Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84

• UAE Economy Minister Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri and officials from Azerbaijan and Georgia spoke at the Euronews Forum in Dubai to discuss regional economic resilience and disinformation. • Minister Al Marri stated that resilience serves as the insurance of economies during the event.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the UAE President held a phone call to discuss the crisis in West Asia and their bilateral relationship. • The leaders focused on expanding the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership across energy, defense, technology, investment, and health sectors.

• World leaders will gather in New York starting Tuesday for several days of high-level debate at the United Nations General Assembly. • Diplomats indicate there will likely be a side meeting regarding the conflict in Sudan, which has displaced more than 14 million people since April 2023.

• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that the Security Council is paralyzed because some member powers violate international law. • Guterres called for the reform of the Security Council to be an "absolute priority" to ensure effective multilateral action.

• UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned leaders from 193 member nations that the world is deeply divided and the UN Security Council is paralyzed. • Guterres identified three existential threats facing the globe: runaway artificial intelligence, galloping climate change, and escalating inequality.

• Dr. Hanan Balkhy outlined her vision for leading the World Health Organization in a recent interview focusing on global health system reform. • She proposed aligning humanitarian aid with development aid to help communities in conflict zones prepare for future crises.

• UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned leaders from 193 member nations that the world is facing three existential threats: runaway artificial intelligence, galloping climate change, and escalating inequality. • Guterres stated that a huge geopolitical divide and paralysis in the Security Council have allowed powerful countries to flout international law.

Navy veteran David Voight, his wife, Amy, and their child were found dead as relatives report Voight was suffering from PTSDAuthorities are investigating what led to the tragic case of a family who was found fatally shot in their San Diego area home on Wednesday morning.The San Diego police department identified the family as Amy Voight, 54, and David Voight, 56, and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter. The family died of gunshot wounds, police said, and investigators found a weapon in the residence. Continue reading...

Critics say moves from leftwing incumbent president are electorally motivated two weeks before Brazil’s electionsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor families, as well as free weight-loss jabs, prompting criticism from opponents who say the moves are electorally motivated just two weeks before the presidential election.On 4 October, the leftwing incumbent will face the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been gaining ground in recent weeks. Continue reading...

Civil rights groups say plan will make people ‘afraid to vote’ and violates the Voting Rights ActUS politics live – latest updatesA coalition of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against Trump administration officials on Friday, seeking to stop them from threatening to deploy federal law enforcement officers to polling stations in the US midterm elections.The suit, led by the NAACP, alleges that by threatening to deploy law enforcement to survey elections and initiating new voter roll oversight, the Trump administration has violated a section of the Voting Rights Act which prohibits voter intimidation. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackersVast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which an official UK security assessment deemed as being vulnerable to “compromise” by foreign actors and the US government, a Guardian investigation can reveal.The files include criminal records, victim statements, internal emails and sensitive information held by more than 40 police forces across the UK. Continue reading...