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Next week in view 10/10/2026 – 16/10/2026

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill faces a no-confidence vote on Monday, 12 October, at Stormont over her handling of the Drumcree parading dispute. The motions against her and three other Sinn Féin ministers are set to be debated after receiving the backing of unionist parties. But the attempt to oust them will fail as it requires cross-community support from a majority of both unionists and nationalists in the assembly. It comes amid a major political row over a planned Orange Order march in Drumcree, Portadown, County Armagh.

A two-week deadline is also set to expire on 12 October after the Argentine President, Javier Milei, threatened on 28 September to launch a legal challenge against the United Kingdom over an oil project near the Falkland Islands, the British-administered territory over which Buenos Aires claims sovereignty. Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project, a joint venture between Israeli and British companies, to be scrapped.

A national taskforce aimed at tackling misogyny across society is expected to meet for the first time on 12 October. The group will seek to root out harmful attitudes online, in workplaces and within communities, bringing together representatives from women’s organisations, academia, local leaders and ministers.

The 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will take place from 12 – 18 October in Bangkok, Thailand. Central bankers, ministers of finance and development, private sector executives, civil society, media and academics will discuss issues of global concern, including the world economic outlook, global financial stability, poverty eradication, inclusive economic growth, and climate change.

The next EU summit takes place in Brussels, Belgium on 15 – 16 October. Leaders from the 27 EU countries will discuss the next EU long-term budget as well as competitiveness, Ukraine, migration and security & defence. Political leaders from the main political blocs will meet before the summit, which comes on the deadline for Eurozone governments to send their draft 2027 budgets to the European Commission.

Anthropic, the AI developer behind the Claude assistant, has issued invitations for an investor gathering in San Francisco on 14 October. It begins moves to what could become the largest initial public offering in history, with prospective investors pegging a fair valuation at between $1.8 trillion and $2 trillion, overtaking SpaceX‘s record-setting $1.77 trillion listing in June.

Jude Law, David Harbour, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Capaldi, Catherine Tate, Jenna Coleman, Pearl Mackie, Christopher Eccleston, Emilia Clarke, Alfie Allen, Gemma Whelan and Billy Zane are among the guests taking part in Comic Con Liverpool at the Exhibition Centre, Liverpool on 10 and 11 October.

Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane and Luke Thompson open in Robert Icke’s adaptation of Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s “The Lives of Others” at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 14 October. The production is currently booking until 9 January 2027.

La Voix hosts the UK Theatre Awards at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London on 12 October. Actress Jodie Comer will receive the inaugural Outstanding Achievement in British Theatre Award and theatre executive Alan Finch will be posthumously awarded the Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award.

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