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Oct 20, 2026 - World

After retiring from the military in August 2011, Petraeus became Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in September that year, following Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

The teenager carried out the murderous rampage at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, last Thursday, where he had once been a special needs student.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

On the morning of October 13, search and rescue teams began looking for them with helicopter support.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

Yellow severe weather warning issued for first named storm of season with gusts of up to 60mph expectedThe first named storm of the season, Austen, is expected to bring gusts of up to 60mph to southern areas of the UK at the end of the week, forecasters said.While there would be spells of rain and showers for many on Tuesday and Wednesday, by Thursday, Storm Austen would be approaching the south-west of the UK, the Met Office said. Continue reading...

Oct 20, 2026 - World

Heather Hallett, chair of the Covid inquiry, has just published the report from the inquiry’s module 6, looking at what happened in care homesBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to encourage risk taking, wealth creation, enterprise.Britain’s tax burden has never been higher. You are taxed on the heating in your home. You’re taxed at the petrol pump filling up your car. You’re taxed when you insure that car. You’re taxed if you take the family away on holiday. You’re taxed if you stay in the UK thanks to Andy Burnham’s tourist tax. You’re taxed to buy a home, taxed to live in a home, taxed to pass on your home. This is clearly not working. Britain does not feel better off.Andy Burnham wrote in The Times yesterday about the moral outrage of the current benefit system. But as far as I could work out, his answer is to spend even more on benefits. Continue reading...