MANCHESTER, England (BN24) — Manchester City marked Pep Guardiola’s milestone 1,000th match in management with a commanding 3-0 victory over Liverpool on Sunday, reaffirming their status as Premier League title contenders and closing the gap on leaders Arsenal to four points.
Erling Haaland, despite missing an early penalty, opened the scoring with his 99th Premier League goal. Nico Gonzalez doubled City’s advantage with a deflected strike, and Jeremy Doku capped a dazzling individual performance with a spectacular finish to seal a statement win at the Etihad Stadium.
Liverpool, who have now lost four of their last five league matches, slipped further behind in the title race and sit eighth in the standings, eight points adrift of the top. The defeat highlighted the significant class divide between the two sides that have dominated English football in recent years.
Arsenal’s 10-match winning streak ended in a 2-2 draw at Sunderland a day earlier, giving City an opportunity they seized emphatically. Guardiola’s men, winners in 11 of their last 14 matches across all competitions, displayed fluid attacking football reminiscent of their peak under the Catalan coach.
City dominated possession from the outset, and Doku’s pace caused problems for Liverpool’s defense throughout. The Belgian winger drew a penalty in the opening stages when Ibrahima Konaté’s clearance rebounded off Conor Bradley and clipped Doku’s trailing leg. Referee Chris Kavanagh initially waved play on, but a VAR review awarded City the spot kick.
Haaland, who has already scored 28 goals for club and country this season, stepped up but was denied by Giorgi Mamardashvili, the Liverpool goalkeeper who guessed correctly and pushed the effort wide. The save briefly lifted Liverpool’s spirits, but City quickly reasserted control.
Rayan Cherki and Doku both went close before Haaland made amends in 29 minutes. Meeting Matheus Nunes’ curling delivery, the Norwegian looped a header beyond Mamardashvili to give City the breakthrough.
Liverpool thought they had drawn level when Virgil van Dijk’s header from a corner found the net. Still, Andy Robertson, who ducked under the ball, was ruled offside for interfering with City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma’s line of sight.
City punished Liverpool’s frustration soon after. Gonzalez’s strike from the edge of the area deflected off Van Dijk and wrong-footed Mamardashvili to make it 2-0 before halftime.
Arne Slot’s side wasted a glorious chance to pull one back early in the second half when Cody Gakpo fired over from close range after good work from Mohamed Salah and Bradley. That miss proved costly.
With City in full control, Doku put the match beyond reach midway through the second half. Cutting inside Konaté, the Belgian winger unleashed a curling shot into the top corner from outside the box a fitting finish to arguably his finest performance since joining the club three years ago.
Salah’s frustration summed up Liverpool’s afternoon when he missed a late one-on-one, dinking wide with only the goalkeeper to beat.
Slot, who opted to keep £125 million signing Alexander Isak on the bench due to fitness concerns, watched as his side’s title hopes faded further. Liverpool’s summer overhaul, which saw nearly £450 million spent on new players, now looks increasingly misguided as the team faces a battle to stay within reach of the top four.
For Guardiola, the day was a symbolic dominant display to mark his 1,000th game as a manager. The win showcased the experience and adaptability that have defined his career, and City’s pursuit of Arsenal and another Premier League crown remains very much alive.
WASHINGTON (BN24) — The Senate voted Sunday on whether to advance a House-passed continuing resolution in a critical step toward unlocking a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
The measure has failed to reach a 60-vote threshold 14 times. Three senators have repeatedly crossed the aisle to vote with Republicans. But Republicans need five more Democrats to vote with them to move the bill forward.
This time, the vote marks a key change, with a GOP plan to amend the bill should it advance to attach a trio of longer-term appropriations bills that were released Sunday. The vote is widely viewed as a key to unlocking the deal to end the shutdown.
A deal has been reached in the Senate, with at least eight Democrats prepared to vote in favor of a negotiated deal, a source familiar with the deal told CBS News. The deal, led by Sens. Angus King of Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, has been reached with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the White House, the source said.
The group of three former governors said they would vote to reopen if the Senate passed three annual spending bills and extended the rest of government funding until late January. Thune endorsed the deal Sunday night and called an immediate vote to begin the process of approving it.
“The time to act is now,” Thune said.
