Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Tue 6 Oct · At a glance
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Measles spreads where fewer children are vaccinated, and AI data centres buy up parts and power
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- Measles where fewer children are vaccinatedHigh ↑ · 3 beats
- AI data centres buying up parts and powerHigh ↑ · 3 beats
- Firms failing under debt from their buyoutsBuilding ↑ · 3 beats
- Fuel so dear the US lifts its diesel road taxHigh → · 3 beats
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Measles where fewer children are vaccinated
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Biotech
New York declared a measles emergency after 92 cases since mid-July in rural areas where too few people are vaccinated. Florida has proposed letting parents opt children out of school vaccines on moral grounds.
The Biotech stories →Mind & body
Pennsylvania has confirmed 1,004 measles cases this year, its largest outbreak in more than three decades. A computer model found that dropping Florida's school measles rule could start the biggest US epidemic in nearly 50 years.
The Mind & body stories →AI data centres buying up parts and power
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Space
Makers of transformers and switchgear sell to AI data centres by the thousand, so satellite makers, who need a few of each part, sit on years-long waiting lists.
The Space stories →Climate
Amazon signed a 20-year deal for power from Calvert Cliffs, Maryland's only nuclear plant. Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, puts the US data-centre power shortfall at 32 gigawatts through 2028.
The Climate stories →Tech
Phone prices rose about 15% worldwide this year as AI data centres soak up memory chips. Schneider Electric, which makes power and cooling kit for data centres, agreed to buy the software firm PTC for $22.6bn.
The Tech stories →Firms failing under debt from their buyouts
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TalkTalk, a British broadband firm, failed under about 1.5bn pounds of debt taken on in its 2021 buyout. Morrisons, a UK supermarket chain bought the same year, was loaded with more than 7bn pounds of debt.
The Money stories →Finance
BT bought TalkTalk out of administration for 400m pounds. True Food Kitchen, a US restaurant chain, filed for bankruptcy owing about $42 million.
The Finance stories →Food
True Food Kitchen closed 12 restaurants as it went bankrupt. Sainsbury's and Morrisons, two British supermarket chains, held talks about merging.
The Food stories →Fuel so dear the US lifts its diesel road tax
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Climate
US diesel averages more than $6.30 a gallon, and President Trump waived the road tax on it on Monday. British coach operators say diesel above 2 pounds a litre could cut school transport.
The Climate stories →Money
President Trump let truckers use cheaper untaxed farm diesel on the roads. Pakistan raised petrol to Rs393.64 a litre on Tuesday.
The Money stories →Food
In the US, diesel hit a record of about $6.50 a gallon last month. British farms paid 35% more for fertiliser than a year earlier.
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World · 39 stories
Yemen's government retakes towns on the Bab el-Mandeb strait as Pakistan and Turkey agree to send forces to Saudi Arabia
- Separatists win power in Quebec
- Spain will vote on 29 November
- Grain ship sinks in Romania's waters
Finance · 28 stories
The euro falls to its lowest in 17 months as worry about France's debts spreads and Spain calls an early election for 29 November
- Nasdaq hits a record as US loans get dearer
- British fixed mortgages pass 6%
- Schneider agrees to buy PTC for $22.6bn
Tech · 41 stories
AI companies answered New York City's council under oath, and none could put a number on the risk of a catastrophe. OpenAI faces Australia's parliament on Tuesday.
- Schneider Electric buys PTC for $22.6bn
- Hackers steal Denmark's population register
- Five groups fix one AI agent flaw
Mind & body · 20 stories
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win the medicine Nobel for a way to switch chosen brain cells on and off with light, using a protein from a green alga
- Women report more pain everywhere in the body
- Cancer in under-50s rises fastest in England
- Pennsylvania passes 1,000 measles cases
Climate · 37 stories
The US Supreme Court hears Exxon and Suncor's bid to end Boulder's climate damages case, and two dozen like it
- Trump waives the road tax on diesel
- Conservatives would scrap Britain's clean-heat rule for new homes
- Petrol-only cars fall below half of world sales
Space · 14 stories
Satellite makers are running short of parts as AI data centres buy the same equipment in far bigger orders
- US military satellites wait another day
- South Korea's Nuri rocket set to carry 15 satellites
- SpaceX shares jump, and Musk renames its AI arm
Biotech · 22 stories
Vaxcyte's vaccine against 31 strains of a pneumonia germ matched Pfizer's and Merck's shots in 3,500 adults
- Shionogi buys IntraBio for $2 billion
- Roche licenses a Parkinson's drug from Alector
- New York declares a measles emergency
Money · 14 stories
BT buys TalkTalk out of administration, keeping broadband running for its 1.5 million homes; a competition review must report by 19 October
- Glasgow lifts its threat to sack and rehire staff
- Tories promise to scrap the tax on 2m-pound homes
- A 50,000-pound cheaper home, checked
Sports · 34 stories
Alex Ovechkin says his 22nd NHL season will be his last, on a one-year deal that puts more than half his pay in a bonus
- NFL suspends two officials, the first since 2018
- Medvedev thrown out for hitting a fan
- LIV Golf gets its first new money
Gaming · 24 stories
Ninja Theory starts letting staff go after two deals to sell it fell through
- Supermassive lets more than 70 people go
- Jagex pulls a RuneScape trailer over AI
- NBA 2K25 goes offline after two years
Food · 20 stories
Russian drones sink a Turkish-owned ship carrying Ukrainian corn in Romania's part of the Black Sea, and two crew die
- Trump lets trucks use untaxed farm diesel
- Business group warns Hormuz could lift grain 80%
- Bird flu returns to Britain on Lewis
Cyber · 24 stories
Attackers used a Danish company's lawful access to Denmark's population register to take the names, addresses and ID numbers of 8.8 million people
- South Korea's leader says AI was used on banks
- Exchange flaw let staff read each other's email
- Atlassian warns of a serious file flaw
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