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View All 9MPs to debate plight of Piddington women living as Labour set to dump 1,250 migrants next door
The plight of the women of Piddington living next door to a proposed army camp containing 1,200 male migrants is set to be debated in Parliament, GB News has been told. The debate would force ministers to address the fears of local villagers who are deeply concerned about the camp where migrants, many of whom will have discarded identity documents on arriving in the UK, will be free to come and go.Residents in the quaint Oxfordshire village held a symbolic referendum last month and voted to leave the UK in protest at a Home Office plan to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at the nearby former MoD Bicester.The women in the village have since written to every female MP in Parliament but have only received a handful of replies. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Joy Morrissey, the Shadow Women & Equalities Minister, claimed that Bridget Phillipson has refused to meet them.Ms Phillipson, who serves as Labour's Women & Equalities Minister, had received letters from local women expressing concern over the proposal.Ms Morrisey told GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast about the debate set to take place in the House of Commons. The Beaconsfield MP said: "Labour claim they want to protect women and girls but they're doing nothing about all of these male migrants coming en masse."I asked Bridget Phillipson to meet me to meet the women of Piddington. "She refused. Straight up refused."Ms Morrisey said the villagers were "worried about living in their homes next to unknown male migrants".She added: "Maybe it's a thousand or so, maybe more than that. LATEST DEVELOPMENTSKemi Badenoch has a new confidence. Now she must take it beyond the Tory faithful - Christopher HopeWhy Andy Burnham will be delighted over his meeting with Donald Trump - analysis by Christopher HopeWhy Danny Dyer is right about the PM - and what he can do about it - analysis by Christopher Hope"No one knows where they're from.... they don't feel safe."Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has since visited the village. Ms Morrissey said the Tories are now hoping to organise a debate in Parliament to raise awareness of the plight of the Piddington villagers and force ministers to engage with their concerns.The Conservatives are allowed to force debates in the Commons on 17 so-called "Opposition Days" in the Commons every year. Ms Morrissey said she was trying to organise one with Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp.Ms Morrissey said: "Chris [Philp] I are trying to help them. "We will hopefully have an opposition day debate on it as well. "Kemi would like to if we were granted an option because Kemi, when she went and met them, was so moved by what they were saying."They're just legitimate concerns that anyone would have."A source close to Ms Phillipson told GB News: “Bridget's been clear we should come down like a tonne of bricks on anyone who harms women and girls, whoever they are. "No decision has been taken on use of the military base and engagement with the local communities will be part of reaching that decision.”Watch Chopper's Political Podcast every Friday from 6am on GB News. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Science breakthrough after new giant waterlily species discovered thanks to Instagram post
Experts discovered an incredibly rare new species of giant waterlily after spotting it in an Instagram photo.The species, formally named the Colombian giant waterlily (Victoria colombiana), boasts lily pads stretching up to two metres in diameter, yet only an estimated 30 to 50 individual plants are believed to survive in the wild.The remarkable path to its formal scientific description took waterlily specialist Carlos Magdalena from a social media post through satellite imagery analysis and collaboration with indigenous communities.Afterwards, the team undertook a dramatic nocturnal boat expedition through flooded rainforest to secure the evidence needed to confirm a plant previously unknown to science. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Magdalena, a botanical and scientific research horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, first encountered the waterlily five years ago when he came across images posted by American carnivorous plant nursery owner Jeremiah Harris.After photographing the species in Colombia's Inirida region, Mr Harris assumed the plant was the more widespread Victoria amazonica.However, Mr Magdalena recognised that no known Victoria species had a natural range extending to the Inirida River in Colombia's Guainia department.Convinced he might be looking at something entirely new, the Kew specialist turned to online satellite maps of the Inirida area and identified several enormous lily pads belonging to a single plant, visible from above.Mr Harris subsequently confirmed these were the same specimens that local guides had shown him during his visit.Magdalena subsequently teamed up with Mauricio Bernal from the Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis, along with indigenous reserve members Nilo Rodríguez, Jaime Hernández, and Gustavo Melo, to organise an expedition to the site.Over five days trekking through Inirida's rainforest, the group managed to locate just two individual plants, neither of which was flowering, a critical requirement for creating the dried herbarium specimens botanists need to formally classify a species.With a 9am return flight to Bogota looming, Mr Magdalena shared their predicament with expedition boatman Melo, a member of the indigenous Tucano community, who told them he knew of additional specimens elsewhere.LATEST DEVELOPMENTSArchaeologists begin drilling at 'Noah's Ark site' ahead of potential biblical breakthroughLeopardus tilcayo: Adorable new cat species identified for the first time in more than 100 yearsKill order issued following horror shark attack which saw bloodied swimmer 'tossed around like a fish'The team left at 1am by boat, pushed deeper into the flooded jungle, and arrived at a secluded lake just before sunrise, where they found five more giant waterlilies, crucially, one bearing a flower.They secured their specimen and raced back to catch their flight with barely any time to spare.Mr Magdalena described the find as a convergence of indigenous expertise, horticultural knowledge, social media and modern technology. He said: "This is one of those extraordinary stories where indigenous and horticultural knowledge with the help of social media and technology came together to uncover a truly extraordinary botanical achievement."However, he stressed the urgency of protecting the species, adding: "With so many plants in the wild threatened with extinction, we simply cannot wait any longer to take action."Plant taxonomist Maarten Christenhusz, who assisted with the formal species description published in the journal Phytotaxa, noted: "New species are found all the time, but few are as large, spectacular and emblematic as this one."This new giant waterlily can even be seen from space, which is a striking reminder of how much we still don't know about life on our planet."We can only conserve what we know exists, and discoveries like this show why exploring and understanding the natural world is so important."The research team has since identified a third lake harbouring the waterlily, and satellite imagery comparisons suggest further plants may become detectable when dry season conditions cause water levels to fall.However, they warned that accessing the sites on foot is more challenging than navigating by boat during flood periods.Scientists say scanning satellite images for undiscovered populations remains essential to the species' survival, while plans are already progressing to establish a naturalised group of plants in a more easily reached lake within indigenous territory, which could support local ecotourism. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Scots free speech U-turn - ethics watchdog backs ban it said was ‘not justified’
