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More than 70 years after Tenzing Norgay Sherpa climbed Everest, his son is warning of the dangers that climate change poses to the great peak

Following father's footsteps

Tenzing Norgay's son says Himalayas sending climate warning

The Houthis control Yemen's capital Sanaa and most of its major population centres

'People are terrified'

Saudi says three dead in airport attacks claimed by Houthis

Nigerian film director and media mogul Mo Abudu poses ahead of the opening the UK's first cinema dedicated exclusively to African and black films.

Unique cultural centre

'Mad dream': New showcase for African film opens in London

A woman wearing a face mask walks past the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk on 7 October 2026.

Morning Roundup

Reports of second plague death in Russia, Luxembourg budget under scrutiny, and evicted Spanish pensioner dies

Changes to India's voter rolls saw millions of names struck from the lists

Campaign of exclusion?

The growing protests against India's poll body - and PM Modi

British historian Julian Jackson poses during a photo session in Paris on October 6, 2026.

Cinema sensation

The British historian helping the French rediscover de Gaulle

Mining vehicles extract coal from a lignite coal mine, as the Elbistan thermal power plant, is seen in the background in Elbistan on February 11, 2026

No expectations, no disappointments

Bad COP, worse COP? EU tempers hopes for UN climate summit

Une statue d'Alfred Nobel, à Stockholm, le 5 octobre 2026 en Suède

Frantic speculation

Latin American, Caribbean women top Nobel literature buzz

The main tenants' unions have spearheaded pressure on politicians to reform Spain's housing market

'Society of inheritors'

Housing crisis set to dominate Spain's snap election

Sherrod Brown, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, hopes to win Ohio voters over as households feel the squeeze from affordability fears

Affordability at the centre

Gas, health care, utilities: high costs squeeze US midterm voters

Convicted US murderer Christa Pike, whose execution has been stayed

Prognosis remains unclear

After botched US execution, Christa Pike was nearly taken off life support

General Horta N'Tam has asked members of the presidential guard to lay down their arms voluntarily

Ahead of elections

Guinea-Bissau junta urges military unit loyal to ex-president to disarm

The AI boom has helped Samsung and other semiconductor giants around the world post record profits

Memory chip maker

Samsung expects 780% quarterly operating profit jump on AI boom

Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to 'least concern' in global conservation rankings

Wildlife preservation

As species decline, green turtles offer glimmer of hope

Lula convened leftist influencers who won legislative seats on Sunday to advise his campaign

'Finger-tapping generation'

Lula, the president without a cellphone, turns to selfies to woo voters

Brazilians young and old joined the spirited student march after the son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro finished first in Sunday's election

Far-right frontrunner

'Never again Bolsonaro': thousands march ahead of Brazil election runoff

Microsoft's Surface Ultra will use Nvidia's state-of-the-art AI chip

'Hybrid intelligence'

Microsoft pushes AI vision with new, expensive Surface laptop

President Volodymyr Zelensky said three of the 18 victims of the strike in Pryluky were just 12 months old

Apartment blocks hit

Five children among 28 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine

As in other European countries, housing has long been a top concern in Spain

'Turning point'

Evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies: tenant union

The headquarters of Russia's consumer and health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow

Washington calling for transparency

Russia warns of 'false' information as second plague case reported

Jon Rahm was one of the most prominent golfers to defect from the PGA Tour and join the free-spending Saudi-backed LIV Golf league

Big money ran out

Golf star Rahm quitting LIV tour over 'unacceptable' terms

US President Donald Trump frequently golfs at weekends at his Palm Beach club

Modeled on Camp David

Trump plans to turn Florida golf course into presidential retreat

Brazilians young and old joined the spirited student march after the son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro finished first in Sunday's election

Thousands march fearing return of a Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged Moscow to provide more information

Waiting for more information

WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez meanwhile said he had suspended the police's use of stun grenades at the protests

Sweeping demonstrations

French PM denies police ordered to confront student protesters

Rubio will make a speech at Pnyx hill, the birthplace of Western democracy

'Strategic dialogue'

Rubio touts US power, calls on Europe to emerge from 'slumber'

New Zealand's Richie Mo'unga suffered a torn calf muscle in training which rules him out of the Bledisloe Cup

New Zealand fly-half Mo'unga ruled out of Australia Tests

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office

Find out soon enough

Trump says 'we don't think' Russian plague is bio-weapon

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