Potentially diseased lab monkey on the loose after truck crash in Mississippi

Several rhesus monkeys escaped after the interstate crash, but all but one were reportedly ‘destroyed’ by late Tuesday

A group of potentially diseased lab monkeys escaped after a vehicle crash on a main interstate highway in Mississippi.

A truck carrying rhesus monkeys was involved in a wreck on Interstate 59 on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Facebook post from the Jasper county sheriff’s department.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/28/lab-monkey-escape-mississippi

Australia’s largest aluminium smelter Tomago ‘not commercially viable’ and facing closure, says Rio Tinto

Consultation over future pathway with employees as smelter struggles with high power prices

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Rio Tinto says it is contemplating ceasing operations at its New South Wales-based Tomago aluminium smelter at the end of its current electricity supply contract.

The Tomago aluminium smelter, Australia’s largest, had been struggling with high power prices. It had started a consultation process with employees on the potential future of its operations, but was yet to reach a decision and is weighing a possible closure.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/28/tomago-aluminium-smelter-potential-closure-rio-tinto-jobs-future

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UK’s Eastern Airways suspends operations with all flights cancelled

Customers urged not to go to domestic airline’s airports as customers and staff offered train travel on suitable routes

The UK domestic airline Eastern Airways has suspended operations and all of its flights have been cancelled.

Customers of the airline, which operated regional services from airports across the UK, are urged not to go to the airport as flights will not be operating, the UK Civil Aviation Authority said.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/27/uks-eastern-airways-suspends-operations-with-all-flights-cancelled

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Reeves to lead trade mission to Saudi Arabia amid human rights concerns

Ministers hope to secure a deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council that could add £1.6bn to the UK economy

Rachel Reeves will lead a delegation of senior business leaders to Saudi Arabia on Monday as she hopes to deepen the UK’s relationship with a state that has been widely criticised for human rights abuses.

She is the first UK chancellor to visit the Gulf in six years and is expected to meet senior Saudi royals, US administration representatives and global business figures.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/26/rachel-reeves-saudi-arabia-trade-mission-human-rights

US Boeing workers continue midwest strike after rejecting latest contract offer

Nearly three-month strike includes 3,200 machinists at plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed

Boeing workers at three midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed voted Sunday to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a strike that started almost three months ago.

The strike by about 3,200 machinists at the plants in Mascoutah, Illinois, and the Missouri cities of St Louis and St Charles is smaller in scale than a walkout last year by 33,000 Boeing workers who assemble commercial jetliners but threatens to complicate the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial footing.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/26/boeing-workers-strike-midwest-reject-contract