Exclusive David Crichton Fiona Higgins Greg Lennon Standards Commission for Scotland Economy Local government National government Motherwell Scotland Ethics watchdog U-turn as councillor suspended two months David Crichton Fiona Higgins Greg Lennon Standards Commission for Scotland Economy Local government National government Motherwell Scotland Exclusive /Business Journalist of the Year Freedom of speech campaigner Fiona Higgins has new concerns about the administration of ethical standards in Scotland (Image: Damian Shields) This article is brought to you , and has been written . It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. An ethics watchdog concluded that restricting a councillor’s freedom of speech was “not justified” only to reverse its position at his disciplinary hearing and support a decision that ended with him being suspended for two months, The Herald can reveal. The "extraordinary" U-turn (ESC) is revealed in papers prepared for the Standards Commission for Scotland code of conduct hearing involving North Lanarkshire councillor Greg Lennon. In his report on the case, the commissioner had considered Mr Lennon’s right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and concluded that a restriction on those rights could not be justified. The Commissioner had also found that Mr Lennon was commenting on matters of significant public interest – including the potential closure or repurposing of council facilities and a major council contract – meaning his political speech attracted enhanced Article 10 protection. In briefing material for the hearing, the ESC said a restriction on his freedom of speech human rights had to have “relevant and sufficient reasons” and be “both proportionate and necessary in a democratic society”. But the U-turn came after the commission heard of an earlier Standards Commission case involving North Lanarkshire councillor David Crichton, in which it was first impinging his freedom of speech protections could not be justified, before the panel overturned that. The latest revelations have concerned freedom of speech campaigner, Glasgow councillor Fiona Higgins who said that this shows that there are "serious questions about whether the code is being interpreted in a way that undermines councillors' freedom to scrutinise those exercising power". Mr Crichton has already spoken out about a “mini dictatorship regime” in the enforcement of ethical standards after The Herald revealed an internal briefing for Scotland's ethics watchdog raised concerns its own rules could curb councillors' right to freedom of speech in criticising decisions. North Lanarkshire councillor David Crichton (Image: NQ) The ethics watchdog has been facing calls for its abolition over what some see as the heavy-handed actions of the commission in policing councillors under a code of conduct drawn up by ministers, after The Herald revealed investigations into councillors have more than doubled in a decade amid claims of a “climate of fear”.
Sex crime cases in Scotland take nearly three years to conclude, auditors warn
Exclusive COPFS Rape Crisis Scotland Court Legal National government Scotland Scots sex crime cases face almost three-year wait for justice COPFS Rape Crisis Scotland Court Legal National government Scotland Exclusive /Business Journalist of the Year (Image: Graphic: Derek McArthur) This article is brought to you , and has been written . It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Public spending auditors have warned that sex crime case delays are worsening as victims wait almost three years for results. A total of 16,430 sexual crimes were recorded 2025-26, a 10% rise in a year and the highest figure since comparable records began in 1971. But there is growing concern that the latest justice analysis shows sexual offence cases are taking a median of two years and 11 months to travel from reporting to conclusion — the longest journey time of any type of case. Rape Crisis Scotland said that the delays are "unacceptable and distressing". First Minister John Swinney has previously described the rate of violence against women and girls in Scotland as a “national emergency”. Public spending auditors have warned in a briefing that those journey times "are going up" as the Scottish Government analysis indicates that sexual offence cases now make up around 70% of High Court trial. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) says sexual offence cases are among the most serious and complex, but it is taking action to reduce delays and ensure cases are progressed as quickly as possible while maintaining fair prosecution standards. The Scottish Government says it recognises the impact of delays on victims, but argues increased cases reflect greater confidence in reporting and says it is expanding High Court capacity, pre-recorded evidence and a specialist Sexual Offences Court to tackle delays. MSPs have been examining reforms proposed (Image: PA) It is in stark contrast to Scotland’s criminal courts, where the overall backlog has fallen substantially since the Covid pandemic while the most serious cases continue to pile up. Scots councils break the law in housing homeless 21,800 times in one year ‘Abandoned ’: Retired Scots police back Holyrood motion on pensions Revealed: Ethics watchdog memo warned its own rules could silence Scots councillors Mobile coverage divide laid bare as Scotland takes five worst UK spots Audit Scotland, which is looking into backlogs in criminal courts, found there were 13,268 outstanding scheduled trials at the end of 2025/26, down 52% from 27,406 at the end of 2022/23 and 70% from the peak of 43,606 reached in January 2022.
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View All 10How October 7 changed Lebanon and Hezbollah’s political reality
Hezbollah's decision to enter the war on October 8 led to the assassinations of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine, along with much of its military leadership, and changed the political reality in Lebanon [File: AFP] 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026 Beirut, Lebanon – A day after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Hezbollah made the decision to join the war, in what it said was support of the Palestinian people. It is a decision that analysts say has forever shaped Lebanese politics.
