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Wire News

• [NPR] Morning news brief
• [BBC Business] People playing loud music on buses could face £100 fine
• [BBC World] Personal attacks fire up debate before Brazil's run-off vote

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Image source, Sebastião Moreira EPAImage caption, Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are competing for the presidency in a run-off election due on Sunday

Brazil's left-wing President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his right-wing rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, have clashed in a debate held one week before the run-off presidential election.

Polls suggest the two candidates are neck and neck and the televised debate was hailed as a chance for both to sway undecided voters.

But the

• [BBC World] Trump says suspension of Russia sanctions is to keep peace negotiations going

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Image source, ReutersByJack Burgess and Toby MannPublished18 October 2026

US President Donald Trump has said his decision to suspend several Russian sanctions is an effort to keep Moscow at the negotiating table.

"I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine," Trump said on his Truth Social messaging platform, adding that he didn't want to "do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table".

Trump blocked numerous sanctions on Russ

• [BBC World] Funding shortages force World Food Programme to cut aid to Gaza

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Image caption, Dalal al-Dahdouh said the WFP food handouts her family received were insufficient even before the cuts

One of the main suppliers of food aid to the Gaza Strip, the World Food Programme (WFP), says that it is being forced to "drastically reduce lifesaving assistance" to the Palestinian territory due to funding shortages.

Overall, the number of people helped by the UN agency will drop by about a third - from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.

The cuts will hit as winter approaches and a

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News Headline

• [Moneycontrol.com] CAS U-turn from SEBI may be new lifeline to Indian derivatives
• [SMH.com.au] Australian ambitions dealt a blow after court orders global asset freeze
• [The Age] Australian ambitions dealt a blow after court orders global asset freeze

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Low-cost carrier Vietjet’s hopes of expanding into Australia’s domestic market have hit a snag, after the United Kingdom High Court granted an order to freeze the carrier’s assets as part of a fight

• [Nine.com.au] ‘Serious adverse effects’: Experts warning after alarming rise in hospital visits from use of black market peptides

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Health experts in NSW are urging people not to use unapproved peptides sold on the black market after thousands of people presented to emergency departments due to peptide use.

A report from NSW Health found 1180 people in the state had gone to an emergency department between July 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.

More people are presenting to emergency departments after using peptides. Dion Georgopoulos / Australian Financial Review

There were only five cases in July 2025, but over 217 last mo

• [TV Tonight | Australia's Leading TV Blog] Speculation emerges on Foxtel future with DAZN...

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Speculation emerges on Foxtel future with DAZN…

Update: Industry chatter on DAZN looking to sell Foxtel has been denied by head office.

There are reports speculating about Foxtel’s future with DAZN only 18 months after the UK sports streaming and entertainment platform bought the subscription broadcaster from News Corp for $3.4b.

The Australian Financial Review reports Tabcorp chief executive Gillon McLa

International News

• [NHK Japan] ラグビーリーグワン フィジー出身選手が死亡 熱中症疑いで搬送

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