Trump says he will take legal action against BBC, despite its apology 15. November 2025 (11:54) US president says he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’Donald Trump has said he still plans to sue the BBC despite receiving the apology he demanded over a misleading edit of one of his speeches.The row, over an episode of Panorama from last year about the Capitol riot in 2021, led to accusations of bias at the broadcaster and the resignation of two of the most senior executives at the BBC: the director general, Tim Davie; and Deborah Turness, the chief executive of news. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM 15. November 2025 (11:00) Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its futureIceland’s former prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has said that the Icelandic language could be wiped out in as little as a generation due to the sweeping rise of AI and encroaching English language dominance.Katrín, who stood down as prime minister last year to run for president after seven years in office, said Iceland was undergoing “radical” change when it came to language use. More people are reading and speaking English, and fewer are reading in Icelandic, a trend she says is being exacerbated by the way language models are trained. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Storm Claudia: major incident declared after severe flooding in UK 15. November 2025 (10:50) South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warningsA major incident has been declared in the aftermath of Storm Claudia, with more rain and flooding expected across Britain and Ireland on Saturday.Four severe flood warnings had been issued by Natural Resources Wales as of 6am. This means there was a “significant risk to life and significant disruption to the community is expected”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Levy on international students’ tuition fees not in best interest of UK, says leader of top university 15. November 2025 (10:03) Duncan Ivison, president of Manchester University, says government’s 6% surcharge plan will ‘hurt the sector’A levy on tuition fees paid by international students is “wrong”, will “hurt the sector” and is “not in the long-term interests” of the UK, according to the vice-chancellor of one of the country’s leading universities.Duncan Ivison, who took over as president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester (UoM) last year, was speaking ahead of the budget later this month when the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is expected to flesh out her plans for the proposed 6% surcharge. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
