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"Last Week Tonight" versus The Crown

In last Sunday's scathing episode, John Oliver questions our defense of British royalty and all wealth worship

Salon

Biography of poet John Donne wins UK nonfiction book prize

A book that argues Elizabethan poet John Donne should rank alongside William Shakespeare as a literary genius has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book award

The Independent UK

West Pushes Iran to Cooperate with IAEA

Western powers on Friday urged Iran to take "essential and urgent" action on issues raised by the UN's nuclear watchdog, a day after Tehran was criticized for a lack of cooperation. On Thursday the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors passed a resolution targeting Tehran, amid an impasse…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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A stark lesson for Keir Starmer from the budget: the Tories won’t just lose, you have to beat them

Labour’s path to victory was clear when Truss was in office. A politically cunning autumn statement has made it harder, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Eighty countries sign declaration to curb bombing in urban areas

Eighty countries including the United States, Britain and France signed a declaration in Dublin on Friday pledging to refrain from urban bombing, the first time states have agreed to curb the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

Reuters

This warm autumn is a warning: Britain’s seasons are changing for good

A mild November may be talked of as a ‘freak weather event’, but the climate crisis will make the abnormal normal, says Sophie Pavelle, ambassador for the Wildlife Trusts

The Guardian - UK

Relief meets fear as UK budget calms economy but brings pain

Britain’s Conservative government is defending its decision to hike taxes for millions of working people in the “squeezed middle” class as it tries to shore up an economy battered by double-digit inflation

The Independent UK

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Whisper it, but the UK and the EU are starting to mend their broken relationship

Britain is realising that, even after Brexit, it can’t turn its back on its European neighbours, says the German historian Helene von Bismarck

The Guardian - UK

Retail sales in Great Britain below pre-pandemic levels as shoppers cut back

Drop of 2.4% in three months to October is worst quarterly performance since March 2021

The Guardian - UK

Britain says drone circles vessel in Gulf of Oman after strike on tanker

Britain's maritime agency said a drone circled a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Friday, three days after an Iranian-made drone attacked a tanker in the region.

Reuters

Wild by Amy Jeffs audiobook review – otherworldly tales from medieval Britain

The author’s folksongs add a new dimension to these evocative short stories inspired by objects and texts from medieval times

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement: setting a trap for Labour

Editorial: The government wants voters to think the economic question is about reducing debt rather than Tory failure

The Guardian - UK

Pay more tax, get less in return: this budget lays bare the bleak reality of Britain’s economy

Jeremy Hunt didn’t mention that living standards may fall by 7% over the next two years, leaving many people treading water, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

'Tories have decided working people will pay the bill for them crashing economy'

In an article for the Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the government expects ordinary people to pay the price – with stealth taxes on working people, and tax breaks for the banks.

Daily Mirror

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Reuters

EU to signal Britain needs to move on Northern Ireland dispute

The European Union is expected on Friday to signal to new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that his government must resolve the long-running dispute over Northern Ireland, EU diplomats said.

The Independent UK

Leonid meteor shower to light up skies over Britain

This year the best time to see the spectacle above Britain will be between midnight and before dawn on Friday.

Daily Mirror

Rachel Reeves accuses Tories of 'picking pockets' of millions of Brits with Autumn Budget

The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Britain 'can longer afford a Conservative Government' after Jeremy Hunt confirmed the UK is now in recession with the economy expected to shrink further in 2023

The Guardian - UK

Government plans £6bn to insulate UK houses and gives go-ahead for Sizewell C

Jeremy Hunt says energy efficiency will help to stop Britain being at mercy of global gas prices

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King's coronation must not be 'woke-fest celebration of so-called modern Britain', says Tory MP

Former minister Sir Edward Leigh told the Commons that the link between the Church of England and the King needed to be maintained when the coronation takes place next year

Reuters

Britain's Hunt announces 8 billion pound package for health and social care

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Thursday said the country's health and social care system would receive a 8 billion pound package within two years, which he said health chiefs had indicated would help fulfil key priorities.

Reuters

UK faces record hit to living standards as tax hikes loom

Britain faces a record hit to living standards this year as surging inflation erodes incomes, the country's budget forecasters warned, after finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced more pain, with tax rises now and spending cuts further ahead.

The National (Scotland)

Frothing Tory MP: King's coronation must NOT be 'dumbed-down woke-fest'

The King's coronation must not reflect 'so-called modern Britain', a Tory MP has seethed

The Independent UK

What are stealth taxes?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers Autumn Statement to Parliament laying out package of tax rises worth £24bn and spending cuts of £30bn to plug massive public funding black hole

Reuters

UK, EU and Canada meet COP27 presidency, say talks can't fail

A delegation from Britain, the European Union and Canada met the COP27 president on Thursday to highlight gaps in the current negotiating texts and express their view that the round of global climate talks in Egypt should not be allowed to fail.

Edinburgh Live

Mum dubbed Britain's 'most hated' after trying to buy twins in US wants to meet them

Judith Kilshaw and her husband Alan sparked an international outcry in December 2000 when they paid £8,200 to adopt the girls, then brought them home to Wrexham in Wales.

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