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The move marks a clear shift from last year’s policy announcement, when Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said workers would not be able to work in the UK without a digital ID.
A labour rights group has said it has uncovered evidence of worker exploitation in the supply chain of Labubus, the furry toy figures that surged in global popularity last year and are expected to remain in high demand in 2026. Labubus, toothy gremlin-like characters produced by the Chinese toy company Pop Mart, have become one of China’s most successful cultural exports. In the first half of 2025, Pop Mart’s “The Monsters” toy line, which includes Labubus, generated 4.8bn yuan (£511m) in sales. In August, the company’s chief executive, Wang Ning, said revenues were on track to reach 20bn yuan by…
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed the delivery of critical military supplies to Nigeria, in a move aimed at strengthening the country’s capacity to tackle growing security threats. In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, AFRICOM said US forces had handed over the supplies to Nigerian partners in Abuja. “This delivery supports Nigeria’s ongoing operations and emphasises our shared security partnership,” the statement read. The delivery forms part of continued cooperation between the two countries, which have maintained a strategic security relationship for decades. The supplies are intended to assist Nigerian forces in addressing a range of…
Oral arguments have begun at the US Supreme Court over state laws that bar transgender girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams, in a case with wide implications for civil rights protections. The hearing combines two legal challenges brought by transgender students against Republican-backed laws in Idaho and West Virginia. A ruling against the students could weaken legal safeguards for trans youth and LGBTQ+ people more broadly. The court first heard arguments in Little v Hecox, which concerns Idaho’s 2020 law, the first in the country to impose a blanket ban on trans women and girls participating in female…
A quarter of developing countries are poorer today than they were before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new findings from the World Bank. The Washington-based institution said many low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, have suffered a prolonged economic setback over the past six years, leaving average incomes below 2019 levels. In its latest outlook, the World Bank said global economic growth has “downshifted” since the pandemic and is now too weak to significantly reduce extreme poverty or create enough jobs in the world’s poorest regions. Growth across emerging market and developing economies is expected to slow from 4.2% this…
Donald Trump has warned that any country doing business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on trade with the United States, as Washington considers its response to the unrest gripping the Islamic Republic. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, the US president said the measure would take effect immediately. He stated that any country trading with Iran would be subject to a 25% tariff on all business conducted with the US. Under US law, tariffs are paid by American importers of foreign goods. “This order is final and conclusive,” Trump said, without offering details on…
Malaysia has become the second country to temporarily block access to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok following global concern over its ability to generate fake, sexualised images.
Spanish police have carried out their largest-ever cocaine seizure at sea after intercepting a merchant vessel carrying almost 10 tonnes of the drug off the Canary Islands. The operation followed an investigation into a multinational criminal network suspected of exporting large quantities of cocaine from South America to Europe. Detectives identified the ship after it departed from Brazil, according to a statement from the Policía Nacional. Last week, officers from Spain’s elite special operations unit boarded the vessel while it was 332 miles (535km) off the Canary Islands. Almost 300 bales of cocaine were discovered concealed within a cargo of…
According to court rulings, Venezuela now owes more than $13bn collectively to Exxon and ConocoPhillips as compensation for the expropriations.
