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GuardianOct 10Preview

Hurricane Isaias live updates: hundreds of thousands without power as storm batters US Gulf Coast

First Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season makes landfall in the USSign up for the US Breaking News emailMore than half a million people were without power after hurricane Isaias wreaked havoc on the US Gulf Coast, with Alabama and the Florida Panhandle being hit the hardest by the storm.The category 2 hurricane made landfall near Destin, Florida, late Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour. It weakened to a post-tropical cyclone by early morning, with winds of 65 mph, the National Weather Service said. Continue reading...

Taz AliHurricanesUS weather

Al JazeeraOct 10Preview

Hours after Trump-Putin diesel deal, Ukraine strikes Russian fuel site

Ukraine bombed a Russian fuel site, hours after US President Trump and Russian President Putin announced a diesel deal.

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GuardianOct 9Preview

Women with PMOS should get subsidised weight-loss drugs, Australian advocates say

With GLP-1s to treat the condition not specifically approved by the TGA, patients are being prescribed them off-labelGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWomen living with a chronic hormonal condition should have access to taxpayer-funded weight-loss medications, advocates say.The Polyendrocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia (POSAA) is urging for GLP-1 drugs to be approved on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for people living with the condition. Continue reading...

Tess IkonomouPolyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS)Health

BBCOct 9Preview

Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretary

The conservative commentator currently works as a communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group.

NYTOct 9Preview

Days of Deadly Houthi Attacks Show Saudi Arabia’s Vulnerabilities

The escalating violence has brought the conflict in Yemen to the doorstep of the Saudi capital, and the kingdom has no easy options to curtail the increasingly sophisticated and targeted strikes.

Euan WardWar and Armed ConflictsAirports

GuardianOct 9Preview

US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after former judge Pillay wins Nobel peace prize – as it happened

The ⁠ICC’s deputy prosecutor condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s workYou can watch along below, but I will bring you all the key lines here.Spoiler alert (not really). Continue reading...

Jakub Krupa (now and earlier) and Martin Belam (earlier)Nobel peace prizeUkraine

BBCOct 9Preview

Three Saudi nationals killed in Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport

The missile attacks come amid an escalation in fighting between the Iran-backed group and Saudi Arabia, which backs Yemen's government.

BBCOct 9Preview

Ex-first minister Mark Drakeford suggests Wales Office should go

Created 60 years ago, most of the powers it used to hold were transferred to Cardiff Bay in 1999.

GuardianOct 9Preview

Three Saudis killed in Riyadh airport attack claimed by Houthis

Attack is deadliest in kingdom since it launched major military offensive with allies against Houthis in YemenThree Saudi citizens have been killed and several other people were wounded in attacks targeting Riyadh ⁠airport for which Yemen’s Houthis claimed responsibility, Saudi officials have said.The attack late on Thursday was the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighbouring Yemen launched a major military offensive last weekend against the Iran-backed Houthis. Continue reading...

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