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Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body It could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to be fossilised red blood cells, and traces of the molecule that gives the beast’s blood its distinctive crimson hue. But that is what researchers are claiming to have discovered after analysing the hind leg bones of a small, meat-eating dinosaur called an Aratasaurus that lived and died in what is now north-eastern Brazil 115m years ago. Continue reading...

Police in South Africa have arrested five suspects connected to a violent farm robbery

A petition calling for right-wing television channel CNews to be taken off-air cleared half a million signatures on Monday after a Frenchman shot and killed a French national of Congolese origin and wounded seven others. The 39-year-old shooter is believed to have been an avid watcher of CNews, which is owned by ultra-conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré and has been accused of promoting far-right anti-immigrant views. 

This week on arts24, we're bringing you a double dose of European punk. Elias Bender Rønnenfelt is a singer with Copenhagen's finest post-punk export, Iceage. The group is currently touring Europe, and he is stopping off in Paris this week to play the Pitchfork festival solo. We also welcome Chris Hughes from Fat Dog. Born in South London in 2020 during lockdown, Fat Dog have just released their second album "Cancel Me (I'm Tired)", which will thrill synth lovers and punk rockers alike. They are currently touring France and Europe.

Critics decry ‘Air Miles Andy’ after plane that took off from Stansted diverted to collect prime minister and wife A government-chartered plane taking Andy Burnham to a Commonwealth summit in the Caribbean made a stop-off in Manchester to collect him Downing Street has said. The decision, which will have been more financially and environmentally costly than if the prime minister had travelled to London, leaves him open to accusations of hypocrisy after Labour repeatedly criticised Rishi Sunak for his use of private planes and helicopters for domestic travel when he was PM. Continue reading...

Growing disdain for gambling and animal cruelty concerns drive sliding interest in race that once ‘stopped the nation’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A record number of Australians are turning their backs on the Melbourne Cup, with more than two-thirds surveyed saying they have low or zero interest in the annual horse race. Support for the Melbourne Cup has been sliding consistently for a number of years, but the Guardian Essential poll found just 9% of Australians said they had high interest in the race now – nearly half the proportion in 2025. Continue reading...

In Texas, a Democrat hopes to achieve a feat not seen in the state for 38 years: winning a seat in the US Senate. James Talarico, a young elected official who openly and proudly professes his Christian faith, is facing off against Ken Paxton, a controversial figure in the Republican Party. And his campaign is even winning over some of Donald Trump’s voters.

Frustration grows over the economy with one Labor MP saying voter anger is already high ahead of Reserve Bank of Australia decision Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The NSW premier, Chris Minns, has warned an expected interest rate increase will force job losses and cause businesses to close, insisting the federal government and states should rein in spending to take pressure off the economy. The intervention from the leader of the country’s biggest state will heap yet more pressure on the Albanese government ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate decision on Tuesday. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

More than 2.3m households face jump in payments in 2027, after expected increase in Bank of England rate this week More than 2.3m UK households face a sharp rise in mortgage payments as they come off fixed-rate deals in 2027, with the Bank of England expected to begin raising interest rates this week. The Bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee (MPC) is widely expected to increase the base rate from 3.75% to 4% on 5 November after UK inflation rose further to 3.5% in September. Continue reading...

The United Arab Emirates hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough in Qatar-led mediations to prevent a new confrontation between the U.S. and Iran

Qatar has been leading intense mediation efforts over the past 72 hours to prevent a new round of possible U.S. attacks on Iran after Tuesday's midterm elections. The uncertainty has the entire Gulf region on edge.

Tilt comes after Michelle Landry announced she will not recontest her Queensland seat of Capricornia Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast The Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, will run in a lower house Queensland seat at the next federal election, in a move that may see him face off with Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff. The announcement follows the retirement of the Capricornia MP Michelle Landry, and could result in a contest against James Ashby in a major battle for regional seats. Continue reading...

Iliana Iotova would become the nation’s first elected female president if results confirm her win on Monday.

British prime minister has now agreed to structured dialogue on reparatory justice but issue remains off formal Chogm agenda British officials initially insisted that discussions of reparations for slavery should not be on the agenda of the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda – and even warned that Andy Burnham would not attend the meeting if the subject was formally included, according to a leading Caribbean political figure. Ralph Gonsalves, a former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines and a senior figure in the reparatory justice movement Repair Campaign, welcomed Britain’s decision to enter structured dialogue on reparations, but said the UK had come “kicking and screaming” to the conversation. Continue reading...

