Monday, 12 October 2026
Mon 12 Oct · At a glance
Monday, 12 October 2026
Russian drones hit Kyiv hours after Trump's power-plant truce, as dear diesel squeezes farms and charities
220 stories in 12 beats
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- Attacks on power plants and data centresHigh ↑ · 2 beats
- Diesel costing moreHigh → · 5 beats
- Borrowing getting dearerHigh ↑ · 2 beats
- Infections spreadingBuilding ↑ · 3 beats
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Attacks on power plants and data centres
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World
A Russian drone hit a power plant in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, hours after Donald Trump announced a truce on power and fuel sites. The Houthis, an armed group in Yemen, said they hit oil sites in eastern Saudi Arabia.
The World stories →Tech
Ukraine knocked out a third data centre of Yandex, the Russian tech giant, in four days, and taxi and banking apps failed as far away as Kazakhstan. Iran's security chief named the Gulf's data centres and undersea cables as targets if heavy fighting returns.
The Tech stories →Diesel costing more
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World
Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel to bring down US fuel prices before the 3 November vote.
The World stories →Climate
British farmers say the cheap red diesel their tractors burn has almost doubled in price since February. Higher oil prices have drawn more thieves to the oilfields of Texas and New Mexico.
The Climate stories →Food
Ranchers in Nebraska, a US farm state, are paying more for diesel, for the steel in their fences and for machine repairs.
The Food stories →Money
Daft as a Brush, a charity that drives cancer patients to hospital in north-east England, now spends 5,000 pounds a month more on diesel than a year ago.
The Money stories →Finance
India buys about 90% of its crude oil abroad, so dear oil pushes down the rupee, India's currency.
The Finance stories →Borrowing getting dearer
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Finance
India's ten-year borrowing rate rose to 7.35%, its highest since 2023. The IFS, a UK research group, says higher borrowing costs add about 10 billion pounds to Britain's bill in 2029-30.
The Finance stories →Money
The Mortgage Bankers Association, the US home lenders' group, expects 30-year home loan rates to stay above 7% until the end of 2027. British banks say more credit card loans went unpaid in the three months to August, and they expect more to.
The Money stories →Infections spreading
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Biotech
US measles cases reached 4,080, the worst year since 1991, after vaccination fell below the 95% needed to stop outbreaks.
The Biotech stories →Mind & body
Flu in England was higher in September than in any of the past four seasons. More than 100 Americans fell ill from raw milk this summer.
The Mind & body stories →Food
Three Salmonella outbreaks in the UK have made more than 650 people ill and killed two. Officials in Oregon, a US state, are hunting another outbreak that has reached other states.
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World · 45 stories
Trump announces an energy ceasefire in Ukraine that Russia has not confirmed, and Russian drones hit power plants within hours
- Houthis hit Riyadh's airport again
- Boat sinks off Djibouti, killing at least 139
- Pakistan takes over Imran Khan's home province
Finance · 21 stories
India's rupee jumps 1%, its biggest rise since April, as its central bank starts selling the state oil firms all their dollars
- South Korea's won hits a two-year high
- Genting asks its owners for money to repay loans
- UK budget 'a work of fiction' without a plan, IFS warns
Tech · 17 stories
Ukraine knocks out a third Yandex data centre in four days, and Iran's security chief threatens the Gulf's data centres and cables
- Nvidia in talks over Reflection AI
- Amazon in talks to buy Decart for about $7bn
- Brazil's election court gives Meta 48 hours
Mind & body · 12 stories
US maternity wards close as Medicaid cuts take effect: 52 shut since the law passed in July 2025, eight more announced
- WHO plan against high blood pressure in pregnancy
- US children's doctors call for a raw milk ban
- England's flu starts earlier than in four years
Climate · 22 stories
El Nino pushes the Pacific's El Nino patch to a record 29.70C in September, and the world's seas to their warmest September on record
- Hurricane Simon crawls along Mexico's coast
- Europe's Parliament splits over carbon permits
- Tens of thousands march in Brussels
Space · 5 stories
Blue Origin confirms it is building a crew spacecraft, and aims to fly New Glenn again in December from a rebuilt pad
- Webb and Hubble show stars being born
- Webb sees far galaxies through a natural lens
- A Dutch amateur photographs all 110 Messier objects
Biotech · 9 stories
US measles cases reach 4,080, and the CDC's count of two deaths leaves out the five that Pennsylvania reports
- Shingles jab bookings double over dementia hopes
- Fresh immune cells run out faster in male mice
- COVID woke sleeping lung tumours in mice
Money · 8 stories
A US lenders' group expects home loan rates to stay above 7% through 2027, as the US central bank keeps raising its rate
- New York moves to curb betting app harm
- UK lenders expect more missed card payments
- Roofing tops Britain's scam complaints
Sports · 39 stories
The Arizona Cardinals trade Marvin Harrison Jr., the fourth pick of the 2024 NFL draft, to the Houston Texans for a second-round pick and a swap of late-round picks
- City win at Anfield while awaiting their punishment
- UK prime minister to publish his City meetings
- Canelo still plans to fight in Riyadh after airport strike
Gaming · 18 stories
An EA producer finds 600 original video tapes of Wing Commander 3 and says a 30th-anniversary remaster is coming
- Phasmophobia passes 30 million sales
- GTA 6 leaker posts a new clip to sell its coin
- Hacker takes a 250,000-member chat server
Food · 17 stories
The UK recalls eggs from a Ukrainian company over Salmonella, found while officials hunt the source of three outbreaks that have made more than 650 people ill
- Nebraska ranchers squeezed by costs and imports
- Oregon hunts a Salmonella outbreak across states
- Food poisoning suspected at a Walmart warehouse
Cyber · 7 stories
A close aide to Israel's prime minister is hacked, and messages said to be his leak online 16 days before Israel votes
- Karaoke chain's 8.7 million records exposed
- Three more big US law firms hit
- A software flaw hands over hidden websites' addresses
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