Photos: Gaza before and after – a city transformed by war
In Pictures googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Gaza's historic landmarks have been reduced to rubble, altering the city's landscape and erasing generations of memories. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera] 9 Oct 20269 Oct 2026 Gaza City – More than 80 percent of Gaza’s buildings have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its war on the besieged enclave in October 2023, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, turning whole neighbourhoods into rubble and wiping out much of its infrastructure. For generations, Gaza’s streets, markets, schools, hospitals and public spaces formed the backdrop to everyday life. They were places where people worked, studied, shopped, met friends and family, and built memories. Many of the city’s familiar landmarks also carried a much longer history, reflecting Gaza’s thousands of years as a crossroads of different civilisations. The war has also changed the face of Gaza . UNESCO has verified damage to 164 cultural sites since October 2023, including 128 buildings of historical or artistic interest, 14 religious sites, nine monuments, eight archaeological sites, two museums and three depositories of movable cultural property. Among them are the Great Omari Mosque, Gaza’s oldest mosque, Qasr al-Basha, the ancient Samaritan Bathhouse, al-Qissariya Market and the Church of Saint Porphyrius complex. Some of these places have been reduced to ruins, while others remain standing but heavily damaged. The destruction has altered not only individual buildings but the streets and neighbourhoods around them, removing landmarks that once helped people recognise and navigate their city. This photo series contrasts archive images of some of Gaza’s most recognisable streets, markets and public buildings with new photographs taken three years into the war, showing how these familiar places have changed after years of bombardment and destruction. Gaza's port has long been a central part of life along the city's coast, serving as a base for local fishermen and a familiar gathering place for residents. After three years of war, the port and its surrounding coastline have been heavily damaged, with thousands of displaced families now sheltering in tents across the port area. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera] Al-Rashid Street, Gaza's main coastal road, stretches along the Mediterranean and was once a popular destination lined with cafes, restaurants, shops and hotels. After three years of war, much of the area has been damaged or destroyed, with tents now filling parts of the coastline. [Abdelhakim Abu Riash/Al Jazeera] Rashad al-Shawwa Cultural Centre in Gaza City's Remal neighbourhood was a landmark cultural venue, hosting exhibitions, conferences and public events.
Trump promises not to resume Iran strikes before midterm elections
New Updates PM / October 8, 2026 USS Lincoln returns home to San Diego for first time in over 10 months The USS Abraham Lincoln and its more than 4,500 sailors returned home to San Diego on Thursday for the first time in 321 days, a jubilant homecoming after a long deployment that included months in the Middle East. Braving the heat, hundreds of family members and friends waited for hours in the sun to greet their loved ones. As the ship pulled into the harbor, a roar of cheers erupted from a pier. Sailors stood at attention on the deck for the aircraft carrier's long approach, and after they were released, smiles and waves broke out as sailors took out their phones to call people on the pier. In one such reunion, McKenzie Adkins held her 10-week-old son Declan as she waved to her husband, Alexander, on the ship's deck, before the new father met his son for the first time. The Lincoln carrier strike group had been deployed for more than 10 months, including more than 250 uninterrupted days at sea this year. Much of that time was spent in the Middle East, where the aircraft carrier and its escort ships supported the U. It left the region in late August. here. PM / October 8, 2026 Putin tells Iran leader he will "do everything" to help end war Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday and promised to "do everything" to help end the Middle East conflict, Russian news agencies reported. "We are ready to do everything that is in our power to contribute to the settlement of this situation," Putin said ahead of a regional summit in the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan, adding Iran had made "real efforts to end the war" since U. S.-Israeli attacks started on Feb. 28. Putin noted the "positive evolution" in relations between Iran and Russia. The two have reinforced diplomatic and military links since Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, becoming increasingly reliant on each other. Ukraine and Western countries have accused Iran of supplying Russia with Shahed drones and short-range missiles for use in the military campaign. Russia has been accused of supplying targeting data to Iran for its strikes on U. S. interests in the Middle East. The meeting came as talks between Tehran and Washington appear to be at an impasse. Pezeshkian said this week negotiations with Washington were "meaningless." PM / October 8, 2026 Iran war has damaged or destroyed 81 aircraft from U.
Man shot by ICE agent in New York City's Marble Hill, authorities say
A man was hospitalized after being shot by a U. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in New York City's Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday, according to the Department of Homeland Security and New York City officials. The shooting occurred at about 4 p. m. local time near West 225th Street and Marble Hill Avenue. Officials said he was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The NYPD was not involved in the shooting, the department said. Video from the scene showed numerous law enforcement personnel present. A gray vehicle with a bullet hole in the windshield could be seen in the middle of the road. Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that preliminary information indicated ICE agents were attempting to take someone into custody when another male, who was not the target of the arrest, was shot. DHS, ICE's parent agency, said in a statement that officers were conducting a targeted enforcement operation to arrest a man from the Dominican Republic who they allege was living in the United States illegally. In a press conference Thursday night, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said preliminary information indicates a 28-year-old man was inside a grey Honda at the time of the shooting with a 5-year-old boy. Tisch named the wounded man during the press conference, but the NYPD was unable to confirm the spelling, deferring it to DHS. Tisch said NYPD cameras captured a vehicle backing into a parking spot in front of a fire hydrant. She says video shows one plainclothes federal law enforcement officer approaching the driver's side window with his gun drawn and a second plainclothes officer approaching the vehicle 's side headlight. According Tisch, the vehicle then moves forward out of view of the camera. An ICE officer discharged his weapon during the incident, injuring the man, DHS said. Tisch said the NYPD cameras did not capture the shooting, but based on evidence collected at the scene, at least one ICE agent discharged seven rounds, striking the driver in the neck below his left ear. "ICE officers immediately rendered aid," DHS said. "The individual is alive and at a local hospital. The FBI and HSI are on the scene. The incident remains under investigation. More information will be shared as it becomes available." Tisch said NYPD officers who were in the area responded to the scene after hearing reports of shots fired. "When they arrived, they encountered several men in various forms of attire, including some in construction-style vests, face masks and at least one carrying a long gun," she said.
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View All 105 Key Moments From Hostile Michigan Senate Debate Between El-Sayed and Rogers
Slashing personal attacks dominated the first televised face-off between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate, and former Representative Mike Rogers, his Republican rival.
Arlington County sues to block Trump arch after project gets key approval
Arlington County has filed a lawsuit to block President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch following the project’s approval by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in April. The lawsuit opposed the construction of the proposed 250-foot arch, citing concerns about the project’s impact on tourism and safety to local residents. “Using the Arch to store large…
Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch
The county is home to Arlington National Cemetery, the military gravesite that is central to the legal battle over the planned arch.
