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A migrant who returned to the UK by small boat less than a month after being removed to France under the “one-in, one out” scheme has been removed again.Home Office sources said a returns flight on Wednesday morning included the man who was removed on 19 September, before he returned to the UK on 18 October.The Iranian man claimed to have been a victim of modern slavery at the hands of smuggling gangs in France.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the man’s case had been expedited after he was detected by biometrics and detained. She added: “Anyone looking to return to…

“The Big Apple has fallen,” a right-wing lawmaker said, reflecting broader worries in the Mideast country. Palestinians hailed the election as a sea change in the United States. Source link

Spiderweb near cave entrance. Image Credits: Urak et al. 2025, Subterranean Biology (CC BY 4.0). In an astonishing discovery, scientists have found what is believed to be the world’s largest spiderweb inside Sulfur Cave, a dark and narrow passage located on the border between Greece and Albania. This extraordinary web, sprawling over a massive 106 square meters (1,140 square feet), is home to an estimated 111,000 spiders living together in an unprecedented colonial network.The web, first discovered by cavers from the Czech Speleological Society during a 2022 expedition in Vromoner Canyon, is a remarkable patchwork of thousands of individual funnel-shaped…

The Off Broadway shows “Hannah Senesh,” “Jewish Plot” and “Playing Shylock” take stock of discussions around casting and storytelling. Source link

Daniel Owen, 47, and his son, Cooper, 15, died after being stung dozens of times last month by what appeared to be so-called murder hornets. Source link

Kemi Badenoch is calling for the government to “get Britain drilling again” – as Sir Keir Starmer heads to COP30.The Tory leader has launched a joint campaign with the Scottish Conservatives to demand the moratorium on new oil and gas licences is lifted. They are also calling on the chancellor to scrap the energy profits levy – an extra 38% tax on North Sea oil and gas profits – at the upcoming budget on 26 November.Politics latest: Reeves refuses to rule out tax risesThe Conservatives want the government to recognise that it believes gas will be a key part of…

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has told Sky News the AI sector is a “long, long away” from a Big Short-style collapse. Speaking outside Downing Street following a roundtable with government and other industry figures, the head of the world’s first $5tn company defended his sector from criticism by investor Michael Burry. Mr Burry and his firm, Scion Capital, gained notoriety for “shorting” – betting against – the US housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crash.Politics latest: Lammy to take deputy PMQsHe was portrayed by Christian Bale in the 2015 film The Big Short, which also starred Steve Carell, Brad…

“Dhoom Machale,” a popular Hindi film song played at the end of Zohran Mamdani’s first speech as New York City’s mayor-elect, nodded to his Indian roots. Source link

A driver has rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on the Ile d’Oléron, off the west coast of France, leaving 10 people hurt including several in a critical condition.A local man aged “about 30” was arrested at the scene after deliberately driving into people, the mayor of Dolus d’Oléron Thibault Brechkoff said.The man drove some distance between two villages on the island, mowing down several people including a young girl, the mayor told French TV. He eventually abandoned his vehicle and tried to set fire to it before running away, Brechkoff said. The public prosecutor for La Rochelle, Arnaud…

A Japanese astronomer captured a pair of objects slamming into the moon in recent days. Source link

Vinnie O’Dowd,Luton Airport and Jason Arunn Murugesu,North East and CumbriaWatch: Pregnant Bella Culley arrives at Luton AirportPregnant teenager Bella Culley, who admitted drug trafficking charges in Georgia, has arrived home after being freed from prison.The 19-year-old from Billingham, Teesside, had initially faced a possible 20 years in jail, but prosecutors made a last-minute change to the terms of a plea bargain.Now eight months pregnant, she had spent five months and 24 days in custody at Georgia’s Rustavi Prison Number Five.She walked free from court in Tbilisi arm-in-arm with her mother on Monday and arrived on an Easyjet flight at Luton…

Salmon is an excellent source of protein. A standard 3-ounce serving (about the size of a deck of cards) provides around 22 grams. Along with protein, salmon also contains healthy fats, vitamins, and minerals. When eaten as part of a balanced diet, salmon can help support muscle health, promote heart health, and lower inflammation. Here’s how much protein is in different portion sizes of cooked wild Atlantic salmon: 3 ounces (oz): 21.6 grams (g) of protein4 oz: 28.8 g6 oz: 43.2 g The protein content varies across different types of salmon. Here’s the amount of protein in a 3-ounce cooked…

Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, recounts a harrowing story of cruelty, survival, U.S. diplomatic pressure and, finally, release from the grip of a group backed by Iran. Source link

Suspected drone sightings have disrupted flights at airports across Belgium on Tuesday, with no flights departing or arriving at Brussels Airport – the country’s busiest. Air traffic was suspended around 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) after a drone sighting. An hour later it briefly reopened, before closing again shortly after.Liege Airport was also affected and it was not clear when flights would resume. Local media also reported drone sightings at the Kleine-Brogel and Florennes military airbases, local media reported.It is the latest in a string of suspected drone sightings causing disruption at European airports – including in Munich, Copenhagen and…

