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Saturday, September 19, 2026
HOT
Burnham hosts Ireland’s taoiseach as he bids for UK exemptions from EU’s ‘Made in Europe’ plan – UK politics live • Digested week: BuzzBallz signed by Tory leader builds excitement for conference • Sydney Swans v Fremantle Dockers: AFL preliminary final – live • Yorkshire beat Somerset, Sussex v Nottinghamshire: County Championship cricket, day four – live • OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot • Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying • Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high as central bankers fight inflation; retail sales rise in Great Britain – business live • US wheat farmers navigate uncertainty amid drought and geopolitical chaos • British woman who was kidnapped in Malawi rescued by police after shootout • Disabled people in UK need right to travel abroad, say MPs, after ‘ridiculous’ restrictions • Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’ • Mindboggling Magritte, artists respond to a world in peril and a squished Citroën – the week in art •

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