The deal includes a vote on a bill of Democrats’ choosing regarding the Affordable Care Act, with an agreement to hold a vote on the issue by the end of the second week of December. Democrats have sought to extend health insurance tax credits under the ACA.
The deal also includes a reversal of all shutdown reduction in force notices, or layoffs, that occurred during the shutdown, the source said, and extends the stopgap funding measure through January, among other things.
The deal would also include a future vote on the health care subsidies, which would not have a guaranteed outcome, and a reversal of the mass firings of federal workers that have happened since the shutdown began on Oct. 1. The full text of the deal has not yet been released.
“We must not delay any longer,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins said in a Senate floor speech, adding that she is “relieved” that the shutdown appeared headed toward an end.
Republicans need five Democratic votes to reopen the government. In addition to Shaheen, King and Hassan, Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, home to millions of federal workers, also said he would support the agreement.
“I have long said that to earn my vote, we need to be on a path toward fixing Republicans’ health care mess and to protect the federal workforce,” Kaine said in a statement shared on social media. “This deal guarantees a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits, which Republicans weren’t willing to do. Lawmakers know their constituents expect them to vote for it, and if they don’t they could very well be replaced at the ballot box by someone who will.”
He continued that the negotiated deal would protect federal workers from “baseless firings, reinstate those who have been wrongfully terminated during the shutdown, and ensure federal workers receive back pay.”
After Democrats met for over two hours to discuss the proposal, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he could not “in good faith” support it.
“I must vote no — this health care crisis is so severe, so urgent, so devastating for families back home that I cannot in good faith support this CR that fails to address the health care crisis,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
“America is in the midst of a Republican-made health care crisis,” Schumer said on the floor just ahead of the expected votes. He said Americans would “suffer immensely” and that the crisis would only get worse.
“Democrats have sounded the alarm,” Schumer said, and “will not give up the fight.”
He added, “however this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue.”
Schumer railed against Republicans for refusing to engage with Democrats on the health care issue during the shutdown, while pledging to continue the fight on health care.
“On Friday, we offered Republicans a compromise, a proposal that would extend the ACA tax credits for a year and open up the government at the same time,” he said. “They once again said no.”
Schumer said when Republicans “said no on our compromise, they showed that they are against any health care reform.”
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats, said that giving up the fight was a “horrific mistake.”
“It would be a horrific mistake to cave in to Trump right now,” Sanders told reporters when asked about the emerging deal.
“The American people cannot afford a doubling of their health care premiums,” he said as he headed into the caucus meeting. “They can’t afford to lose their Medicaid, which 15 million people would. And essentially, if Democrats cave on this issue, what it will say to Donald Trump is that he has a green light to go forward toward authoritarianism.”
Sanders added, “That would be a tragedy for this country.”
“I think it would be a policy and political disaster for the Democrats to cave,” he said.
Senate Democrats emerged from their caucus meeting after more than two hours. Many would not answer questions about how they planned to vote on advancing the House-passed funding measure, expected later Sunday, though a handful said they would vote against it.
Sens. Reuben Gallego and Elizabeth Warren also said they will vote against it.
Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent who caucuses with Democrats, outlined why the deal came together after the Senate Democrats’ caucus meeting, telling reporters what changed for some in the party was “the length of the shutdown.”
“The question was, as the shutdown progresses, is a solution on the ACA becoming any more likely? It appears not,” King said. “And I think people are saying we’re not going to get what we want, although we still have a chance, because part of the deal is a vote on the ACA subsidies.”
King said, “in the meantime, a lot of people are being hurt.”
Final passage of the legislation could take several days if Democrats object and draw out the process.
Republicans have been working with the group of moderates as the shutdown continued to disrupt flights nationwide, threaten food assistance for millions of Americans and leave federal workers without pay. But many Democrats have warned their colleagues against giving in, arguing that they cannot end the fight without an agreement to extend the health subsidies.
As Senate Democrats met ahead of a possible vote to end the shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement Sunday night that House Democrats would not support legislation that does not extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits that have been at the heart of the shutdown fight.
“As a result of the Republican refusal to address the healthcare crisis that they have created, tens of millions of everyday Americans are going to see their costs skyrocket. Many will not be able to afford a doctor when they or their children need one,” Jeffries wrote.
“America is far too expensive. We will not support spending legislation advanced by Senate Republicans that fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits,” he added.
