USA - After former President Trump’s massive election victory, the top executives of Big Pharma were reportedly scrambling to protect their influence over US healthcare. The Trump administration has vowed to disrupt Big Pharma’s hold on America. New Jersey Assemblyman and advisor to Robert Kennedy Jr, Jamel Holley, shared the breaking news on X Wednesday, stating, “Sources tell me top five CEOs of pharmaceutical companies are holding an emergency teleconference at 1pm. A lawyer has confirmed that everyone is in a state of panic!” Kennedy’s vision aims to root out corporate influence, restore scientific integrity, and prioritize the health of the American people over Big Pharma profits. His commitment has stirred palpable anxiety among pharmaceutical executives as they brace for potential regulatory shake-ups and policy shifts under the new administration.

UK - UK supermarkets are warning of potential food shortages that could last for months due to devastating floods in Spain that have destroyed a significant amount of farmland. The floods have severely impacted the production of fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly items like tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, and raspberries, which are heavily exported to the UK. Spain’s role as a major exporter means that the damage to crops could lead to notable shortages in UK supermarkets. The UK government is currently assessing the potential impact on supply chains and is ready to support the food industry if necessary. Experts indicate that it may take at least two growing seasons for Spanish farmers to fully recover and resume normal production levels.

UK - Britain's farmers launched their first protest today against Labour's farm inheritance tax rule changes, amid fears a strike could cause shortages on supermarket shelves. Banners reading 'No farmers, no food, no future' were held at the Northern Farming Conference in Hexham, Northumberland, as anger grows at the shock tax raid. Under plans announced in last week's Budget, inheritance tax will be charged at 20 per cent on agricultural assets above £1 million - although Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said that in some cases the threshold could in practice be about £3 million. While the 20 per cent figure still represents a relief of 50 per cent compared to the standard rate, farming unions and opposition parties have criticised the move.

UK - Will shops and restaurants be forced to accept cash in the future? MPs on the Treasury Select Committee are calling for evidence to determine if new rules are needed to make cash acceptance mandatory across Britain. There are currently no regulations which require businesses - from shops to restaurants - to accept cash and the evidence will be used to establish the current state of its acceptance in Britain. It will look at whether businesses should always accept physical cash as well as how much it would cost. Cash usage has dwindled in the past decade, as people turn mainly to contactless card payments. Around 3.1 million people in the UK rely almost entirely on cash as a form of payment, data from non-profit company Cash Access UK reveals.

USA - A high-pressure system over North America has caused widespread dryness across the Lower 48, pushing a record percentage of the US population into drought conditions, damaging crop harvests and cattle pastures. The latest data from the US Drought Monitor shows that 78% of the US population resides in areas plagued by "abnormal dryness and drought," according to NASA Earth Observatory. While NASA conveniently blames adverse weather conditions on "human-caused climate change," why has the corporate media remained silent on the impact of the 2022 Hunga Tonga volcanic eruption on disrupting global weather patterns?

USA - The massive 2022 eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga, known as Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, catapulted plumes of soot, water vapor, and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere, leading to what some are saying is the driving force behind the most recent warming event on Earth. Meanwhile, the 'green' cult, their climate alarmist friends, including Greta and Al Gore, and their allies in the leftist corporate media, relentlessly push the fossil fuels and cow farts narratives to explain the so-called global warming crisis.

USA - Climate predictions:

• 1966 - Oil will be gone in 10 years


• 1997 - Dire famine forecast by 1975


• 1968 - Overpopulation will spread worldwide


• 1970 - New ice age by 2000


• 1970 - Earth will use up all natural resources by 2020


• 1970 - Nitrogen buildup will make all land unusable


• 1970 - America subject to water rationing by 1974


• 1970 - America subject to food rationing by 1974


• 1970 - Decaying pollution will kill all sea life


• 1971 - New ice age by 2020


• 1972 - New ice age by 2030


• 1972 - New ice age by 2070


• 1972 - Oil depleted globally by 1990


• 1974 - Ozone depletion a great peril to life


• 1974 - Satellites show a new ice age coming fast

Donald Trump has won the US election and will make a historic return to the White House.

• The Republican told jubilant crowds in Florida: "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate".


