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‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign

Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop owners When the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information campaign in 1980 on how to stay alive after a nuclear attack, it was met with a combination of scepticism, disbelief and derision. The advice included how to build a “fallout room” at home, how to whitewash windows to protect from a blast, and how to store a dead body for up to five days.

As midterms loom, Trump and his allies try to change the subject

Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this election This was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. The hot take, or simplistic analysis, would have it that just one issue – often the issue the source so happens to be most animated about – will decide the entire result.

Delta govt approves N4bn to empower 1500 indigenes

By Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha The Delta State Government has approved N4 billion to empower 15,000 indigent residents to support small businesses and entrepreneurship. The State Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at Government House, Asaba.

Reform braces for Farage standards verdict over undeclared £5m gift

Party insiders say they expect initial verdict to be against leader and are preparing to appeal against adverse findings Nigel Farage’s Reform is braced for a negative report from the standards commissioner over his failure to declare a £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, and plans to appeal against any adverse findings. The party is on tenterhooks over the report, with multiple Reform insiders saying they are readying for a fightback through the appeals process and fully expect the initial verdict to find against him.

Cabinet Sub-Committee seeks to draw up department-wise plan to tackle El Nino induced drought conditions

358 mandals provisionally identified as drought-affected based on rainfall, crop coverage

Council polls for four seats pass off peacefully, but for minor incidents in Bengaluru

Of the total 3.43 lakh voters, 2.01 lakh voters cast their votes in the four constituencies that went into polls

European, Middle East ministers urge US-Iran diplomacy, not new attacks

A further escalation would 'create nothing but losers', the French foreign minister warns after joint Istanbul meeting .

Trump jokes he has the ‘right’ to run for a third term as president

But the US constitution unequivocally states that he cannot, which the president also seemed to acknowledge Donald Trump joked with rally-goers on Thursday evening that he had “the right to run again” for president, invoking a claim he has repeatedly made that he may seek a third term despite it being unconstitutional. “I don’t know who is going to be your next president and I think the law said, I’m not 100% sure, but I think the law says I’m not allowed to run again,” Trump said in Sioux City, Iowa.

Supreme Court holds voters can prosecute candidates for concealing information

The judgment by a Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu said the law does not insist that only public servants or competent authorities were eligible to lodge complaints against electoral candidates

Fintiri relaxes curfew in Lamurde, restricts movement from 9 pm to 6am

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has further relaxed the curfew imposed on Lamurde Local Government Area from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. ‎ ‎The development was contained in a statement on Friday in Yola by Mr Humwashi Wonosikou, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Fintiri said movement is now unrestricted during the day, while the curfew will be observed daily from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. ‎ ‎”The curfew relaxation followed cooperation of affected residents and efforts by Security Agencies.

Sakaja Seeks Tougher Penalties for Rogue Developers After Eastleigh Building Collapse

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 23 – Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has called for tougher penalties against rogue developers and the restoration of prosecutorial powers to county governments following the collapse of an incomplete 12-storey building in Eastleigh. Nairobi City County emergency response teams were coordinating operations alongside the National Disaster Operations Centre, the Kenya Red Cross, the Kenya Defence Forces and other agencies.

GJA President Albert Dwumfour praises Ga Mantse over 2021 election dispute

The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, has commended the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, for helping resolve an electoral dispute that stalled the Association’s leadership transition in 2021. Mr Dwumfour also expressed the GJA’s readiness to collaborate with the Ga Traditional Council on awards initiatives, including the Ga State’s Sacred Crown Awards.

Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan to attend NTRUHS ruby jubilee celebration on October 26

Established in 1986 following the initiative of former Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao, the university has grown into a major centre for health sciences education over the years, says Vice-Chancellor Chandrasekhar

‘Foreign policy is the economy’: How Iran war is shaping US midterm vote

Democrats are framing the conflict as an affordability issue to criticise Republican candidates backed by Trump.

Narayana’s family takes part in poll campaign in Nellore

The Minister’s wife and daughters campaign for alliance candidates across city divisions, highlighting development works and seeking votes for mayoral candidate Roop Kumar Yadav

Online petition urges Telangana government to ‘unchoke’ Hyderabad roads

Remembering a time when Afghan women had a voice and agency

John Griffiths says in the 1960s he witnessed women discussing politics with men in Afghanistan’s parliament Your article, with its account of forced marriage, illustrates how Afghanistan’s 22 million women and girls need to be freed from Taliban-imposed misogyny (‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides, 15 October). In 1966, I watched two of them, bare‑headed and wearing western-style clothes, discussing a political topic with three of its male members and the future president Babrak Karmal.

C’River: DSS intercepts GPMGs, AK-47s, other weapons; arrests two

Gov Otu warns political sponsors of violence By Ike Uchechukwu The Department of State Services have intercepted a cache of sophisticated weapons, including General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs) and AK-47 rifles, along the Bekwarra–Ogoja axis of Cross River State, Following the interception, Governor Bassey Edet Otu has warned politicians and their sponsors that the state will not become a theatre of bloodshed. Vanguard learned that four suspects were reportedly trailed from northern Nigeria through Benue State into Cross River.

Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks

Exclusive: Key figure in campaign group accused of saying she would ‘never hire a black person’, and second figure discussed Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’ The Free Speech Union (FSU) is reeling from internal grievances involving allegations of racism, workplace discrimination and sexually inappropriate remarks by senior members of staff, the Guardian can reveal. A key figure in the campaign group, the chief operating officer, Sigrun Olafsdottir, departed late last week after employees alleged that she told a junior member of staff she would “never hire a black person” as a part of a one-on-one mee

MMA2 Dispute: Babalakin Hails Tinubu Over FG-Bi-Courtney Settlement

The Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, has commended President Bola Tinubu for facilitating the resolution of the more than 18-year dispute surrounding the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), describing the settlement as a victory for Nigeria. In a statement issued on Friday, BASL’s Head of Corporate Communications, Ajoke Yinka-Olawuyi, said Babalakin praised the President for intervening through the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN.

Ministers should not have been stopped by police, says Yathindra

Minister inaugurates development works at two fishing harbours

The ₹21.7-crore Puthiyappa fishing harbour project includes construction of auction halls, parking facilities and internal roads. The ₹20.90-crore second phase of the Koyilandy harbour project includes a finger jetty and cold storage unit.

Jagan’s ‘denial’ of Yelahanka Palace for wedding of Sharmila’s daughter sparks political row

The issue once again brings the strained relationship between the siblings into focus with the APCC chief’s efforts to persuade her brother through family members to spare the venue in Bengaluru reportedly failing

What to know as Brazil prepares for tense presidential run-off

Polls show leftist incumbent Lula closing gap on right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of second round of voting.