All news for 2025-11-05

Politics

05 Nov 2025 727

Rayner urges Starmer to deliver her workers’ rights reforms

Angela Rayner has urged Sir Keir Starmer to stand firm and deliver her workers’ rights reforms.

News

05 Nov 2025 738

Major investigation triggered after doll mistaken for child’s body near Awliscombe

Police have confirmed that remains initially thought to be a “child’s body” found near a Devon village were in fact a “childlike sex doll”.

World

05 Nov 2025 675

Kentucky declares state of emergency after deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the U.S. state after the fiery crash of a UPS (UPS.N), opens new tab cargo plane in Louisville killed at least nine people, destroyed two businesses and delayed the delivery giant’s operations.

World

05 Nov 2025 806

Tesla board makes massive bet on Elon Musk with $878 billion pay proposal

Tesla’s (TSLA.O), board of directors has completely committed to Elon Musk. Now investors must decide whether to support the largest gambit in the company’s history.

Investigation

05 Nov 2025 711

Russian snipers are using Canadian Cadex rifles as shipments continue despite sanctions

Snipers in at least three units of the Russian armed forces are using Canadian Cadex sniper rifles, and a Russian importer continued to receive new shipments of the weapons despite international sanctions, an investigation by Global News with support from The Insider found.

World

05 Nov 2025 601

Treasury targets North Korean banks and IT fronts in new sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday sanctioned eight individuals and two entities for laundering funds linked to North Korean cyber thefts and overseas IT operations, as part of a broader effort that Washington claims has stolen more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency over the past three years to fund weapons programs.

World

05 Nov 2025 696

Portugal intercepts narco-submarine carrying 1.7 tonnes of cocaine en route to Iberian peninsula

Portuguese authorities intercepted a drug-carrying vessel in the Atlantic Ocean with 1.7 tonnes of cocaine destined for European markets.

News

05 Nov 2025 841

Lammy ‘outraged’ after new blunder sees another foreign inmate freed by mistake

David Lammy refused to confirm whether any other criminal asylum seekers have been “accidentally released from prison” - just moments before police announced that another convicted sex offender is on the loose.

Finance

05 Nov 2025 762

Average UK home price forecast to hit £440,000 amid housing shortage

The average price of a home in the UK is set to hit £440,000 by 2030, new data has shown.

Crime

05 Nov 2025 724

Police confirm XL bully killed baby boy in South Wales home

A baby boy who died in a dog attack in South Wales was killed by an XL bully, police have confirmed.

World

05 Nov 2025 968

Zohran Mamdani elected New York City’s youngest and first Muslim mayor as Trump admits election night was ‘not good for Republicans’

Donald Trump has conceded election day was "not good for Republicans" as the Democrats celebrated a number of victories across the country overnight.

World

05 Nov 2025 638

Five injured after man ‘deliberately’ drives car into people on French island

Five people have been injured, two of them seriously, after a driver rammed into pedestrians and cyclists on Île d’Oléron, a popular tourist destination off France’s Atlantic coast, authorities have said.

Crime

05 Nov 2025 603

Second mistaken prisoner release sparks outrage as UK justice system faces scrutiny

Police have launched an urgent search for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the UK justice secretary, David Lammy, implemented stronger checks for jails.

World

05 Nov 2025 635

Convicts and criminals enlisted to confront protesters as Serbia’s government faces mass unrest

Under siege by mass protests over the past year, Serbia’s government has drawn support from a crew of convicts and suspected criminals who have confronted demonstrators — sometimes using physical violence.

World

05 Nov 2025 662

Angelina Jolie’s bodyguard mobilized in Ukraine during her humanitarian visit to the front-line region

While traveling to Kherson, Hollywood actress and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made an unexpected stop in the Mykolaiv region after her bodyguard was detained for mobilization.

Investigation

05 Nov 2025 591

Sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused of funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps owns a £33.7 million mansion in London

A sanctioned Iranian tycoon accused by the U.K. government of funding Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) owns a 33.7 million pounds mansion—worth about $52.8 million at the 2014 exchange rate, when he bought it—on an exclusive London street, OCCRP has found.

World

05 Nov 2025 1125

Europol and German police dismantle global €300 million credit card fraud and laundering network in “Operation Chargeback”

On 4 November 2025, an international coordinated action day targeted three major fraud and money laundering networks as part of Operation “Chargeback.”

World

05 Nov 2025 726

Democrat Zohran Mamdani makes history as New York elects its first Muslim mayor

Democrat Zohran Mamdani has been elected the first Muslim mayor of New York City, as the Democratic socialist stormed to victory in President Donald Trump’s backyard.

Finance

05 Nov 2025 899

BBC under fire for £18m travel bill as investigation reveals lavish taxi and hotel spending

The BBC has spent over £18m on taxis, hotels, and trains for staff and contributors in just the last three years, an LBC investigation has revealed.

Investigation

05 Nov 2025 596

Mass complaints hit Freedom Bank Kazakhstan over unauthorized deductions as Timur Turlov stays silent — thousands vanish from customer accounts

Users are massively complaining about unauthorized deductions in the Freedom ecosystem.

World

05 Nov 2025 712

Protests erupt in Tanzania as Tulia Ackson, linked to Russia and Rosatom, holds power amid opposition candidate’s disappearance

In Tanzania, a nation friendly to Russia, large-scale protests broke out on the day of the presidential and parliamentary elections.

Finance

05 Nov 2025 657

Marks and Spencer profits halve after major cyber attack hits online sales

Marks and Spencer’s profits have more than halved after suffering a major cyberattack earlier this year, which led to a more than 40% drop in online home and fashion sales when the company was forced to suspend website orders.

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