Ukraine reports fresh Russian attacks and says Moscow has used ‘secret’ missile in recent months – Europe live 31. October 2025 (11:48) The development of the 9M729 cruise missile prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow during his first termMeanwhile in Serbia, thousands of students are walking from the capital, Belgrade, to Novi Sad to mark the first anniversary of a deadly train station disaster, which killed 16 people and triggered a year of mass protests against perceived state corruption under president Aleksandar Vučić.They have been demanding accountability for the disaster, and an early parliamentary election that they hope will oust Vučić’s populist government from power, AP said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Sudan’s brutal civil war – what has happened in El Fasher? 31. October 2025 (11:14) Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured the city from the army after an 18-month siege – but who are they and what do they want?Another devastating chapter in Sudan’s brutal civil war has taken place after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured El Fasher from the army after an 18-month siege that trapped tens of thousands of civilians in the city in Darfur. The RSF now controls all major urban centres in Darfur, a development that raises the possibility the country could face partition. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Stephen Miller directing state department bureaus like ‘fiefdom’ as he shifts its focus to immigration 31. October 2025 (11:02) Diplomats raise alarm over homeland security adviser assuming control through interagency phone meetingsThe historic shifts in US immigration under Donald Trump have been dictated by a relentless voice over a telephone line: Stephen Miller, the president’s immigration czar, who in recent months has turned the state department’s visa and refugee operations into what some current and former diplomats have described as a personal fiefdom.Each morning, usually at 10am, a small circle of conservative diplomats allied with Miller, including those who have assumed control of the state department’s consular and refugee operations, dial in for what some have termed the “Stephen Miller call”, an interagency discussion of immigration measures led by Miller, the White House’s homeland security adviser. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Starbucks workers hold strike vote and plan for pickets to force first contract 31. October 2025 (11:00) Union says world’s largest coffee chain engaged in bad faith bargaining and stonewalled over contractUnionized Starbucks workers across the US are casting their votes on whether to hold a strike amid anger over pay and conditions at the world’s largest coffee chain, and allegations it breached labor laws by engaging in bad faith bargaining.Starbucks has faced a rapid wave of mobilization since 2021. Starbucks Workers United, a union representing baristas at the chain, has won elections at more than 650 of its locations in 45 states and the District of Columbia, representing more than 12,000 workers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’ 31. October 2025 (11:00) Indiana Jones star calls US president one history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuelsHarrison Ford has said that Donald Trump’s assault upon measures to address the climate crisis “scares the shit out of me” and makes the US president among the worst criminals in history.In a blistering attack upon the president, Ford told the Guardian that Trump “doesn’t have any policies, he has whims. It scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit 31. October 2025 (10:13) Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free tradeThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that the era of free trade and investment that formed the foundations of the postwar global economy has ended.In a stark message to Asia-Pacific leaders at the Apec summit in South Korea on Friday, Carney said rules-based open trade no longer worked in a global economy that was undergoing one of its most profound periods of change since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power 31. October 2025 (09:45) MP who left Labour in July to form leftwing grouping with Jeremy Corbyn, says party is not just one of protestThe MP Zarah Sultana has said she hopes her new political party will ultimately replace Labour as she revealed she was committed to winning power.Sultana left the Labour party in July to form the new group, operating under the temporary name Your Party. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK house price growth slows as buyers ‘sit on sidelines’ before budget 31. October 2025 (09:22) Amid talk of property taxes, average price of home rose by 0.3% in October to £272,226, Nationwide saysBusiness live – latest updatesBritish house price growth slowed in October, according to lending data, with analysts suggesting that buyers are “sitting on the sidelines” before a budget that may bring new property taxes.The average house price rose by 0.3% month on month in October, Nationwide said, down from 0.5% in September. The average price of a home was £272,226, up from £271,995 in September. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australian man dies while attempting to climb Himalayan mountain 31. October 2025 (09:13) Chin Tark Chan died on Wednesday while climbing Himlung Himal in Nepal after he was first reported ill on MondayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian man has died after becoming ill 300 metres from the summit of a mountain in Nepal.Chin Tark Chan died on Wednesday during an attempt to climb 7,100-metre high Himlung Himal after he was first reported ill on Monday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Weather tracker: Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean 31. October 2025 (08:50) Category 5 storm is most powerful to strike Jamaica and has caused death and destruction in Cuba and HaitiHurricane Melissa has wreaked havoc across parts of the Caribbean in recent days, after first making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday night as a category 5 storm – the highest strength. This was the most powerful storm to strike the island nation, packing winds of up to 185mph at its peak.Western parts of Jamaica were worst hit, with 90% of homes in the town of Black River losing their roof or being destroyed entirely. Roughly three-quarters of the country lost electricity, with at least 19 people known to have lost their lives at the time of publication. The cleanup operation was hampered by thunderstorms even after Melissa cleared to the north. The hurricane continued northwards, but was a slightly weakened category 3 storm by the time it made landfall in Cuba. Nonetheless, the storm continued to bring winds of up to 120mph and torrential rains. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
