Airports in Belgium disrupted again by suspected drone sightings – Europe live 07. November 2025 (11:32) Drone sightings reported near Brussels and Liège airports just hours after national security council meeting on the emerging threatsMeanwhile, we now have a formal confirmation that the centrist D66 party triumphed in last week’s parliamentary election in the Netherlands, setting its 38-year-old leader, Rob Jetten, on course to become the country’s youngest-ever prime minister, AFP noted.Jetten scored a razor-thin victory of 29,668 votes over anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders and his PVV party, the Dutch Electoral Council said, after an election seen as a bellwether for the rise of Europe’s far right. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
ITV shares soar as it holds talks to sell television business to Sky 07. November 2025 (11:27) US telecom firm Comcast aims to buy media and entertainment arm for £1.6bn but not Love Island maker ITV Studios• Business live – latest updatesITV has told the market it is in preliminary talks to sell its broadcasting arm to the parent company of Sky in a £1.6bn deal, sending shares soaring by almost 20%.Comcast, the US telecom company that owns NBCUniversal, hopes to snap up ITV’s media and entertainment operations, which include its free-to-air TV channels in the UK and ITVX streaming platform. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Google to build new AI datacentre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost after signing defence deal 07. November 2025 (11:02) Military experts say facility on Christmas Island would be valuable asset to monitor Chinese submarine and naval activityGoogle plans to build a large AI datacentre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence earlier this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials.Plans for the datacentre on the tiny island located 350km south of Indonesia have not previously been reported, and many details, including its projected size, cost and potential uses, remain secret. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Three prisoners charged with murder of child killer Kyle Bevan 07. November 2025 (10:19) Mark Fellows, Lee Newell and David Taylor charged with murder of Kyle Bevan at high-security West Yorkshire prisonThree prisoners have been charged with the murder of a convicted child killer in a high-security West Yorkshire prison.Kyle Bevan, 33, was found dead in his cell in HMP Wakefield on Wednesday morning. He was two and a half years into a minimum sentence of 28 years for murdering his partner’s two-year-old daughter, Lola James, in the family home in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in 2020. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK house prices rise at fastest rate since January 2025 07. November 2025 (09:33) Halifax says October increase pushes average cost of home to £300k despite uncertainty over possible budget tax changesBusiness live – updatesUK house prices rose at their fastest pace since January, a leading property index shows, with demand improving despite ongoing market uncertainty over likely tax changes in this month’s budget.Prices increased by 0.6% month-on-month in October, pushing the average cost of a UK home to a record high of £299,862, according to Halifax. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Kemi Badenoch to relaunch exclusive ‘advisory board’ for high-value donors 07. November 2025 (08:00) Exclusive: Tory leader has plans to reinstate group that provided top donors with direct access to senior ministersKemi Badenoch is relaunching the Conservative party’s “advisory board” for high-value donors in a different guise, the Guardian has learned.The Tory leader has drawn up plans to reinstate the exclusive group, which provided top donors with regular direct access to senior ministers, according to two people briefed on the plans. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Close Starmer ally Ben Nunn appointed as Rachel Reeves’s chief of staff 07. November 2025 (08:00) Exclusive: Nunn, one of PM’s most trusted advisers, will play key role linking No 10 and No 11 operationsOne of Keir Starmer’s closest allies has been appointed as Rachel Reeves’s chief of staff in an effort to further strengthen ties between Downing Street and the Treasury, the Guardian understands.Ben Nunn, who worked with the prime minister in opposition and is one of his most trusted advisers, will begin his new role with immediate effect. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Qantas business lounge passenger set on fire after power bank explodes in his pocket 07. November 2025 (07:57) About 150 people evacuated from Melbourne airport lounge after device overheats and ignites, burning the man’s leg and fingersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas says it has reopened its business class lounge at Melbourne airport after it was evacuated due to a passenger being set on fire by an exploding power bank in his pocket.The man was in the lounge in the airport’s international terminal on Thursday morning when the overheated power bank ignited, burning his leg and fingers and creating smoke in the room. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
NHS to take over state-of-the-art hospital from private health group in ‘windfall’ 07. November 2025 (07:00) Nuffield Health to close London hospital after anticipated demand for private care fails to materialiseAn NHS trust is taking over a state-of-the-art hospital from a leading private healthcare group after it failed to attract enough paying patients to use it.Barts Health trust in London will turn Nuffield Health’s facility into a dedicated NHS breast cancer diagnosis and treatment centre when it gains control next month. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite warning of possible genocide 07. November 2025 (07:00) Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El FasherBritain rejected atrocity prevention plans for Sudan despite intelligence warnings that the city of El Fasher would fall amid a wave of ethnic cleansing and possible genocide, according to a report seen by the Guardian.Government officials turned down the plans six months into the 18-month siege of El Fasher in favour of the “least ambitious” option of four presented. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