• Of the seven crucial swing states, Trump won North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and is ahead in Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona.


• Kamala Harris is yet to concede or address supporters - dejected crowds left her watch party well before the final result came in.


• Republicans have also taken the Senate back from Democrats after flipping a string of seats.

USA - The election pitting Donald Trump against Kamala Harris was the costliest in American history. The Democrats and Republicans spent a record-breaking $15.9 billion (£12.2 billion), according to data from OpenSecrets, a non-profit organisation that monitors campaign expenditures, surpassing the 2020 race’s $15.1 billion and 2016’s $5.7 billion. The figures reveal it was driven largely by a small number of so-called mega-donors hoping to influence the result, raising concerns from political advocacy groups that the money was “drowning out the voices and concerns of ordinary Americans”.

GERMANY - Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government is at loggerheads over its economic policy and the fate of next year’s federal budget, state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Monday. Disagreements within the three-party coalition are reportedly so profound that they risk undermining its stability, the media outlet claimed, warning of a descent “into crisis mode.” The German parliament must pass the 2025 budget by the end of this month. The legislature’s Budget Committee is scheduled to review the final draft on November 14. However, the government's draft budget still has a deficit of “several billion euros” and the coalition partners are struggling to agree on how to overcome this shortfall, according to DW.

GERMANY - German trade union IG Metall on Tuesday launched strikes in the nation’s metal and electrical industries in an attempt to win higher wages, German media has reported. The action comes amid growing concern about the health of the EU’s largest manufacturing economy. According to the tabloid Bild, employees began walking off the job during the night shift, including at Volkswagen’s plant in the city of Osnabruck, where workers worry the plant may be closed. Elsewhere, around 200 employees of the battery manufacturer Clarios went on strike in Hanover, Lower Saxony, carrying torches and union flags, the outlet wrote.

ISRAEL - The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has fired his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, a figure widely considered by Israel’s international allies to be a brake on the far-right elements of the country’s coalition government, prompting protests around Israel. Netanyahu said in a video statement late on Tuesday that “significant gaps on handling the battle” in Gaza had emerged. “At the height of a war, complete trust is needed between the prime minister and the defence minister… In recent months, that trust between me and the defence minister was damaged,” he said. The move prompted protests across the country.

USA - The harmful impact of mass illegal migration is felt in every state and at every level of society, from the national to the most local. Rather than attempting to solve or at least acknowledge the problem, pro-open-borders officials prefer to silence criticism. Parents in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County saw a demonstration of this reality earlier in October. The county school board chose to shut down public discussion about an alleged illegal alien MS-13 gang member in the county’s school system. For mass-illegal-migration apologists on the school board, the real problem is not that illegal immigration is bringing gangs and crime into our classrooms, but that Americans notice it and dare speak out against it.

USA - The US has deployed additional warships and B52 bombers as threats from Iran continue to mount against Israel. Despite being urged by the US to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has authorised a new military strike against Israel. The decision comes days after Ayatollah Ali Khameini, Iran’s supreme leader, warned of “a crushing” retaliation to Israel’s recent air assault on Iran last week, breaking down huge swathes of the Islamic Republic’s air defences. Amid the war of attrition between the two regional enemies, Esmail Kowsari, a member of Iran’s parliament and a former general of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that the response would be much harsher than the October 1 attack that saw Iran launch nearly 200 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel. All members of the SNSC, have agreed on a military response by Iran to Israel.” It is believed that Iran’s retaliatory attacks will be launched imminently from multiple fronts including by its proxies in Iraq and Yemen in a bid to overwhelm Israel’s defence systems.

YEMEN - Iran still has a strong and largely intact ally in the Middle East that could yet pose serious security threats to the West if left to their own devices. A former senior British Army officer has warned Western leaders that Yemen's Houthi rebels could now pose a greater terrorist and security threat than either Hamas or Hezbollah. His warning comes as a new UN report says the Iran-backed militia is transforming itself into a "powerful military organisation". Iran has been rocked by Israel's brutal assault on its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah, which have suffered devastating losses. The Israelis have succeeded in eliminating many of their top commanders and political leaders, leaving them temporarily rudderless.