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Delhi police shut metro stations ahead of election protest march

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:51:48+00:00

India’s opposition parties and supporters of the ‘cockroach’ youth movement have been demonstrating against a ⁠controversial revision of election voter ⁠listsAuthorities in India’s capital closed six metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions on Monday, as opposition parties planned to march to the supreme court in protest against a ⁠controversial revision of voter ⁠lists that has sparked days ​of unrest in Delhi.Opposition parties and supporters of the “cockroach” youth movement have taken to the streets almost daily this month to demand the resignation of chief election commissioner ⁠G

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Lawyers who helped detained Australian Robert Pether leave Iraq criticise Wong for announcing news

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:49:52+00:00

Penny Wong welcomes Iraqi government’s decision to allow engineer to leave Baghdad but Pether’s team criticise timing of media statementFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAdvisers to Australian Robert Pether have expressed concern about the timing of a statement from the foreign minister announcing his depature from Iraq, saying it was issued at a sensitive period while the engineer was still transiting through Turkey.Penny Wong’s office issued a statement on Monday announcing that Pether had been allowed to leav

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IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK’s £35bn spending pressures

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:49:11+00:00

Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next yearJohn Healey has been warned by Britain’s leading tax and spending experts that his budget risks being a “work of fiction” unless he sets out plans to cover £35bn in spending pressures.As the war in the Middle East rattles the public finances, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the damage from higher inflation meant the chancellor would need to either top up funds for his current government spending plans or impose deep real-terms cuts by the end of the decade. Continue reading..

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HDFC Bank dips ahead of Q2 results; selling pressure dominates at 70%

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T05:38:11+00:00

Selling pressure was heavy on the HDFC Bank stocks, with 70.10 per cent of traded volume, 18,08,056 units, on the sell side against 29.90 per cent on the buy side.

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Navy inducts third anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft Mangrol

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T05:33:37+00:00

Built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, the ship can operate alongside maritime patrol aircraft, helicopters and other warships to detect and counter submarine threats

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AI is a growth driver, not cannibalising existing revenues: TCS

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-12T05:30:52+00:00

In an interview with businessline, CEO K Krithivasan and COO Aarthi Subramanian discuss the tapering of traditional IT services, the changing nature of enterprise AI demand, and how human-AI collaboration could reshape the way technology services are delivered.

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Met chief says ‘toxicity’ around DEI will not stop him recruiting more black and Asian officers

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:00:47+00:00

Mark Rowley says inclusivity is crucial for the force and he refuses to be ‘blown off course’ by criticsSir Mark Rowley: I will have more police officers of colour in the UK capital – and the culture wars won’t stop me doing itMark Rowley has said the Metropolitan police must recruit more black and Asian officers in order to gain the trust of minority ethnic communities in London, and vowed not to be “blown off course by the culture wars”.The right has criticised drives for diversity, claiming they lead to lower standards. Rowley, who is commissioner of the Met and Britain’s top police officer

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Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:00:47+00:00

Exclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources sayMinisters are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps as they look for ways to fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian.Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, has been tasked with finding more than £2bn in savings from her budget to help pay for defence investment under a plan drawn up by the previous government. Continue reading...

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Burnham to urge MPs to embrace closer ties with EU

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:00:46+00:00

Post-recess statement will focus on damage caused by Brexit and the need to cooperate on immigration and tradeAndy Burnham will put Brexit back on the Commons agenda as MPs return from recess, warning that failing to pursue a better deal with the EU would be a “major dereliction of duty”.The prime minister will use a statement to the Commons on the first day back after the party conference break to urge MPs to face up to the damage caused by Brexit, and embrace closer ties with the EU to increase economic growth and tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

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Burnham: not pursuing better EU deal would be ‘dereliction of duty’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T05:00:46+00:00

Post-recess statement will focus on damage caused by Brexit and the need to cooperate on immigration and tradeAndy Burnham will put Brexit back on the Commons agenda as MPs return from recess, warning that failing to pursue a better deal with the EU would be a “major dereliction of duty”.The prime minister will use a statement to the Commons on the first day back after the party conference break to urge MPs to face up to the damage caused by Brexit, and embrace closer ties with the EU to increase economic growth and tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...

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En Roumanie, le sombre passé de la Securitate continue d’animer la scène politique

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-12T05:00:10+00:00

Révélé par la presse en fin d’été, le cas d’un ex-officier de la Securitate qui commandait la garde rapprochée présidentielle depuis vingt ans a ravivé la défiance des Roumains envers leurs institutions, dans un contexte de crise politique. Les historiens portent un regard nuancé sur l’influence persistante des anciens des services de sécurité.

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Joyce likens US public execution to ‘Roman amphitheatre’ – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T04:57:52+00:00

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabor not watering down 30% tax on discretionary trusts, says assistant treasurer The assistant treasurer, Daniel Mulino, says Labor is not watering down proposed changes to put a minimum 30% tax on discretionary trusts.We’re not watering this down. This is a very substantial review. This is about fairness in our tax system. It’s about trying to better align the taxes that people pay when they earn income through trusts versus when they earn income from working, from providing their labour.These are changes that

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Melbourne Islamic leader silent on centre’s alleged Flydubai hijacker links in Facebook video

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-12T04:55:40+00:00

MyCentre leader Samir Mohtadi, who also goes by Abu Hamza, refers to Islamic texts on the virtues of staying silentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA leader of a Melbourne Islamic centre allegedly linked to the accused Flydubai hijacker has released a video extolling the virtues of staying silent, without directly commenting on the accusations from prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates.Dr Hamad Saif al-Shamsi, the attorney general of the UAE, on the weekend said that investigators had traced the ideological and professional background of the 29-year-old suspect and

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