Returning to the White House on Sunday evening after attending a football game, Trump did not say whether he endorsed the deal. But he said, “It looks like we’re getting close to the shutdown ending.”
Democrats have now voted 14 times not to reopen the government as they have demanded the extension of tax credits that make coverage more affordable for health plans offered under the Affordable Care Act. Republicans have refused to negotiate on the health care subsidies while the government is closed, but they have been supportive of the proposal from moderate Democrats as it emerged over the last several days.
The agreement would fund parts of government, including food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things, and extend funding for everything else until the end of January.
The deal would reinstate federal workers who had received reduction in force, or layoff, notices and reimburse states that spent their own funds to keep federal programs running during the shutdown. It would also protect against future reductions in force through January and guarantee all federal workers would be paid once the shutdown is over.
Alongside the funding fix, Republicans released final legislative text of three full-year spending bills Sunday. That legislation keeps a ban on pay raises for lawmakers but boosts their security by $203.5 million in response to increased threats. There is also a provision championed by Sen. Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, to prevent the sale of some hemp-based products.
Republicans only need five votes from Democrats to reopen the government, so a handful of senators could end the shutdown with only the promise of a later vote on health care. Around 10 to 12 Democrats have been involved in the talks, and sources familiar with the agreement said they had enough votes to join with Republicans and pass the deal.
Many of their Democratic colleagues said the emerging deal is not enough.
“I really wanted to get something on health care,” said Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin. “I’m going to hear about it right now, but it doesn’t look like it has something concrete.”
House Democrats were also speaking out against it. Texas Rep. Greg Casar, the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said a deal that does not reduce health care costs is a “betrayal” of millions of Americans who are counting on Democrats to fight.
“Accepting nothing but a pinky promise from Republicans isn’t a compromise — it’s capitulation,” Casar said in a post on social media. “Millions of families would pay the price.”
Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota posted that “if people believe this is a ‘deal,’ I have a bridge to sell you.”
Even if the Senate were to move forward with funding legislation, getting to a final vote could take several days if Democrats who oppose the deal object and draw out the process. The first vote, which could come as soon as Sunday evening, would be to proceed to consideration of the legislation.
There is no guarantee that the Affordable Care Act subsidies would be extended if Republicans agree to a future vote on health care. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, has said he will not commit to a health vote.
Some Republicans have said they are open to extending the COVID-19-era tax credits as premiums could skyrocket for millions of people, but they also want new limits on who can receive the subsidies and argue that the tax dollars for the plans should be routed through individuals.
Other Republicans, including Trump, have used the debate to renew their yearslong criticism of the law and called for it to be scrapped or overhauled.
“THE WORST HEALTHCARE FOR THE HIGHEST PRICE,” Trump said of the Affordable Care Act in a post Sunday.
Meanwhile, the consequences of the shutdown were compounding. U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights on Sunday for the first time since the shutdown began, and there were more than 7,000 flight delays, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks air travel disruptions.
Treasury Secretary Sean Duffy said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that air travel ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday will be “reduced to a trickle” if the government does not reopen.
At the same time, food aid was delayed for tens of millions of people as SNAP benefits were caught up in legal battles related to the shutdown. More than two dozen states warned of “catastrophic operational disruptions” as Trump’s administration is demanding states “undo” benefits paid out under judges’ orders last week, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has stayed those rulings.
And in Washington, home to millions of federal workers who have gone unpaid, the Capital Area Food Bank said it is providing 8 million more meals than it had prepared to this budget year, a nearly 20 percent increase.
The government has been shut down since Oct. 1 and has been shuttered for a record-smashing 40 days.
Washington (AP) – President Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting U.S. president to attend a regular-season NFL game in nearly five decades — and was met with a mix of cheers and loud boos from spectators inside Northwest Stadium during the Washington Commanders’ matchup against the Detroit Lions.
Trump appeared on the videoboard late in the first half, standing in a suite alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, prompting a wave of jeers that grew louder when the stadium announcer formally introduced him at halftime. The crowd’s reaction continued as Trump participated in an on-field military enlistment ceremony, leading recruits in their oath of service.
“I’m a little bit late,” Trump told reporters after landing at Joint Base Andrews, following a flyover above the stadium. “We’re gonna have a good game. Things are going along very well. The country’s doing well. The Democrats have to open it up,” he added, referring to the ongoing government shutdown.
