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Datacentre company Firmus’s high flying valuation may be coming back down to earth ahead of expected ASX debut
By Jonathan Barrett
Sources say Firmus is slashing its price and may even shelve initial public offering altogether
#DatacentresAustralia #Business #Australianews #Technology #AIartificialintelligence #TheGuardian #JonathanBarrett
Margaret Hamilton, trailblazer whose software powered Apollo 11 moon landing, dies at 90
By Uwa Ede-Osifo
MIT computer scientist led development of software for moon mission and earned Presidential Medal of Freedom
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/07/margaret-hamilton-moon-computer-software
#Space #Apollo11 #Science #Themoon #USnews #Computing #Technology #Worldnews #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo
Rubio in Greece digs into past to tout Trump’s ‘America first’ approach
By Andrew Roth, global affairs correspondent
In the shadow of the Parthenon, the secretary of state gave a selective reading of history as he urged Europe to ‘awaken from its slumber’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/rubio-greece-trump-america-first-speech
#MarcoRubio #USnews #USforeignpolicy #Republicans #DonaldTrump #Greece #Worldnews #Europe #Nato #EuropeanUnion #TheGuardian #AndrewRoth #globalaffairscorrespondent
All aboard the Tuchel train? England camp has clear winners and losers
By David Hytner
While it’s full steam ahead for Alex Scott, Lewis Hall and Myles Lewis-Skelly, others look likely to be left behind
#England #Football #Sport #ThomasTuchel #NationsLeague #TheGuardian #DavidHytner
Texas set to carry out first US execution since botched lethal injection of Christa Pike
By Uwa Ede-Osifo
Jamaal Howard’s lawyers urge halt, citing risk of another failed execution after Pike’s ordeal in Tennessee
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/texas-execution-jamaal-howard
#Texas #USnews #Worldnews #Capitalpunishment #ChristaPike #Capitalpunishment #TheGuardian #UwaEdeOsifo
‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins
By Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Jason Burke
People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/07/palestinians-gaza-existing-amid-disease-despair-ruins
#Gaza #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestine #Worldnews #Israel #IsraelGazawar #Internallydisplacedpeople #Poverty #Hamas #TheGuardian #SehamTanteshinGaza #JasonBurke
Labour Send changes at risk as parents rush to secure support, say experts
By Richard Adams Education editor
Overhaul of special education in England could unravel, thinktank finds, because of ‘use it before you lose it’ dynamic
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/oct/07/labour-send-reforms-ehcp-system-change-england
#Specialeducationalneeds #Schoolfunding #Schools #Educationpolicy #Children #Disability #DepartmentforEducation #Education #UKnews #England #Politics #Society #TheGuardian #RichardAdamsEducationeditor
Dyson, Breville, Apple: the 59 best Amazon Prime Day deals actually worth it, obsessively vetted by us
By Marissa Miller
From Ugg and Ninja to KitchenAid and Shark – we researched the best sales to get your hands on for Prime Day
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/oct/07/best-amazon-prime-day-deals-october
#Shopping #Lifeandstyle #Amazon #Kitchenessentials #Beauty #Fashion #Mensfashion #Homes #Technology #Headphones #Smartspeakers #Food #Sleep #Skincare #Haircare #Parentsandparenting #Gadgets #TheGuardian #MarissaMiller
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
By Aisha Down in London, Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Joseph Gedeon in Washington
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/trump-eu-disinformation-conference
#Trumpadministration #EuropeanUnion #USnews #Europe #USpolitics #Canada #Lithuania #TheGuardian #AishaDowninLondon #JenniferRankininBrussels #JosephGedeoninWashington
Judge orders officials to preserve all evidence tied to Christa Pike’s botched execution
By Adam Gabbatt and Maya Yang
Judge tells Tennessee officials all items in execution room must be saved as Pike remains restrained in hospital bed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/christa-pike-botched-execution-evidence-judge
#Tennessee #Capitalpunishment #USnews #UScrime #USjusticesystem #TheGuardian #AdamGabbatt #MayaYang
Contact review – Jonny Donahoe delivers a heated reunion at a bonfire of family photos
By Mark Fisher
Òran Mór, GlasgowBlythe Duff and Mark Barrett are excellent as two people helplessly bound to each other in this bitter two-hander
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/oct/07/contact-review-family-trauma-wit-oran-mor-glasgow
#Theatre #Stage #Culture #Parentsandparenting #Family #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #MarkFisher
