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The cyclonic storm is set to make landfall on Wednesday, with 400,000 people in need of evacuation.
The cyclonic storm is set to make landfall on Wednesday, with 400,000 people in need of evacuation.
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Exit polls are expected soon after voting closes late on Tuesday, but a final verdict might take days.
Mbappe appears to say that the funniest internet meme he'd seen was of his face imposed on that of 'a Chinese dictator'.
<p>Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budget</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/27/hsbc-shareholders-profits-surge-32-percent-bank-tax-budget-stock-markets-cost-cutting-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The number of UK businesses in financial distress has hit its highest level in more than two decades, as pressure grows on the chancellor to provide more support to the private sector in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/budget-2026">Wednesday’s budget</a>.</p><p>There were 738,144 businesses in “significant” financial distress in the third quarter of this year, up 1.6% compared with the same period last year, according to BTG. That is the highest level since the administrator’s closely watched “red flag” report began in 2004.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/27/number-of-uk-businesses-in-financial-distress-at-two-decade-high-budget">Continue reading...</a>
<p>One charged assisting a foreign intelligence service and the other with entering a prohibited place, CPS says</p><p>Two men have been charged with national security offences after an investigation into a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service said Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, were both charged under the National Security Act 2023.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/two-men-charged-raf-fairford">Continue reading...</a>