‘He persuaded us’: Labour ministers moved by Andy Burnham’s emotional conference speech

• The United Nations concluded its 81st General Assembly amid rising geopolitical tensions that threaten global cooperation and the pursuit of peace. • The organization is currently facing a rupture of multilateralism, which is the practice of multiple countries working together to solve shared problems.

• Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger appointed Douglas Mercado, a visiting lecturer in public and international affairs, to the advisory board of the state’s Office of New Americans in September 2026. • Mercado cited his decades of professional experience supporting refugees, internally displaced persons, and disaster-impacted communities as the basis for his appointment.

• The United Nations concluded its 81st General Assembly amid rising geopolitical tensions that threaten global cooperation and peace. • The organization is currently facing a rupture of multilateralism, which is the process of multiple countries working together to solve shared problems.

Seven others found guilty of lesser charges in connection to incident in 2021 when inflatable dinghy sank killing at least 27 people with four more missing, presumed deadA Paris court has jailed six ⁠men for manslaughter over the deaths of at least 27 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record.Seven other men were ⁠found guilty of lesser smuggling charges with varying degrees of seriousness, including facilitating illegal immigration as part of ⁠an organised gang and criminal conspiracy. Continue reading...

PM also defends decision to release suspects on bail and expresses ‘complete confidence’ in security servicesThere are “strong indications” that Iran played a role in events in which five men were arrested near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire as part of a terror investigation, Andy Burnham has said.Speaking to the media at the end of the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Burnham said he could not give any more details amid an ongoing police investigation, but that Iran was believed to be involved. Continue reading...

Late-night hosts weighed in on Trump’s relationship with tech leaders and the White House’s new AI-powered siteOn Tuesday night, late-night hosts discussed a Maha summit in Washington DC, the White House’s new AI-powered website and Donald Trump once again falling asleep on live TV. Continue reading...

Traders see an about 35% chance of an October rate hike, down from ​about 45% following White House pressureGood economic news boosted Wall Street’s main indexes on Wednesday, as a softer-than-anticipated inflation reading buoyed hopes that the Federal Reserve might not hike rates as soon ⁠as next month.A commerce department report ⁠showed the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ​price index stood at 3.4% on an annual basis in August against estimates of 3.7%, per economists polled by Reuters. Continue reading...

Cotality data shows median house prices fell in September as interest rates hit borrowing capacityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHousing prices are falling in almost every suburb in Australia’s biggest cities, with values dropping faster in Brisbane than Sydney as the slowdown intensifies.Prices nationally have fallen 5.2% from their peak in March to where they were a year ago, Cotality data released on Thursday shows. Continue reading...

Two supermarket home brands claim equal first while the worst-ranked condiment has double the sugar content of almost all the other productsA condiment worthy of compliments, or one that gets a dressing down? Consumer advocacy group Choice has taste tested 29 store-bought mayonnaises, and found the cheapest product is also the best.Aldi’s Colway Real Mayonnaise placed equal first with a score of 80%. A jar costs $2.79, or 61c per 100g – the lowest price per unit of the product spread. Judges relished its “mild” and “pleasant” aroma and “traditional mayonnaise appearance”, while noting its “creamy, smooth texture with balanced citrus acidity, subtle sweetness, mustard and whole-egg flavour”.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

Plane made emergency landing after pilot tried to crash aircraft, Israeli PM says, as officials investigate whether it was an attempted terror attackOne of the pilots of a plane flying from the UAE to Israel stabbed his co-pilot and appeared to try to crash the plane, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said, as Israeli officials said they were investigating whether the incident was an attempted terror attack on Israelis. Here is what we know so far:A commercial plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, after an apparent brawl between its pilots prompted distress signals that briefly raised fears of an attempted hijacking. The FlyDubai flight was over Jordan when it diverted to Saudi Arabia, transmitting three emergency signals, one of which indicated a possible unlawful interference.The plane dipped dramatically during the reported fight, descending about 16,000ft in just two minutes. Israeli officials scrambled fighter jets, fearful of a possible hijacking attempt on a plane containing dozens of Israelis, and the plane landed at Tabuk airport in north-western Saudi Arabia.Netanyahu said one of the FlyDubai pilots stabbed his co-pilot and appeared to be intending to crash the plane. He added that one of the passengers on the flight managed to break into the cockpit with one of the crew members, and together they “neutralised” the attacking pilot.Netanyahu described it as “an extremely severe security incident”. Other officials, including the defence minister, Israel Katz, have called it an attempted terrorist attack. Netanyahu thanked the passengers and crew who helped to stop the attack, saying they “showed exceptional resourcefulness and courage”.An Israeli official has identified the attacker as an Omani national, Reuters reported. The Boeing 737 plane, which Israeli officials said had between 160 and 180 passengers onboard, transmitted a general emergency signal about two and a half hours after departing from Dubai, according to the flight-tracking website Flightradar24.A passenger on the flight, Miryam Shira Ohayon, said the plane was “pretty much out of control” when the alleged stabbing took place. “The co-pilot tried to murder the pilot and basically carry out a suicide attack on the plane,” she told reporters, using a speakerphone held up by her mother who was waiting at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv.The plane transmitted the initial general emergency signal again before landing at Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport. Tabuk airport said the plane landed at 9.45am local time and that both pilots were taken to hospital after sustaining injuries.A second FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv landed safely at its destination. Flightradar24 initially showed flight FZ1081 diverting back towards the UAE but it was later shown to be on its way to Israel, where it landed in Tel Aviv this afternoon. Continue reading...

Julian Hill says educational providers are being closely watched by government after course attracted non-genuine studentsGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastPrivate colleges have issued nearly 3,000 last-minute enrolments to a diploma course that is being cancelled after allegedly being “misused” by non-genuine students, as Labor threatens to suspend providers that are manipulating new rules.Guardian Australia revealed last month that private colleges were offering discounts to rush students into the graduate diploma of management (learning) ahead of its deregistration on 5 October, which the government says was being used by some non-genuine students to remain in the country. The assistant minister for international education, Julian Hill, said at the time the system had been “misused”. Continue reading...