AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign 14. November 2025 (17:27) Anthropic says financial firms and government agencies were attacked ‘largely without human intervention’A leading artificial intelligence company claims to have stopped a China-backed “cyber espionage” campaign that was able to infiltrate financial firms and government agencies with almost no human oversight.The US-based Anthropic said its coding tool, Claude Code, was “manipulated” by a Chinese state-sponsored group to attack 30 entities around the world in September, achieving a “handful of successful intrusions”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Protesters blockade Cop30 summit over plight of Indigenous peoples 14. November 2025 (17:23) Munduruku people demand to speak to Brazil’s president, saying they are never listened toCop30: click here for full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in BrazilProtesters blockaded the main entrance to the Cop30 climate conference for several hours early on Friday morning, demanding to speak to Brazil’s president about the plight of the country’s Indigenous peoples.About 50 people from the Munduruku people in the Amazon basin blocked the entrance with some assistance from international green groups, watched by a huge phalanx of riot police, soldiers and military vehicles. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
MP Adnan Hussain quits Your Party over ‘persistent infighting’ 14. November 2025 (17:20) Blackburn MP criticises ‘struggle for power’ amid tensions between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah SultanaThe leftwing Your Party spearheaded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana has had a major split after another independent MP involved, Adnan Hussain, quit because of “persistent infighting and a struggle for power” in the organisation.The departure of the Blackburn MP, who is secretary of the limited company behind Your Party, is yet another blow after renewed disagreements between Sultana and Corbyn, this time over the handover of membership levies. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘We’re sick of being the story’: what next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses? 14. November 2025 (17:15) Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdlesRedBird Capital drops £500m Telegraph takeover bidThe withdrawal of the bid for the Telegraph led by RedBird Capital has once again plunged the future of the titles into uncertainty, and raises questions over the dogged refusal of its sellers to drop the eye-watering £500m asking price that had driven away other potential suitors.On Friday, a consortium that also included UAE fund International Media Investments (IMI) as well as the owner of the Daily Mail and the billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, dropped its bid abruptly with no explanation given. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Searches for lorazepam surged after release of The White Lotus, data shows 14. November 2025 (17:00) Third series of TV drama spiked interest in anti-anxiety drug amid warnings over illicit production of ‘benzos’In the third series of the hit TV show The White Lotus, the entitled North Carolina housewife Victoria Ratliff is often shown reaching for her lorazepam. Now researchers say internet searches for the anti-anxiety drug surged after the show’s release.Lorazepam, also known by its brand name Ativan, is a type of drug known as a benzodiazepine, or “benzo”. It is thought to work by boosting the effect of a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Coach featured in Netflix’s Last Chance U injured in Oakland campus shooting 14. November 2025 (16:10) John Beam, director of athletics at Laney College, in critical condition as police search for suspectAn American football coach who starred in the Netflix documentary Last Chance U, about struggling college teams, is in critical condition after being shot on campus, authorities in California said.John Beam, director of athletics at Oakland’s Laney College, was hurt in a Thursday lunchtime incident at the school’s field house, its downtown sports training complex. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Satisfaction with democracy below 50% in eight out of nine western countries, poll finds 14. November 2025 (16:03) Ipsos survey reveals fake news, lack of accountability, extremism and corruption seen as biggest threatsSatisfaction with democracy is below 50% in eight out of nine western countries surveyed in a poll, and majorities in all but one fear for its future, with fake news, lack of political accountability, extremism and corruption seen as the biggest threats.An Ipsos survey of almost 10,000 people in Croatia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US found satisfaction with democracy low in all except Sweden, with deep concerns about the future state of electoral politics. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at Wicked sequel premiere charged 14. November 2025 (15:36) Footage shows the man jumping the red carpet barricade of the Singapore premiere of Wicked: For Good, then rushing towards and embracing the starA court in Singapore has charged a man who grabbed Ariana Grande at a premiere of Wicked: For Good on Thursday night with being a public nuisance.Video footage shows Johnson Wen jumping over a barricade at Universal Studios Singapore and rushing at Grande on the red carpet. Grande’s co-star Cynthia Erivo immediately jumped in to help protect her and Wen was moved away. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent named young journalist of the year in UK awards 14. November 2025 (15:33) Malak A Tantesh, 20, ‘showed immense talent and bravery’, said judges at Media Freedom awards in LondonThe UK’s Society of Editors has named Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, as young journalist of the year in the national press category at this year’s Media Freedom awards.The judges said Tantesh “showed immense talent and bravery in some of the hardest conditions ever faced by a journalist, she continued to report while having to forage for food and facing the constant risk of bombing and the threat of targeted killing”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Carney’s ‘nation-building’ programme misses mark to be truly transformative for Canada 14. November 2025 (15:18) The $C56bn plan focused on investing in a resource economy falls short of changing Canadians’ day-to-day lives Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, likes to say that when he was young, “we used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly.”That idea – of sprawling projects that transform nations, has influenced both his narrative as an economist turned politician and his government’s multibillion-dollar investment spree. “It’s time to get back at it, and get on with it,” he said in September. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
