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Nov 26, 2025 - World

Huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Poin Tai Po district on WednesdayThe death toll from a huge fire that has engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 36, with a further 279 people reported missing, the city’s leader John Lee said in the early hours of Thursday morning.A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing about 2,000 flats that house about 4,800 people. Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey give their reactions to the chancellor’s autumn budget. Has Rachel Reeves done enough to silence her critics? Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

Sense of relief among many Labour MPs but chancellor’s broad mix of measures leaves plenty of room for things to go wrongBudget 2025 – live updatesWhen Rachel Reeves urged Labour MPs at a half-empty private meeting on Monday night to back her high stakes budget, she told them that while they might not like everything in it, she was convinced that overall it was fair.After weeks of anxiety on the backbenches over manifesto breaches and speculation over Keir Starmer’s leadership, she was determined to reassure them that her plans were Labour through and through – and would give them plenty to offer voters on the doorstep. Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

Google's newest multipurpose model, Gemini 3, won immediate praise for its capabilities in reasoning and coding, as well as niche tasks that have tripped up AI chatbots.

Nov 26, 2025 - World

Abolition is popular with backbenchers and is expected to stabilise precarious positions of the PM and chancellorLabour MPs have publicly thrown their weight behind Rachel Reeves’s budget after she abolished the two-child benefit cap and unveiled a slate of progressive measures, including a mansion tax.Backbenchers rallied round the prime minister and chancellor on Wednesday afternoon after Keir Starmer hailed the measures being announced as “a Labour budget with Labour values”. Continue reading...