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date: 2026-10-28 11:18
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-10-28
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Wednesday, 28 October 2026

- The average temperature today is 13.84˚C,
- With highs of 14.87˚C and lows of 13.3˚C,
- It may feel like 13.39˚C with few clouds
- The wind speed is 7.2m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1024hPa and humidity is 81%
- The sun will rise at 06:55 and set at 16:48

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 181 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today
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### Daily Doctrine

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> Use a common language.
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### Fixture List

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- No Fixtures
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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 139.27000427246094 
- ^FTSE : 10657.8603515625 
- ^FTMC : 24753.560546875 

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### Just for fun

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> New judges are being offered innovative pay options to help but I do not think the test-i-money will catch on.
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### Top News

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- Spain: First footage reveals wreckage of deadly high-speed train crash (Euronews, [2 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/28/spain-first-footage-reveals-wreckage-of-deadly-high-speed-train-crash))
- US to grant Flavio Bolsonaro visa as he flees Brazil and makes brief stop in Ecuador via Argentina (Euronews, [4 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/us-to-grant-flavio-bolsonaro-visa-as-he-flees-brazil-and-makes-brief-stop-in-ecuador-via-a))
- First aerial images show scene of deadly train crash in Toledo, Spain (Euronews, [6 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/28/first-aerial-images-show-scene-of-deadly-train-crash-in-toledo-spain))
- Latest news bulletin  October 28th, 2026 – Midday (Euronews, [18 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/28/latest-news-bulletin-october-28th-2026-midday))
- Open Cosmos steps up Europe's space sovereignty game, shows off ConnectedCosmos satellites (Register, [18 minutes ago](https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/10/28/open-cosmos-steps-up-europes-space-sovereignty-game-shows-off-connectedcosmos-satellites/5305479))
- BNP Paribas downplays French debt exposure as stock trading lifts profit (Euronews, [44 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/bnp-paribas-downplays-french-debt-exposure-as-stock-trading-lifts-profit))
- Abandon ship! Around 200 ‘cruise for life’ passengers stranded in Cambodia (Euronews, [47 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/abandon-ship-around-200-cruise-for-life-passengers-stranded-in-cambodia))
- Small and very scary: Rare miniature T.rex dinosaur skeleton fetches €42 million at auction (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/small-and-very-scary-rare-miniature-trex-dinosaur-skeleton-fetches-42-million-at-auction))
- Man spends 35 years collecting corporate waffle, turns it into an app (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/28/man-spends-35-years-collecting-corporate-waffle-turns-it-into-an-app/5305765))
- Has the White House tipped rapper Nicki Minaj as Donald Trump's new press secretary? (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/has-the-white-house-tipped-rapper-nicki-minaj-as-donald-trumps-new-press-secretary))
- At least 10 killed in collision of high-speed trains in Spain (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/3500a00d-d676-4460-83f8-8ea2bfce1049?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Cross-border network helps EU workers abroad claim wages and benefits (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/cross-border-network-helps-eu-workers-abroad-claim-wages-and-benefits))
- Why even America’s ‘haves’ are feeling the squeeze (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/624f7138-96b0-4752-96f1-b54f2b18742b?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Zelenskyy opens door to security guarantees for Russia (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/8ec7d6f2-403a-4f80-89fc-5ed5e75fed63?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Netanyahu ahead but no clear winner in Israeli election (FT, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/6dab34da-a039-46e6-9547-0c7213a00001?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Neocloud thinks AI agents - not meatbags - will be its main customers (Register, [1 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/28/neocloud-thinks-ai-agents-not-meatbags-will-be-its-main-customers/5305496))
- High-speed train crash in Spain kills at least 30 people, with multiple people injured (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/28/train-crash-in-spain-reportedly-kills-at-least-10-people-multiple-injured))
- Why roaming packages have become an anachronism in the age of app-first travel (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/28/partner-content-why-roaming-packages-have-become-an-anachronism-in-the-age-of-app-first-travel/5303347))
- Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ec7a3e3e-21e3-44de-81ee-db2f2073bee3?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Israel’s election: what happens next? (FT, [3 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/4f122702-3765-4e9f-a94f-4b786bc2af15))
- The Daily Hilario: Tuesday (WAGNH, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/173452/the-daily-hilario-october-27th))
- Liverpool vs. Chelsea, League Cup: Preview, team news, how to watch (WAGNH, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-league-cup/173462/liverpool-vs-chelsea-league-cup-preview-team-news-how-to-watch))
- Polymarket’s top trader is sports gambler ‘Swiss Tony’ (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/06c5ed21-d06d-4582-ac21-160d1047b008?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- The globetrotting Trump brothers (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/a89fa128-8fcb-4ff4-bd8b-6bb591ccd9c1?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Anthropic’s seven founders tighten grip ahead of blockbuster IPO (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/24a35e41-2641-4cec-97f5-a974412f9952?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- How should Chelsea line up against Liverpool in the League Cup? (WAGNH, [6 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-league-cup/173457/how-should-chelsea-line-up-against-liverpool-in-the-league-cup))
- SK Hynix says memory shortages to persist until 2030 (Register, [6 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/28/sk-hynix-says-memory-shortages-to-persist-until-2030/5305887))
- AI slows growth for Infosys and keeps it afloat at the same time (Register, [9 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/channel/2026/10/28/ai-slows-growth-for-infosys-and-keeps-it-afloat-at-the-same-time/5305879))
- Big Red gets cozy with Google to offer TPUs to AI customers (Register, [14 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/27/big-red-gets-cozy-with-google-to-offer-tpus-to-ai-customers/5305846))
- Anthropic now lets Claude users jump out of plane without parachute (Register, [15 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/27/anthropic-now-lets-claude-users-jump-out-of-plane-without-parachute/5305807))
- AI 'hacker' finds 4 severe bugs in popular industrial control software in under 4 hours (Register, [16 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/27/ai-hacker-finds-4-severe-bugs-in-popular-industrial-control-software-in-under-4-hours/5305811))
- Washington discusses Russian deals for US oil majors in Ukraine peace talks (FT, [16 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/d703aaae-f607-4b30-9830-ac2a25472d44?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- João Pedro set to miss ‘a few weeks’; Emmanuel Emegha set to return (WAGNH, [16 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/injury-news/173449/joao-pedro-set-to-miss-a-few-weeks-emmanuel-emegha-set-to-return))
- Apple takes powerful M6 chip to the MacBook Pro, iMac (Register, [17 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/10/27/apple-takes-powerful-m6-chip-to-the-macbook-pro-imac/5305797))

