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This is the moment several men were rescued from their vehicle in Syria after becoming stranded by flash floods.
This is the moment several men were rescued from their vehicle in Syria after becoming stranded by flash floods.
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Months of forest fires and toxic haze in Indonesia has severely disrupted daily life.
<p>Acquisition will supercharge DoorDash’s grocery delivery, ‘one of the hardest things to get right online’, CEO says</p><p>DoorDash is gobbling up Instacart in a $17bn acquisition that will supercharge its grocery delivery business.</p><p>DoorDash said the Instacart brand name and app will remain, and Instacart shoppers can continue fulfilling orders for Instacart. Grocers can also choose to work with Instacart or DoorDash. Instacart customers will now have access to 50,000 additional stores covered by DoorDash, the company said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/doordash-buys-instacart-grocery-delivery">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Thinktank says chancellor has given himself a mountain to climb after ducking big decisions in low-key speech</p><p>John Healey has paved the way for a “brutal” spending review next year after his budget failed to cover a £28bn shortfall in the public finances needed to avoid a return to austerity, according to Britain’s leading tax and spending experts.</p><p>A day after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/budget-2026">his address to the Commons</a>, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned the chancellor had left himself a mountain to climb after ducking several big decisions in his debut tax and spending statement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/29/john-healey-budget-brutal-spending-review-next-year-ifs">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Watchdog says under-16 ban may affect older teenagers without passport or licence, and that ‘motivated children’ will skirt restrictions</p><p>More than 100,000 British teenagers risk being locked out of social media in the UK if they do not have a passport or driving licence when an under-16 ban is introduced next year.</p><p>Ofcom, the UK’s online watchdog, said about 150,000 16 to 17-year-olds do not own a passport or driving licence, which are likely to be needed to access age-restricted platforms.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/29/id-social-media-ban-snapchat-tiktok-teenagers">Continue reading...</a>