GOP candidate for San Diego House district criticizes Trump comments on Iran – US politics live 06. October 2026 (14:45) Jim Desmond pushes back after president says losing Los Angeles and San Diego would be ‘small price to pay’Q&A: The Iran war is unpopular, but will it cost Trump the midterms? Our reporters answer your questionsSign up for Breaking News US emailJim Desmond, the Republican candidate for a competitive San Diego based House seat has pushed back on Donald Trump’s comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday, where the president said that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, and it would be “a small price to pay for keeping the world safe”.Desmond said that he “vehemently” disagrees with Trump’s comments. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Plague epidemic risk in Russia low after death of lab technician, WHO says 06. October 2026 (14:38) World Health Organization detects no sign of further outbreak since Darya Shipilova died last weekThe World Health Organization has said the risk of an epidemic in Russia is lowafter the sudden death of a lab technician who worked at a plague research institute in Siberia.Darya Shipilova, who was 28, died last week, two days after falling ill. Russian media reports suggested she may have become infected after an accident at her workplace, where dangerous pathogens are kept and studied. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data 06. October 2026 (14:26) Push message claims fashion company’s data has been ‘fully compromised’, but website and app remain onlineBusiness live – latest updatesAsos is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” the online fashion retailer’s data.The value of Asos’s shares on the London Stock Exchange dived more than 14% after thousands of customers received a notification titled “Asos hacked” with a link that sent them to the Telegram messaging service. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel 06. October 2026 (14:21) Trump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attendA National Conservatism (NatCon) conference beginning today in Jerusalem advertises a talk from the Trump administration’s anti-terrorism czar alongside speeches from far-right Israeli politicians, European figures who have faced disciplinary action over alleged antisemitism, and Christian nationalist and far-right figures from the United States.The Jerusalem event is perhaps the most significant recent gathering to feature large contingents of Israeli nationalists alongside Christian nationalists and far-right European nationalists from a milieu sometimes shadowed by accusations of antisemitism. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Argentina will stop Falklands exploiting offshore oilfields, foreign minister says 06. October 2026 (13:40) Pablo Quirno says move is part of Argentinian government’s strategy to peacefully assert sovereignty over the islandsArgentina’s foreign minister has told an audience that included the British ambassador that his government would stop the Falkland Islands from exploiting its offshore oilfields as part of a strategy to take sovereignty.During a speech at a thinktank event in the Argentinian capital, Pablo Quirno condemned the British government for failing to open negotiations over the islands and facilitating a significant offshore oil project in its waters. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Former UN food agency official claims he was fired for highlighting hunger in Gaza 06. October 2026 (13:31) Benjamin Davis appealing against dismissal from FAO, after being accused by director general of playing ‘political games’A former senior UN food agency official has alleged he was fired last week for his work highlighting hunger in Gaza, and has launched an appeal against his dismissal.Benjamin Davis said the leadership of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had refused to renew his contract as director of its rural transformation and gender equality division because his team had published a brief on hunger in Gaza and held a seminar on the subject last year, and because he taken part in weekly “moment of silence” vigils on FAO grounds for those killed. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing 06. October 2026 (13:28) Unprecedented protests that began in low-income banlieue are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutalityBefore dawn on Tuesday outside the Lycée Sophie-Germain in central Paris, hundreds of teenagers dragged wheelie bins, metal barriers and shopping trolleys to build a barricade outside the front door of their secondary school.Climbing to the top of the piles of bins, pupils held banners calling for more funding and greater equality in French schools. But they were also protesting against French riot police, who have been accused by human rights groups of using disproportionate force against children in what is fast becoming the biggest youth protest movement in decades. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
OpenAI delivers a mea culpa to the Australian government in person – but answers still elude 06. October 2026 (13:12) Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea culpa after it admitted – in an unsigned email, to a public departmental inbox – that one of its AI agents had accessed a Services Australia website without authorisation and grabbed data related to Medicare.Kwon – polite, friendly, even-toned – got through a potentially dicey committee hearing unscathed, promising to do better and pledging assistance to Australia. No missteps, no viral moments, just delivering his answers helpfully, in a quiet and calm manner, sympathising with the questioner and the point they were making.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Misuse of AI is brands’ top reputational threat, new survey says 06. October 2026 (13:00) The findings come after warnings from tech leaders that AI placed in the wrong hands could trigger larger threats such as nuclear war or bioweaponry destructionMisusing artificial intelligence (AI) is the top threat to companies’ reputations – more so than being accused of putting children in the way of mental, emotional or physical harm and issues exposed by the US-Israel war on Iran, among other brand risks, according to a new survey of more than 150 public affairs leaders.Those findings in the new edition of the quarterly Reputation Risk Index, released on Tuesday, came on the heels of other perhaps more dire warnings from leading tech figures that AI in the wrong hands could precipitate existential threats on a mass scale such as nuclear war or destruction by bioweaponry. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Democrats upbeat as unpopular Trump imperils Republican midterm hopes 06. October 2026 (13:00) Polls show GOP candidates trailing Democrats in Senate races, and Republicans also struggling in House contestsThirty days remain until the midterm elections, and Donald Trump and his Republican allies are pulling out all the stops to maintain control of Congress.Super Pacs aligned with the GOP have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on advertising and voter outreach in races expected to decide the majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives, and plan to spend even more before the election is over. The president, vice-president JD Vance, and other top Republicans are fanning out across the country to stump for vulnerable lawmakers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
