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Health officials are investigating where Nigeria's first patient, confirmed this week, was infected.
Health officials are investigating where Nigeria's first patient, confirmed this week, was infected.
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<p>Becky Drury says she was hit by gunfire before she could intervene in attack that killed four, including three children</p><p>A teacher wounded in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/bend-oregon-shooting-victims">last week’s shooting</a> at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school shared her account of the incident, and how she was shot before she could intervene and “[pretended] to be dead”.</p><p>Becky Drury was seriously wounded at Silver Rail elementary when Griffin J John II, a 16-year-old former student at the school armed with a shotgun, broke in and headed toward a special education classroom. He shot six people, killing Megan Lambert, a 25-year-old teacher, and three children, including five-year-old Rhoam Summer.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/teacher-wounded-oregon-school-shooting-played-dead">Continue reading...</a>
<p>The actor, who also had roles in M*A*S*H, A River Runs Through It and Picket Fences, dies of natural causes</p><p>Tom Skerritt, the actor known for roles in Alien and Top Gun, has died at the age of 93.</p><p>His publicist confirmed to <a href="https://variety.com/2026/film/news/tom-skerritt-dead-picket-fences-alien-1236921694/">Variety</a> that he died from natural causes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/22/tom-skerritt-actor-dead">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Regulators say removing ‘unnecessary burdens’ will save businesses about £2bn over 10 years</p><p>The UK is watering down rules introduced in the aftermath of the financial crisis that were designed to hold City bosses accountable for wrongdoing.</p><p>The plans, put forward by the financial industry’s two top regulators, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), include a reduction in reporting for “lower-level misconduct” and would also free 140,000 managers from extra checks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/22/uk-relax-post-2008-rules-hold-city-bosses-accountable-wrongdoing">Continue reading...</a>
Some countries in the region say it infringes on their rights.