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At least one person was killed and five injured when drones struck St Petersburg overnight, setting fire to the city's oil terminal and the Ruchyi oil depot, Governor Alexander Beglov said. A VKontakte data centre and an Ozon warehouse were also hit, and Pulkovo Airport briefly closed. Russia's defence ministry says it downed more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones. Kyiv has not commented on the strikes.

Humberside Police are investigating Luke Campbell, the Reform UK mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, over claims he showed a senior female colleague naked images of himself in May. The former Olympic boxing champion was reportedly questioned under caution earlier this month but has not been arrested. The woman says she was later forced out of her job. Reform says Campbell firmly denies the allegations.

Arsenal won 1-0 at Nottingham Forest on Sunday after substitute Noni Madueke struck ten minutes from time. His shot, set up by Declan Rice, took a deflection before beating goalkeeper Matz Sels. The champions created little, with just one effort on target. Forest, missing Morgan Gibbs-White through injury, pushed late, but Ezri Konsa blocked Liam Delap's chance. Arsenal are now three points behind Manchester City.

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that the strait would reopen on the sixth day, with talks starting on the seventh. The US would first have to end its naval blockade of Iranian ports and lift sanctions on Iranian oil. Araghchi told Tasnim, a semi-official Iranian news agency, that Tehran is still reviewing US comments on the plan from September.

Israel votes on 27 October, its first national election since Hamas's attack of 7 October 2023, which started the Gaza war. Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that Netanyahu is the right leader against Iran. He added that if Israel picks anyone else, America would have to do the work itself.

Britain's Sonay Kartal lost the Wuhan Open final 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Poland's Maja Chwalinska, missing the biggest title of her career. The 24-year-old, ranked 170th at the start of the tournament after six months out with a back injury, won the first set and led in the second. She will still climb to 50th in the world on Monday and become British number one.

Brighton thrashed rivals Crystal Palace 5-0 at the Amex for their first win over them since February 2024. Diego Gómez scored from the halfway line, the longest-range Premier League goal since Wayne Rooney's in 2017. A Jaydee Canvot own goal opened the scoring, and Yasin Ayari, Charalampos Kostoulas and Jack Hinshelwood also scored, matching Brighton's record win over Palace and piling pressure on Pierre Sage.

Kerosene from a GE Aerospace site has spread almost 2.5 miles along the River Taff in south Wales, and people nearby have been told to keep windows and doors shut. Natural Resources Wales says the fuel entered the river during repair work, with pollution reported at Taffs Well, Nantgarw and Treforest. Firefighters are helping limit the spill while officers take samples to assess the damage.

The BBC has paused a scheme that sends government statisticians to its fact-checking service, BBC Verify, and will review their roles. The move follows a Telegraph report claiming the civil servants had been doing editorial work, raising questions about impartiality. The BBC insists the statisticians never made editorial decisions. Current secondees will not work on published content during the review, and recruitment is on hold.

Manchester City beat Ipswich Town 3-2 at the Etihad, making Enzo Maresca the first Premier League manager to win his first seven games in charge. Phil Foden opened the scoring and Erling Haaland struck twice, while Daizen Maeda and Zian Flemming replied for Ipswich. City stay six points clear at the top with a perfect record, but Haaland and several teammates finished the match injured.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he will not try to overturn a members' motion declaring Zionism racist, though he wants to amend it when party rules allow in 2028. Speaking on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, he also said no country has a right to exist, only people do. The motion has been criticised by Jewish groups, political opponents and some Greens.

Barclays is spending more than £100m on job cuts, mostly in its UK high street banking arm, as part of a drive to reduce costs, The Times reports. The bank has said it will book £125m of restructuring costs in its UK business this quarter. Barclays is due to report third-quarter results soon, amid talk of higher taxes on banks in the 28 October Budget.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski now has the worst rating of any national party leader, according to an Ipsos poll. For the first time, more than half of people, 52%, view him unfavourably, against 16% who view him positively. The slump follows the party's 'Zionism is racism' conference motion and his by-election defeat. On Sunday he said the motion will stay until at least 2028.

Liverpool came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. Keane Lewis-Potter headed Brentford in front, but Yehor Yarmolyuk was sent off just before half-time for butting Jérémy Jacquet. Victor Muñoz equalised after a pass from Florian Wirtz, and Alexander Isak scored the winner from close range in the 70th minute. Brentford also lost Vitaly Janelt to a second yellow card.

A Korean news outlet reported that Samsung's own testing found the chip running too hot, causing slowdowns, and that Samsung may use only its in-house Exynos chips in next year's Galaxy S27 Ultra. Qualcomm's marketing chief replied on X, saying the reports are inaccurate and there are no systemic heat problems. He added that phone makers tune chips to balance speed and power.

Assets of both partners can count when the government decides who gets help with rest-home bills, even if they were kept separate. In New Zealand, individuals possessing sufficient assets are charged a weekly fee for their care. Lawyer Kerry Reed of DTI Lawyers said the Ministry of Social Development treats couples as one economic unit.

Australia's team for the second Test against South Africa will not be announced until the weather on the opening day is known. Captain Pat Cummins said on Saturday he expected Matt Renshaw to bat in the middle order again. Renshaw is set to stay at number five.

The upcoming weekend is being promoted as the most significant of the 2026 college football season to date. Week 7 features a pair of matches pitting top-10 teams against each other, as well as six contests involving sides listed in the AP Top 25. The day's events commenced with an exciting encounter in the Big Ten, which included No. 4 Ohio State.

Dr Eli was on the train that crashed near Bedford. She put her own injuries aside to help the people around her. Pride of Britain is to present her with a Special Recognition award due to her selfless, lifesaving actions.

