Mexico takes action to combat sexual abuse after president publicly groped 13. November 2025 (11:00) Secretary for women presents plan, including prison sentences, after Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on streetThe shocking public groping of Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has prompted rapid political action to tackle sexual abuse, as well as public debate on how best to address the problem, which is widespread across the country.Citlalli Hernández, Mexico’s secretary for women, presented a presidential plan to confront the issue, which would include actions such as ensuring prison sentences for sexual abuse across Mexico, encouraging women to report incidents, and training prosecutors and other officials on how to handle the matter. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
If No 10 briefer is found Keir Starmer will sack them, Miliband says 13. November 2025 (10:49) Cabinet minister says PM would not have backed attacks on Wes Streeting but briefing is ‘longstanding aspect of politics’UK politics live – latest updatesEd Miliband has said he was certain Keir Starmer would sack whoever had briefed against Wes Streeting, after a chaotic 48 hours in which No 10 launched an operation to shore up the prime minister against an anticipated leadership challenge.The prime minister apologised to the health secretary in a phone call with him late on Wednesday. Starmer is facing mounting calls to sack his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, over the row. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Latest Epstein emails cast further doubt on Andrew’s claim of cutting ties 13. November 2025 (10:15) Messages sent months after former prince said he ended relations and also appear to confirm Virginia Giuffre photoNewly released Jeffrey Epstein emails have cast further doubt on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s account of when he cut ties with the child sex offender and his denials about meeting his accuser Virginia Giuffre.In March 2011, four months after he later claimed to have ended his relationship with Epstein, the former prince told him and the convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell: “I can’t take any more of this,” in response to allegations put to him by the Mail on Sunday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Amid disappointing UK growth, how can Rachel Reeves escape the doom loop? 13. November 2025 (10:01) Stronger finances require a stronger economy, but budget tax rises and spending cuts could squeeze activity further• Business live – latest updates• Economy grew by just 0.1% in third quarter amid hit from JLR cyber-attackRachel Reeves’s autumn budget is not simple: Britain’s economy is misfiring and things need turning around fast. Yet a fiscal consolidation on the scale the chancellor is expected to require could push in exactly the opposite direction.The latest figures from the economy are hardly encouraging. Growth slowed from 0.3% in the second quarter to just 0.1% in the third, driven down in part by the cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘It’s a wake-up call’: Dutch row with Chinese chipmaker that threatened global car industry 13. November 2025 (09:00) Exclusive: Dutch minister says tussle with Chinese-owned Nexperia was ‘like an economic thriller’ and is sobering lesson to world over its dependency on ChinaA 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)
UK economy grew by just 0.1% in third quarter amid hit from JLR cyber-attack 13. November 2025 (08:37) Reading undershoots forecasts, with crippling Jaguar Land Rover hack helping pull September GDP down by 0.1%The UK economy expanded by just 0.1% in the quarter from July to September as the crippling cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing.The latest official figures, issued as Rachel Reeves prepares for a crunch budget on 26 November, show gross domestic product fell by 0.1% in September as car production was dragged down to a 73-year low by the fallout from the hack. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Malcolm Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero 13. November 2025 (08:08) Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electoratesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says his party’s decision to dump a net zero emissions target shows it “does not take climate change seriously”, accusing the opposition of “a Trumpian campaign against renewables”.But while moderate sources are alarmed about the impact on winning back or retaining urban electorates, and climate groups called the backflip a “disaster”, the Liberal decision to scrap its own 2050 target and unwind Labor’s 2035 and renewable energy pledges has been praised by conservative MPs and campaigners. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Colourful children’s sand sold by Officeworks recalled amid asbestos fears 13. November 2025 (07:08) Chain among Australian retailers to have sold some of the affected Creatistics, Kadink and Educational Colours products since 2020Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA range of colourful children’s sand products imported from China and sold at leading Australian retailers have been recalled due to concerns they may contain asbestos.The Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC) said the sand, which is brightly coloured and designed for children to play with, was recalled because the products may contain tremolite asbestos. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party 13. November 2025 (07:00) Based on the largest poll of supporters yet, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majorityThe real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold togetherResearch based on a poll of 11,000 Reform UK supporters, the biggest survey of its kind, tells us more about who is intending to vote for the party than has been previously known.The in-depth polling analysis from Hope Not Hate reveals a voter coalition that stretches from struggling workers and frustrated graduates to wealthy retirees, in places from Hitchin to Runcorn. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Amid Japan’s surge in bear attacks, a torrent of AI-generated videos is adding to anxiety 13. November 2025 (06:37) Videos show schoolgirls fighting off animals, while others show people feeding bears, with some so realistic that users struggled to distinguish between fact and fictionIf a record number of fatal bear attacks wasn’t terrifying enough, experts say a torrent of AI-generated videos in Japan purporting to show people in close encounters with the animals is only adding to public anxiety – and could put people at greater risk.While headlines about real attacks and disruption appear on a regular basis, monitors of online content are warning social media users not to be taken in by realistic videos on platforms such as TikTok of the animals attacking or interacting with humans. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
