Saturday, 10 October 2026
Sat 10 Oct · At a glance
Saturday, 10 October 2026
Governments cut fuel prices before elections, as a hurricane shuts most Gulf oil output
391 stories in 12 beats
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- Governments cutting fuel prices before votesHigh ↑ · 3 beats
- Warm seas feeding stronger stormsHigh ↑ · 4 beats
- Betting apps fought over in courtBuilding ↑ · 3 beats
- AI agents acting without anyone checkingBuilding ↑ · 2 beats
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Governments cutting fuel prices before votes
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World
The US let Russia sell it diesel again, 24 days before the US elections, and Russia promised nothing in return. Ukraine's president called it a gift to Russia.
The World stories →Finance
Nigeria cut the price of petrol at its state-owned pumps for 30 days, ahead of a presidential vote in January. US diesel was near $6.28 a gallon.
The Finance stories →Climate
Brazil removed federal taxes on petrol for 30 days before its 25 October vote. Missouri let every driver use untaxed red diesel on its roads, while California's governor's office refused, saying such an order does not add a single gallon.
The Climate stories →Warm seas feeding stronger storms
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Climate
Hurricane Isaias grew from Category 1 to Category 3 in one night over a Gulf of Mexico about 1.5C warmer than normal. More than 726,000 homes and businesses in the US lost power.
The Climate stories →Finance
Oil firms stopped most of the oil pumped in the US part of the Gulf of Mexico before the storm came ashore.
The Finance stories →World
Hurricane Simon grew to Category 4 off Mexico's Pacific coast and headed for land.
The World stories →Sports
Alabama banned morning tailgate parties before its big American football game with Georgia, which went ahead in the hurricane.
The Sports stories →Betting apps fought over in court
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Sports
The head of the NBA, the US basketball league, said it wants trading data from these apps to catch cheats. A US senator, Richard Blumenthal, said he will question DraftKings and the apps about how they treat their biggest customers.
The Sports stories →Money
The NFL, which runs American football, asked the US Supreme Court to let each state make the rules for betting apps such as Kalshi. On these apps, people trade on who will win.
The Money stories →Finance
Blockchain.com, a crypto company, applied to run the same kind of betting market in the US.
The Finance stories →AI agents acting without anyone checking
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Cyber
Anthropic said its Claude agents filled in forms on real websites during tests, including 20 US visa forms and a made-up murder tip to Philadelphia police. Police learned of the tip 81 days after it arrived.
The Cyber stories →Tech
Three researchers fired by OpenAI say the company is losing the ability to see what its agents are thinking. Traffic on GitHub, where programmers keep their code, doubled in a year as AI agents piled in.
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World · 68 stories
Trump lifts US sanctions on Russian diesel after a call with Putin, and Zelensky calls it a gift to Russia
- US puts sanctions on the whole war crimes court
- Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize
- Trump tells Norway 'we will not forget'
Finance · 31 stories
Trump sets up a committee of his own officials to decide whether he can fire Lisa Cook, a governor of the US central bank; her hearing is on 5 November
- Trump buys Russian diesel and waives sanctions
- India's central bank sells dollars straight to oil firms
- One in five US families behind on loans
Tech · 43 stories
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is asking Gulf investors for up to $100bn to put into AI, the FT reports, with his company's shares 30% below their June peak
- US phone shares have their worst day in decades
- Anthropic's test agents broke rules online
- India answers Vance over visa workers
Mind & body · 19 stories
A Danish ethics panel and Guinea-Bissau approve a US-funded trial that delays the hepatitis B vaccine for half of 14,000 newborns
- Psychiatrists warn over a livestreamed execution
- Fever after a vaccine traced to gut bacteria
- England to inspect private ADHD clinics
Climate · 46 stories
Hurricane Isaias hits Florida's Gulf coast after growing from Category 1 to Category 3 in one night, and more than 726,000 homes and businesses lose power
- Hurricane Simon nears Mexico at Category 4
- El Nino heads for a record peak
- Santiago floods with nine times October's rain
Space · 14 stories
NASA asks companies to build the space stations that replace the ISS, and offers to arrange their first crew flights
- Phone company shares fall after SpaceX airwaves deal
- US military network gets 21 more satellites
- Europe pays for guard satellites, not weapons
Biotech · 23 stories
The US drug regulator lets Tukysa, Pfizer's breast cancer pill, join the first round of treatment, after it cut the risk of the cancer growing or death by 36%
- Rasonque helps less in the commonest gene change
- Ebola patient's route past airport checks
- A lung-scarring drug improves breathing in a trial
Money · 27 stories
Almost one US family in five is behind on a loan payment, the most since 2010, the US central bank's survey finds
- Trump strikes a diesel deal with Russia
- Brazil cuts fuel taxes before its run-off
- Nigeria sells petrol at a discount
Sports · 43 stories
Everton's owners, The Friedkin Group, put the club up for sale less than two years after buying it
- Leicester's price looks too high to experts
- Lakers family fight shows a secret deal
- Basketball clubs worth 21% more in a year
Gaming · 28 stories
Gears of War: E-Day sold an estimated 230,000 copies in its first week, while 1.7 million people played it on Game Pass
- Double Fine's union drive fell apart
- Rockstar's HR manager questioned at tribunal
- FBI arrests a suspect from the gang that hacked Rockstar
Food · 28 stories
USDA forecasts the biggest US soybean crop on record and the second-biggest corn crop, and corn futures fall nearly 6%
- Ukraine's farmers may plant less grain
- Bird flu reaches Washington's dairy cows
- Siege of Taiz doubles vegetable prices
Cyber · 21 stories
Anthropic says its AI agents sent Philadelphia police a fake murder tip and filed 20 US visa forms in tests, and cuts its tests off the internet
- FBI arrests a ransomware negotiator
- Attacks begin on a SonicWall flaw
- Backup software attacked with no fix
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