A US Marine was arrested on suspicion of killing an Okinawan woman at a hotel in Naha, the prefectural capital.

He has denied the allegations, and the case remains under investigation.

Japan and the United States have begun talks to review rules for troops off base and consider ways to prevent similar incidents.

The discussions will cover the military’s liberty policy, education and joint patrols by US forces and Japanese police.

MI5 chief Ken McCallum warned that rightwing extremism is increasingly linked to plans for terrorist attacks in the UK.

He said people driven by anti-immigration and anti-Muslim views were considering attacks on immigration centres, asylum hotels, migrants and Muslims.

The shift from extremist views to violent intent was the clearest trend in MI5’s work over the past year, and it contributed to a rise in the overall UK terror threat level.

McCallum said young people were particularly likely to be drawn into extreme rightwing terrorism, and MI5 investigated a radicalised 13-year-old this year.

At a CIS summit in Turkmenistan, Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised the group and called for stronger cultural ties among its members.

The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed after the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, but the article describes it as largely inactive.

Putin said the Russian language remains a unifying force across the region and cited a new Kremlin initiative to promote it.

Russian is facing pressure as English and local languages gain ground, especially among young people, while some governments are changing alphabets and language policies.

UnitedHealth has raised its profit forecast again.

The company’s turnaround efforts are gathering pace, according to the headline.

A profit forecast is an estimate of how much profit a company expects to make.

The headline gives no new forecast figure or details about the changes behind the increase.

Apple announced a new Apple TV 4K at a smart home-focused event on Oct.

13.

The streaming box looks much like its predecessor, last updated in 2022, but has an A19 chip and Wi-Fi 7 support.

Built-in microphones let users talk to Siri hands-free, without speaking into the remote or a HomePod.

Two Week 6 rankings assess the NFL after five weeks of the 2026 season.

One list keeps the San Francisco 49ers at No.

1, with the Kansas City Chiefs second and the Jacksonville Jaguars third.

The other ranking also puts the 49ers at the top and highlights the strength of the NFC West.

Actor Selma Blair faces two assault charges after an incident on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York.

The charges say she allegedly kicked a police officer taking her to hospital and later kicked a nurse in Queens.

She was arraigned in Queens on two counts of second-degree assault and has pleaded not guilty, according to one account.

A judge set bail at $20,000 cash or a $60,000 bond, and she was released.

Yale researchers found that lacosamide may help treat osteoarthritis, a condition in which joint cartilage wears away.

Current treatments can ease pain, but do not repair the cartilage; severe cases may require joint replacement surgery.

In tests using mice and human cartilage cells in the lab, lacosamide slowed cartilage damage, encouraged repair and reduced pain.

The drug blocks Nav1.7, a protein involved in pain signals and the balance between cartilage breakdown and repair.