During the game’s third quarter, Trump joined Fox Sports broadcasters Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma for several minutes, recalling his time as a tight end at New York Military Academy. “It was not quite football like this,” he joked. “It was a little bit easier.”
Trump left the stadium before the game concluded. His appearance marked the first time a sitting president had attended a regular-season NFL game since Jimmy Carter in 1978 and Richard Nixon in 1969. Earlier this year, Trump became the first president to attend a Super Bowl while in office when he watched the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in February.
According to an ESPN report, an intermediary for the White House recently informed the Commanders’ ownership group that Trump is interested in having the team’s proposed new $4 billion stadium in Washington bear his name.
“They’re going to build a beautiful stadium,” Trump said during his televised appearance. “That’s what I’m involved in — we’re getting all the approvals. And you have a wonderful owner, Josh Harris, and his group. You’re going to see some very good things.”
Trump attended the game alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and Sen. Steve Daines of Montana. Hegseth also participated in an on-field ceremony with members of the U.S. military before kickoff.
Trump’s presence underscored his long and often tense history with the NFL. During his first term, he criticized players who knelt during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, calling on team owners to fire those who participated. The movement, led by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016, became a flashpoint in the national conversation about race and patriotism.
Sunday’s visit adds to Trump’s growing list of appearances at major sporting events, including the Daytona 500, the Ryder Cup, and the U.S. Open. “I just love it. It’s a microcosm of life,” he told Fox broadcasters. “It’s sort of like life — the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
WASHINGTON (BN24) — President Donald Trump promised to pay many Americans $2,000 as he touted his tariff plan in a Sunday morning Truth Social posting spree.
As part of his multi-post commentary touting tariffs, the president promised: “A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone.”
It is not immediately clear when that payment would come or who qualifies as “high income.” The president mentioned no other details about the payment.
The announcement comes a day after Trump attended a lavish dinner party at Mar-a-Lago as the longest-ever government shutdown drags on. As many Americans turn to food banks during the shutdown, the event Trump attended featured a three-course menu of beef filet, truffle dauphinoise, pan-seared scallops and a trio of desserts, including “Trump chocolate cake.”
“People that are against Tariffs are FOOLS! We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price. 401k’s are Highest EVER,” Trump wrote Sunday morning.
“We are taking in Trillions of Dollars and will soon begin paying down our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion. Record Investment in the USA, plants and factories going up all over the place,” he continued.
The Supreme Court last week heard arguments in the challenge to Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Three lower courts have already ruled that his use of emergency powers to impose the levies was illegal.
The justices appeared skeptical of his tariff plan. As the high-stakes case is in their hands, Trump posted about why he believes the tariffs should remain in place.
“So, let’s get this straight??? The President of the United States is allowed (and fully approved by Congress!) to stop ALL TRADE with a Foreign Country (Which is far more onerous than a Tariff!), and LICENSE a Foreign Country, but is not allowed to put a simple Tariff on a Foreign Country, even for purposes of NATIONAL SECURITY,” the president wrote in a separate Truth Social post Sunday morning.
“That is NOT what our great Founders had in mind! The whole thing is ridiculous! Other Countries can Tariff us, but we can’t Tariff them??? It is their DREAM!!! Businesses are pouring into the USA ONLY BECAUSE OF TARIFFS. HAS THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NOT BEEN TOLD THIS??? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???” he continued.
Trump has also emphasized a push for affordability as the holiday season nears.
The president claimed that Walmart’s Thanksgiving dinner this year was “down 25 percent since under Sleepy/Crooked Joe Biden.”
“AFFORDABILITY is a Republican Stronghold,” Trump claimed on Truth Social Wednesday. “Hopefully, Republicans will use this irrefutable fact!”
Trump’s claims were swiftly met with criticism from social media users, who pointed out that Walmart’s 2025 meal basket is cheaper this year because it is offering fewer items and different, less pricey items than in last year’s basket.
The president’s focus on affordability seems to have been renewed this week after Democrats clinched key elections across the country, including New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on lowering the cost of living in the city.
James Blair, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, told Politico this week: “Why did Zohran Mamdani do so well last night? He relentlessly focused on affordability.” He added: “People talk about communists, they can say all these things, but the fact is he was talking about the cost of living.”
