Wicked: For Good beats box office records previously held by Wicked 24. November 2025 (14:49) Jon M Chu’s sequel, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, is the second biggest US opening of the year and the biggest international opening for a stage musical adaptationThe extraordinary promotional juggernaut for Wicked: For Good, Jon M Chu’s sequel to the 2024 first instalment of his Broadway adaptation, appears to have paid off, with the film this weekend smashing box office records held by its predecessor.Its global total at the end of the weekend stands at $226m, considerably up on the $164.2m earned by its predecessor. The major change was in the domestic takings: while last year’s film took more than double its initial take in the US – $114m to $50.2m overseas – this concluding instalment has corrected that overindexing, with $76m banked from international territories. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US reportedly ready for next phase of Venezuela military operations – live 24. November 2025 (14:45) Trump administration labels Maduro as member of foreign terrorist organization and could impose fresh sanctions on countryThe president was online early today, and fired off a Truth Social post at 5:38am touting the economic impact that his sweeping tariffs will soon have on the country. He also noted that countries’ efforts to stockpile US goods ahead of the levies kicking in was “wearing thin”.“These payments will be RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course,” he wrote. “This Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before.”Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA. They couldn’t care less about us. I look so much forward to the United States Supreme Court’s decision on this urgent and time sensitive matter,” he added. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US woman behind Slender Man stabbing caught after escaping from group home 24. November 2025 (14:43) Police had issued alert after Morgan Geyser cut off monitoring bracelet, and was reportedly located at a truck stopThe Wisconsin woman who admitted to repeatedly stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to delight the fictional online horror character Slender Man in 2014 has been caught after authorities said she cut off a monitoring bracelet and left her group home.Morgan Geyser, 23, was found in Posen, Illinois, on Sunday evening, authorities said. Police in Madison, Wisconsin, had issued an alert for Geyser earlier in the day, saying she had last been seen with an adult acquaintance on Saturday evening.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Badenoch says growth being held up because ‘the state is too big’ and claims she is getting better at being Tory leader – UK politics live 24. November 2025 (14:38) Kemi Badenoch tells CBI conference that fewer people are working to support more people out of workBadenoch says the government should be cutting regulation.And she claims she can do this because, when she was business secretary, she was able to cut regulation. As an example, she says she ruled about mandatory ethnicity pay reporting.Fewer and fewer people are working to support more and more people out of work and living on welfare. The rider is getting heavier than the horse. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Novo Nordisk shares slide after Ozempic pill fails in Alzheimer’s trials 24. November 2025 (14:38) Report dashes hopes for new use for blockbuster weight-loss drugBusiness live – latest updatesNovo Nordisk shares slumped on Monday after the drugmaker said the pill version of its weight-loss drug Ozempic had failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in two large studies.The Danish company said patients who took the drug did not see their disease progress more slowly, dashing hopes for a new use for the blockbuster diabetes drug. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show 24. November 2025 (14:23) Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsensWildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show.The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years 24. November 2025 (14:05) Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and OmanA volcano in Ethiopia’s north-eastern region has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to 9 miles (14km) into the sky, and across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman.The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia’s Afar region about 500 miles north-east of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bosses should engage with Labour on workers’ rights, says business secretary 24. November 2025 (14:05) Peter Kyle tells CBI conference he will ensure companies do not lose as a result of overhaulBusiness live – latest updatesThe business secretary, Peter Kyle, has opened the door to bosses to influence Labour’s changes to workers’ rights, amid boardroom fears over jobs and growth.In a signal the government could consider watering down the overhaul of employment rights, Kyle told business leaders at the CBI conference in London that he would hold a series of 26 consultations with companies after the bill became law. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Australian households spend twice as much of income on mortgages than five years ago, report shows 24. November 2025 (14:01) Servicing a new mortgage eats up 45% of a median household’s pre-tax income, up from 26% in September 2020, the analysis revealsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe average Australian household needs to dedicate nearly twice as much of their income to paying their mortgage than they did five years ago, according to a new report.The latest findings from property research firm Cotality come as the Albanese government comes under increasing pressure to find ways to accelerate the supply of new homes to ease price pressures. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Our gas, our prices’: Ed Husic breaks ranks with Labor to demand an end to ‘profiteering’ by exporters 24. November 2025 (14:01) Labor MP backs independent’s call for cheaper energy on the east coast by forcing producers to sell cheaper fuel for Australian useGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic has demanded strong action to end “profiteering” among gas exporters and to force them to sell cheaper fuel for Australian use, as the former industry minister broke ranks with his Labor colleagues to support an independent MP’s motion regarding energy prices on the east coast.In a stinging rebuke to what he called Australia’s “timid” approach to gas market regulation, Husic delivered an impassioned speech in parliament where he said “tinkering at the edges” of reform would not fix a “fundamentally distorted” gas market. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