Merseyside Police received a report of an assault on a 17-year-old boy inside a house in Wallasey at around 1.15pm. The teenage boy was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment following the incident. Police have since started an investigation into the assault, which occurred in the Wallasey property.

Sir John Kingman has never worked in the rail industry, according to the Telegraph. He is chairman of Barclays Bank UK and took up the new post on Friday. Great British Railways is Labour's rail quango, meaning a public body run at arm's length from government, and the job pays £250,000 a year.

Crews were called to the IM Marsh campus on Barkhill Road on Saturday 17 October after a significant fire broke out. The disused university campus, which is currently empty, experienced a large blaze that required the attendance of nine fire engines. Drone footage from the scene later showed the extensive spread of the fire across the site.

Police have shut the M56 near Manchester Airport after an incident. Collision investigation works are understood to be taking place at the scene. Motorists report being held up for over an hour and a half within the closed section of road.

The Financial Times reported earlier this month that Sainsbury's held merger talks with Morrisons, now the sixth-largest grocer, but says they've ended. Sainsbury's, the UK's second-largest supermarket group, will provide an interim report to shareholders on Thursday 22 October, with analysts anticipated to challenge the company. In July, it also reached an agreement to divest Argos to Swift Partners for a minimum of £120 million.

The shooting happened at 4.50am on Sunday on Angel Row, when the officer went up to two suspects and one opened fire. Nottinghamshire Police said the officer was taken to hospital with a foot wound, and a gun has been recovered. Assistant Chief Constable Claire Rukas described the incident as shocking and urged anyone with information to contact 101.

The film is called Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, and Netflix will stream it from 2 April 2027 after the cinema run. Greta Gerwig, the Barbie director, writes, produces and directs it, with Meryl Streep, Daniel Craig and Carey Mulligan in the cast. The book, published in May 1955, takes place a millennium prior to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse identified the man as Edward Jackson, known as "Buddy", at a press conference on Thursday. Jackson was an Arkansas man in his mid to late 50s who lived in Los Angeles and was shot dead. DNA from a distant relative matched the remains found in May 2022, and the murder case remains open.

Lord Ricketts, who advised David Cameron on national security, said on Saturday that Russian hacking and sabotage are getting more reckless. Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said ministers needed to begin an honest conversation with the public, and that banking, energy and water could be targeted. He is seeking additional funds for safeguarding energy, transport, air traffic control, and defence.

Phillip Inman, a Guardian columnist, argues that free “open-weight” models from firms like DeepSeek and Xiaomi carry hidden costs. Nist, the US standards body, identified political censorship within DeepSeek models it had downloaded and was operating on its own equipment. DeepSeek's chatbot policy says it stores personal data in China and allows disclosure to Chinese authorities.

The SNP leader's voice quivered on Saturday as he closed the party's conference in Aberdeen, and delegates gave him a standing ovation when his autocue stalled. He additionally pledged to place Scotland's bus services under public ownership by 2031 and to broaden the £2 maximum bus fare to encompass the north east starting in April.

The UK government has ordered manufacturers to add folic acid, or vitamin B9, to non-wholemeal wheat flour from December. The measure aims to cut birth defects of the brain and spine, a move Rupert Lowe of Restore Britain objected to on X. Writer Rob Lyons says other countries have done this for years, and wholemeal bread already has enough folate.

Local NHS services are managed by integrated care boards, and minimum waiting times for cataract surgery are being implemented by nearly 50% of these boards. Some of those waits stretch to 16 weeks. A report found the deliberate delays have left one in five patients seeking emergency help.

The UK Health Security Agency, the government's public health body, has reported a big rise in Covid cases this autumn. The cause is a new variant called XFG, also known as American Covid or Stratus Covid. It's believed to bring different symptoms from earlier strains, though the snippet doesn't say what they are.

The Princess of Wales has launched a project exploring how time in nature can support the social and emotional development of babies and young children. Run by her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, it will bring together academics, researchers and early years experts, with the Duchy of Cornwall offering possible sites. Catherine said spending time outdoors has never mattered more in a digital age.

The Metropolitan Police says it will take no further action against Sarah Helm, wife of national security adviser Jonathan Powell, over an X post mentioning Palestine Action. She had written that authors who support Palestine and the banned group needed help, after a row over novelist Sally Rooney. Specialist officers assessed the post and decided it did not meet the threshold for a criminal offence.

Thames Valley Police feared Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor might delay a search of his Sandringham home by claiming it belonged to the King, court documents show. Officers said any hold-up could risk evidence being lost. The papers say police wanted diaries, phones and computers linked to his trade envoy role and Jeffrey Epstein. He denies any wrongdoing, and the criminal investigation continues despite warrants being ruled unlawful.

Insulating homes and installing heat pumps would cut living costs more than drilling the Rosebank oilfield, according to thinktank E3G. It says the government's £15bn warm homes plan, now at risk of budget cuts, would save households £1bn a year and create about 50,000 jobs. The Rosebank field would create roughly 1,100 jobs. Ministers are expected to decide soon on the Jackdaw and Rosebank fields.

Experts are urging parents to be careful when uploading photos of their children to AI tools, due to worries about how images could be stored or reused. George Martin, a data protection adviser, stated that parents cannot easily see what becomes of images after they are uploaded. Concerns also include images being difficult to remove and potentially misused.

Tesla has warned customers who reserve its new Roadster that it can't promise when, or even if, the car will be delivered. The company is asking for up to $250,000 upfront for reservations, but this only secures an approximate place in line. Tesla estimates production will start in 2028, but its previous Roadster never made it to production.