Still, Trump said Friday that he thought Democrats’ messaging on the issue was a “con job.”
“It was a con job, affordability, they call it, was a con job by the Democrats. The Democrats are good at a few things, cheating in elections and conning people with facts that aren’t true,” the president said.
The promised $2,000 payment represents Trump’s attempt to connect his tariff policy directly to benefits for ordinary Americans. The framing of the payment as a “dividend” suggests the president views tariff revenues as generating surplus funds that can be distributed to citizens, though economic experts have long noted that tariffs function as taxes ultimately paid by consumers through higher prices on imported goods.
The lack of specifics about the payment timing, eligibility criteria and funding mechanism raises questions about how such a program would be implemented. The exclusion of “high income people” suggests some form of means testing would be required, though no income threshold was provided.
The contrast between the Mar-a-Lago dinner party and the ongoing government shutdown has drawn attention to the disconnect between the president’s lifestyle and the struggles facing federal workers and Americans dependent on government services. Food banks across the country have reported increased demand as the shutdown affects paychecks and benefit distributions.
The Supreme Court’s apparent skepticism about Trump’s tariff authority, as evidenced during last week’s oral arguments, creates uncertainty about whether the tariff regime generating the promised revenue will even survive legal challenge. Three lower courts have already deemed the emergency powers invoked for the tariffs to be illegal, setting up a potential clash between the president’s economic promises and judicial oversight.
Trump’s defensive posture in his Sunday posts, questioning why the Supreme Court has not been informed about businesses pouring into the United States because of tariffs, suggests frustration with legal constraints on his trade policy. His comparison to other presidential powers, such as the ability to stop all trade with a foreign country, reflects arguments his administration has made about broad executive authority over international commerce.
The president’s claims about economic performance, including assertions about being the “Richest, Most Respected Country In the World” with “Almost No Inflation,” stand in tension with various economic indicators and his own emphasis on the need for affordability measures. The government’s $37 trillion debt, which Trump mentioned as something that will “soon” begin being paid down, has continued growing during his administration.
The focus on Walmart’s Thanksgiving basket pricing illustrates Trump’s attempt to claim credit for consumer cost reductions, even as critics have noted that the year-over-year comparison involves different product selections. The debate over who deserves credit or blame for cost-of-living changes has become central to political messaging from both parties.
The White House Deputy Chief of Staff’s comments about Mamdani’s electoral success focusing on affordability suggest the administration recognizes the political salience of economic concerns, even as Trump dismisses Democratic messaging on the issue as fraudulent. The president’s characterization of Democratic affordability talk as a “con job” while simultaneously promising $2,000 payments linked to his own policies reflects competing narratives about which party better addresses economic pressures facing American families.
As the government shutdown continues without resolution and the Supreme Court deliberates on tariff authority, Trump’s Sunday morning promise of direct payments to Americans adds another element to an already complex economic and political landscape.
LONDON (BN24) — BBC Director General Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness have resigned following criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.
It comes after The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal BBC memo suggesting the programme edited two parts of Trump’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.
In a statement, Davie said: “Overall the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as director general I have to take ultimate responsibility.”
Turness said that “the ongoing controversy” around the Panorama documentary “has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC.” She added that “the buck stops with me.”
Davie’s departure after five years as boss follows other separate BBC controversies in recent months, including Glastonbury coverage. He and Turness had already been under pressure over a range of issues, including the Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary, where the BBC failed to disclose that the narrator was the son of a Hamas official.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy welcomed Davie’s resignation and thanked him for his leadership of the BBC through a period of “significant change.” There is no information yet on when a new director general will be appointed.
In his resignation statement, Davie said he wanted to let staff know that he had decided to leave the BBC after 20 years. “This is entirely my decision, and I remain very thankful to the Chair and Board for their unswerving and unanimous support throughout my entire tenure, including during recent days,” he said.
Davie said he had been reflecting on the “very intense personal and professional demands of managing this role over many years in these febrile times,” combined with the fact that he wanted to give a successor time to help shape the Charter plans they will be delivering.