Second Maine Senate debate takes testy turn: 3 takeaways
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson squared off Thursday in the second Maine Senate debate of the week, sparring over the Iran war and high prices as their battleground race barrels toward Election Day. The hourlong debate, hosted by WMTW, turned testy at times as the rivals defended their records and re-upped many…
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'Real boss of India?': Elon Musk takes aim at Indian billionaire Ambani as Starlink launch stalls
Livestream Menu SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Thursday took a shot at Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, as his company's Starlink service fails to take off in the country. Musk's comments elicited a response from India's leader of the opposition, Rahul Gandhi, who has consistently charged the Indian government of working in the interests of select businessmen. Ambani's Jio is reportedly looking to set up a satellite network of around 1,600 LEO satellites and 23 ground stations to expand connectivity across India. SPCX WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 13: Head of the Department of Government Efficiency (D. E.) and CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and X Elon Musk meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) at Blair House in Washington DC, USA on February 13, 2025 Anadolu | Anadolu | SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Thursday took a shot at Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, a day after he accused certain "oligarchs" of stalling the launch of his company's Starlink internet service in the country. Musk said Starlink was not being allowed to launch in India despite having spent "five years complying with every single law and requirement" of the government. "Is Ambani the real boss of India?" Musk questioned in a post, having blamed a day earlier "oligarchs" in the country for maintaining a "monopolistic chokehold on the Indian people." Ambani's Jio is the largest telecom and internet service operator in India and, along with the other major operator, Airtel, controls about 80% of the market. Musk's comment against Ambani caused a political stir in India, eliciting a response from India's leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, who has consistently alleged that the government is being influenced . "Wait till you meet the other one," Gandhi said in a veiled reference to India's wealthiest businessman Gautam Adani, who has been a key target of the politician. "This is indeed troubling," Musk said in response to Gandhi. Reliance Industries, Ambani's flagship company, did not respond to CNBC's request for comment. In March last year, Starlink signed pacts with Ambani's Jio Platforms and India's second-largest telecom company Airtel to explore cross-selling the products and services of the U. Following the interim deals, Musk's satellite internet business in July last year got a license to launch its services in India. But Starlink could not launch. Bloomberg reported earlier this year that New Delhi had frozen approvals for Starlink over concerns that its terminals could be used despite the service not being licensed. Meanwhile, Akash Ambani, the son of Mukesh and managing director of Jio Platforms, told shareholders in June that his company was planning to roll out low-orbit satellite communications in the country.
Technology
View All 10Show HN: Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser
Shortcuts: walk e1m1 · play demo1 (e1m3) id Software's 1996 Quake, ported to Rust from its GPL source and software-rendered in your browser — no GPU, no dependencies. Shareware episode included (id's original quake106. zip, 9.1 MB). Source on GitHub. Quake is a trademark of id Software. quake-srp is not affiliated with or endorsed . Contact (including legal notices): terrapapagalli1516@gmail.
The Pentagon Plans to Execute the Fort Hood Shooter on Livestream
Crime The Pentagon Plans to Execute the Fort Hood Shooter on Livestream Meet the new low, it's actually somehow worse than the old low. 9, 2026, am ET Reading time 3 minutes U. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at a hearing in Congress. © Shutterstock Read Later Read Later Comments (8) Just when you thought this era of American governance couldn’t get more disgusting: The U. Army plans to execute a convict . The condemned man is ex-Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted of and sentenced to death for murdering 13 unarmed soldiers and wounding 32 other people in a 2009 terror attack on Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas. The Army hasn’t killed anyone via the death penalty since 1961, and has not carried out executions in the handful of death penalty cases between then and now. President Donald Trump approved Hasan’s execution via firing squad just days ago. Well, I kind of like the mentality we had in World War II, which was win,” Hegseth added. Pentagon officials have since confirmed to outlets including the Associated Press, CNN, and the New York Times that the execution and accompanying broadcast are scheduled for Dec. 3, 2026. The last time in the U. S. an officially sanctioned execution was shown to the public for their edification was in 1936, when 20,000 people showed up to watch the state of Kentucky hang a Black man convicted of raping an elderly white woman. A 2017 article in the Kentucky Historical Society’s academic journal stated that incident seemed “perversely ordinary” in the context of the South, with its history of racially motivated hangings and lynchings. As the Times noted, public executions are usually the domain of authoritarian governments like Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Even they aren’t often cynical or tone-deaf enough to videotape them for propaganda purposes—the Times noted that the U. S. appears to be joining a category composed primarily of mass shooters who broadcast killing sprees and terror groups like the Islamic State. (Iraqi authorities initially planned to broadcast former dictator Saddam Hussein’s 2006 execution; they chose not to, though a cell phone video leaked.) Hasan put up virtually no defense at his trial. He has suggested that the death penalty would allow him to be a martyr. It’s not clear whether the announcement has any legal rationale. Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School, told the AP that Hasan could file a habeas petition to review the legality of the livestreamed execution.
Peter Thiel: You Know Who Else Wants to Regulate AI? The Antichrist
Culture Peter Thiel: You Know Who Else Wants to Regulate AI? The Antichrist Thiel's 'Antichrist' lecture series in Nashville is reportedly focused on casting AI regulation advocates as antichrist enablers. 8, 2026, pm ET Reading time 4 minutes Peter Thiel speaking at the Republican National Convention in 2016. © mark reinstein via Shutterstock Read Later Read Later Comments (12) Fun fact: Billionaire PayPal, Founders Fund, and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, when he’s not busy exerting his ghastly influence over the U. S. government, moonlights as a touring theorist and lecturer on Christianity, the end times, and the antichrist. Thiel and his team have tried to create an air of secrecy around the ‘Antichrist’ lectures, which began with a 2025 series in San Francisco. Thiel’s complete lack of qualifications to speak on theology, of course, pale in comparison to his fame and wealth. So the lectures expanded to Paris and Rome and are now ongoing as a four-part, $100-per-ticket lecture series in Nashville. On Thursday, Calder McHugh of Politico’s Decoded obtained recordings of Thiel attacking former President Barack Obama and the pope at the first two Nashville events over AI. The central thesis of this round of talks, Politico wrote: government attempts to regulate AI are evil. Politico’s quotes from the events show that Thiel seemed intent on pushing the antichrist-as-AI-safety-advocate angle. “Many people know that AI is politically unpopular, and want to leverage that to boost their own popularity,” Thiel told attendees. “Both Obama and the pope fall into this category. Obama knows the Democrats have no ideas, but they can at least oppose AI.” Thiel then dug in on Pope Leo XIV, a popular target for U. Thiel’s particular beef with the Vatican appears to be that the pope targeted AI in his first encyclical, associating the AI era with “new forms of dehumanization” and “idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak.” (The feeling seems mutual: a Vatican advisor, Paolo Benanti, penned a March 2026 essay with a title asking whether Thiel should be burned at the stake for heresy.) “AI is the threat über alles of late modernity,” Thiel said in Nashville, according to Politico. “The pope knows it. That’s why he wrote his first encyclical… he needed something politically popular to distract from the church’s child sex abuse scandals, and he found it in AI.” Note that this is an incredibly convenient position for Thiel, whose wealth is heavily invested in AI.
