Friday, 9 October 2026
Fri 9 Oct · At a glance
Friday, 9 October 2026
Iran hits more tankers, and Europe's gas operators warn of a winter shortage
419 stories in 12 beats
Signals: what moved across the beats
- War pushing up fuel before winterHigh ↑ · 5 beats
- Computers and consoles getting dearerHigh ↑ · 2 beats
- US officials going after foreign hiresBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
- US health officials reopening safety questionsBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
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War pushing up fuel before winter
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World
Iran's forces hit two tankers outside the Strait of Hormuz in two days, and ship traffic through the strait fell to a two-month low.
The World stories →Climate
Europe's gas stores went into October 11 points emptier than a year ago. The companies that run its gas pipes warn of a shortfall of up to 15% in a severe winter.
The Climate stories →Finance
The world's main oil price closed at $104.28 a barrel after the tanker attacks and a hurricane. Pakistan raised its petrol price again on Friday.
The Finance stories →Money
Heating oil in Massachusetts averaged $6.12 a gallon last week, nearly 75% more than a year ago.
The Money stories →Food
PepsiCo, a US drinks and snacks company, is raising some snack prices to cover higher energy and farm costs.
The Food stories →Computers and consoles getting dearer
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Tech
IDC, a firm that counts tech sales, says PC shipments fell 20% in a year because of short supply and high prices. Amazon's new tablets cost far more than the Fire models they replace, as memory chip prices surge.
The Tech stories →Gaming
US console sales in August were the lowest for that month since 2013. The average new console cost a record $541.
The Gaming stories →US officials going after foreign hires
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Tech
The US Labor Department stopped green-card applications from Microsoft, Adobe and six IT firms. A green card lets a foreign worker live and work in the US for good.
The Tech stories →Biotech
The US Labor Department sent subpoenas, orders to hand over records, to nine universities over visas for foreign researchers.
The Biotech stories →US health officials reopening safety questions
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Biotech
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, opened a clinic at the National Institutes of Health, the US medical research agency, to study injuries blamed on vaccines. He also plans to pay doctors for each report of a serious vaccine side effect.
The Biotech stories →Mind & body
The FDA, the US medicines regulator, said its new safety review of mifepristone, the main abortion pill, will run until March 2027.
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World · 64 stories
Trump says the US will not strike Iran before the 3 November midterms, as Iran's attacks on tankers spread beyond Hormuz
- Ethiopian drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray
- Russian bomb kills 30 at a bus stop in Kramatorsk
- Houthi missiles shut Riyadh's airport again
Finance · 42 stories
SpaceX agrees to buy airwaves to run its own phone network, and AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shares fall 5% to 8% after hours
- US freezes green cards at Microsoft and IT firms
- Oil jumps to $104 on tanker attacks and a storm
- Britain's borrowing costs hit a 19-year high
Tech · 49 stories
OpenAI told investors its sales are running at about $50bn a year, not the $68bn reported last month, and shares in companies that build and rent AI computers fell
- US blocks green cards at Microsoft and Adobe
- SpaceX buys airwaves to become a phone network
- Drones knock out a Yandex data centre
Mind & body · 30 stories
England's mental health review says young people's distress is real, and help should no longer wait behind a diagnosis
- Five shocks left Britain more distressed
- Two in three young Europeans had a hard childhood
- A US clinic to study vaccine injuries
Climate · 41 stories
Europe's gas network operators warn of a shortfall of up to 15% of demand in a severe winter, with storage 72% full against 83% a year ago
- Isaias becomes a hurricane and shuts Gulf oil
- The G7's oil release is mostly old stock
- Wild animal numbers down 73%, with comebacks
Space · 15 stories
Amazon has built 1,000 satellites for its Leo internet network and plans to start selling service this year, but only 396 are in orbit because its rockets are late
- US proposes lighter launch licence rules
- SpaceX buys airwaves that reach indoors
- Oldest radio flash ever traced
Biotech · 23 stories
Argenx's best-selling drug Vyvgart fails in Sjogren's disease, wiping 15% off its shares, while a celiac drug it bought passes a mid-stage trial
- Viatris buys Pacira for $1.65 billion
- Roche's weekly weight shot tested in diabetes
- Kennedy opens an NIH clinic for vaccine injuries
Money · 25 stories
E.ON Next completes its takeover of Ovo Energy, and three suppliers now serve almost three in four homes in Great Britain
- Tariffs raised prices of everyday US goods
- UK borrowing costs hit a 19-year high
- US home loan rates rise a fourth week
Sports · 37 stories
Major League Baseball proposes cutting its season from 162 to 154 games in 2029, and ties it to a salary cap the players refuse
- NFL asks the US Supreme Court to step in on betting apps
- College sport's pay watchdog investigates top programmes
- Infantino's likeliest rival stays out of FIFA's election
Gaming · 32 stories
Xbox forms XP, a division for films, TV, toys and theme parks built on its games, while it keeps cutting game-making jobs
- Italy investigates Activision Blizzard over children's spending
- US freezes Microsoft's green card applications
- Paramount will make a Cyberpunk 2077 film
Food · 30 stories
The US pays crop farmers a record $13.8 billion for 2025, because 16 crops sold below the price floors a July law raised
- PepsiCo raises chip prices again
- Trust in US food safety hits a record low
- US farm bill talks start again
Cyber · 31 stories
The FBI seizes the web addresses behind two hacking tools it says a Chinese company built, as seven governments warn
- Ransomware shuts part of a Japanese cloud
- One person and AI helpers behind Korean bank break-ins
- Leaked chats show a gang sending people into law offices
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