‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott 13. November 2025 (12:00) Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain Hundreds of Starbucks workers are set to strike in more than 25 cities across the US today amid stagnant negotiations with the world’s largest coffee chain over a first union contract.On the company’s annual “red cup day”, hailing the start of the lucrative holiday season, Starbucks Workers United is launching an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, with rallies planned in locations including New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Anaheim, California. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US government reopens after shutdown with House to vote on Epstein files next week – politics live 13. November 2025 (11:53) Even if bill passes the House, it will still need to get through the Senate before files can be releasedEmerging market stocks extended gains on Thursday after US President Donald Trump signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in history, while South African markets rallied on optimism over the budget review.An index tracking emerging market stocks was on track to extend gains to the fourth session, up 0.23%, echoing strength across broader Asian equity markets. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
EU to discuss unlocking €140bn in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine – Europe live 13. November 2025 (11:52) EU president Ursula von der Leyen says using the assets would be “the most effective way to sustain Ukraine”, although legal fears remainA bitter battle over the future of a Chinese-owned chipmaker in the Netherlands that threatened to cripple the global car industry is a “wake-up call to Europe and the west”, the minister at the heart of the row has warned.The six-week standoff between the EU and Beijing over Nexperia and its vital supplies of automotive semiconductors has served up a sobering lesson to world leaders over their dependency on China, says Vincent Karremans. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds 13. November 2025 (11:43) Education secretary says report highlights ‘glaring failures and missed opportunities’ by various agenciesServices in Surrey failed to identify Sara Sharif was at risk of abuse, did not question unexplained bruising and staff members visited the wrong address the day before her murder, a safeguarding review has found.Sara, 10, was killed by her father, Urfan Sharif, and her stepmother, Beinash Batool, in August 2023 after years of escalating brutality that left her with bruises, burns, human bite marks and at least 25 fractures. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