“In these increasingly polarised times, the BBC is of unique value and speaks to the very best of us,” Davie said. “It helps make the UK a special place; overwhelmingly kind, tolerant and curious. Like all public organisations, the BBC is not perfect, and we must always be open, transparent and accountable. While not being the only reason, the current debate around BBC News has understandably contributed to my decision.”
BBC Chair Samir Shah extended his sincere gratitude to both Davie and Turness for their “unwavering service and commitment to the BBC.”
“This is a sad day for the BBC,” Shah said. He said he understood the “continued pressure on him, personally and professionally, which has led him to take this decision today.”
“The whole Board respects the decision and the reasons for it,” Shah added, noting that Davie is a “devoted and inspirational” leader who has “achieved a great deal.”
The resignations come after The Telegraph reported on a leaked internal BBC memo from Michael Prescott, a former independent external adviser to the broadcaster’s editorial standards committee who left the role in June. Prescott raised concerns over the documentary Trump: A Second Chance?, which was broadcast last year and made for the BBC by independent production company October Films Ltd.
On Sunday, Nandy said the Panorama issue was “very serious” but there were a series of “very serious allegations” that had been made about the broadcaster, “the most serious of which is that there is systemic bias in the way that difficult issues are reported at the BBC.”
Turness said in her resignation statement that she had “taken the difficult decision that it will no longer be my role to lead you in the collective vision that we all have: to pursue the truth with no agenda.”
She added that “the ongoing controversy around the Panorama on President Trump has reached a stage where it is causing damage to the BBC – an institution that I love.”
“The buck stops with me,” she said, adding that she offered her resignation to Davie on Saturday.
“While mistakes have been made, I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong,” she added.
Nandy thanked Davie “for his service to public broadcasting over many years” in a statement on social media. “He has led the BBC through a period of significant change and helped the organisation to grip the challenges it has faced in recent years,” she wrote.
“Now more than ever, the need for trusted news and high quality programming is essential to our democratic and cultural life, and our place in the world,” Nandy continued. “As a government, we will support the Board as it manages this transition and ensure that the Charter Review is the catalyst that helps the BBC to adapt to this new era and secures its role at the heart of national life for decades to come.”
Davie became the director general of the BBC in September 2020, the 17th person tasked with overseeing the corporation’s services as its editorial, operational and creative leader. He was not a new figure to the BBC; prior to becoming director general, Davie was chief executive of BBC Studios for seven years. He oversaw the merger of BBC Worldwide, the distribution company, and the corporation’s production arm. He was also acting director general of the BBC between November 2012 and April 2013. He is stepping down after 20 years with the corporation.
Before joining the BBC, Davie worked for organizations such as Procter and Gamble, and PepsiCo. In 2018, he was appointed CBE for his services to international trade.
Turness has been the CEO of BBC News since 2022, overseeing BBC News and Current Affairs programming. In her role, she had responsibility for a team of around 6,000 people, broadcasting to almost half a billion people across the world in more than 40 languages.
She was previously CEO of ITN, and had led the organization’s post-Covid strategy for growth. Prior to working at the BBC and ITN, she was president of NBC News from 2013 until 2017, and later president of NBC News International. Before her stint at NBC, she was editor of ITV News where she was their first female editor and the youngest ever editor of ITV News.
Davie weathered many scandals and crises during his five years at the helm of the BBC, including the Gary Lineker controversy, Bob Vylan at Glastonbury, the Gaza documentary and the transgressions of a string of high-profile presenters. He was nicknamed “Teflon Tim” because nothing seemed to stick.
The resignations come at a sensitive time for the BBC, with the government set to review the corporation’s royal charter, which essentially gives it the right to exist, before the current term expires in 2027.
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said: “The BBC isn’t perfect, but it remains one of the few institutions standing between our British values and a populist, Trump-style takeover of our politics.” He said the resignations “must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf.”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Davie and Turness resigning from the BBC must be “the start of wholesale change.” He said the government needs to appoint somebody with “a record of coming in and turning companies and their cultures around.”
“This is the BBC’s last chance. If they don’t get this right, there will be vast numbers of people refusing to pay the licence fee,” Farage added.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted two words on social media in response to the resignations. She posted two screenshots of news articles side by side, writing “shot” over a Telegraph article with the headline “Trump goes to war with ‘fake news’ BBC” and “chaser” above a BBC News article announcing Davie’s resignation.