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### Word of the day

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 > Herodotean - adjective: 1. (Of an account or narrative) Very large in scope or extremely detailed. 2. Fanciful or overly dramatic.

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### Quote of the Day

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> The value of an idea lies in the using of it. - Thomas Edison

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Look closely at the most embarrassing details and amplify them

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### Film Archive

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- Deep Fear (Rated: 1)
- Released in 2023
- Summary: Storm-stricken drug traffickers force a yachtswoman to recover their sunken cocaine stash from shark-infested waters.
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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 745, using [6, 6, 7, 9, 9, 10]
- Answer: 2 solutions.

- <details><summary><code>Solution</code></summary>

  Solution: ( ( 10 + 9 ) x 6 + 9 ) x 6 + 7

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- One Thing Well [URL](https://onethingwell.org/) [Feed](http://onethingwell.org/rss)
- Probably Fine [URL](https://blog.probablyfine.co.uk/) [Feed](https://blog.probablyfine.co.uk/feed.xml)
- Steven Breckinridge [URL](https://stuartbreckenridge.net/) [Feed](https://stuartbreckenridge.net/rss.xml)
- Krebs on Security [URL](https://krebsonsecurity.com/) [Feed](http://krebsonsecurity.com/feed/)
- David Cramer [URL](https://cra.mr/) [Feed](https://cra.mr/rss.xml)
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