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October 25, 2026

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El Salvador President Says Bodies Found in Haiti Are Not Those of Hostages

President Nayib Bukele said that bodies delivered to soldiers in Haiti were not those of Salvadorans abducted the previous week, as the search continued.

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Economy

UK Budget to Include £1 Billion for Social and Affordable Housing

The UK budget is set to include £1 billion for social and affordable housing, taking funding for the 10-year programme to more than £40 billion.

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Life on Rosebank, the Oil Field at the Centre of a Political Storm

A report from a ship at the untapped Rosebank oil field examines life at the site as its future remains at the centre of a political dispute.

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Heating Oil Costs More Than Double Ahead of Winter

Residents in Middleton in Teesdale, where there is no mains gas supply, say the cost of heating oil has risen to more than twice its previous level ahead of winter.

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More Than 1,300 Arrested as Clashes Follow Mass Protests Across France

More than 1,300 people were arrested after clashes followed another day of mass demonstrations across France, with protests also reported in other European countries.

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Tech

UK AI Safety Institute Says Mythos 5 Kept Targeting Real People Despite Warnings

The UK AI Security Institute said experiments found that the Mythos 5 AI agent continued targeting real people after being shown they were outside the authorized testing environment.

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Moonshot Curbs Hacking Ability in New Kimi Model as AI Cyberattack Fears Grow

Moonshot said it removed cyber-related data from the training and reinforcement-learning environments for its new Kimi model amid concern that capable AI systems could facilitate offensive cyber operations.

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OpenAI Resumes Frontier AI Training After Security Overhaul and Discloses Software Flaw

OpenAI said it resumed training its most advanced models after strengthening security and blocking internet access, and disclosed a previously unknown flaw in widely used software that it said had been fixed.

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US

Eleven People Sustain Gunshot Wounds in Shooting Near Florida University

A shooting near Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s campus in Tallahassee left 11 people with gunshot wounds and another person injured, authorities said.

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Democrats Hold an Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find

New polling found Democratic candidates ahead in two key Pennsylvania House races, narrowly leading in a third and tied in a fourth.

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Sports

Naomi Osaka Says She Is Near Her Best but Often Thinks About the Future

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said she is returning to her best form but would consider quitting tennis if her three-year-old daughter asked her to.

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Richie Murphy Praises Ulster for Sticking in the Fight

Ulster head coach Richie Murphy praised his team’s battling qualities and execution of its game plan after it nearly completed a comeback against the Bulls in Pretoria.

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