U.S. and Saudi Arabia working to finalize defense pact before MBS meets Trump Kushner went to Riyadh to meet MBS. Axios · Nov 12, 2025
Venezuela carries out military exercises amid fears of US strikes The regime of Nicolás Maduro has said it is preparing its armed forces in case of an attack by the US. Euronews · Nov 12, 2025
JFK’s grandson Jack Schlossberg to continue family legacy in entering race for Congress despite his mother’s concerns Latest member of the Kennedy clan enters political fray, seeking to succeed veteran lawmaker Jerry Nadler in New York’s affluent 12th congressional district The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Maga influencer with ‘Mar-a-Lago face’ who was in the running to be Trump’s press secretary wanted for assault Rein Lively was a member of the controversial QAnon movement which accused global elites of carrying out child sex crimes The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
New laws to bolster UK’s defences against cyber attacks on NHS, transport and energy The National Cyber Security Centre warned last month that Chinese and Russian hackers posed a ‘significant threat’ as serious online attacks reached a record high The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Trump's War on the Media: Inside the '$1BN BBC Threat' and His History of Lawsuits Trump's £760M threat to the BBC mirrors past lawsuits against ABC and CBS, revealing a wider campaign to silence the press. International Business Times UK · Nov 12, 2025
What to know about the 50-year mortgage proposed by the White House The White House is considering backing a 50-year mortgage plan to help alleviate the country's home affordability crisis. Experts say the proposal has several drawbacks. Euronews · Nov 12, 2025
Researchers may have found the best way to stop seagulls stealing your food The experiment looked at different ways of deterring the birds from approaching a box of chips on the ground The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025
Veteran's Day Turns Ugly As Trump 'Disrespects' Ceremony - Kins Tell Him To 'Burn In Hell' On 11 Nov 2025, Trump renames Veterans Day 'Victory Day' at Arlington, praises 'Secretary of War' Hegseth, boasts VA gains—igniting backlash over politicisation & facts International Business Times UK · Nov 12, 2025
FDA Names Veteran Oncologist Richard Pazdur To Lead Drug Center After Ethics Scandal Ousts George Tidmarsh The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appointed Dr. Richard Pazdur as the new head of its drug center, succeeding Dr. George Tidmarsh, who was removed following an ethics complaint just months after his appointment. Benzinga · Nov 12, 2025
Reform UK pulls out of BBC film amid Trump speech edit row Internal party memo says ‘trust has been lost’ as US president reiterates threat of legal action against corporation The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025
Senate payouts unnerve some in House GOP ahead of shutdown vote - Roll Call A Senate provision in a spending package to end the shutdown has rattled House Republicans and given new political ammunition to Democrats. Roll Call · Nov 12, 2025
10 Reveals Why It Cast Publisher Michael In Big Brother Australia Despite Media Ban The casting requirements said contestants could not work or be linked to “any television broadcaster, news or media organisation, including any web-based media or other online platform or outlet”. However, Michael is the CEO of a media company. Pedestrian.tv · Nov 12, 2025
Starmer backs ‘independent BBC’ but declines to tell Trump to drop $1bn lawsuit threat – as it happened Lib Dem leader, Ed Davey, says US president is ‘trying to destroy’ broadcaster The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 China and Spain signs agreements to strengthen cooperation on Spanish king's visit Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping have signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation
Benzinga · Nov 12, 2025 Scott Bessent Calls Trump's Argentina Deal A 'Swap Line' That Made Money For Americans Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday defended the government's $20 billion emergency support for Argentina as a bid to "pursue peace through economic strength," insisting it was a profitable swap line, not a bailout.
Radio France Internationale · Nov 12, 2025 California's Newsom takes US climate stage as White House sits out COP30 American voices took the stage on day two of the COP30 climate conference, but none represented the federal government. California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, spoke at the UN climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon after the Trump administration opted not to send a delegation.
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Jacob Rees-Mogg: BBC should settle with Trump for being ‘horribly’ wrong Former Conservative cabinet minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said the BBC should "settle with Donald Trump" over the broadcaster's misrepresentation of his speech in the recent Panorama documentary, Trump: A Second Chance?.
Axios · Nov 12, 2025 Trump defends H-1B visas: "You don't have certain talents" in the U.S. "You don't have certain talents, and people have to learn," Trump said on Fox News.
Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025 Reeves torpedoes Labour's manifesto in huge Budget tax gamble which could put Farage in No10 Commentary: The Chancellor has been so clear that she is going to torch the party’s manifesto tax promise that a U-turn now would stun Westminster
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025 There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Who is Robbie Gibb, the man at the heart of the BBC scandal with links to Boris Johnson? INSIDE STORY: BBC staff and leading political figures are calling for Robbie Gibb to step down from the BBC board. So, who is the Tory ‘agent’ at the centre of a tangled web of politics and media interests, asks Katie Rosseinsky
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Trump says BBC ‘defrauded the public’ with editing of January 6 speech The US President told Fox News he had an ‘obligation’ to take legal action over the speech.
Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025 Trump says he has 'obligation' to pursue $1 billion lawsuit against BBC over doctored January 6 speech The US President tells Fox News the BBC ‘defrauded the public’
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Trump receives MAGA backlash after telling Fox News there aren’t enough ‘talented’ Americans to fill certain jobs The president’s comments have inspired the latest backlash within the MAGA coalition over the H-1B visa program, a system frequently used by the president’s supporters in the tech world to hire high-skilled immigrants for key roles