Reducing undefined behavior in the C language
For humans, . net is written for humans, by humans. We are offering a free one-month trial subscription (no credit card required) to get you started. 28, 2026 Kernel Recipes As a professor of biomedical engineering, Martin Uecker perhaps does not fit the profile of a typical presenter at Kernel Recipes. He is, however, a longtime Linux user, and works on free software for controlling magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. He was at the conference to talk about the C programming language, the specific problem of undefined behavior in C, and whether it can eventually be made into a memory-safe language. Why bother with C in 2026? It is, he said, still a great language. C is portable, stable over the long term, offers fast compilation, and the resulting binary code is fast. "What you see is what you get"; it is easy to look at C code and have some idea of what the computer will actually do. There are a lot of tools for working with the language, and C gets out of the way when necessary. C does have a long history, and that affects the language as we see it today, he said. The C89 standard had to cope with a wide variety of hardware, including machines with signed-magnitude or one's-complement integer representations, segmented memory, exotic pointer representations, and surprising sizes for types. Some Honeywell machines, for example, had nine-bit bytes. That greatly complicated the task of writing a standard that would enable the writing of portable code. The approach that was taken was to define the semantics of the language in terms of an abstract machine. All operations are to be executed as if they had run on that abstract machine, which may not exactly match the actual hardware. The observable behavior of the program must be what the abstract machine would have done. The "observable" part matters: access to volatile variables, being defined as observable, must happen exactly according to the abstract machine; everything else just has to produce the same eventual result. The standard gives a lot of freedom to compiler implementers; only the observable behavior has to be preserved. There are many aspects of that behavior that are either undefined or implementation-defined. These are not observable behavior, and thus do not constrain what compiler implementers can do. There are, of course, other specifications that can constrain compiler developers where the C standard does not; these include ABI requirements, standards like POSIX, or the need for backward compatibility.
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View All 10Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast
Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday. Weather Isaias strengthens into Category 2 hurricane on collision course with the Gulf Coast October 9, 20261:20 AM ET By The Associated Press This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Isaias surging toward the U. Gulf Coast on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. National Oceanic and Atmospheric hide caption toggle caption i National Oceanic and Atmospheric MIAMI — Isaias strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward the U. Gulf Coast on Thursday, prompting orders for tourists to abandon beaches for safer spots inland, sending locals scurrying for gas and groceries and leading fishing crews to secure their boats before the potentially destructive storm's arrival. Climate Super El Niño is here. What's so super about it? The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday. Heavy rain and flooding were possible into the weekend as far north as Tennessee and North Carolina. "We are expecting Isaias to be a dangerous hurricane when it makes landfall," said Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. He added: "Today is the day to prepare and get ready and be in your safe place ." Isaias had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph), according to the hurricane center, surpassing the 96 mph (154 kph) threshold for a Category 2 storm. Isaias was headed northeast at 14 mph (22 kph) and was centered about 260 miles (415 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. A hurricane warning was in effect from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to the Bay-Gulf County line in Florida, the hurricane center said. A storm surge warning was in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Suwannee River. A prediction cone shows the likely path of Hurricane Isaias as it barrels into the northern Gulf Coast. Forecasters say the storm will bring dangerous winds and storm surge when it makes landfall. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Screenshot i National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Screenshot , as Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey ordered non-residents to immediately evacuate Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Dauphin Island. Videos on social media showed traffic at a standstill on a highway leading out of Gulf Shores, where double-red beach flags signaled water access was closed.
£15m spent cleaning illegal waste supersite in ancient woodland
The Hoads Wood site before and after it was cleared of nearly 40,000 tonnes of waste The clearance of a notorious illegal waste "supersite" in Kent has been completed after 15 months at a cost of £15m to the taxpayer. The dump at Hoads Wood, near Ashford, which is on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) known for rare plants and wildlife, was targeted 40,000 tonnes of waste over six months in 2023. It was the first supersite in England to have central government money spent on its clear-up, with work at two other sites bringing the total taxpayer's bill to £26m. The government said the completion of works on Friday showed "just how serious" it was about tackling waste crime and restoring affected countryside. It took 2,500 lorry loads to clear the waste which had been dumped -led clean-up operation began in June 2025 and has seen 2,500 lorry loads of waste removed from the woods a landfill site in Essex. The countryside charity CPRE Kent, residents and Kent Wildlife Trust joined forces in 2024 to campaign for the clearance of the waste, which was piled up to 15ft (4.6m) in places. They welcomed the work's completion but some are concerned the criminal gangs may return to dump waste. One of the organisers of the 'Rescue Hoads Wood' campaign said the cleared site would now be "catnip" to both organised gangs and opportunist fly-tippers. He told the BBC: "Our biggest fear now is people are going to be able to access this site and start dumping on it again and unless the authorities are quick it will happen again." The Environment Agency (EA) said it was extending the current restriction order in place that prohibits access and had dug ditches to make the site inaccessible to waste trucks. Matthew Higginson, the EA's area environmental manager, said the regulator, police and local authorities had a joint "trigger plan" in place. "That will bring all law enforcement partners to work together closely and much more quickly to stop anything like this happening in the future," he said. The rubbish was illegally dumped in an ancient bluebell woodland Meanwhile, there remain conservation concerns over the future of the countryside site. Ian Rickards, area manager for Kent Wildlife Trust, said it would take decades for ancient woodland species to return. But he added: "It won't recover as it was but there are benefits to this. You've now got open space within the woodland.
