Frankie the flamingo wins her freedom after flying to France from Cornwall 13. November 2025 (13:09) Zookeepers at Paradise Park in Hayle decide not to attempt to bring bird home after 120-mile flight over ChannelZookeepers in Cornwall have decided to grant an escaped flamingo what she apparently has gone to great lengths to attain: freedom.Four-month-old Frankie took flight on 2 November, despite having her feathers clipped, from the walled garden of Paradise Park in Hayle. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott 13. November 2025 (12:00) Unfair labor practice strike on ‘red cup day’ in over 25 cities comes amid stagnant negotiations with coffee chain Hundreds of Starbucks workers are set to strike in more than 25 cities across the US today amid stagnant negotiations with the world’s largest coffee chain over a first union contract.On the company’s annual “red cup day”, hailing the start of the lucrative holiday season, Starbucks Workers United is launching an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, with rallies planned in locations including New York City; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chicago, Illinois; Columbus, Ohio; and Anaheim, California. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US government reopens after shutdown with House to vote on Epstein files next week – politics live 13. November 2025 (11:53) Even if bill passes the House, it will still need to get through the Senate before files can be releasedEmerging market stocks extended gains on Thursday after US President Donald Trump signed legislation ending the longest government shutdown in history, while South African markets rallied on optimism over the budget review.An index tracking emerging market stocks was on track to extend gains to the fourth session, up 0.23%, echoing strength across broader Asian equity markets. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
EU to discuss unlocking €140bn in frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine – Europe live 13. November 2025 (11:52) EU president Ursula von der Leyen says using the assets would be “the most effective way to sustain Ukraine”, although legal fears remainA 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)
Council staff visited wrong address day before Sara Sharif’s murder, review finds 13. November 2025 (11:43) Education secretary says report highlights ‘glaring failures and missed opportunities’ by various agenciesServices in Surrey failed to identify Sara Sharif was at risk of abuse, did not question unexplained bruising and staff members visited the wrong address the day before her murder, a safeguarding review has found.Sara, 10, was killed by her father, Urfan Sharif, and her stepmother, Beinash Batool, in August 2023 after years of escalating brutality that left her with bruises, burns, human bite marks and at least 25 fractures. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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)
