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Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for October 2026?
The October 2026 PS Plus Essential selection features three games, but the article suggests their appeal may be limited because each targets a particular audience. It asks subscribers to vote on whether they are happy with the line-up and explain their views. The games are EA Sports F1 25, multiplayer extraction shooter Hunt: Showdown 1896,…
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Spanish protests against holidaymakers explode into violence as riot police charge fence-hurling demonstrators amid fight for tax hikes on tourist apartments
Tens of thousands of Spaniards protested on Saturday across Madrid, Valencia and other cities against the country’s housing crisis, which activists blame on short-term rentals and tourist holiday apartments. The demonstrations turned violent when protesters clashed with riot police, with footage showing demonstrators throwing fences at officers who responded with batons, tear gas and rubber…
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Search launched for six aboard missing medical plane off Nantucket
US authorities are searching off Nantucket for six people after a medical plane travelling from Bermuda to Boston went missing early on Saturday. The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control, prompting a search and rescue response; the cause and the fate of those aboard have not been reported. The Federal Aviation Administration said contact…
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Newly unsealed footage shows Mangione’s arrest and search in Pennsylvania
Newly released body-camera footage shows Luigi Mangione being questioned at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, arrested and searched in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. A judge unsealed the recordings after a media petition; they provide a fuller account of the arrest and the evidence police say they found. The footage is from…
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Man found shot dead in van carrying migrants at French rest stop
A 47-year-old man was found shot dead inside a UK-registered tradesman’s van at a French motorway rest stop, where around ten migrants were also found. The discovery has prompted an investigation into the killing and possible organised migrant trafficking. The van was found on Friday at the Champ l’Epée rest stop, about 20 miles north…
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One of America’s most unique cities is being drowned by BEAVERS… as critters are set to ruin nearly 200 years of history
A colony of beavers has built a dam in the wetlands behind Scandia City Hall in Minnesota, raising water levels approximately 20 feet beyond normal and flooding the surrounding area. This threatens the Gammelgarden Museum, which preserves the heritage of Swedish immigrants who established the state’s first Swedish settlement, along with historic buildings dating from…
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Anthropic’s super bug-hunting model Mythos is hardcore good at math, as latest vuln under attack shows
Anthropic’s Mythos model helped identify a critical authentication flaw in Rejetto HTTP File Server (HFS), and attackers began exploiting it within a day of its public disclosure. The activity makes the vulnerability the second Mythos-linked flaw known to have been used in real-world attacks, raising the stakes for organisations running vulnerable servers. Tracked as CVE-2026-61500,…
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Omani co-pilot accused of attacking Flydubai captain had raised security concerns
An Omani co-pilot severely wounded the captain of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv using an onboard crash axe during an attempted hijacking on Wednesday, causing the aircraft to plummet 14,000 feet in 29 seconds before passengers and crew regained control. The UAE’s prosecutor general has called it an attempted terrorist act. The incident raises…
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Ex-Royal Marine completes world record row across two oceans without setting foot on land: ‘The man-eating sharks reminded me not to fall over the side’
David Bell, a 54-year-old ex-Royal Marine, has broken a world record by rowing 17,500 miles from Peru to Kenya across the Pacific and Indian Oceans in 327 days, completing the longest solo, unsupported ocean row by distance. The achievement is particularly remarkable because Bell has a lifelong fear of water, yet undertook this extraordinary challenge…