'I rage and I don't care': Why women are reclaiming their anger
Music artist Chess Galea says she no longer hides her anger Music artist Chess Galea used to suppress any feelings of anger, fearing she would be branded as "hysterical" or "difficult to work with". From the "mental load" women carry to sexism in the workplace or - worse - violence against women, Galea says "we don't realise how much we accept and how much we close our mouths". But now she says she simply lets it out: "If someone catcalls me in the street, I rage. I don't care." Galea, 34, is one of an increasing number of women in the UK reporting feeling angrier than ever. In 2024, one in five British women reported being angry during a lot of the previous day, external, up from one in 10 in 2020. For nearly two decades, more women than men worldwide have reported experiencing daily anger, and the gap has been growing, external. So are women actually feeling more anger - and what is driving that shift - or are they just more open about it? It's a bit of both, suggests psychotherapist Jennifer Cox, author and co-host of the Women are Mad podcast. She started researching anger after suspecting her female clients' suppression of it was the root cause of some of their physical conditions. "There was this pattern of women coming in with migraines, stomach issues, musculoskeletal and immune issues. On top of that is the "mental load", the invisible labour of keeping a household running that often falls to women. There are also more positive representations of angry women in the media. Previously, characters like Alex Forrest (played ) in Fatal Attraction or Carrie (Sissy Spacek) in Stephen King's horror classic would often be portrayed as unstable and dangerous. But today, female rage is increasingly positioned as understandable and even liberating. Characters like Alex Forrest (played ) in Fatal Attraction would often be portrayed as unstable and dangerous Take Lily Allen's 2025 album West End Girl, which graphically documented the end of her marriage to actor David Harbour, as well as artists such as Charli XCX, Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan releasing songs featuring violent imagery and even screams of rage. Lily Allen's 2025 album West End Girl graphically documented the end of her marriage to actor David Harbour Singers such as Chappell Roan are releasing songs featuring violent imagery and even screams of rage
Will El Niño and the polar vortex bring snow to the UK this winter?
Widespread snow driven by a polar vortex is rumoured to be heading for the UK this autumn and winter. But is that really the case? Headlines have been suggesting it is down to the effects of El Niño but the truth is much more complicated. For the rest of the autumn, El Niño actually increases the chance of wet, mild and potentially stormy weather for the UK. Later in winter it could shift the odds towards cold and snow, something that can be influenced . The polar vortex is a ring of strong westerly winds encircling the North Pole every winter, around 10-30 miles (16-48km) above the Earth's surface. It forms because the air high above the Pole becomes extremely cold and dense in winter. The contrast with warmer air further south drives the very strong stratospheric winds that make up the polar vortex. This is all going on high up in the stratosphere, far above the troposphere - where our weather actually happens. A strong polar vortex tends to encourage a strong polar jet stream in the troposphere. This drives areas of low pressure from west to east, bringing mild air from the Atlantic across the UK with spells of wind and rain. The coldest air is essentially locked away to the north of us. Disruptions to the polar vortex can cause the jet stream to change shape increasing the chance of cold winter weather affecting the UK Sometimes, however, the polar vortex can wobble, weaken or even reverse direction. Over a period of days and weeks this can work its way down through the atmosphere influencing our jet stream, causing it to weaken, become more bendy or reverse. It can deliver colder northerly or easterly winds which can bring the UK its coldest winter weather However, it does not always translate into changes in weather patterns at the Earth's surface. Equally, periods of a meandering jet stream and cold winter weather often occur without significant changes in the polar vortex. El Niño - the naturally-occurring climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean - is continuing to grow and . The heat released from the warm Pacific Ocean into the atmosphere impacts weather patterns around the globe. In autumn it increases the chance of wet and stormy weather in the UK - something that is reflected in the forecasts for this season. In late winter, the waves of energy released ño can move upwards through the atmosphere making it more likely that the polar vortex becomes disrupted, increasing the chance of ice and snow.
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View All 10Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Kemi Badenoch addresses the Conservative conference in Birmingham, outlining policies from her 100-page document the Right Way. Photograph: Nicola tree/ View image in fullscreen Kemi Badenoch addresses the Conservative conference in Birmingham, outlining policies from her 100-page document the Right Way. Photograph: Nicola tree/ Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. The apparent error appears in a chapter on net zero in The Right Way, a 100-page policy document produced for the Conservative conference in Birmingham. Badenoch repeatedly used the phrase in her main speech. Justifying the Conservatives’ decision to scrap the target of the UK reaching net zero emissions by 2050, introduced under Theresa May, the document says that estimates of how much this would cost the economy “have varied enormously”. All hail the Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives | John Crace It goes on: “In 2020, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) estimated that its route to net zero would cost £957bn.” It cites the Sixth Carbon Budget produced , the government’s climate change advisers, saying the report put gross economic costs at £1.4tn, falling to £957bn when savings were taken into account. However, the figures in the report in fact total £478bn, half of what the Tory document said. The error appears to have arisen because a tally of all the costs in a CCC spreadsheet from the document also included the row showing totals for each individual column, thus doubling it. A CCC spokesperson said: “We don’t recognise this number. The committee has previously offered to meet with Ms Badenoch and talk her through our advice. That offer is, of course, still open.” The committee’s most recent analysis puts the expected cost of achieving net zero by 2050 at about £110bn, or about £4bn a year – 0.2% of GDP. The error was spotted , which informed the Guardian. It is possible the Conservatives copied the figure without checking it. It appears to have been published in a report . The Conservative document says it is intended to be a precise diagnosis of the UK’s problems. It is modelled in part on The Right Approach, produced ’s Tory party in 1976, which set out some of the economic ideas later used in the 1979 election.
