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Director General of MI5, Ken McCallum, has warned that AI risks 'changing the stakes' on bioweapons

Cybersecurity threats

AI could 'change the stakes' on bioweapons: UK spy chief

Parliament is expected to reject Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson as prime minister

Following last month's election

Sweden centre-left leader fails to form government

EU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis spoke to AFP exclusively on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok

Recently authorized by US

EU economy chief doubtful Russian diesel exports will affect prices

'Nobody knows what the truth is anymore,' said Danny Boyle

Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle

'Ink' director Danny Boyle slams Trump's Truth Social 'lies'

A facility belonging to Saudi oil giant Aramco south of Riyadh was ablaze on Saturday, with Yemen's Houthis claiming a strike

Less than previously expected

IMF upgrades 2026 growth forecast but warns of 'split' outlook

US actress Selma Blair starred in "Legally Blonde" and "Cruel Intentions"

Two people injured

US actor Selma Blair charged with assault after alleged flight altercation

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte gestures as she leaves the Hall of Justice in Quezon City, Metro Manila on September 11, 2026.

Could still block 2028 presidential bid

Prosecutors drop most impeachment charges against Philippine VP Duterte

South Korea test-fired its first homegrown hypersonic missile, days after Pyongyang announced the AI-assisted launch of an intermediate-range hypersonic missile

Hypersonic weapons highlight arms race on the Korean peninsula

Betraff war ënnert anerem d'Chaîne Intermarché.

Affected major chains

French supermarkets suffer refrigerator shutdown after 'unprecedented' cyberattack

'Terrible tragedy'

US roller coaster 'incident' kills one, injures several

Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested

(FILES) Hong Kong canto-pop star Anita Mui takes part in a press conference at a hotel in Hong Kong on September 5, 2003.

'Madonna of Asia'

Late superstar Anita Mui's ashes missing in Hong Kong

The IMF has warned that low-income, oil-importing countries with no exposure to the AI boom are the most vulnerable to the current energy price shock

Disproportionate impacts

'No choice': IMF says developing countries must cut spending despite war shock

Morning Roundup

Ukraine ready for energy ceasefire and elections, EU budget talks loom, and fake pension text warning

This picture taken on October 3, 2026 shows South Korea's players singing the national anthem at the Asian Games

Gold medal winners

Boasting South Korea footballers spark rethink of military service exemptions

Indian security personnel detain demonstrators in New Delhi

Tough security crackdowns

India youth shift tactics as police clamp down on election protest

A member of Mexico's National Guard stands on the Puerto Vallarta boardwalk as waves crash against the shoreline

Fueled by El Nino

Five dead as Hurricane Simon, Rachel pummel Mexico's Pacific coast

A volunteer firefighter looks at smouldering peatland in Benipis, Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan

Armageddon landscape

Damaged and drained, Indonesia's peatlands go up in smoke

Wildfires in Indonesia have belched out suffocating haze that has crept over into neighbouring countries and caused tens of thousands of respiratory illness cases

Low-cost carrier

Malaysia's Firefly extends flight cancellations due to haze

Can Gianni Infantino secure re-election as FIFA president despite facing months of criticism for his now-aborted plan to allow private investment into the World Cup?

Retains Africa and South America support

Infantino could pull off 'Houdini' act as critics struggle for candidate

Pope Leo XIV says the lump in his lungs was caught early

Pope to be admitted to hospital for lung operation

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray in a synagogue in Arad on October 1, 2026. As Israelis prepare to vote in parliamentary elections on October 27, tensions in Arad have become a microcosm of a broader national debate.

Ahead of Israel vote, desert town becomes frontline against ultra-Orthodox expansion

Theo McFarland in action for Samoa at the 2023 Rugby world Cup

Samoa's McFarland welcomes 'massive' arrival of ex-All Blacks for World Cup run-in

A forest fire Brzail's Amazonas state, which recorded nearly four times more fire hotspots this September than the year before

Record breaking weather event

El Nino Watch: the impacts around the world this week

Manchester City return to the Champions League for the first time since a guilty verdict on Premier League charges

Both in fine form

Man City, PSG clash at contrasting time for state-backed projects

The shooting took place at Joseph-Lakanal middle school in the southern town of Aubagne

Teenager shoots headmaster, teacher at French school

A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft is pictured on the tarmac after landing at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday

'Consistently preached peace'

Melbourne imam denies links to suspected flydubai hijacker

Storm waves created due to Tropical Storm Rachel crash into the boardwalk and homes in Long Beach, California, on October 11, 2026

'Devastating' waves leave California beach homes on brink of collapse

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