GERMANY - Germany’s industrial leaders — increasingly under pressure by the political elite’s maladministration — are, yet again, sounding the alarm as the country enters what many now call its worst economic crisis since the founding of the Federal Republic. Industry representatives, according to a report by the German newspaper Die Welt, warn that the damage is not just temporary but structural — and largely self-inflicted. Peter Leibinger, head of the Federation of German Industries, says Germany’s industrial engine is in “free fall.” He argues that the ruling globalists in Berlin still — despite repeated and continual warning sigals — refuse to acknowledge how badly its own policies have undermined the economy. Germany once stood as Europe’s industrial backbone, powered by reliable energy and disciplined economic management. Now, after years of ideological decision-making, the nation faces a crisis entirely of its own globalist classes' making.

UK - The threat posed by a potential AI bubble is being deepened by the use of debt to help underpin $5 trillion of investment in the technology over the next five years, the Bank of England has warned. In a sign of its mounting concerns about artificial intelligence, the Bank said vast spending plans unveiled by technology companies in recent months were entwining the sector ever more closely with the credit markets. This could prove dangerous if investor sentiment towards AI changes and the sector is hit by a sell-off.

UK - Extremism is no longer a distant threat discussed only in select committees. It is becoming part of the country’s daily conversation — in Westminster’s corridors, on our social feeds and on the doorsteps where MPs spend time listening to the public. People are frightened about what rising extremism, violence and division mean for the future of our country.

USA - President Trump on Tuesday evening terminated all documents, executive orders, contracts signed by Joe Biden’s autopen and declared them “null and void.” “Any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized 'AUTOPEN,' within the Administration of Joseph R Biden Jr, are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect,” President Trump said on Truth Social on Tuesday evening. “Anyone receiving 'Pardons,' 'Commutations,' or any other Legal Document so signed, please be advised that said Document has been fully and completely terminated, and is of no Legal effect. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump said.

USA - US President Donald Trump has threatened military strikes on Colombia amid rising tensions over drug trafficking. Speaking at the White House, he said: "If they come in through a certain country, any country... I hear Colombia is making cocaine... anybody doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack." The President's comments come amid rising tensions with Venezuela over ships allegedly trafficking drugs into the US. The Trump administration has doubled the reward for information leading to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's capture.

UK - One in three schoolchildren in Britain's asylum capital of Glasgow don't speak English as their first language, figures show amid fears city can't cope with more arrivals. Scottish Government figures show 28.8 per cent of students in Glasgow speak English as an additional language (EAL). It is the highest figure than anywhere else in the country, which led one Scottish politician to describe the figure as 'staggering'. Of the 71,957 students in schools in Glasgow, 20,717 are EAL learners, according to the figures from last September. That is a rise of a third since 2019.

IRELAND - A group calling itself the New Republican Movement has emerged in Ireland, appearing in a video posted on social media on 28 November 2025, threatening elected representatives in the Newry, Mourne and Down area.

UK - Transgender girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, the organisation has said as it confirmed it will limit its membership to “girls and young women”. Girlguiding UK said the move, which means only those recorded female at birth can join, was in response to the Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that said the words "woman" and "sex" in equality law refer to biological sex. Girlguiding UK, which has around 300,000 UK members said the "difficult" decision had been made with a "heavy heart". Following the decision trans rights campaigners claimed Girlguiding was "being forced to exclude young trans girls by adults with bigotries and institutional power."

GERMANY - The leadership of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has opened an inquiry into Alexander Eichwald after the youth activist delivered a speech said to mirror the rhetoric of former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, German press agency DPA reported. Speaking at the founding meeting of the AfD's youth organization, Generation Germany, Eichwald began by discussing his "love and loyalty to Germany," how animals have breeds, and about "foreign influences" on German culture, according to German site Suddeutsche Zeitung (SZ).

GERMANY - Under a rainbow-lit dome, hundreds of people gathered to drink pink glühwein and watch Jacky-Oh Weinhaus, a celebrity drag queen, at the opening week of Berlin’s LGBT Christmas market. “This is an adult market,” said one of the security guards at the entrance, solemnly. “I have a duty to tell you your children may see pictures of penises and things of that nature.” Until three years ago, the Christmas Avenue festival was held out in the open on Nollendorfplatz, the heart of the gay district, immortalised nearly a century ago by the Berlin novels of Christopher Isherwood. Now, it takes place under an elevated railway line, cocooned with crash barriers erected between the concrete and metal pillars. Any rucksacks or other large bags must be searched and handed over to the guards. This is the reality for Germany’s 3,250 Christmas markets. For centuries the embodiment of Gemütlichkeit, a feeling of homely cosiness, the markets are held under the shadow of steadily worsening political violence.

EUROPE - Nato is considering more aggressive measures towards Russia in response to its escalating hybrid war against the West, a top official said. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the head of the alliance’s military committee, said: “Being more aggressive or being proactive instead of reactive is something that we are thinking about.” A “pre-emptive strike” could be considered a “defensive action”, he told the Financial Times, but said it was “further away from our normal way of thinking and behaviour”. Moscow called the comments “extremely irresponsible”, accusing Nato of suggesting it was “moving towards an escalation”. Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesman, added that it was a “deliberate attempt” to sabotage peace talks. The proposed change in the alliance’s stance towards Moscow comes amid what has been described as a “pivotal week” for peace talks on the continent.

TANZANIA - It is being called “Tanzania’s Tiananmen Square”. And for good reason. A stage-managed election, hundreds of protestors fatally shot, leaked images of overflowing morgues, and satellite evidence of mass graves. A country envied across Africa for its political stability – and a prime tourist destination – is facing unprecedented turmoil. How did we get here? The October 29 election was a coronation for incumbent president Samia Suluhu Hassan, the country’s first female head of state, who took power after the death of her predecessor in office in 2021. With the main opposition leader jailed since April on treason charges, Ms Hassan was declared the winner, with 98 per cent of the vote. Security forces dispatched to contain them responded with deadly force. Diplomatic sources suggest that a toll of around 1,000 deaths is credible.

LEBANON - Lebanon will not disarm Hezbollah by the US-imposed deadline, risking a major escalation in the Middle East, current and former Israeli military officials have warned. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have been tasked with seizing and destroying all of the Iran-backed terror group’s weapons by December 31. But despite optimism earlier in 2025 regarding the LAF’s efforts, Israel has grown increasingly doubtful they will succeed. Lebanon’s failure to root out Hezbollah could have major repercussions in the region. The White House reportedly approved a $230 million (£174 million) package to help the LAF carry out the disarmament plan, and failure risks Donald Trump’s wrath. Israel too could respond with even more force to Hezbollah’s build-up.

INDONESIA - The death toll from flooding and landslides across southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and parts of Thailand and Malaysia in recent days, has passed 1,000. Indonesia deployed the military to try to rescue survivors after monsoon rains swamped swathes of the region. Thousands of people have been left without shelter and supplies. Residents were left clinging to rooftops awaiting rescue by boat or helicopter, and entire villages were cut off from assistance. Prabowo Subianto, the Indonesian president, travelled to one of the worst-affected areas on Monday saying the “priority now is how to immediately send the necessary aid”.

LEBANON - Pope Leo said on Sunday that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the Vatican's position. "We all know that at this time Israel still does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution," Leo, the first US pope, told journalists on a flight from Turkey to Lebanon during his first in-flight press conference. "We are also friends with Israel, and we are seeking to be a mediating voice between the two parties that might help them close in on a solution with justice for everyone," added the pope, speaking in Italian.