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Friday, 9 October 2026 · Updated 9 min ago

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A fresh mix of headlines from around the globe — refreshed every few minutes.

Business

How soon into dating should you reveal your salary?

Talking about salary, spending habits and debt can be some of dating's trickier conversations.

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World

Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety'

The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information.

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Sport

Is £70m Baleba ready for his Man Utd exam?

Manchester United's £70m summer signing Carlos Baleba is expected to make his debut against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford

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Business

Nvidia-backed data centre firm scraps IPO as AI valuation concerns deepen

Firmus said it had made the decision due to "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions".

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World

Russian strikes and approaching winter force some in Kyiv to pack bags and flee

A renewed Russian campaign of strikes on power and energy infrastructure has made some contemplate leaving Ukraine's capital.

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Entertainment

Emotions run high at the round table as Celebrity Traitors banish two players

Viewers watched to see whether Richard E Grant could save himself at the first round table of the series.

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Sport

Spurs' Simons enrols at iconic university Harvard

Tottenham's Xavi Simons enrols at prestigious American university Harvard as he continues his recovery from a long-term injury.

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Technology

White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring programme

An international visa programme has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.

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Sport

Sutton's predictions v Starsailor frontman James Walsh

BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Starsailor frontman James Walsh, plus the BBC readers and AI with his predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

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Entertainment

'Bold and inventive' Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Literature Prize

Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.

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Science

The bendy elm crowned UK Tree of the Year

It is the first time a tree in Northern Ireland has won the national title since it was launched in 2014.

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Science

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90

Pioneering computer scientist led the development of the software for Nasa's Apollo mission and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Technology

AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn

The tech giant is also expected to get a boost from its latest folding devices that were launched in August.

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Technology

OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'

The research found that important guardrails for teens using ChatGPT often failed.

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Health

One million UK people who have never smoked are now vaping

Latest statistics also show, for the second year in a row, more over-16s vape than smoke.

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Culture

Sent to the UK from the world's most remote island

Tristan da Cunha's islanders had their first taste of modern British life

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