Saturday, 3 October 2026
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The Guardian World · 00:51
Several people injured after vehicle hits crowd in Newcastle waiting to farewell Knights team bus ↗Driver arrested on the scene after a vehicle struck multiple people in a crowd Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A car has crashed into a crowd of people in Newcastle injuring several as fans waited to farewell the Knights team bus before the NRL grand final. New South Wales police…
The Guardian World · 02:00
Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes ↗With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia Bangkok is used to absorbing the sudden afternoon downpours that inundate the city during the rainy season. Even streets in many central high-rise districts can briefly turn into…
The Guardian World · 04:00
‘We swept a lot under the carpet’: Vichy regime film hits home in France of 2026 ↗Movie about Nazi-collaborating administration strikes chord during what director calls ‘time of great uncertainty’ It is the story of how a lowly state administrator unthinkingly becomes a cog in the machine of an authoritarian regime, embracing the bureaucracy and logistics of sending people to their deaths – and…
The Guardian World · 05:00
Half want to rejoin EU and backing it could drive up Labour vote, megapoll finds ↗Exclusive: Findings will bolster those in No 10 who want to negotiate on re-entry but some senior figures remain wary Andy Burnham’s personal preference to rejoin the European Union after the next election is supported by almost half of all voters, a new megapoll has found, although cabinet ministers concerned abo…
The Guardian World · 05:31
North Korea launches ballistic missile after Seoul demands apology over wounded soldiers ↗Pyongyang fires towards sea a day after Kim Jong-un sister denounces South Korea for claiming North’s mines wounded South’s soldiers in DMZ North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea on Saturday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after it rejected Seoul’s accusation of its mines wounding soldiers. The…
The Guardian World · 05:39
OpenAI says its review into hacks, including on Australian government sites, is costing $500,000 a day ↗Company says it is reviewing 50 petabytes of data after its agents accessed websites including Medicare without authorisation Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast OpenAI says its review in response to the Medicare and Hugging Face agent attacks is costing the company more than US$500,000…
The Guardian World · 06:50
'There’s no such thing as democracy': Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast ↗Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. What was it like during the eurozone crisis when Varoufakis went head to head w…
The Guardian World · 07:00
Brazil’s neck-and-neck election offers test for growing pro-Trump Latin American bloc ↗Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup ‘No one disrespects Our Lady’: fears for Brazil’s patron saint grip country ahead of election Shortly after his controversial speech to the United Nations general assembly in September, Dona…
The Guardian World · 09:00
Libyan unity talks upended as warlord’s son linked to drone attacks on fuel facilities ↗Western Libya’s GNU say working with Saddam Haftar ‘impossible’ as US-backed merger plan breaks down Allegations that the son of the Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar oversaw a “terror cell” that launched drone attacks on fuel storage facilities and power stations in western Libya have upended plans for the Tripoli-ba…
The Guardian World · 10:00
‘I have to dodge them all the time’: Rome locals incensed by rise in golf cart tours ↗Authorities crack down on trade they says risks spiralling out of control – but operators say they are being targeted unfairly On the edge of Piazza Navona, one of the grandest squares in central Rome, Barry and Linda, visitors from Texas in the US, stepped out of a golf cart. They planned to cross the square on f…
The Guardian World · 10:31
Remains of medieval tsar return to Bulgaria after decades-long dispute with Greece ↗Greek PM hopes handover of Tsar Samuel will help persuade Britain to return Parthenon marbles The remains of medieval ruler Tsar Samuel will arrive in Bulgaria on Saturday amid great pomp and ceremony, after decades of negotiations with neighbouring Greece. The remains – discovered in a Greek border area 60 year…
The Guardian World · 14:19
‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain ↗Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities after new legislation fails to pass Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Madrid and other Spanish cities as they step up demands for action to tackle a mounting housing crisis after government measures were struck down by t…
The Guardian World · 15:10
Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride ↗Investigation revealed thousands of voyeuristic videos taken on Munich beer festival’s Teufelsrad or Devil’s Wheel Women have been given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on a famous amusement ride at the Oktoberfest in Munich, after an investigation revealed tens of thousands of voyeuristic videos circula…
The Guardian World · 17:03
US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts ↗The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contact The US Coast Guard is searching for an air ambulance jet with six people onboard that lost contact with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during a flight from Bermuda to Boston early on Saturday morning…