Donald Trump has relaunched his nomination of a billionaire private astronaut to be the new NASA chief and lead the space agency “into a bold new era”.Jared Isaacman, an ally of SpaceX boss Elon Musk, was originally nominated by the US president in the spring, but the rug was pulled at the last minute over his previous donations to Democrats.Now, in a sudden reversal, Mr Trump has decided Isaacman is, after all, the best person for the job.”Jared’s passion for Space, astronaut experience, and dedication to pushing the boundaries of exploration, unlocking the mysteries of the universe, and unlocking the…

Natalia ZotovaBBC News RussianBBCLarysa Shchyrakova was jailed in Belarus in 2022 for “extremism”Larysa would have been happier staying in prison for the final four months of her sentence, if she could have gone home at the end of it.Instead she was bussed over the border from Belarus into Lithuania with 51 other political prisoners. They were released in September as part of a deal to relax sanctions hatched between Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko and US President Donald Trump.During the three years she spent behind bars for “extremism” and “discrediting” Belarus, Larysa Shchyrakova missed her mother’s funeral. Now she cannot…

A turbine blade is lifted onto a rack near tower sections at the Revolution Wind project assembly site at State Pier in New London, Connecticut, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDanish renewables giant Orsted on Wednesday reported a quarterly net loss as the beleaguered company continues to battle U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-wind policies.The world’s biggest offshore wind farm group posted a net loss of 1.7 billion Danish kroner ($261.8 million) for the July-September period. The result, which was slightly better than analysts feared, was significantly down from profit of 5.17 billion Danish kroner in…

Zhang Lei, founder and chairman of Hillhouse Investment, during the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsia-focused private equity managers are turning more bullish on the world’s second-largest economy, betting on Beijing’s drive for technological self-sufficiency and rapid adoption to deliver the next phase of growth.Jean Eric Salata, chairman of EQT Asia, said that the strategic priorities outlined in Beijing’s new five-year plan are poised to deepen China’s edge in advanced manufacturing, bolster investment in technology and artificial intelligence, and boost consumption.”I’m actually bullish on China — and very…

Mayeni JonesAfrica correspondentGetty Images / BBCOn her first day of work, Adau realised she had made a big mistake.”We got our uniforms, not even knowing exactly what we were going to do. From the first day of work we were taken to the drones factory. We stepped in and we saw drones everywhere and people working. Then they took us to our different work stations.”Twenty-three-years-old and originally from South Sudan, Adau says last year she was lured to the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, on the promise of a full-time job.She had applied to…

Bitcoin, ethereum and the stablecoin USDT are promoted at a cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong on July 29, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyAmerica’s AI competition with China is coming for cryptocurrencies.At least that’s what U.S. President Donald Trump suggested following his meeting last Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping — a trade negotiation closely watched around the world.”I wanna make crypto great for America,” Trump told CBS News.…

Asian online giant Shein along with Temu, AliExpress and Wish are being investigated by Paris prosecutors after France’s consumer watchdog said childlike sex dolls had been found on Shein’s platform.Shein promised to co-operate fully with authorities as the company prepared to open its first physical store on Wednesday, on the sixth floor of Paris department store BHV.BHV’s decision to house the fast-fashion giant has angered rival clothing brands and a number have said they will leave the prestigious department store in protest.Fashion designer Agnès B said she would close her concession in BHV when her contract ended in January. “I’m…

This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.The dispatchAlthough her next Budget remains three weeks away, exhausted political commentators are already confident of some measures to be announced by Rachel Reeves, the U.K.’s finance minister.One is a further extension of the freeze in the thresholds at which people begin to pay the basic and higher rates of income tax.Another is a 4% rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) — the minimum hourly wage British employers must pay workers aged 21 or over — to £12.70 ($16.56) from the start of…

A fire that broke out in a nursing home in northeastern Bosnia-Herzegovina has left 11 people dead and at least 30 others injured, authorities say.The blaze started on Tuesday night at the retirement facility in the town of Tuzla, breaking out on the seventh floor shortly after 20:45 local time (19:45 GMT).Around 20 people were sent to a medical centre for treatment, including firefighters, police officers, medical workers, employees, and residents of the home, a police spokesperson said.While cause of the fire was not immediately clear, Prime Minister Nermin Nikšić called it “a disaster of enormous proportions”.Officials said a full…

When using glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs (GLP-1s) for weight loss or diabetes, you need to get comfortable with injecting the medication under your skin (subcutaneously). Typically, you will target your stomach, thigh, or upper arm because these areas tend to have more fat tissue. When injecting the medication, rotate sites or avoid injecting it in the same spot twice in a row. This helps prevent injection site reactions like swelling and rashes. It may also prevent lipohypertrophy, which is when a lump of fatty tissue forms under the skin. Why It Works: While research is not conclusive, some studies have found…