BBC Politics

'Slim chance' government will hit 1.5m new homes target, Rayner tells BBC

High construction costs and the Iran war are threatening the key manifesto pledge, the housing secretary says.

politics  Sep 13, 2026

BBC World

AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC

It comes as the AI firm's boss has called for the technology's development to be slowed down, citing "serious" risks.

general  Sep 13, 2026

Variety

Shuhua’s Acting Debut and Breaking Free From the ‘American Girl’ Label: Director Feng-i Fiona Roan on Toronto Title ‘Happily Ever After’

“Happily Ever After,” the follow-up feature from Taiwanese director Feng-i Fiona Roan, is bowing in the Toronto Film Festival’s Special Presentations lineup, arriving amid heightened attention following the success of her acclaimed debut, “American Girl.” “American Girl” premiered in the Asian Future section of the Tokyo International Film Festival before earning seven Golden Horse Award […]

entertainment  Sep 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Got $1,000? Here's What an Intel Investment Made the Day the U.S. Government Took Its Stake Would Be Worth Today.

business  Sep 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Lakeland’s (LAKE) Fire Business Is Carrying A Bumpy Turnaround

business  Sep 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Prediction: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Stock Will Hit $600 by the End of 2027

business  Sep 13, 2026

BBC Sport

Opener may not have to be specialist - Trescothick

England’s Test opener does not necessarily have to be a specialist at the top of the order, according to Marcus Trescothick.

sports  Sep 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Seagate Technology Sees AI Storage Demand Fueling HAMR Growth and Margin Gains

business  Sep 13, 2026

Ars Technica

I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

The manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.

technology  Sep 13, 2026

The Guardian

Dover unrest exposes serious flaws in Britain’s handling of far-right extremism

Authorities were caught off guard by the disruption, which they labelled a ‘protest’ despite mass intimidation tacticsTo anybody watching the videos of a group of masked men, all wearing black, descending on the port of Dover last weekend, it was immediately obvious that something novel and disturbing was happening: a mass intimidation in uniform not seen in Britain since the 1930s.Yet to the police and the rest of the UK’s intelligence apparatus, the arrival of the men chanting “stop the boats”

general  Sep 13, 2026

The Guardian

‘Trump accounts’ promise to mint child millionaires. Experts have their doubts

President has hyped growth of federal investment accounts to help US children – for his own political gainSince returning to the White House, Donald Trump has scrapped rules that made childcare more affordable and pushed to cut funding for the nation’s public schools. But with midterm elections fast approaching and his approval ratings very low, the US president has repeatedly trumpeted a two-month-old program designed to help the nation’s children. That program, unhumbly named “Trump accounts”,

general  Sep 13, 2026

Financial Times

Why teenagers are doing worse at school

Falling global test scores underscore the importance of core knowledge, attention and mindset

business  Sep 13, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’

Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and experiencing a ‘tiny bit’ of clairvoyanceWhen Emily St John Mandel was a child she had a dream that would stay with her for decades. It was a nightmare in which “I was trying to find my dad in a crowd, and there were other people who looked like him but weren’t him”, she says. “It just kind of struck my imagination.”Forty-ish years later, Mand

entertainment  Sep 13, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom review – Aardman’s spooky-season caper sparkles with fun

There’s trouble afoot when Shaun’s pumpkin-supersizing serum ends up in a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle in this third cinematic adventureSummer is over and Halloween is on the way … not for a fair bit, of course, but if all the UK’s Halloween merch and continuing pop culture content is up to the standard of this film, then no one is going to be complaining. This is the third in Aardman’s thoroughly enjoyable and cleverly written Shaun the Sheep stop-motion franchise of what are effectively

entertainment  Sep 13, 2026

The Guardian

Lawyer charged over alleged insurance fraud after Hurricane Ida poised to plead guilty

Richard Huye charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in apparent scheme linked to 2021 storm aftermathThe first defendant charged in connection with an alleged major property insurance fraud scheme in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2021 in Louisiana appears poised to plead guilty, if federal criminal court records are any indication.Richard William Huye III, who faces a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud while working as an attorney for Texas law firm McClenny Moseley and Associate

general  Sep 13, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’ Review: The Third Time’s Charming, Just Like the First and Second

The farmer becomes a Bigfoot-like creature roaming the countryside in this new big-screen installment of the hit Aardman Animations stop-motion franchise.

entertainment  Sep 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Borderlands Mexico: Exports of Mexican-made heavy-duty trucks to US roar back

business  Sep 13, 2026

Variety

Cannes Prize-Winning Nepal Oscar Entry ‘Elephants in the Fog’ Sells Wide for Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)

Abinash Bikram Shah’s “Elephants in the Fog” has been sold to distributors across 10 territories, Best Friend Forever has revealed, as the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner plays at the Toronto Film Festival with Nepal’s Oscars international feature submission also confirmed. New deals put the film with MetFilm Distribution in the U.K., Filmin […]

entertainment  Sep 13, 2026

BBC Sport

Kosgei wins Great North Run but McColgan withdraws

Kenya's Brigid Kosgei comfortably wins the women's race at the Great North Run but Eilish McColgan drops out early with injury.

sports  Sep 13, 2026

Yahoo Finance

Academy Sports (ASO) Turns A Tariff Refund Into A Profit Surge

business  Sep 13, 2026