Sadiq Khan will set out his stall on Thursday afternoon for next year’s mayoral election, while claiming that “900,000 Londoners could be silenced” due to voter ID requirements. more

Apple is facing a class action lawsuit that could result in UK iPhone owners receiving compensation for faulty batteries. Yesterday, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal rejected the company's application to block the lawsuit.more

Pope Francis announced yesterday in an interview on Italian TV station RAI that he considers Brazilian Pele, who died last year, to be the greatest footballer. The Pope, once an ardent football fan, also spoke of two of his compatriots, Maradona and Lionel Messi.more

Storm Ciaran raging over France and hurricane-force winds of more than 200 km/h caused the death of a lorry driver and injured 15 people, according to Interior Ministry chief Gerald Darmanin this afternoon as he opened an emergency headquarters to coordinate the repair of damage caused by the storm. Residents in other countries were also affected by the violent weather.more

Londoners are being invited to add £1 to their bills while dining out this festive season to help raise vital funds to support homeless people. Hundreds of restaurants, pubs, bars and hotels across the capital are taking part in this year’s StreetSmart campaign, running throughout November and December.more

Sweden's right-wing government has, as of 1 November, significantly increased the level of minimum income that non-EU citizens must earn in order to obtain a work permit. The decision is meant to limit the influx of low-skilled labour migrants.more

Representatives from 28 countries attending a summit on the security of artificial intelligence taking place at Bletchley Park, some 80km north-west of London, adopted a declaration prepared by the UK government pledging to work together to prevent threats from the technology.more

Bayern Munich's players unexpectedly lost 1:2 away to third-leg 1.FC Saarbruecken and have already dropped out in the 1/16th final of the German Cup. A year ago, the 20-time trophy winners were eliminated in the quarter-finals by SC Freiburg.more

Vladimir Putin today signed a law annulling Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), Reuters and the Associated Press reported.more

M&S has apologised after being accused of posting an Instagram photo of Christmas party hats in the colours of the Palestinian flag on fire. more

Residents of Purmerend near the capital blocked the entrance to the town hall last night in protest against the construction of a shelter for 1,500 refugees from Ukraine, RTV Purmerend reported.more

Manchester United, the defending champions of the trophy, lost at Old Trafford to previous edition finalist Newcastle United 0:3 in the 1/8 finals of the Football League Cup in England. In the 'Polish' London derby, West Ham United, with Lukasz Fabianski in goal, beat Arsenal's Jakub Kiwior 3:1.more

Plans to close railway station ticket offices in England have been scrapped, in a government U-turn. The transport secretary, Mark Harper, said the “government had asked train operators to withdraw their proposals”.more

Sweden unexpectedly introduced a ban on bringing all types of bags, regardless of their size, to matches, concerts and mass events due to the increased terrorist threat index to level four on a five-point scale.more

Police in the UK have arrested a 32-year-old man after a video suggesting that pro-Palestinian activists had let mice into a McDonald's restaurant in County Birmingham hit the internet. Earlier, social media claimed that McDonald's in Israel supported the army with free meals.more

No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek won against American Coco Gauff (No. 3) 6:0, 7:5 in her second match at the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Cancun. Yesterday, the runner-up of the world ranking defeated Czech Marketa Vondrousova 7:6 (7-3), 6:0.more

Around 1.2 million households were left without electricity in France after the passage of storm Ciaran, accompanied by wind gusts in excess of 170 km/h, energy supplier Enedis reported today. In the UK and the Netherlands, the storm caused transport chaos.more

The number of companies going bust this year is on track to be the highest since the depths of the financial crisis in 2009. more

More and more Hungarians, including voters of the ruling Fidesz, claim that Viktor Orban's government, and not external factors, is mainly responsible for high energy prices - according to a study conducted by the Publicus Institute on behalf of the Nepszava daily.more

Jeremy Sochan scored eight points for the San Antonio Spurs, and his team defeated the Phoenix Suns 115-114 away in an NBA league match in amazing circumstances. The Texas basketball players were losing by five points with less than a minute before the end of the match.more

Plastic particles carried by rivers are covered with pathogenic bacteria and may constitute a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, warn British scientists.more

The percentage of working-age Saudi women who are active in the labor market has tripled since 2013 and reached 30 percent. - reported the British portal Al Monitor.more

The contractor of the green stops, flower meadows, rain gardens and vines on the terminal facades was selected by the manager of the Katowice International Airport. This is an EU project to develop nature-based solutions for large-scale facilities and promote such an approach.more

Panic buying has broken out on the Channel Islands, as forecasters issued a red warning with Storm Ciarán set to bring ‘violent’ weather with force 11 winds.more

Britain said on Monday it would legislate to implement its first set of rules to regulate the crypto sector, requiring market participants to be authorised before they can offer services to consumers.more