England ready to level up and embrace ‘calculated risks’, claims Tuchel
By David Hytner
Head coach pleased ‘everyone bought in’ to new ideas
#England #ThomasTuchel #NationsLeague #Footballtactics #Football #Sport #TheGuardian #DavidHytner
Former world No 1 Jon Rahm quits LIV before breakaway golf series relaunches
By Press Association
Two-time major winner is reportedly owed over £100m
#LIVGolfSeries #Golf #Sport #SaudiArabiaandsport #TheGuardian #PressAssociation
Jonathan the giant tortoise, 194, offers up insight into secrets of longevity
By Ian Sample Science editor
DNA analysis of oldest living land animal reveal patterns on genes that appear to protect functioning of mitochondria
#Ageing #Genetics #Biology #Science #Zoology #Biochemistryandmolecularbiology #Chemistry #Worldnews #TheGuardian #IanSampleScienceeditor
Ella Baron on the Greens’ new ‘Zionism is racism’ policy – cartoon
By Ella Baron
#Greenparty #UKnews #ZackPolanski #Judaism #Politics #Race #Gaza #TheGuardian #EllaBaron
Christa Pike awake and speaking after botched execution: what happens now? - The Latest
By Presented by Michael Safi with Ed Pilkington ; producer Angus Neale ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin ; executive producer Zoe Hitch
Christa Pike, a death row inmate who survived the state of Tennessee’s attempt to execute her last week, is conscious and speaking. The 50-year-old is recovering in hospital after surviving two lethal injections in a case that has shocked many in the US and prompted a debate about the death penalty. She was due to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Michael Safi speaks to the chief reporter for Guardian US, Ed Pilkington – watch on YouTube
#ChristaPike #Capitalpunishment #Capitalpunishment #USnews #USjusticesystem #TheGuardian #PresentedbyMichaelSafiwithEdPilkington #producerAngusNeale #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin #executiveproducerZoeHitch
Esther Rantzen’s Mama was a lifeline for new mums | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Fiona Lindop says she will always be grateful to the TV presenter for establishing the Meet-a-Mum Association
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/07/esther-rantzen-mama-was-a-lifeline-for-new-mums
#EstherRantzen #Parentsandparenting #Children #Family #Women #Women #Friendship #Communities #Charities #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Beware rightwing economic myths such as ‘maxing out the nation’s credit card’ | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Readers respond to an article in which Larry Elliott argues that Andy Burnham must challenge neoliberal nostrums
#Economics #Labour #AndyBurnham #Politics #JohnHealey #Budget #Money #Business #Pensions #Taxandspending #BankofEngland #UKnews #JohnMaynardKeynes #AlanGreenspan #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Plan to cut disability support will harm young people | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Anna Bird and Rick Burgess respond to the government’s proposal to axe the health element from universal credit that disabled people under 25 receive
#Welfare #Universalcredit #Society #Youngpeople #Politics #Disability #UKnews #Statebenefits #Youthunemployment #Benefits #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Burnham, take note: water shareholders have their uses – they can be squeezed for cash | Nils Pratley
By Nils Pratley
Owner of South West Water, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water is tapping its investors for £550m after sewage spills
#Waterindustry #Pennon #Utilities #Business #AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #NilsPratley
German court orders detention of former intelligence chief after spying arrest
By Kate Connolly in Berlin
August Hanning, 80, appears before judge after being accused of treason and espionage on behalf of foreign state
#Germany #Worldnews #Espionage #Coldwar #TheGuardian #KateConnollyinBerlin
‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
By Helena Horton
TaxWatch research contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
#Thesuperrich #Budget2026 #London #Taxhavens #Monaco #UKnews #Taxandspending #Politics #Labour #Inheritancetax #Capitalgainstax #TheGuardian #HelenaHorton
Paxton admits Trump’s Iran war and US gas prices are plaguing Republicans in leaked audio
By Ariana Baio
Texas attorney general acknowledged affordability was his party’s ‘biggest problem’ heading into the midterms
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/ken-paxton-trumps-iran-war-gas-prices-republicans
#USmidtermelections2026 #USnews #USGasPrices #KenPaxton #DonaldTrump #Republicans #Texas #USpolitics #Trumpadministration #TheGuardian #ArianaBaio
Ties are back in fashion, thanks to gen Z – should we all be smartening up?