Factcheck: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder
A booklet published ’s opposition Conservative party includes a “cost of net-zero” that appears to have been doubled by a spreadsheet error. The “common sense” policy document argues that “what people ultimately want is a government competent enough to solve the problems for which it takes responsibility”. In a section that says “sophisticat[ed]…modelling” should not be a substitute for “political judgement”, the “Right Way” document disparages various estimates of the cost of net-zero. The Conservative document then claims – incorrectly – that the government’s official adviser, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), had put the cost of net-zero at close to £1tn. It says: “In 2020, the CCC estimated that its route to net-zero would cost £957bn.” In fact, the CCC’s 2020 estimate was exactly half this amount – £478bn – and last year it published a revised figure of £108bn, largely as a result of the falling cost of electric vehicles (EVs). Spreadsheet error The Conservative party’s erroneous claim appears to stem from another report that had accidentally added up numbers twice, using a spreadsheet published 2020. The 2020 spreadsheet contains a table listing the additional investments that would be needed to build a net-zero economy, from low-carbon electricity generation through to heat pumps and EVs. These extra capital expenditures, listed as “CAPEX”, add up to a total of £1.38tn over the 30 years of 2020-50. They are set against operational savings, listed as “OPEX”, of £0.90tn. Added up over 2020-50, the combined CAPEX and OPEX figures come to a total of £478bn. In addition to the annual sectoral CAPEX and OPEX figures, the CCC’s 2020 spreadsheet also has a line giving combined totals for each year. It appears that someone has added all of these numbers together, resulting in the savings and costs being counted twice. This double-counted total for the cost of net-zero amounts to £957bn – as shown in the image below – and it appears to be the source of the claim in the Conservative booklet. At the time of publication in 2020, the CCC said that the £478bn net cost of net-zero amounted to less than 1% of GDP over 30 years – and that the large investment needed would not only result in savings due to lower fossil-fuel imports, but that it would boost GDP overall, by around 2%. In 2025, the CCC revised its estimates for investment costs and operating savings to £670bn and £562bn respectively, giving a net total of £108bn over 2025-50, or less than 0.2% of GDP.
Launch of Africa Energy Bank delayed again in blow to oil and gas hopes
Share: X (Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print The launch of the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) has been put back yet again, raising doubts about the institution's future ability to finance fossil fuel projects - its main objective - as global lenders retreat from such investments over climate concerns, experts told Climate Home News. The bank, which had been billed to launch in September after a series of delays, is now scheduled to begin operations in November, according to the head of the African Energy Chamber, an advocacy body for the continent's oil and gas sector. Even as the world aims to transition away from fossil fuels, many African leaders have made clear they want to continue exploring and extracting the continent's large oil and gas deposits - estimated at around 125 billion barrels of crude and over 600 trillion cubic feet of gas - to boost economic development. Log in here → Lots of our articles are free. This one isn't This story is exclusively available to paid subscribers. A free account gets you a selection of our reporting and our Climate Weekly . But a subscription gets you every story in full, our Bulletin emails from negotiations and conferences, two subscriber-only newsletters, and our monthly Editor’s column. £40/quarter → Or £130/year — best value. The launch of the Africa Energy Bank (AEB) has been put back yet again, raising doubts about the institution's future ability to finance fossil fuel projects - its main objective - as global lenders retreat from such investments over climate concerns, experts told Climate Home News. The bank, which had been billed to launch in September after a series of delays, is now scheduled to begin operations in November, according to the head of the African Energy Chamber, an advocacy body for the continent's oil and gas sector. Even as the world aims to transition away from fossil fuels, many African leaders have made clear they want to continue exploring and extracting the continent's large oil and gas deposits - estimated at around 125 billion barrels of crude and over 600 trillion cubic feet of gas - to boost economic development. As a group, Africa sided with a number of powerful oil-and-gas producing nations in blocking progress on negotiations to craft a global roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at last year’s UN COP30 climate talks, although some countries did individually support the proposal. Meanwhile, major projects under development across the continent - including the 1,443-km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and Dangote’s 700,000-barrel-per-day Kenyan refinery - show that African governments see oil and gas as playing a significant role in meeting their energy and economic needs for many years to come.
Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the Trend
A new report paints a dark picture of the state of global wildlife—but also highlights flickers of light where some populations are on the upswing. Over the past half-century, populations of thousands of vertebrate species across the globe have decreased in size by 73 percent on average, according to the “Living Planet” report published Wednesday […]
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View All 5Today: Light Rain Showers, Minimum Temperature: 10°C (50°F) Maximum Temperature: 16°C (61°F)
This video can not be played Heavy rain and downpours this morning will clear south-eastwards by midday. Sunshine will develop behind these in the afternoon but also a few scattered showers, some heavy. Staying windy and unsettled overnight with further scattered showers, patchy cloud and one or two clear breaks at times. A few showers will be heavy in spots. Little change tomorrow with brisk north-westerly winds bringing a feed of broken cloud and showers. These will once again be locally heavy but will become lighter and scarce . Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday A calm and settled day on Sunday with variable cloud and sunny spells. Turning overcast a low chance of some light rain or drizzle. Monday morning will start overcast and damp but some late sunny spells are possible. Turning windier overnight into Tuesday with heavy rain in the morning clearing to sunshine . Average wind speed 9 Miles per hour, South South Westerly9Average wind speed 14 Kilometres per hour, South South Westerly14 Humidity: Humidity: 94%,94% Visibility: Visibility, not available,-- Pressure: Pressure: 1007 millibars, Falling,1007mb, Falling Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° North, 2.283° West)Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° N, 2.283° W) Our favourite Weather Watchers photos nearby Report for Appley Bridge, Lancashire DebHootsReported , Tameside Report for Rochdale, Rochdale jol1yReported by jol1y Report for Rochdale, Rochdale stevenReported by steven
