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• G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves - The Guardian2 October 2026, 6:57 pm
  G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves  The GuardianLive updates: G7 leaders agree to release up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil  BBCG7 agrees up to 100 million-barrel oil release as diesel prices soar  Channel 4Diesel latest: G7 to release 100 million barrels of diesel and oil after emergency talks, Macron says  Sky NewsUS backs down from fuel export ban threat as G7 agrees to release 100mn barrels  ft.com
  
• Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage - BBC2 October 2026, 6:30 pm
  Widdecombe suspect charged with planning terror act against Farage  BBCAnn Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage  The GuardianMan accused of Widdecombe murder charged with preparing terrorist acts including against Nigel Farage  Sky NewsUK police charge man with preparing terror acts including against Nigel Farage  CNNWiddecombe murder suspect charged with terror plot against Farage  telegraph.co.uk
  
• Retired engineer jailed for blowing up ULEZ camera using homemade bomb - Sky News2 October 2026, 6:23 pm
  Retired engineer jailed for blowing up ULEZ camera using homemade bomb  Sky NewsSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
• Fires lit on streets across France after student protests force hundreds of schools to close - BBC2 October 2026, 5:54 pm
  Fires lit on streets across France after student protests force hundreds of schools to close  BBCSee more headlines and perspectives on Google News
  
• Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City - The Guardian2 October 2026, 5:41 pm
  Andy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City  The GuardianMan City confirm appeal against guilty verdict  BBCUAE threatens Burnham over Man City: We’ll pull billions out of UK  telegraph.co.ukEtihad’s statements on funding appear to contradict Manchester City’s defence  The GuardianMan City appeal: Club's strategy brought into question by 2015 statement main sponsor Etihad Airways submitted to US government  Sky Sports
  
• Israel flight hijacking live: New footage emerges after ‘pilot attacked with axe’ - The Independent2 October 2026, 5:40 pm
  Israel flight hijacking live: New footage emerges after ‘pilot attacked with axe’  The IndependentSuicide by plane or terrorism? Speculation over motive in flight 1073 attack  The GuardianThe Mother’s Scream That Sent Passengers to the Rescue  The New York TimesIsrael investigates why dozens of Omani pilots could fly into country  telegraph.co.ukFlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv diverts to Tabuk amid onboard incident  Flightradar24
  
• Celebrity Traitors debut draws almost 9m viewers and more than half of TV audience - The Guardian2 October 2026, 5:16 pm
  Celebrity Traitors debut draws almost 9m viewers and more than half of TV audience  The GuardianChaos, coffins and 'Claudiapatra' steal the show in Celebrity Traitors  BBCSeven things we learnt from The Celebrity Traitors episode one  The TimesIs Richard E Grant a Machiavellian schemer or a giddy fool?  telegraph.co.ukThe Celebrity Traitors: episode two – live  The Guardian
  
• ‘Heartbreaking tragedy’: Two people die following reported trench collapse in Co Down - Belfast Telegraph2 October 2026, 5:09 pm
  ‘Heartbreaking tragedy’: Two people die following reported trench collapse in Co Down  Belfast TelegraphCrossnacreevy: Two people dead after workplace incident near rural road  BBCCommunity ‘devastated’ after two die in Co Down work accident  The Irish NewsTwo deaths following workplace incident in Co Down | UTV | ITV News  itv.comEmergency services at scene of serious workplace incident in Co Down  The Independent
  
• ‘American Covid’ strain sees resurgence in England as hospitalisations rise - The Independent2 October 2026, 4:33 pm
  ‘American Covid’ strain sees resurgence in England as hospitalisations rise  The IndependentBrits given urgent 'American covid' warning as UK hospital admissions soar  Daily ExpressNHS says 'isolate if positive' as Covid symptoms change and more hospitalised  Yorkshire Live'American Covid' drives autumn surge in UK - Details  WION‘American Covid’ Strain Drives 50% Surge in UK Hospital Admissions: XFG Symptoms to Know  Health and Me
  
• Woman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry was 'failed' by officials, says New York governor - BBC2 October 2026, 4:07 pm
  Woman at centre of Cornell rape inquiry was 'failed' by officials, says New York governor  BBCCornell case raises questions about rise of ketamine in sexual assaults: ‘You might not realize you’re being touched’  The GuardianDistrict Attorney’s investigation of 2024 sexual assault allegations  Cornell University statementsJane Doe in Cornell University case told campus police, "I can say with 100% confidence I was raped," transcript shows  CBS NewsHow a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action  The New York Times
  
• Alison Hammond has heart check-up in hospital after rushing off This Morning while on air - BBC2 October 2026, 3:58 pm
  Alison Hammond has heart check-up in hospital after rushing off This Morning while on air  BBCAlison Hammond abruptly leaves This Morning mid-broadcast and checks into hospital  The IndependentAlison Hammond speaks out from hospital bed after This Morning health scare  Oxford MailThis Morning’s Alison Hammond Hospitalized After Abruptly Walking Off Show Live on Air  E! News'This Morning' show host hospitalized after on-air health scare  USA Today
  
• City steps up opposition to Healey bank tax raid in budget - Sky News2 October 2026, 3:43 pm
  City steps up opposition to Healey bank tax raid in budget  Sky NewsChancellor summons UK bank chiefs amid industry calls not to hike taxes  Yahoo Finance UKBank shares lose £18bn after Healey summons bosses to meeting  The TimesUK Treasury minister says her old job as City of London rep is ‘not a conflict’  politico.euOct 2: Chancellor summons UK banks; New RAF Fairford arrest; Countryman SE Midnight Edition  Car Dealer Magazine
  
• Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor - BBC2 October 2026, 3:26 pm
  Intensified Russian strikes are tearing Kyiv apart, warns mayor  BBCUkraine war latest: Russia strikes key bridge in Kyiv - as South Korea demands apology from Ukraine  Sky NewsRussian airstrikes choke bridges across Dnipro River in Kyiv  ReutersRussian attacks 'tearing Kyiv apart' - city Mayor  RTE.ieLive: Russia is ‘tearing Kyiv apart’, mayor says, as Moscow’s bombing brings traffic to a halt  France 24
  
• Spain’s parliament rejects gov’t housing decrees amid mass protests - Al Jazeera2 October 2026, 3:10 pm
  Spain’s parliament rejects gov’t housing decrees amid mass protests  Al JazeeraSpanish PM Sánchez loses key housing crisis vote after eviction of woman, 87  BBCSpanish right wing votes down housing crisis plans as protest movement grows  The GuardianSpain faces more fury over housing after parliament rejects decree  ReutersPedro Sánchez loses vote on Spanish housing reform  ft.com
  
• Thomas Tuchel: England boss would 'never rule out' selecting players in lower divisions - BBC2 October 2026, 3:05 pm
  Thomas Tuchel: England boss would 'never rule out' selecting players in lower divisions  BBCManchester City’s England players are worried about their futures, admits Tuchel  The GuardianThomas Tuchel should know how to handle England’s Man City contingent  telegraph.co.ukEngland boss Thomas Tuchel would be open to calling up Man City players even if club is relegated  ESPNThomas Tuchel reveals stance on picking Man City players for England if club relegated  The Independent