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Wed Oct 14 2026
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Technology
Tool and target: US law enforcement grapple with AI-enabled terrorism and anti-tech extremism
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Ukraine
Soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
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US
Judge extends White House access to banned media outlets CNN, MS Now and Politico
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World
Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer as growth removed during surgery
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Iran
Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post
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Special report

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Bloodlines
How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
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In focus

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Interview
‘I wanted to change the stigma’: Nikita Hand on winning her civil rape case against Conor McGregor
Scams
‘Like being in a vortex’: US report details extent of ‘devastating’ dating-app scams
Explained
Immigration, climate, guns: key Trump policies to be tested at supreme court
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Features

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Fashion
‘Children are naturally drawn to beauty’: the head of the ‘fake’ Issey Miyake preschool on their pleated uniforms
How we survive
My son killed himself after falling victim to an online scam. I heard it happen – and vowed to protect other children
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Opinion

Supporters of Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota attend a rally in Minneapolis after federal authorities conducted a predawn raid on Omar's Washington, DC-area homeA person holds a placard during a rally of supporters of Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, after federal authorities conducted a predawn raid on Omar’s Washington, DC-area home, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, October 12, 2026. REUTERS/Tim Evans
quote  The raid on Ilhan Omar’s house is dangerous political theater
Moira Donegan
quote  The most important US midterm trends I’m seeing
Molly Jong-Fast
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Sports

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Tennis
Finding Renée Richards: the complicated past and present of a trans sports pioneer
USWNT 2-2 Spain
Sanchez and Swanson strike on return as US fight back for draw with Spain
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Culture

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Live in the UK
Stevie Wonder review – playing ​his greatest album in full, he knocks everyone sideways
★★★★★
Fiction
Ply by Hernan Diaz review – Pulitzer winner’s dry vision of far-future America
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Lifestyle

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A moment that changed me
quote  I learned to read and write – at 42
Influencer economy
Could I make six figures from my couch? Influencers said yes – so I tried
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