The 115 sailors competing in the Route du Rhum set sail from Saint-Malo on Sunday in mild weather, embarking on a solo transatlantic crossing. The race began at 12:02 GMT, with boats heading along the Brittany coast in light winds towards a mandatory checkpoint near Cap Fréhel, where crowds had gathered to watch. One competitor, Nicolas d’Estais, described the conditions as ideal before boarding his yacht, Café Joyeux. Selina Sykes reports from Saint-Malo.

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has expressed openness to formally apologizing for Britain's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Russian authorities say a US tip-off helped them identify teenager suspected of planning attack at a Moscow park.

Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky have reached Ukrainian-held territory following a rare local truce. They described years of isolation, food shortages and regular shelling, with some saying they were forced to eat grass and dogs to survive. Seized by Russian forces in the early days of the 2022 invasion, the city remains cut off by the Dnipro River on one side and Russian troops on the other.

Centre of downturn shifts away from Sydney and Melbourne, but after such strong growth most homeowners still sit on sizeable gains Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian home values have dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with prices in the capital cities now falling at the fastest pace in 40 years as rising mortgage rates scare off buyers. Cotality data shows the centre of the downturn is also shifting away from Sydney and Melbourne toward the mid-sized state capital cities, with Brisbane and Perth leading October’s declines. Continue reading...

There's now fewer than 300 days until the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Qatar.

Senegal kicks off the Youth Games 2026

A truce has cooled the trade conflict, but neither country has done anything to limit the outbreak of new hostilities Donald Trump ’s trade wars have largely fallen off the headlines. Fears of new tariffs flare up from time to time when the US president goes off the rails – for instance, threatening to end US trade with countries with which it has a deficit unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. But the sense that the world’s two largest economies are plowing ahead into an overt economic conflagration has taken a back seat to other, more salient fears, about Trump ending American democracy, AI killing us all and stuff like that. The sense of calm is misleading. Under the radar, the world is marching toward an economic war of potentially epic proportions, one that, history suggests, could well spill over into the real thing. Continue reading...

Voters in Bulgaria weigh economic challenges and attacks on ships in a race marked by record low turnout.

The 2026 Youth Olympic Games have officially kicked off in Senegal. Crowds gathered for Saturday's opening ceremony, featuring hundreds of drummers and dancers celebrating Senegalese and wider African culture, in keeping with the Games' motto: “Africa welcomes, Dakar celebrates”. It is the first-ever Olympic sporting event to be held on the African continent, but comes as Senegal faces an economic crisis. The country's president has said he wants to turn sport into an “economic and social engine”. The Games also come amid a government crackdown on LGBTQ+ people. Nearly 3,000 teenagers from more than 200 countries are competing in around a dozen sports, including athletics, beach wrestling and a five-a-side version of baseball. Jean-Loup Chappelet, Professor at Lausanne University and Olympics specialist, shares further insights.

Bulgarians voted Sunday in a presidential runoff between two candidates with opposing views on the Ukraine war and relations with Russia as tensions mount in the Black Sea. Incumbent President Iliana Iotova, who favours dialogue with Moscow, faces off against Andrey Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister backed by the pro-Western opposition.

It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.

Dozens of people adrift at sea in a rubber boat have been rescued off the coast of the southern Netherlands

Goals from Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer give Chelsea a 2-0 win over Manchester United in the Premier League.

The teams are in Rome for the U.S. college basketball season opener — an event dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off and created to honor the U.S.-born pope.

The 15th amateur to challenge Littler in Netflix stream on Friday evening, Sherrock was ‘lost for words’ after winning £501,000 prize The name of the programme was Beat Luke Littler, and Fallon Sherrock did just that. On one of the biggest nights of the year for British TV, Netflix, too, there was much at stake: not just £501,000 to any of the 20 amateur challengers who managed to beat Littler in a single leg of darts, but also the jeopardy of whether audiences would choose to watch the streamer’s first UK live entertainment event – or the final of BBC juggernaut Celebrity Traitors. Continue reading...

Arsenal, second in the table, travel to Anfield looking to bounce back from their shock League Cup fourth-round exit.

Analysts say the seizure of state arsenals, external backing and extensive military evolution has helped the Houthis.

LeBron scored 20 points and hit the go-ahead fadeaway late, and Maxey had 27 points to lead the 76ers to a victory.

