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NewsFeedVideo shows an attendee collapsing during an Oval Office event on lowering weight-loss drug prices. White House medical staff responded immediately. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the man, identified as a health care company representative, is OK. The event later resumed.Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Fears that the US economy is slowing, with firms shedding jobs and imposing hiring freezes, sent Wall Street tumbling on Thursday.The S&P 500 index of leading firms was down 1% as investors also highlighted concerns about the potential for a slump in the value of businesses that have benefited from huge investments in artificial intelligence. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 1.5%.A report showed that last month was the worst October for US layoffs since 2003, which grabbed the attention of investors in the absence of official data delayed by the federal government shutdown.Companies cut jobs and imposed hiring freezes, according…

There are growing calls for the federal government to address the risks posed to children on the popular gaming platform Roblox after Guardian Australia published a report that documented a week of virtual sexual harassment and violence.While playing as an eight-year-old girl, the reporter was given a sexualised avatar, cyberbullied, aggressively killed, sexually assaulted and shat on – all with parental control settings in place.While platforms including Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and Kick will soon be included under Australia’s social media ban, which will prevent Australians under 16 from having social media accounts from 10 December, Roblox is not.The independent MP…

Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NIBBCNicola Hutton contacted Billy Cullen, who was in need of a kidney transplant, following an appeal for a donorA Belfast woman who “strung along” a seriously ill man with lies that she would donate her kidney to him has been branded “callous” and “not human”.On Thursday, Nicola Hutton, from Strandburn Drive, was sentenced to five months in prison after being convicted of a false communication offence.The 54-year-old had contacted Billy Cullen, who was in need of a kidney transplant, and his wife Joanne following their appeal for a donor.Mrs Cullen told BBC News NI they believed Hutton…

Kim Kardashian’s world-historically horrendous TV show All’s Fair has detonated a firestorm of critical horror which, as well as everything else, may have undermined the currency of the star-rating review economy. My colleague Lucy Mangan gave Kardashian’s show an all-but-unprecedented zero stars and zero stars are in fact very rare on this paper.Yet perhaps in the post-Kardashian world they will become more commonplace. I actually have the distinction of giving the first zero star review in the Guardian’s history — for Cuba Gooding’s terrible comedy Boat Trip back in 2002. But it’s weird. There have been worse films than that…

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Fire destroyed a home owned by Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra early Thursday, with officials saying more than 20 units were dispatched in what became a futile effort to save the property.Spoelstra was not home when the fire began, and no injuries were reported. Fire officials said “the home was unoccupied” when the blaze broke out around 4:30 a.m.An investigation into what caused the fire was starting, officials said. Those probes can take weeks in some cases.Spoelstra and the Heat played in Denver on Wednesday night and their charter flight back to Miami did not land…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWelcomeGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser to get you through to the end of the week.Sussan Ley’s leadership of the Liberal party has been has been savaged by one of her predecessors, John Hewson, for lacking clear strategy as the party grapples with infighting and demoralising polling. More coming up.The Albanese government has announced the creation of up to 9,500 extra places at Australian universities after a decision by the Australian…

ToplineShare prices of several major U.S. airlines were down at least 1% early Thursday afternoon, one day after the Federal Aviation Administration announced flight reductions at 40 major airports amid an unprecedented government shutdown that has caused numerous flight delays, high wait times and major staffing troubles at airports nationwide.The flight reductions were announced Wednesday and go into effect Friday. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKey FactsAlaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines parent company Alaska Group fell about 2.2%% in trading as of around 1:45 p.m. EST, slicing significant gains made Wednesday.Shares of American Airlines Group were down 1.5% around the…

Liv McMahon and Chris Vallance,Technology reportersGetty ImagesGrand Theft Auto (GTA) maker Rockstar Games has been accused by a trade union of sacking staff in the UK to stop them from unionising.The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB), which represents people working in the gaming sector, said 31 workers were fired from Rockstar’s UK studios on 30 October.The union led rallies outside the company’s offices in Edinburgh and London on Thursday to protest what it described as “the most blatant and ruthless act of union busting in the history of the games industry”.The BBC has approached Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two…

Night Two of the band’s European tour, their first trek in seven years, did not disappoint Radiohead said they intended on shaking up their set lists each night of their 2025 European tour, their first run in seven years. They weren’t kidding: Their second show in Madrid on Nov. 5 featured a dreamy set list packed with classics, including two rarities. At Madrid’s Movistar Arena, the band broke out “Jigsaw Falling into Place” and “(Nice Dream),” their first time performing both since 2009, during their In Rainbows tour. “Jigsaw,” released off that album, was the third song of the evening,…