Ukraine suspends justice minister amid energy corruption scandal – Europe live 12. November 2025 (11:39) Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the decision to suspend German Galushchenko had been taken at an emergency government sessionSeparately, Kazakhstan’s parliament passed a bill to ban the promotion of what it calls “non-traditional sexual orientation” in public spaces and the media, a copycat of Russia’s anti-LGBTQ laws, AFP reported.Rights groups described the measure, which needs to be approved by the upper house, as discriminatory and said it would increase the vulnerability of LGBTQ people in the Central Asian Muslim-majority country, an ally of Russia. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit 12. November 2025 (11:33) US president sets Friday deadline for corporation to respond to billion-dollar legal threatTrump to sue BBC – latest updatesDonald Trump has said he feels he has “an obligation” to sue the BBC over its editing of one of his speeches, as a deadline looms for the corporation to respond to his billion-dollar legal threat.The US president accused the broadcaster of having “defrauded the public” with an edition of Panorama last year that spliced together two parts of a speech he made on 6 January 2021 and has given it until Friday to respond. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Venezuelans sent by Trump to El Salvador endured systematic torture, report finds 12. November 2025 (11:00) Human rights groups accuse Trump officials of complicity and draw comparison with scandal at Abu Ghraib prisonMore than 252 Venezuelans expelled to El Salvador under Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy suffered systematic and prolonged torture and abuse, including sexual assault, during their detention, according to a report published on Wednesday.The report, compiled jointly by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Cristosal – a group investigating violations in Central America – says conditions at El Salvador’s sprawling “terrorist continent center” (Cecot) breached the UN’s standard minimal rules for the treatment of prisoners. It cites “inhumane prison conditions, including prolonged incommunicado detention, inadequate food” and other shortcomings. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Actor Allison Mack reveals role in Nxivm sex cult in new podcast: ‘I was abusive’ 12. November 2025 (11:00) Smallville actor, released from prison two years ago, tells how she helped coerce women for cult leader Keith RaniereThe Smallville actor Allison Mack says she was once riveted by the influence she wielded through her role in the Nxivm sex cult – though it eventually sent her to federal prison, and she now realizes it was “abusive”.“I was excited by the power that I felt having these young, beautiful women look to me and listen to me,” Mack, 43, maintains in a new podcast series titled Allison After Nxivm, which contains her first public remarks since her release from prison about two years ago. “And – yes – the sexuality of it was exciting.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US House to vote on bill that could end longest-ever government shutdown 12. November 2025 (11:00) Democrats have vowed to vote against the proposal after a faction of Senators broke with party to pass a compromiseThe House on Wednesday was poised to vote on legislation that would end the longest government shutdown in US history, as Democrats voice fury that the Senate-brokered compromise fails to extend expiring healthcare subsidies.The House speaker, Mike Johnson, has instructed lawmakers to return to Washington after keeping the chamber out of session for more than 50 days. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
