Shuttle crash at DC-area Dulles airport sends 18 people to hospital 11. November 2025 (16:29) Injuries are non-life-threatening after mobile lounge moving passengers between terminal and plane hit dockA vehicle transporting passengers at a Washington DC-area airport hit a dock at the building on Monday, sending 18 people to the hospital, according to officials.A mobile lounge, which transports passengers between the terminal and aircraft, struck the dock at an angle at about 4.30pm at Washington Dulles international airport as it was pulling up to the building, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said in a statement. The dock is where the vehicle stops to let people into the concourse. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK cuts contribution to Aids, tuberculosis and malaria fund by £150m 11. November 2025 (16:16) Campaigners say 15% cut, which is smaller than had been feared, is serious setback in efforts to combat the diseasesUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK has cut by 15% its contribution to a leading fund combating preventable diseases, a decision which has dismayed aid groups who said it would lead to hundreds of thousands more otherwise preventable deaths.The UK will commit £850m to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the 2027-29 period, against the £1bn pledged by the Conservative government for the last funding round. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Istanbul mayor whose arrest sparked outcry charged with 142 offences 11. November 2025 (16:10) Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main political rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, faces charges including bribery and extortionTurkish prosecutors have charged Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of years in prison, in a move seen as a politically motivated attack on the country’s opposition.The indictment filed on Tuesday, which runs to nearly 4,000 pages, charges the popular opposition figure who was arrested on 19 March with offences including running a criminal organisation, bribery, embezzlement, money laundering, extortion and tender rigging. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
German man with alleged neo-Nazi links arrested over darknet assassination calls 11. November 2025 (15:44) Prosecutor says suspect ran platform with lists of politicians’ names and requests for crypto donations, to be offered as ‘bounties’Germany’s chief federal prosecutor has announced the arrest of a German-Polish national with alleged neo-Nazi ties who is accused of calling on the darknet for the assassination of top politicians and seeking donations for bounties on their heads.More than 20 people were on the list of potential targets, including former chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz as well as judges and ex-government ministers, local media reported. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