By Guardian Staff
Sales at one UK retailer are up 200%, thanks in part to young people rejecting the informal look adopted by their middle-aged bosses
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/oct/07/ties-fashion-gen-z
#Mensfashion #Fashion #Lifeandstyle #Socialtrends #Accessories #Men #Menssuits #Society #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Labour could oversee worst parliament on record for living standards, study warns
By Heather Stewart and Jessica Elgot
Energy and housing costs threaten biggest decline in modern times unless bold action taken, says thinktank
#UKcostoflivingcrisis #Labour #EconomicgrowthGDP #Thinktanks #Budget #JohnHealey #UKnews #Economics #Business #Politics #Economicpolicy #Poverty #Society #Energybills #Householdbills #Taxandspending #Housing #Budget2026 #Inflation #Interestrates #TheGuardian #HeatherStewart #JessicaElgot
LA officials document first case of a rabid raccoon in more than 50 years
By Dani Anguiano
Four people and a dog may have been exposed to rabies from the animal, Los Angeles public health officials say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/rabid-raccoon-case-los-angeles
#LosAngeles #Health #USnews #California #WestCoast #Animals #TheGuardian #DaniAnguiano
French wine industry facing historic low harvest after extreme summer heat
By AFP
This year’s harvest is expected to be down 2% on mediocre 2025 yield, which was lowest in nearly 70 years
#Wine #France #Extremeheat #Environment #Food #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AFP
From Bentley Pauncefoot to Yetts O’Muckhart, I’m obsessed with Britain’s weirdly named villages | Adrian Chiles
By Adrian Chiles
I was stuck in traffic when a road sign set me dreaming. If the places on it were people, what would they be like? Could Leigh Delamere be anything but the glamorous heiress to a biscuit-making fortune?
Choral evensong has been on our airwaves for 100 years today. Long may this vibrant, thriving art form continue | Jonathan Davies
By Jonathan Davies
One hundred years since the BBC first broadcast choral evensong, MP and former chorister Jonathan Davies hymns a beautiful and empowering collective experience that we should praise – and protect
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/07/evensong-bbc-centenary-choral-music-jonathan-davies-mp
#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #Choralmusic #BBC #Radio #Radio3 #TheGuardian #JonathanDavies
OpenAI’s release of mathematical findings draws concerns from experts
By Johana Bhuiyan
Leaders worry OpenAI is not doing due diligence to vet results and that AI models aren’t accessible to broader field of mathematicians
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/07/openai-mathematical-findings-concerns
#OpenAI #Technology #AIartificialintelligence #Mathematics #Computing #TheGuardian #JohanaBhuiyan
Ex-Barclays traders jailed for rigging interest rates have convictions quashed
By Joanna Partridge
Acquittals of five former bankers come year after supreme court overturned ruling against City trader Tom Hayes
#Banking #Libor #Courtofappeal #SeriousFraudOffice #CriminalCasesReviewCommission #Business #Law #UKnews #TheGuardian #JoannaPartridge
Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents
By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Actors and musicians sign open letter urging government to ‘protect’ residents amid impasse over the Drumcree parade
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/07/noel-gallagher-garvaghy-road-drumcree-parade-dispute
#NorthernIreland #UKnews #NoelGallagher #Music #TheGuardian #RoryCarrollIrelandcorrespondent
All hail the Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives | John Crace
By John Crace
The Tory leader is now too big for the party to allow her to fail, so everything she does is acclaimed a work of genius
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/07/kemi-badenoch-conservative-party-conference-speech
#Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #JohnCrace
Crush-worthy photography, camp sci-fi and a centenarian’s florals: five free exhibitions to see
By Eddy Frankel
A little exhibition of Daidō Moriyama at his artiest and strangest, like Warhol with added filth, is among the best on show in London’s free-entry commercial galleries this week
#Artanddesign #Exhibitions #Culture #Painting #Photography #Art #TheGuardian #EddyFrankel
Canada’s Weston family buys Boots for $8.9bn
By Sarah Butler
Former Selfridges owners buys UK high street institution from long-term backer Stefano Pessina
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/07/canada-weston-family-buys-boots-uk
#Boots #Retailindustry #Business #Beauty #Canada #UKnews #Mergersandacquisitions #Privateequity #TheGuardian #SarahButler
Christa Pike’s lawyers hold press conference after she regains consciousness in hospital – latest updates
By Maya Yang
Tennessee prisoner awake and speaking after surviving state’s attempt to execute her last Wednesday
#ChristaPike #Tennessee #Capitalpunishment #UScrime #USjusticesystem #USnews #TheGuardian #MayaYang
Bail hostels due to house early-release prisoners in England and Wales closed
By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
Exclusive: 11 facilities shut, seven for lack of staff and four over issues such as infestations or lack of running water
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society #Crime #UKnews #England #Wales #TheGuardian #RajeevSyalHomeaffairseditor
Badenoch made the best of it – but the Tories still have a mountain to climb before any hope of No 10 | Henry Hill
By Henry Hill
Conference announcements on inheritance tax and childcare boosted the party’s mood, but the task is still holding off Reform, rather than any realistic bid for power
#Conservativeconference2026 #KemiBadenoch #Conservatives #Conservativeconference #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #HenryHill
Man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting woman drugged by her husband
By Hannah Al-Othman
Sean Peers admits offence against woman who was drugged and attacked for more than two decades
#Manchester #GreaterManchester #UKnews #TheGuardian #HannahAlOthman
Robert Ryman review – can your brain handle a show that only has white paintings?
