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Greek authorities seek answers after six killed in Athens apartment block explosion
WorldGreek authorities seek answers after six killed in Athens apartment block explosion

Emergency teams discovered victims after two-storey building in historic Plaka district collapsed ‘in seconds’

Helena Smith in Athens
Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference
PoliticsAngela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference

Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules

Geraldine McKelvie
Green shoots? Burnham cultivates rural links in attempt to ‘build back trust’ with farmers
PoliticsGreen shoots? Burnham cultivates rural links in attempt to ‘build back trust’ with farmers

Ministers have been speaking to farming activists to try to build bridges after relations were soured by the tax changes introduced under Keir Stamer

Helena Horton
UN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian human rights violations
WorldUN adds 61 companies to settlements blacklist over alleged Palestinian human rights violations

Human rights council names and shames businesses with ties to illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Associated Press
Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources
EconomyWork intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources

Artists including Tinie Tempah and the Smiths’ drummer Mike Joyce ramp up pressure on government to keep its pledge to outlaw for-profit resales

Rob Davies
Trump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz
WorldTrump reportedly rejects Iran’s seven-day peace deal to reopen strait of Hormuz

Tehran awaits official response to plan, but US president is said to expect renewed strikes after midterms

Staff and agencies
Three-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers
ClimateThree-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers

Only 26% of PHEVs sold across top 20 models can use chargers with power of 50kW or more, analysis finds

Alex Daniel
Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
WorldLula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections

President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest

Associated Press
Rare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m
CultureRare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m

Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctioned

Mark Brown North of England correspondent
‘I felt shame’: former BA worker locked in legal battle after losing job of 30 years
Economy‘I felt shame’: former BA worker locked in legal battle after losing job of 30 years

Cabin crew worker was among thousands of staff laid off during pandemic in what MPs called a ‘national disgrace’

Kevin Rawlinson
Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell
PoliticsLabour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell

The deputy leader wants the party to take advantage of a split on the right and not be embarrassed to show its values

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
The tricky tests awaiting Andy Burnham after Labour conference
PoliticsThe tricky tests awaiting Andy Burnham after Labour conference

From a difficult economic landscape to decisions on oil and gas drilling, welfare spending and the Chagos Islands, we look at what’s on the horizon

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor
TikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement
TechnologyTikTok to pay Alabama $100m and limit teenage use in first state settlement

Trial had been set for Monday over claims by Alabama that TikTok misled parents about tools meant to shield children from harmful content

Agencies
British climber, 28, dies in fall in northern Spain
WorldBritish climber, 28, dies in fall in northern Spain

Mountaineer’s body recovered about 20 metres below the summit of Torrecerredo, the highest peak of the Picos de Europa range

Press Association
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
TechnologyOpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity

Disclosure reveals ⁠new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates ​how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agents

Reuters
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