Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra, union warns

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Prospect says proposals to make payouts less generous would damage public finances rather than save money

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Reform UK’s plans to make public-sector pensions less generous could cost billions extra a year and cause a ticking timebomb in the public finances, a leading trade union has warned.

Prospect said the plans unveiled by the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, would damage the public finances rather than save money “and end up costing taxpayers tens of billions of pounds in the years to come”.

Russian forces appear to tighten grip on strategic city of Pokrovsk

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Military analysts say situation in Pokrovsk has deteriorated, while Kremlin says it plans to explore resumption of nuclear testing

Moscow’s forces appear to be tightening their grip on Pokrovsk, with street fighting raging across the ruined city in eastern Ukraine, as the Kremlin announced plans to explore the resumption of nuclear testing.

Ukraine’s general staff on Wednesday denied Russian claims that its troops had been encircled, saying efforts were under way to reinforce the flanks around Pokrovsk and the nearby town of Myrnohrad.

At least nine people killed after UPS cargo plane crashes in Kentucky

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Others were injured when the plane exploded during takeoff near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Man gropes Mexican president as she speaks to citizens on the streets

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Man tries to kiss and embrace Claudia Sheinbaum, highlighting security risk and harassment women face in Mexico

The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has been groped by a man as she mingled with citizens on the streets of Mexico City, raising questions about the lack of presidential security and the level of sexual harassment the country’s women face.

A video of the incident on Tuesday shows a visibly drunk man trying to kiss the president on the neck and embrace her from behind, as she removes his hands and turns to face him, before a government official steps in and places himself between them.

Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London

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Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought in

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

The 24-year-old Algerian was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison in south London last Wednesday, with the Metropolitan police informed only this week.

Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses

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Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systems

Authorities in Denmark are urgently studying how to close an apparent security loophole in hundreds of Chinese-made electric buses that enables them to be remotely deactivated.

The investigation comes after transport authorities in Norway, where the Yutong buses are also in service, found that the Chinese supplier had remote access for software updates and diagnostics to the vehicles’ control systems – which could be exploited to affect buses while in transit.

Journey to Kenya: Sudan’s Jiu-jitsu Team Defies the Odds

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In 2019, a Sudanese jiu-jitsu team travelled by land from Sudan to Kenya, no funding, no backing, just determination.

Israel sets up checkpoint in Syria’s Quneitra in new breach of sovereignty

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Israel has conducted more than 1,000 air strikes and more than 400 ground incursions in Syria since al-Assad overthrow.

The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech after being elected NYC mayor

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Admin

Mayor-elect centered affordability and the working people of the city in his speech while emphasizing: ‘Hope is alive’

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The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said: “I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.”

For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power does not belong in their hands.

UN chief says Gaza needs UN mandate for security force

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says Gaza should have a UN mandate for a peacekeeping force.

Japan deploys soldiers to contain surge in bear attacks in Akita

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Close encounters reported almost daily as bears intrude into residential areas and attack and sometimes kill people

Japan has deployed troops to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge in the number of bear attacks that have terrorised people in the mountainous region.

Unexpected encounters with bears are being reported almost daily in the lead up to hibernation season as the animals forage for food. The bears have been roaming near schools, train stations, supermarkets and even at a hot springs resort.

Europe’s search and rescue bodies suspend contacts with Libyan counterpart

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The newly-formed Justice Fleet has suspended contact with Libya's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.

World’s Largest Spider Web, Created By 111,000 Arachnids In A Cave, Is Big Enough To Catch A Whale – IFLScience

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Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York, challenges Trump

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Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and South Asian to hold the post.

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

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At least two people in intensive care and suspect arrested after pedestrians and cyclists hit on Île d’Oléron

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.

The driver has been arrested and an investigation opened into attempted murder, the La Rochelle public prosecutor, Arnaud Laraize, said on Wednesday. France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said it was observing the case but was not so far involved.