By Ben Eastham
Barbican Art Gallery, LondonWhat seem at first indistinguishable canvases offer challenges, revelations and transcendental effects – but only if you can give yourself over to them
#Painting #Artanddesign #Art #Culture #Barbican #TheGuardian #BenEastham
‘All me’: Tory party riding high on Kemi Badenoch’s wave of popularity
By Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot
At Conservative conference, some worry about becoming a one-woman party, while others say party should thank their lucky stars they have her
#KemiBadenoch #Politics #Conservatives #UKnews #Conservativeconference2026 #Conservativeconference #TheGuardian #PeterWalker #PippaCrerar #RowenaMason #JessicaElgot
George Galloway contests London byelection without setting foot in UK
By Dan Sabbagh
Veteran leftwinger has been ‘in exile in the east’ in Russia and not been to Holborn and St Pancras constituency since campaign began
#HolbornandStPancrasbyelection #GeorgeGalloway #Workersparty #London #UKnews #Politics #Byelections #ZackPolanski #Russia #SouthAfrica #Ukraine #TheGuardian #DanSabbagh
Could the UK really rejoin the EU?
By Katherine Butler associate editor, Europe
The big question facing Andy Burnham is not whether Brexit has harmed Britain, but if a rapidly changing Europe will keep the door open if the UK decides it wants back in
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/07/could-the-uk-really-rejoin-the-eu
#Worldnews #Europe #Brexit #AndyBurnham #EmmanuelMacron #Foreignpolicy #EuropeanUnion #Politics #TheGuardian #KatherineButlerassociateeditor #Europe
Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s joke about Iran bombing LA: ‘Our own president wishing death to America’
By Guardian staff
Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s rally line that Iran should bomb LA or San Diego as he continues to defend costly war
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/07/jimmy-kimmel-trump-joke-iran-la-bombing
#LatenightTVroundup #JimmyKimmel #SethMeyers #TVcomedy #Comedy #Culture #Television #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff
If you spend hours on your feet, compression socks will save you pain. Here are five pairs doctors recommend
By Latifah Muhammad
Compression socks provide relief during long flights, hours on your feet or after surgery. Doctors say the best pairs are from Bombas, Physix and Sockwell
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jul/30/best-compression-socks
#Lifeandstyle #Healthwellbeing #Travel #Shoppingtrips #Shopping #Fitness #TheGuardian #LatifahMuhammad
Landslides, flash floods and raging seas: is California ready for the ravages of El Niño?
By Gabrielle Canon in Mill Valley, California
A mix of natural disasters could all befall the state at once as it finds itself in the crosshairs of the climate phenomenon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/california-el-nino-preparedness
#California #ElNiosouthernoscillation #Environment #Climatecrisis #USnews #WestCoast #TheGuardian #GabrielleCanoninMillValley #California
Stills from Unmade Films - in pictures
By Brent Lukey
Stills from Unmade Films is a series by Brent Lukey shot in the streets of Melbourne, Adelaide and Paris. The photographer and filmmaker says the work draws on classic observational style and documentary cinema to explore how people engage with public spaces, and ‘the paths they seek and the places to pause’. The exhibition is showing now at Dawn & Mabel’s in St Kilda, Melbourne, until 4 November
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/oct/08/stills-from-unmade-films-in-pictures
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #Melbourne #TheGuardian #BrentLukey
Australia is building a lot of new homes. But is the datacentre boom holding us back? | Greg Jericho
By Greg Jericho
Housing construction is at its strongest level since 2016, but it’s AI that is sucking up resources for builders
#Business #Housing #Constructionindustry #DatacentresAustralia #AIartificialintelligence #TheGuardian #GregJericho
Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board
By Robert Booth UK technology editor
Users reject site’s explanations after detailed instructions for writing response to post on popular forum was published
#Mumsnet #AIartificialintelligence #Computing #Technology #UKnews #JustineRoberts #TheGuardian #RobertBoothUKtechnologyeditor
Put down the pumpkin! How to create a cosy home this autumn – without the cliches
By Aimee Robinson
From tactile textures to softer lighting, these expert-approved updates bring all the warmth of autumn while steering clear of Sleepy Hollow vibes
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/oct/07/how-to-make-home-cosy-autumn
#Interiors #Homes #Lifeandstyle #Autumn #TheGuardian #AimeeRobinson