home’: London renters shocked at order to raze their flats

Mast Quay II tenants may need to find new homes after Greenwich ordered demolition of tower complex

Renters at a cluster of new Thameside apartment complex expressed shock on Wednesday after the Royal Borough of Greenwich ordered the “unprecedented” demolition of 204 homes over what it said were a series of planning breaches.

Many residents at the Mast Quay Phase II development in Woolwich first learned the news from journalists after the local authority announced on Monday that the developer, Comer Homes Group, must raze the buildings because of 26 major deviations from the original planning consent. It only opened last year in a borough with a social housing waiting list of more than 20,000 households. The council says the renters may need to find new homes.

In the second GOP debate, expect Ronald Reagan to loom large in name — but not policy

Once the conservative leader by which others were measured, former President Ronald Reagan looms large in the Republican Party. But his influence may be waning.

Jorge Vilda under investigation as criminal court looks into Rubiales kiss

• Former Spain manager has been summoned to appear in court
• Vilda appeared to back Luis Rubiales amid World Cup fallout

The former coach of Spain’s women’s football team, Jorge Vilda, has been put under investigation as the country’s highest criminal court continues to look into Luis Rubiales’s unsolicited kiss.

On Wednesday the court said that Vilda, who was sacked less than a month after La Roja won the World Cup, had been summoned to appear in court on 10 October. The statement did not detail why Vilda is being investigated.

Amazon hires former Microsoft product chief to oversee devices unit

Panay is joining Amazon at a precarious moment for its devices and services unit, which was hit with layoffs as part of the largest job cuts in company history.

Olivia Rodrigo is scared of birds – and she’s not alone. What’s behind this fear?

Scarlett Johansson is also among the famous names who have what’s known as ornithophobia. But where did it begin?

“Birds are so foreign to us – there’s not one body part that looks like ours,” Olivia Rodrigo recently told Rolling Stone magazine with a straight face. The gen Z pop sensation went on: “Everyone’s all afraid about aliens and shit. They’re like, ‘What are the aliens going to look like?’ I’m like, ‘We have birds on our planet, and we’re not scared of them. We’re fine!’”

Rodrigo is not the only celebrity whose relationship with the avian community is strained. Lucille Ball saw some sparrows in the window on the day she found out her father had died. For the rest of her life, she stayed away from bird-printed art and decor.

French equality watchdog finds 90% of online pornography abuses women

Report urges changes in the law to make it easier to take down content and prosecute its makers

As much as 90% of pornographic content online features verbal, physical and sexual violence towards women, and a significant amount of violence shown is punishable under existing laws in France, a report by the government-nominated equality watchdog has found.

France’s high council for equality between women and men on Wednesday handed the government a damning report on illegal porn-industry practices, urging changes to the law to prosecute makers of pornography and to take down content in order to protect those who have been filmed.

U.S. aims to resettle up to 50,000 Latin American refugees in 2024

The U.S. will keep the refugee cap unchanged at 125,000, while more than doubling the allocation for refugees from the Western Hemisphere.

Scientists find antimatter is subject to gravity

Tests at Cern refute suggestion that antigravity might apply to antimatter, showing instead it also falls downwards

Galileo put gravitational theory to the test by dropping balls from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Four hundred years on, scientists have performed a higher tech version of the experiment to demonstrate for the first time that antimatter also falls downwards.

The study, by scientists at Cern, showed conclusively that gravity pulls antihydrogen downwards and that, at least for antimatter, antigravity does not exist.

Bodycam shows Michigan trooper clinging to suspect's fleeing car

"The trooper suffered injuries from the incident and is continuing to recover at home," Michigan State Police said of the Sunday incident.

WGA ends strike, releases details on tentative deal with studios

The Writers Guild of America released the details of their tentative agreement with Hollywood studios and have unanimously voted to end the nearly 150-day strike.

Palestinian negotiators sceptical over potential Israel-Saudi deal

Despite outward positivity, sources say normalisation deal unlikely to happen any time soon

A potential normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is being treated with scepticism by Palestinian negotiators, despite outwardly positive signals from Palestinian officials, several sources with knowledge of the talks have said.

Unofficial relations between Israel and the powerful Gulf petrostate have been growing for years. The possibility of a formal diplomatic agreement, however, has come to the fore since the two countries, along with the US, signalled progress on the matter during the UN general assembly in New York last week.

Farewell to groundbreaking Reservation Dogs: ‘Nothing else out there like it’

The acclaimed series, co-created by Taika Waititi, is ending after three seasons, leaving behind an important milestone for Indigenous representation

Reservation Dogs bids farewell with a funeral. That’s the perfect note to go out on for the cheeky, uproarious and profoundly moving coming-of-age comedy about Indigenous teens in Oklahoma, which is streaming its final episode this week.

Anyone who has been following the celebrated Peabody-winning series since it debuted two years ago knows that a funeral can be a joyous occasion – a chance for the tight-knit community in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, played by a sprawling and delightful ensemble cast, to gather and honour a life that isn’t ending so much as discovering a new beginning. There is no sense of finality in Reservation Dogs, because those who pass become spirits, and those spirits tend to hang around, for the jokes and the vibes.

Criminal gangs in UK sending recruits to train as prison officers, union warns

Exclusive: POA says corrupt officers are then used for sole purpose of smuggling in drugs and phones

Organised crime groups are sending associates to train as prison officers with the “sole purpose” of smuggling drugs and phones into jail, the Prison Officers’ Association has warned.

The POA, the union representing prison workers, blamed low pay and said online interviews were also contributing to the prison service “hiring the wrong people”.

Fed's Neel Kashkari isn't sure if interest rates are high enough to stop inflation

Kashkari told CNBC that the neutral rate of interest, or one that is neither holding back the economy nor stimulating it, may have gone higher.

This week's harvest moon will be the last supermoon of the year

A supermoon occurs when the moon is closest to Earth along its elliptical orbit, which means it can appear larger and brighter to viewers. The last one of the year will be visible Thursday and Friday.

Flexport fires CFO, HR chief departs weeks after sudden ouster of Dave Clark as CEO

After firing CEO Dave Clark earlier this month, Flexport has removed its finance chief, and its head of human resources has resigned

Taylor Swift's star power sends Travis Kelce's jersey sales soaring

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What happens to health programs if the federal government shuts down?

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Love is in the Air review – Delta Goodrem’s corny Netflix romcom is a saccharine mess

Goodrem and Joshua Sasse lack chemistry as ‘opposites attract’ lovers jetting around tropical Queensland

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Love is in the Air marks Delta Goodrem’s first film role since the 2005 high school dramedy Hating Alison Ashley, in which she plays a Sandy Olsson-esque student with holier-than-thou vibes. Goodrem is more salt of the earth and more bloody Strayan as a seaplane pilot in Netflix’s very corny and saccharine romance: a galumphing heffalump of a movie that is best – and perhaps only – enjoyed by devotees of the Sydney-born performer. Most audiences will emerge from this formulaic and hammily acted production feeling like they’ve inhaled a block of cheese the size of a car battery.

Goodrem’s chirpy character Dana has Santa Claus-ish vibes, whizzing around communities off the coast of far-north Queensland to deliver parcels to people in need. I didn’t believe she was a pilot any more than I believe a plump man in a red suit squeezes through chimneys every December. But the protagonist isn’t the only implausible thing about this film: everything and everyone in it feels so very fake and contrived, as if beaming in from a bizarro synthetic world of simulated human emotions and Hallmark sentiment.

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