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Five arrested as counter-terror police investigate a major incident near RAF Fairford is rank 1 on Google News Top News for September 28, 2026, snapshot 2026-09-28T08:01:35.772891. BBC and The Guardian dated the arrests to the early hours of September 27 near Whelford, about 2 miles from the Gloucestershire base, with 85 homes evacuated and a 400-meter cordon. All 10 headlines are new versus September 27. Trump hosting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for a private White House dinner is a new rank 9.
Top trending stories on Google News: September 28
Five arrested as counter-terror police investigate major incident near RAF Fairford
BBC lead on five men detained near a U.S.-used RAF base. Rank 1. Gloucestershire Live said the 00:45 BST call concerned three suspicious vehicles; Counter Terrorism Policing later added preparation-of-a-terrorist-act arrests.
Iran Is Pressed to Make Nuclear Concessions to Revive Peace Talks With U.S.
Wall Street Journal diplomacy row at rank 2. Replaces yesterday's BBC Hormuz-proposal item at rank 1. Same Iran file, different headline.
White House expands taxpayer-paid ad campaign boosting Trump
Washington Post political-spend story at rank 3. No extra figure beyond the ranking was in the fetch.
Powerful nor'easter floods Northeast again, causing problems from New Jersey to New England
AP News weather story at rank 4. Weather.com on September 28 said the storm was easing but coastal flooding lingered; CBC cited tens of thousands still without power and a Brooklyn fatality from a fallen tree.
Bill Gates says an AI kill switch isn't enough
Politico item at rank 5. Straits Times summarized Gates on NBC Meet the Press on September 27 calling for required safeguards, the same day Trump confirmed the Amodei dinner.
Trump-Xi summit analysis: Tangible outcomes needed for U.S.-China truce to hold
CNBC analysis at rank 6 after yesterday's FT item on two more Trump-Xi meetings. Display drops curly quotes.
Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo
Guardian dual-storm story at rank 7. AP on September 28 put Polo near Category 3 with 125 mph winds about 270 miles west of Cabo San Lucas, with Monday landfall on Baja.
The Surprising Reasons China Is Skeptical of A.I. Safety Calls
New York Times policy feature at rank 8, pairing with the Gates and Amodei AI rows.
Trump hosting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei for private White House dinner
Fox Business item at rank 9. CNBC confirmed the September 27 private dinner as the first one-on-one after Amodei missed the Xi state dinner.
Trump now says the Kennedy Center could be deadly. Months ago, it was great.
Washington Post contrast story at rank 10. No extra figure beyond the ranking was in the fetch. Display drops curly quotes.
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What changed on Google News since yesterday
New entrants: all 10 rows. Drop-offs include Iran/Hormuz BBC (was 1), live nor'easter CNN (2), Pope Leo Paris Mass (3), Hurricane Nolo WaPo (4), Hurricane Polo KOAT (5), Grand Teton baseball park (6), reporter quiet order (7), hanging-tree staging (8), spending clawback (9), Trump-Xi FT (10). Theme overlap: Iran, Nolo/Polo, nor'easter, and Trump-Xi returned as new URLs. as_of 2026-09-28T08:01:35.772891 versus 2026-09-27T08:01:39.492347.
What today's Google News trends reveal
The September 28 Google News ten is a security-and-storm stack. Fairford at rank 1 is a single-day incident headline, not a holdover. AI policy occupies 5, 8, and 9 (Gates, China safety, Amodei dinner). Weather occupies 4 and 7 (nor'easter, Polo/Nolo). Iran moved from yesterday's rank 1 Hormuz item to a rank 2 concessions item, which is the same file with a new URL.
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