Sellers in areas such as Belgravia and Mayfair face hundreds of thousands of pounds in losses as property prices fall Eight out of 10 properties in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods – such as Mayfair, Belgravia and Knightsbridge – now sell below asking price, according to research by Coutts, which provides private banking services to wealthy clients. Property prices in “prime central London”, which covers the city’s most expensive postcodes, have dropped 5% in the third quarter of 2026, as the slowdown in the UK’s property market hits its wealthiest residents. Continue reading...

Russia’s most prominent investigative newspaper is closing, with staff accusing the government of killing it off.

The MV Odyssey was billed as the ultimate escape from Donald Trump. Instead, the oil shock caused by his war has left passengers unceremoniously dumped in Cambodia The idea was a never-ending retirement at sea, a continuous voyage around the globe. The promise to the passengers of the MV Odyssey cruise ship – many approaching the autumn of their lives – was that on the open seas they could cut loose from the troubles of the world. But the world had other ideas. The end came in an announcement as stark as it was brief: they had seven hours to get off. They were going no further than Cambodia. Continue reading...

Poland’s president has cut short a trip to Senegal, joining protesters facing off with police.

Marco Rubio pulls plug on traditional photo op at meeting of foreign ministers after about one-third of countries threaten boycott The traditional “family photo” to open the G20 foreign minister’s meeting has been abruptly cancelled in the US after a host of nations – including Australia and the UK – refused to appear beside Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, pulled the plug after several European officials, the UK and Australia made it known they would boycott or walk out of the snapshot that often kicks off such international gatherings. Continue reading...

The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.

Big tech stocks falter as investors question whether billions being poured into AI can generate returns quickly enough A sell-off of tech stocks that began earlier this month and gained steam with disappointing earnings from leading tech companies drove US markets down by hundreds of billions of dollars Friday. In total, the decline has knocked nearly $1tn in value off the tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange in one week and erased about $2tn in a month. The S&P 500, the index of the 500 most valuable companies in the US, fell by more than 1% Friday, losing hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. It was on track to erase its gain for October, even though it set its all-time high during the same month. The weakness for technology stocks dragged the Nasdaq composite down even further, more than 3%, also erasing hundreds of billions in value. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell less. Continue reading...

Cryptocurrency theft is estimated to generate half of the country’s foreign currency income North Korea plays by its own rules. The isolated, secretive and autocratic country is largely cut off from the world’s economic system – but when it comes to generating foreign earnings it relies on some of the world’s most sophisticated hacking. Experts, such as TRM Labs, quickly attributed the extraordinary $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance cryptocurrency theft to TraderTraitor, an elite North Korean hacking unit that has also been known as the Lazarus Group. Though the link may not be proven yet, the pattern of behaviour is familiar. Continue reading...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he blasted Max Dowman for red card in shock cup loss at Fleetwood.

Archaeologists uncover jewellery, cosmetics and coins in cabinet sealed since eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 Fragments of personal objects, from makeup tools and a perfume bottle to coins and a child’s necklace, have been found tucked away in a wooden wardrobe sealed off for almost 2,000 years in the ruins of Pompeii. The artifacts provide an intimate glimpse of daily life in the ancient Roman city before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. The wardrobe was discovered in a room of a home on Via dell’Abbondanza, which was one of the most bustling streets in Pompeii. Continue reading...

The aircraft reportedly took off from the Hindu pilgrimage site of Badrinath on Friday afternoon before losing contact.

A Greek container ship has sunk after being struck by three drones, potentially of Russian origin, in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast on Wednesday, October 28. This incident highlights growing concerns for commercial shipping as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia persists.

Some groups stood by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party, but support fell off among others. Turnout was also a striking factor in the election.

Cleveland-Cliffs is ruling out selling Stelco until the business improves production and 175 laid-off workers return to their jobs, an effort Chief Executive Lourenco Goncalves said hinges on Canadians buying the company’s steel products.

In a tight election, incumbent President Lula da Silva bested Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil.

Low voter turnout has triggered a run-off for the Bulgarian presidency. The vote was colored by strong divisions over Russia's war in Ukraine, and Sofia's relations with the Kremlin.

Germany is one a handful of FIFA's 211 nations to refuse an invitation to play at the inaugural Under-15 World Cup. The tournament will also mark Russia's return to the FIFA fold.