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Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 27, 2026Country: United Kingdom

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The BBC News homepage lists several current stories, including a UK minimum-wage rise that Chancellor John Healey is due to set out in the Budget, with 18- to 20-year-olds not receiving a larger increase. It also reports measures to help households with living costs, two people charged over an alleged plot to assist Iran in an incident involving RAF Fairford, and a truce beginning in a Ukrainian city. Other listed topics include Israel’s election, a rare call between Norway’s and Finland’s leaders and planned UK-EU discussions on freedom of movement.

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