Saturday: Light Rain Showers, Minimum Temperature: 8°C (46°F) Maximum Temperature: 13°C (55°F)
This video can not be played Heavy rain and downpours this morning will clear south-eastwards by midday. Sunshine will develop behind these in the afternoon but also a few scattered showers, some heavy. Staying windy and unsettled overnight with further scattered showers, patchy cloud and one or two clear breaks at times. A few showers will be heavy in spots. Little change tomorrow with brisk north-westerly winds bringing a feed of broken cloud and showers. These will once again be locally heavy but will become lighter and scarce . Outlook for Sunday to Tuesday A calm and settled day on Sunday with variable cloud and sunny spells. Turning overcast a low chance of some light rain or drizzle. Monday morning will start overcast and damp but some late sunny spells are possible. Turning windier overnight into Tuesday with heavy rain in the morning clearing to sunshine . Average wind speed 9 Miles per hour, South South Westerly9Average wind speed 14 Kilometres per hour, South South Westerly14 Humidity: Humidity: 94%,94% Visibility: Visibility, not available,-- Pressure: Pressure: 1007 millibars, Falling,1007mb, Falling Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° North, 2.283° West)Observation station: Manchester Airport (53.350° N, 2.283° W) Our favourite Weather Watchers photos nearby Report for Appley Bridge, Lancashire DebHootsReported , Tameside Report for Rochdale, Rochdale jol1yReported by jol1y Report for Rochdale, Rochdale stevenReported by steven
NOAA gives El Niño an 83% chance of reaching historic strength in late 2026
NOAA Coral Reef Watch 5 km sst anomalies for October 7, 2026. CPC maintained an El Niño Advisory after oceanic and atmospheric observations showed further strengthening during September. The agency said strong-to-very strong conditions were likely through January–March 2027, with the probability remaining above 83%. Sea-surface temperature anomalies exceeded +4°C (+7.2°F) in portions of the eastern equatorial Pacific during September. CPC’s relative Niño indices increased to +2.1°C (+3.8°F) in Niño-3.4, +3°C (+5.4°F) in Niño-3 and +3.9°C (+7°F) in Niño-1+2. Warmth also remained pronounced below the ocean surface. CPC said the equatorial subsurface temperature index across 180°–100°W was well above average, with a deeper-than-average thermocline and temperature anomalies exceeding +10°C (+18°F) at depth in the eastern Pacific. Average relative SST anomalies for September 2026. Credit: NOAA/CPCAtmospheric conditions were coupled with the ocean warming. Low-level westerly wind anomalies and upper-level easterly wind anomalies extended from the western to east-central equatorial Pacific, while enhanced convection and rainfall persisted over the central and eastern Pacific and convection remained suppressed over Indonesia. Traditional and equatorial Southern Oscillation indices were significantly negative. CPC said the combined oceanic and atmospheric conditions reflected a strengthening El Niño. CPC assigned probabilities of 54% for September–November, 83% for October–December and 70% for November–January that the three-month RONI would reach at least +2.5°C (+4.5°F). The agency said that threshold would exceed the strength of previous El Niño events in its record dating to 1950. The +2.5°C threshold is higher than CPC’s general “very strong” category, which begins at a three-month RONI of +2°C (+3.6°F). Time series of area-averaged SST anomalies in Niño regions. Credit: NOAA/CPC WMO issued a separate seasonal assessment on October 8 forecasting further intensification toward the end of the year. Its multi-model ensemble placed the October–December Niño-3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly at approximately +3.7°C (+6.7°F), with the warming trend forecast to peak around December. If realized, WMO said the +3.7°C anomaly would be the highest since observations began, exceeding the previous stated maximum of +2.6°C (+4.7°F) during November 2015–January 2016. /CPC WMO also reported a near-100% probability that El Niño would persist through February 2027. The assessment represents a forecast consensus involving 13 national and international climate centers. The CPC and WMO values are not directly interchangeable. WMO’s Niño-3.4 anomaly is calculated relative to a 1993–2009 baseline, while CPC’s RONI uses a 1991–2020 baseline, subtracts the tropical-mean SST anomaly and applies a variance adjustment before calculating the three-month average.
Life-threatening storm surge of up to 2 m (7 feet) forecast as Hurricane Isaias approaches U.S. Gulf Coast
Satellite image of Hurricane Isaias on October 8, 2026. Credit: NOAA/GOES-East, The Watchers At UTC, the center of Isaias was located approximately 300 km (185 miles) north of Progreso, Mexico, and 570 km (355 miles) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The hurricane was moving east-northeast at 17 km/h (10 mph), with a minimum central pressure of 975 hPa. Hurricane-force winds extended approximately 28 km (17 miles) from the center, while tropical-storm-force winds extended up to 150 km (90 miles). Isaias reached hurricane strength at CDT on October 7 ( UTC on October 8), when Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter observations measured sustained winds of 120 km/h (75 mph). The Hurricane and Storm Surge Warnings had been issued shortly before the upgrade. Imgae credit: NOAA/NHC NHC forecasts Isaias to turn northeastward before moving northward on Friday. The cyclone is expected to make landfall along the northern U. Gulf Coast within the warning area late Friday, October 9, or early Saturday, October 10. Additional strengthening is forecast through early Friday. NHC’s Advisory 8 intensity forecast brings Isaias to approximately 175 km/h (110 mph), near the upper limit of Category 2 intensity, by UTC on October 9. Increasing vertical wind shear could produce some weakening as Isaias approaches the coast. NHC nevertheless expects the cyclone to remain a dangerous hurricane through landfall. /NHC A microwave satellite image showed a closed ring around the developing eye, which NHC identified as a feature that can precede rapid intensification. Additional reconnaissance missions were scheduled through Friday to monitor the cyclone’s intensity. A Storm Surge Warning is in effect from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Suwannee River, Florida. NHC called it a life-threatening situation and urged residents to promptly follow evacuation and other instructions from local officials. /NHC If the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide, water could reach 1.5 to 2 m (5 to 7 feet) above ground from Ocean Springs, Mississippi to Indian Pass, Florida, and within Mobile Bay. Surge heights of 1.2 to 1.8 m (4 to 6 feet) are possible from Indian Pass to the Steinhatchee River, and 1 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 feet) from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Ocean Springs and from the Steinhatchee River to the Suwannee River. A Storm Surge Watch remains in effect from the Suwannee River to Yankeetown, where 0.6 to 1.2 m (2 to 4 feet) are possible. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect from the Jefferson/Plaquemines Parish line in Louisiana to west of Ocean Springs and from east of the Bay/Gulf County line to the Aucilla River in Florida.
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