Daily Rundown for 2026-10-11
Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…
On Sunday, 11 October 2026
- The average temperature today is 13.07˚C,
- With highs of 14.37˚C and lows of 12.75˚C,
- It may feel like 12.26˚C with overcast clouds
- The wind speed is 3.6m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1013hPa and humidity is 70%
- The sun will rise at 06:25 and set at 17:24
MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 164 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
Today’s tasks
- No tasks today
Daily Doctrine
challenge assumptions.
Fixture List
- Southampton v Portsmouth
- Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
- Hull City v Everton
- Liverpool v Manchester City
Stocks
- VWRL.L : 141.3000030517578
- ^FTSE : 10552.099609375
- ^FTMC : 24213.80078125
Just for fun
Two tortillas have a fight in a karaoke bar. What ensued could only be described as a wrap battle.
Top News
- India’s ‘Cockroach’ leaders defiant as movement calls for more protests (FT, 11 minutes ago)
- Pope Leo XIV to have surgery in ‘coming days’ to remove nodule in lung (Euronews, 20 minutes ago)
- Europe can fight the ‘China shock’ (FT, 23 minutes ago)
- US police criticise Anthropic after Claude AI submits false information about an unsolved murder (Euronews, 37 minutes ago)
- Polish police alerted over possible attack on PM Donald Tusk (Euronews, 40 minutes ago)
- Czech PM Babiš’s ANO faces strong challenge in first round of Senate election (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Latest news bulletin October 11th, 2026 – Midday (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Missile strike on Riyadh airport kills 12 and injures hundreds (FT, 1 hours ago)
- HPE’s networking boss says AI will handle all trouble tickets without humans in two years (Register, 1 hours ago)
- Protesters take to the streets in Portugal over rising living costs and housing prices (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
- Researchers work out how to control 2D semiconductor growth for future chips (Register, 2 hours ago)
- Four dead as Isaias continues to push across the Southeast US, bringing strong winds and heavy rain (Euronews, 4 hours ago)
- Xabi Alonso happy with ‘very complete’ Chelsea performance against Bournemouth (WAGNH, 4 hours ago)
- The Daily Hilario: Sunday (WAGNH, 4 hours ago)
- Teen revolt or revolution? The student protests threatening France’s presidential race (Euronews, 5 hours ago)
- US hits commercial tanker in Gulf of Oman as tensions flare (FT, 5 hours ago)
- Farming and solar power are competing for land. Can agrivoltaics solve the problem? (Euronews, 6 hours ago)
- Europe’s best Christmas markets to visit in 2026, according to travellers (Euronews, 6 hours ago)
- US justice department probes TV networks over Trump pool coverage (FT, 6 hours ago)
- The problem with your AI therapist (FT, 7 hours ago)
- The fall of Germany’s ex-spymaster (FT, 7 hours ago)
- Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn (FT, 7 hours ago)
- Trump is failing to arrest decline in popularity, FT poll shows (FT, 7 hours ago)
- Xabi Alonso highlights impact of ‘very complete modern player’ Morgan Rogers (CFC, 14 hours ago)
- Match gallery: Blues rack up the goals against Bournemouth (CFC, 15 hours ago)
- Henderson on his dream home debut and free-kick inspiration (CFC, 16 hours ago)
- Alonso on Palmer’s new contract: You want to keep the best for years (CFC, 17 hours ago)
- Trump tells Ukraine to ‘get a new leader’ as US threatens to cut off intelligence-sharing (FT, 17 hours ago)
- Xabi Alonso on a complete performance and Henderson’s ‘two beauties’ (CFC, 18 hours ago)
- Official: Cole Palmer signs new long-term Chelsea contract (WAGNH, 18 hours ago)
- Chelsea 5-1 AFC Bournemouth, Premier League: Post-match reaction, ratings (WAGNH, 19 hours ago)
- Chelsea vs. AFC Bournemouth, Premier League: Confirmed lineups; how to watch (WAGNH, 22 hours ago)
Word of the day
voracity - noun: An excessive desire to eat or consume something.
Quote of the Day
Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower
Oblique Strategies
Tidy up
Film Archive
- The Platform (Rated: 5)
- Released in 2019
- Summary: In a prison where inmates are fed on a descending platform, those on the upper levels take more than their fair share while those below are left to starve on scraps and one man decides to change the system.
Countdown Numbers
- Target: 721, using [5, 5, 5, 5, 8, 50]
