Wednesday 30 September 2026

The day's biggest stories

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   US · 21 outlets · 9L · 5C · 7R

   Supreme Court lets Trump administration resume third-country deportations pending December arguments

   On 29 September the Supreme Court paused a lower-court ruling that required notice and a chance to claim fear of persecution before deportation to third countries. It will hear the case in December; the three liberal justices dissented.

   

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   Technology · 13 outlets · 5L · 6C · 2R

   OpenAI withholds GPT-6.1 Astra model after failing its own safety tests

   OpenAI said it will not release GPT-6.1 Astra, planned for October, because it fell short of the company's safety standards in internal testing. Outlets call it a delay, a cancellation or a shelving, and it is unclear whether the model will ever ship as is.

   

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   Culture · 10 outlets · 5L · 1C · 4R

   Dennis Haskins, Principal Belding in 'Saved by the Bell', dies aged 75

   Actor Dennis Haskins, best known as Principal Richard Belding in 'Saved by the Bell', has died at 75. His agent confirmed the death and gave no cause; a friend's tribute said he had Parkinson's disease.

   

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   World · 7 outlets · 4L · 2C · 1R

   US ban on Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles takes effect amid trade war

   A US import ban on Canadian alcohol, some dairy products and large motorcycles took effect on 29 September. Most outlets put it at nearly $1 billion, a small slice of bilateral trade, but differ on its trigger and on how much it changes.

   

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   US · 6 outlets · 2L · 1C · 3R

   Man killed after bag caught in subway door at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn

   A 57-year-old man, named as Yaw Boahene, died Monday evening at Brooklyn's Utica Avenue station after a bag caught in a train door and he was pulled onto the tracks. Outlets differ on the bag type and on how much detail they give.

   

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   World · 6 outlets · 3L · 3C · 0R

   Estonia says Russia ordered August arson attack on Milrem Robotics; Kremlin denies

   Estonian officials concluded that a mid-August arson attack on defence firm Milrem Robotics in Tallinn was ordered by Russian security services. The Kremlin called the claim baseless, and allies voiced solidarity with Estonia.

   

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   Crime · 5 outlets · 1L · 1C · 3R

   Henry Nowak's killer given permission to appeal length of 21-year minimum term

   Vickrum Digwa has been given permission to appeal the length of his life sentence for murdering Henry Nowak. The Court of Appeal will hear it on 5 November alongside the Attorney General's challenge that the sentence was too lenient.

   

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   Business · 5 outlets · 1L · 3C · 1R

   AMD to acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for about $8.2 billion

   AMD has agreed to buy World Labs, the world-model startup founded by AI researcher Fei-Fei Li, for about $8.2 billion. Li will become AMD's chief scientist, and the deal is expected to close by year-end.

   

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   Entertainment · 5 outlets · 4L · 1C · 0R

   Focus Features and Blumhouse set May 7, 2027 date for Curry Barker's 'Anything But Ghosts'

   Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster will release Curry Barker's horror-comedy 'Anything But Ghosts' on May 7, 2027, the follow-up to his hit 'Obsession'.

   

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    World · 5 outlets · 4L · 0C · 1R

    Russian Tu-95 bomber crashes in Amur region during training flight, six dead

    A Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable bomber crashed in the Amur region on 29 September, killing six crew. The Defence Ministry said it was a training flight with no weapons aboard; the cause is not established.