Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk in effort to hold key city 02. November 2025 (12:47) Escalating battle for city comes as overnight Russian drone and missile strikes kill six people, including two childrenUkraine has deployed special forces to the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk in an attempt to push back an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv’s top commander has said.The escalating battle in the strategically important city comes as an overnight wave of Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine killed six people, including two children, and cut power to tens of thousands, officials said on Sunday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Five German climbers die in avalanche in northern Italy 02. November 2025 (12:36) Mountaineers struck by avalanche on Saturday while climbing near the Cima Vertana, in the Ortles mountainsFive German mountaineers have died after being hit by an avalanche in northern Italy, rescuers said.The bodies of three victims – two men and a woman – were recovered on Saturday, while the bodies of two other missing people, a man and his 17-year-old daughter, were found on Sunday morning. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Andrew to be stripped of naval title, says UK defence secretary 02. November 2025 (11:49) Former Duke of York to lose honorary rank of vice-admiral a week after having royal title of prince removedThe former Duke of York will lose his naval title, the defence secretary has said, as King Charles looks to draw a line under the ongoing scandal over his brother’s relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will be stripped of his honorary rank of vice-admiral, which he was given in 2015 and has retained even after giving up other military positions in 2022, John Healey confirmed on Sunday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Doreen Lawrence calls for ‘cowardly’ undercover officer to face public inquiry 02. November 2025 (10:44) Mother of murdered teenager to challenge ruling that David Hagan is too ill to give live evidence at spycops inquiryThe mother of Stephen Lawrence is pressing for the “cowardly” undercover police officer who spied on her family’s campaign for justice to be questioned at a public inquiry.The spycops inquiry has previously ruled that the undercover officer, David Hagan, was too ill to give live evidence, after submissions by his lawyers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Bill Maher she believes extraterrestrials are demons 02. November 2025 (10:00) Georgia Republican lawmaker also claims she didn’t know Rothschild family, of her ‘space laser’ theory, was JewishRepublican US House member Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she believes in demons, surmising that they might be aliens who fell from heaven, and claims to have been unaware that key figures in the antisemitic space lasers conspiracy she floated were Jewish.She made those bizarre remarks as a guest on Friday on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher after winning some fans among Democrats who once loathed her – yet had come to appreciate how the far-right Georgia representative had recently broken with Republicans on various issues. Those include healthcare, Gaza, the federal government shutdown that began on 1 October and the handling of documents pertaining to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was friends with Donald Trump before the latter man won two presidencies. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK small business owner to face L’Oréal at tribunal over trademark dispute 02. November 2025 (09:00) Rebecca Dowdeswell has been locked in three-year legal battle with £170bn cosmetics firm over her nkd brandA small business owner is preparing to face down the cosmetics giant L’Oréal at a tribunal next week over a trademark dispute she says has had a devastating impact on her.Rebecca Dowdeswell, 49, from Nottinghamshire, has been locked in a three-year legal battle with the French company since it claimed her use of the name nkd for her business would cause “consumer confusion” with its own range of Naked beauty products. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Rosalía’s Berghain is a thundrous goth-pop hit – but is it opera? 02. November 2025 (09:00) The Catalan star’s epic new single is delighting and dividing classical music fans in equal measureThe Top 10 of today’s Spotify Global Top 50 looks like business as usual: two Taylor Swift songs; Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die With a Smile hanging around for an eighth month; the eminently normal male pop stars Sombr and Alex Warren doing brisk business.But nestled among the crowd-pleasers is something of an outlier: a gothic, baroque assault powered by Vivaldi-style strings and operatic singing in German and Spanish. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime 02. November 2025 (08:00) Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatredMore than three dozen Labour and independent MPs have written to the housing secretary calling on the government to adopt a definition of Islamophobia, after recent figures revealed hate crimes against Muslims were up by nearly a fifth.Forty MPs, including Labour MPs Diane Abbott, Dawn Butler, Kim Johnson and independent Andrew Gwynne, were among the signatories on the letter from Afzal Khan who wrote to Steve Reed on Friday asking him to adopt a definition of anti-Muslim hatred as an “important step” in addressing discrimination, prejudice and hatred the community faces. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme, say claims firms 02. November 2025 (08:00) Financial Conduct Authority defends interest rate of 2.09% as critics describe proposals as ‘hypocritical’Victims of the car loans scandal could miss out on more than £4bn in compensation if the City regulator ploughs ahead with plans for an “insulting” interest rate in its redress scheme, consumer groups and claims firms say.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been accused of offering a reduced rate of interest which will be added to compensation from banks for borrowers caught up in the car loan commissions scandal. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘What are they going to do, chase someone up?’ Victorian rock climbers scorn ban on Mount Arapiles Indigenous sites 02. November 2025 (07:23) State park contains rock art dating back at least 3,000 years and tens of thousands of artefactsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRock climbers are openly discussing flouting Victoria’s voluntary bans on routes near Mount Arapiles despite a plea from the state government to respect the area’s Indigenous heritage.The area in the state’s west is regarded as among Australia’s premier rock climbing destinations. It also contains millennia-old rock art, among other significant Indigenous sites. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
