Oklahoma inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection 13. November 2025 (20:33) Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution on Thursday in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘The pain remains’: France remembers victims of 2015 Paris attacks 13. November 2025 (20:30) Bells ring out across French capital marking 10th anniversary of country’s deadliest peacetime attackParis attacks anniversary – in picturesFrance has paid tribute to the 130 people killed 10 years ago by Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers who targeted a stadium, bars, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall in the country’s deadliest peacetime attack.“The pain remains,” Emmanuel Macron wrote on social media on Thursday as he visited each of the sites that were attacked. Bells rang out across the city as a remembrance ceremony began at a memorial garden in central Paris attended by relatives and survivors. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Steve Reed convenes Tower Hamlets envoys as concerns over council persist 13. November 2025 (20:18) Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in BangladeshThe communities secretary, Steve Reed, has called a meeting with officials overseeing the running of Tower Hamlets council as concerns about the governance of the east London authority continue.Envoys were sent to Tower Hamlets after a team of government-commissioned inspectors published a report last November that uncovered a “toxic” and secretive culture dominated by the inner circle of the local mayor, Lutfur Rahman. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Serbia secretly agreed deal with Jared Kushner firm to develop protected Belgrade site 13. November 2025 (20:09) Government established joint venture with Trump’s son-in-law in February 2024 to build hotel, apartments and museum complexThe Serbian government has established a joint venture with a property development company owned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to develop a hotel complex in Belgrade, giving Serbia until next May to demolish the existing buildings, according to leaked documents.An independent Serbian news magazine, Radar, published what appears to be a 2024 investment agreement giving Kushner’s firm, Atlantic Incubation Partners LLC, a 77.5% stake in the joint venture, and the Serbian government a 22.5% stake. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman suffers face injury in fall outside home 13. November 2025 (19:58) Senator released humorous health update after he was released from hospital, suggesting he was doing wellUS politics live – latest updatesThe Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman was hospitalized on Thursday after a heart condition flare-up caused him to fall on his face outside his home.According to a statement from his press secretary, the Democrat was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital following the early-morning slip, and doctors determined he had experienced ventricular fibrillation that left him feeling light-headed before he fell and sustained minor facial injuries. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Tenured professor sues University of Kentucky for banning him from law school over comments on Israel 13. November 2025 (19:55) Exclusive: Ramsi Woodcock, who calls for an ‘end’ to Israel and military intervention against it, says the university violated his first amendment rightsA tenured law professor sued the University of Kentucky on Thursday after he was banned from teaching and from the law school for comments he made about Israel, including characterizations of the state as a “colonization project” and calls for the world to wage war against it.In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Ramsi Woodcock, an antitrust law scholar, argued that the public university violated his first amendment and due process rights when it abruptly placed him under investigation in July, just days after he was promoted to full professor, over allegations that he violated university policy – including anti-discrimination rules that incorporate a widely disputed definition of antisemitism. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
