News 11/11/26

Firefighters say people remain trapped beneath rubble after a three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn.

Footage from news helicopters shows dozens of rescuers scouring the debris for survivors and using saws to cut through the wreckage, with crews seen carefully passing a victim on a stretcher. The New York City Fire Department confirmed one person has died and four others were taken to hospital in critical condition.

Nvidia shares have fallen to a fifty-two-week low after United States media reports claimed chief executive Jensen Huang had a second extramarital affair.

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times allege Mr Huang had a relationship with an executive reporting to him, following his earlier admission of an affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy. In extended trading after Wednesday’s close, Nvidia stock dropped over eight per cent to one hundred and twenty pounds.

Poundland looks set to avoid immediate collapse after its American owners told MPs on Wednesday they favour extending a deadline to find a rescue deal.

The discount chain, employing eleven thousand staff, edged towards administration after Gordon Brothers blocked access to bank cash. While a deadline expires at midnight, sources expect more time will be granted following the release of ten million pounds in funding, as MPs questioned the firm over its six hundred stores.

Author Chloe Combi says she heard rumours raising real concerns about David Walliams’s behaviour within the publishing industry over a decade ago.

Speaking to BBC News, she revealed claims regarding his conduct around young female staff, noting she was told in 2015 to warn schools he was an inappropriate booking. Walliams denies allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse made in a Guardian and ITV News investigation, having been dropped by HarperCollins last year.

Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States aimed at ending the war in Ukraine have concluded after two days.

Although American officials reported seeing some openings, no breakthrough emerged to end the nearly five-year conflict. However, both Moscow and Kyiv confirmed a large-scale prisoner exchange is being prepared, with Ukrainian negotiator Davyd Arakhamia describing this first round of discussions since February as one of the hardest.

A prolific shoplifter who stole over two thousand pounds worth of soft drinks from one Greggs store has avoided jail.

Twenty-eight-year-old Tiffany O’Neill received a twenty-six-week suspended sentence at Croydon Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to eighty offences, under rules aimed at easing prison overcrowding.

A British DJ has been named as one of six people killed in a shooting in the Polish city of Krakow.

Thirty-two-year-old James Campbell was fatally injured in the incident on Saturday the seventh of November. The twenty-four-year-old gunman, a Polish national believed to have been inspired by far-right ideologies, also injured fifteen other people and is suspected of killing three members of his own family before dying in hospital.

Former England footballer Wayne Rooney, Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page, and YouTuber Sharky are among the crew heading into the jungle for this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

They will be joined by Ricky Wilson, Ade Adepitan, Claire Sweeney, Mariella Frostrup, AJ Odudu, Jack Skipper, Chloe Burrows, and Leomie Anderson. Hosts Ant and Dec return for the launch episode on Monday the sixteenth of November.

Threatening emails sent to thousands of schools across the UK, Ireland, and Italy are being treated as hoaxes.

Over three hundred schools in Northern Ireland and four hundred and seventy in Scotland received the messages, while six thousand three hundred schools in Italy were targeted, leading to hundreds of evacuations. Irish police dismissed the communications as not credible.

Mauricio Pochettino is ready to accept an offer from Manchester United to become their next head coach.

United have opened talks with the Argentine regarding replacing Michael Carrick, who is expected to leave within forty-eight hours. Sources say the current USA manager wants to remain respectful to the US Soccer Federation while awaiting an official approach.

The UK has fallen silent to mark Armistice Day, commemorating the end of the First World War and remembering all those who have died in conflicts.

A two-minute silence took place at ceremonies across the country, including at the Cenotaph in London, where Defence Secretary Wes Streeting laid a wreath alongside senior military figures, schoolchildren, and cadets. Meanwhile, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended a service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

Thames Valley Police have confirmed officers attended a violent incident involving Russell Brand at the home of his former partner Jemima Goldsmith in 2014.

The television producer revealed on social media that she experienced violence, coercive control, and abuse during their year-long relationship, stating she was forced to call officers to have him removed. Police confirmed they attended the scene and ensured that Brand left the address.

Six pedestrians, including four children, have been taken to hospital after a car collided with members of the public in Glasgow.

Police Scotland confirmed the crash occurred on Hyndland Road in the west end of the city at around quarter to four on Tuesday afternoon. A thirty-four-year-old woman and a twenty-three-year-old man are currently being treated in hospital for serious injuries following the incident.

The season’s first cold health alerts have been issued for parts of England as a blast of Arctic air moves across the United Kingdom.

From midweek onward, overnight temperatures in many towns and cities will fall below freezing, bringing the most widespread frost of the season so far. Some rural spots could see temperatures drop to -5 degrees, with bitter winds, sleet, and snow expected in northern locations.

Traditional games and stickers are helping to drive a bumper year for toy sales across the country ahead of the crucial Christmas shopping period.

Data from research company Circana shows the number of toys sold up to October was 17% higher than during the same period last year, marking a ten-year high in sales growth. Despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures facing consumers, retailers expect peak sales to reach 23 items per second, with the strongest market growth seen in items priced between £5 and £10 pounds.

Three men have been accused by US authorities of acting as Iranian-supported operatives plotting more than a dozen attacks, including a target near a UK military base.

A federal court indictment alleges dual Iranian-Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al Saadi, alongside Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al Hassani, planned eighteen operations across Europe. Al Saadi, who has pleaded not guilty, allegedly coordinated with co-defendants shortly before an incident at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

Nvidia’s market value has dropped by three hundred and twenty-two billion pounds in two days after chief executive Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.

Shares fell nearly ten per cent following an internal investigation into foreign intelligence targeting. US President Donald Trump confirmed the FBI is investigating, describing Mr Huang as an honourable man who had no idea the woman was an agent.

Broadcaster Jonathan Ross says he is horrified by sexual misconduct allegations against David Walliams and the rape conviction of Russell Brand.

Ross stated he was once on friendly terms with both men but was unaware of their conduct. Walliams denies all claims published by ITV News and The Guardian, while Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy described the allegations as part of a long line of reported abuses of power in the media.