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World News brief 20 Oct 2026
The first stage of an ambitious new hiking route that will link woodlands across Wales takes walkers into the wild hills above the valleys’ old mining villages
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World The ‘Finger cutter’ and the ‘Brazilian Escobar’: the men accused of bringing cocaine cartels to Europe A Belgian criminal organisation’s links with a Brazilian cocaine gang have been the focus of a major trial in Brussels, where smuggling links have been alleged between European...
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World The pest I’ll never forget: the maggots that rained down like hail The record-breaking heat in London, in summer 2022, resulted in an appalling problem in my neighbourhood – which one man took on, armed only with a jet wash
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World ‘You have to dance like everybody else!’ Burkina Faso in full colour – in pictures Sanlé Sory is said to have taken a million photographs over six decades, documenting rapid change in his home country. A new exhibition looks at the moment he embraced colour
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World Who exactly will be affected by the UK review of benefits for young people? Around one in eight 16- to 24-year-olds are ‘Neet’ – and Alan Milburn is hinting that the overhaul of their support may be controversial
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World Bodycam video shows police officer shoving Herzog protester before ‘I punched him in the head’ boast Lawyer Nick Hanna argues footage aired in Sydney court depicts ‘unlawful use of force’ by ‘very officer boasting about how he pumped him’
World Tuesday briefing: Can Andy Burnham beat Britain’s headphone dodgers? In today’s newsletter: The prime minister’s campaign against noisy passengers has struck a chord with commuters. Whether anyone hears him remains to be seen.
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World TV tonight: Stacey Dooley learns about ‘ket bladder’ In an eye-opening documentary, she meets long-term ketamine users. Plus: never-before-seen clips from Only Fools and Horses. Here’s what to watch this evening
World What the Helen Haines tragedy means for Australian democracy – podcast Political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Matilda Boseley about what happened and why this alleged attack on an independent MP is a watershed moment in Australian politics and...
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World Country diary: A species brought to the edge of extinction, recovering in the fens | Mark Cocker Ouse Fen, Cambridgeshire: The great egret’s story is remarkable, as is the conversion of this low-grade agricultural land into one of the richest wetlands in Britain
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World Mother of alleged Alan Jones victim ‘absolutely trusted’ the radio host, court told Witness breaks down in tears, tells court ‘I was scared’ after son declined to report alleged kissing and touching by broadcaster
World In ruby-red Kansas, Trump contemplates the possibility of a Democratic win in the state The president came out in support of Senator Roger Marshall, who is facing and unexpectedly strong challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton
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World Alberta rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney The results delivered a victory for Prime Minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.
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World She made an anti-war drawing as a child in Russia. Four years on, she’s still living with the fallout Masha Moskalyova’s father was sent to prison in Russia over a drawing she did at age 12. The pair are now trying to build a new life in hiding in France.
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World Listen for Lanny: can Max Porter’s mythic tale be heard in this woodland? Every sun-dappled object is an instrument as composer Dom Coyote and sound designers Elena Peña and Dave Price conjure trip-hop-inspired rhythms in the Mendips for a new stage...
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World ‘Gay men keep my ego going – they message me all the time!’ Ed Gamble on Traitors, true love, weight loss and people-pleasing As a Traitors obsessive, Gamble is in his element hosting its hugely popular companion show, Uncloaked. He discusses keeping the show’s secrets, edgelord comics and how he...
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World ‘The last bastion is gone’: the US right idolised Orbán’s Hungary. Can they recover now he has fallen? The long read: Over the past decade, Hungary has been a beacon for the ‘postliberal’ right, with pro-Trump thinkers making regular pilgrimages to Budapest. Now Orbán is gone...
World ‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast Dr Tom Inglesby, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, speaks to Ian Sample about why governments are so worried and what measures could be put in place to...