New York, LA, Chicago and Washington DC airports among 40 facing air traffic reductions

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US government shutdown blamed for cuts from Friday, two weeks before busy Thanksgiving holiday travel period

New York, Los Angeles and Chicago airports are among 40 that will see reductions in flights from Friday as a result of the government shutdown, according to a list distributed to the airlines.

The Associated Press published the list after airline regulators identified “high-volume markets” where the Federal Administration Agency says air traffic must be reduced by 4% by 6am ET on Friday, a move that would force airlines to cancel thousands of flights and create a cascade of scheduling issues and delays at some of the nation’s largest airports.

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Rockstar Games delays Grand Theft Auto VI – again – to late 2026

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The hugely anticipated sequel was due to arrive in May of next year but has been pushed back to November 2026

Rockstar Games’s Grand Theft Auto VI, which was due to release on 26 May next year, has been delayed again – this time to the end of 2026. It has now been nearly two years since the game was announced, and more than 12 years since the release of Grand Theft Auto V.

“Grand Theft Auto VI will now release on Thursday, November 19, 2026,” reads Rockstar Games’s statement on X. “We are sorry for adding additional time to what we realize has been a long wait, but these extra months will allow us to finish the game with the level of polish you have come to expect and deserve.”

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US supreme court lets Trump block passport sex markers for trans and non-binary people

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Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docket

The supreme court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and non-binary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.

The decision by the high court’s conservative majority is Trump’s latest win on the high court’s emergency docket, and it means his administration can enforce the policy while a lawsuit over it plays out. It halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on new or renewed passports.

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IDF carries out wave of strikes on Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon, warns of more – The Times of Israel

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  1. IDF carries out wave of strikes on Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon, warns of more  The Times of Israel
  2. Israel ramps up Lebanon strikes as Hezbollah vows to defend itself  Al Jazeera
  3. Israeli military launches strikes across southern Lebanon against what it says are Hezbollah targets  CNN
  4. Israel launches airstrikes on south Lebanon, says it's targeting Hezbollah  Reuters
  5. Israel says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon  Fox News
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‘Stenography’: BBC report inside Gaza rekindles criticism over genocide coverage – Middle East Eye

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  1. 'Stenography': BBC report inside Gaza rekindles criticism over genocide coverage  Middle East Eye
  2. Boris Johnson trying to undermine BBC leadership, insiders fear after leak  The Guardian
  3. Turns out the BBC is now a pro-Hamas, anti-Trump propaganda machine  New York Post
  4. The BBC will soon learn that hubris unfailingly leads to ruin  The Telegraph
  5. BBC Arabic bosses were warned about reporters’ ‘anti-Israel bias’  The Times
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US judge orders Trump administration to fully fund Snap benefits in November

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Ruling comes in response to a challenge to administration’s offer to only partly fund US food benefits amid shutdown

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to find the money to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) benefits for November.

The ruling by US district judge John J McConnell Jr gave the Trump administration until Friday to make the payments through Snap, though it is unlikely the people that rely on it will see the money on the debit cards they use for groceries that quickly.

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Iran Sentences Iranian American Jewish Man to Prison, Family Says – The New York Times

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  1. Iran Sentences Iranian American Jewish Man to Prison, Family Says  The New York Times
  2. Iran sentences Kamran Hekmati for Israel trip 13 years ago  The Jerusalem Post
  3. NYT: Iran Imprisons Jewish American for Visiting Israel 13 Years Ago  Haaretz
  4. Iran: US Citizen Hekmati, 70, Sentenced to 4 Years Over Trip to Israel in 2012  EA WorldView
  5. Jewish Iranian-American Dual National Kamran Hekmati Imprisoned in Evin Prison Over Past Trip to Israel  en-hrana.org
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Venomous ‘Murder Hornets’ Kill Two American Tourists on Vacation in Laos – Gizmodo

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  1. Venomous ‘Murder Hornets’ Kill Two American Tourists on Vacation in Laos  Gizmodo
  2. Attacked by Swarm of Wasps, American Father and Son Die in Laos  The New York Times
  3. American teacher Daniel Owen and son stung to death in Laos  NBC News
  4. Father and son killed by swarm of hornets in Laos  The Times
  5. Murder hornet swarm kills U.S. father, son ziplining in Southeast Asia  The Seattle Times
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German authorities investigate swastikas painted in blood – The Washington Post

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  1. German authorities investigate swastikas painted in blood  The Washington Post
  2. Man held after cars in German city found smeared with swastikas in blood  BBC
  3. Germany news: Police investigate swastika vandalism  DW
  4. German police detain man suspected of painting swastikas on cars and walls with his own blood – as it happened  The Guardian
  5. Swastikas painted ‘in blood’ on cars and buildings  The Telegraph
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Canada pushes on with ‘complete depopulation’ plan to cull 400 ostriches

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Country’s top court declines to block controversial cull of hundreds of birds amid fears of an avian flu outbreak

Canada’s food inspection agency says it plans to begin a “complete depopulation” of hundreds of ostriches at a farm after the country’s top court declined to block the controversial cull.

On Thursday, the supreme court said it would not take up a case that has catalyzed a fierce protest by the farm owners and protesters – as well as senior figures in the Trump administration, who have decried the public health effort as government overreach.

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Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85

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Family pays tribute to actor who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’

The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family has announced.

She died peacefully, surrounded by her family, in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said.

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Nandy breached code over appointment of donor to lead football regulator

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Culture secretary ‘deeply regrets error’ after inquiry finds failures in declaring past donations by watchdog nominee

Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, has apologised to Keir Starmer after an inquiry found she failed to say that her choice of nominee to lead a new football regulator had donated to her and to Labour before she nominated him for the role.

Nandy said she regretted the errors highlighted in a report by William Shawcross, the commissioner for public appointments. Her apology comes a week after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made her own written apology to the prime minister for failing to obtain a licence before renting out her family home.

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