Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world

Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings

Trump officials reportedly consider selling student loan debt to private investors

Experts say the move could eliminate the federal government’s power to cancel educational loans

‘Using us as political pawns’: federal workers reel over threats of firings and withheld back pay

Employees express growing anxiety over their pay – and the future of their jobs – amid the US government shutdown

The IMF boss is right to say ‘buckle up’ – the global economy is facing multiple menaces

Trump’s latest tariff tantrum and rising fears of an AI bubble have quickly borne out Kristalina Georgieva’s claim that ‘uncertainty is the new normal’

What is the new EU border system EES, and how will it work?

Digital entry and exit scheme means most travellers will have to register biometric information at the border

Widow of man conned out of pension savings to lose half the compensation to tax

Robert Dewar’s widow, Susan, is a leading campaigner over multimillion-pound Norton Motorcycles fraud

The quiet toll of Trump’s legal immigration crackdown: ‘I’m trying to stay afloat’

Immigration lawyer Kim Xavier says stricter enforcement and delays are leaving even legal immigrants in limbo and fear

Do we need Imax? 70mm? VistaVision? All I need to watch movies at the cinema is darkness and quiet

Cinema used to be an accessible and affordable mass pursuit. This debate about the ‘purest’ format to view certain films only risks putting off movie-goers, says freelance writer and editor Larry Ryan

‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy

What price loyalty? UK supermarket cards rated

As prices rise, we look at whether schemes such as Tesco’s Clubcard and Sainsbury’s Nectar are a good deal

Rachel Reeves v the OBR: chancellor aims to loosen the watchdog’s grip

Labour embraced the forecaster’s powerful role, but now finds itself scrambling in the face of gloomy projections

Rachel Reeves looks for extra headroom in budget to insulate UK economy against bond market

Chancellor hopes to raise enough funds to stop damaging speculation about breaching fiscal rules

Hackers leak Qantas data containing 5 million customer records after ransom deadline passes

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters demanded payment in return for preventing the stolen data of nearly 40 companies from being shared

Trump news at a glance: layoffs for federal workers begin and president threatens China with tariffs

President suggests layoffs will be ‘a lot’ and in Democrat areas as unions for federal workers take the matter to court – key US politics stories from 10 October at a glance