Earlier this week, Leavitt called the BBC “100 percent fake news” in response to the Panorama documentary which was criticized as misleading viewers over the way Trump’s speech was edited.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said it was right that Davie and Turness resigned, but added there has been a “catalogue of serious failures that runs far deeper.”
“The Prescott report exposed institutional bias that cannot be swept away with two resignations – strong action must be taken on all the issues it raised,” she wrote on social media, adding: “BBC Arabic must be brought under urgent control. The BBC’s US and Middle East coverage needs a full overhaul.”
Badenoch said the new leadership will have to deliver “genuine reform of the culture of the BBC,” adding: “It should not expect the public to keep funding it through a compulsory licence fee unless it can finally demonstrate true impartiality.”
Three employees were fatally shot Saturday at a landscape supply business in northeast San Antonio, officials said, and the suspect was later found dead.
The shooting occurred in the morning hours at a business on the northeast side of the city.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters in a briefing Saturday morning that the three people killed, two men and a woman, were employees of the business. It is unclear if the suspect was an employee as well. No names have been released.
“We understand there may be others wounded, but we’re not sure right now,” McManus disclosed.
Investigators did not have a motive, but McManus said that the shooting was “not random” in nature, and indicated the suspect and victims knew each other.
The police chief initially told reporters that the suspect was at large and advised the public to stay away from the area.
A few hours later, he wrote in a social media post that the suspect had been found dead, describing it as “self-inflicted.” No further details were provided.
The workplace shooting adds to a troubling pattern of violence in American businesses, where employees face threats from colleagues, former workers or others with connections to the workplace. McManus’s statement that the shooting was “not random” and that the suspect and victims knew each other suggests a targeted attack rather than an indiscriminate act of violence.
The police chief’s disclosure that there may be additional wounded individuals raises concerns about other potential victims who may have been present during the shooting. The uncertainty about the total number of casualties suggests a chaotic scene that investigators were still working to fully understand hours after the initial attack.
The morning timing of the shooting indicates the violence likely occurred as employees were beginning their workday at the landscape supply business. Such businesses typically see activity early in the day as landscaping crews and contractors arrive to pick up supplies and materials.
The brief period when the suspect remained at large created concern for public safety in the northeast San Antonio area, prompting the police chief’s warning for people to avoid the vicinity. The subsequent discovery of the suspect’s body, apparently from a self-inflicted wound, ended the immediate threat but left investigators working to piece together what led to the deadly violence.
The lack of information about whether the suspect was an employee of the business leaves open questions about the nature of the relationship between the shooter and victims. Workplace violence often involves current or former employees, but can also involve domestic disputes or other personal conflicts that spill into a business setting.
San Antonio authorities have not released the identities of the three employees killed or the suspect, likely pending notification of family members. The victims’ families are now facing the sudden loss of loved ones who went to work Saturday morning and never returned home.
The landscape supply industry typically employs workers in various capacities, from customer service and sales to warehouse operations and delivery services. The business where the shooting occurred serves the San Antonio area’s landscaping and construction industries.
As investigators work to determine a motive, they will likely examine the suspect’s background, relationship to the victims, and any history of conflicts or disputes that may have preceded the violence. The police department’s initial response and subsequent manhunt for the suspect involved significant resources before the discovery of the body.
The incident marks another episode of workplace violence in Texas, a state that has experienced multiple mass shootings and workplace attacks in recent years. Each such incident raises renewed questions about workplace safety, threat assessment and prevention measures.
For the San Antonio community, particularly in the northeast area where the business is located, the shooting brings fear and grief to what would otherwise have been an ordinary Saturday morning. Nearby businesses and residents in the area faced hours of uncertainty while police searched for the suspect.
The investigation continues as authorities work to understand the full scope of what occurred, identify any additional victims, and determine what circumstances led to the deadly workplace attack.
A North Carolina police officer was shot and killed Saturday morning during a struggle inside the emergency department lobby of a WakeMed hospital facility, authorities said.
The incident occurred around 9 a.m. at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex, a hospital located just south of Raleigh. WakeMed identified the slain officer as Campus Police Officer Roger Smith, a member of its internal police force.
According to a statement from the Garner Police Department, a “person of interest” connected to the shooting has been taken into custody. Investigators from both local and state agencies are working with hospital officials to determine what led to the deadly altercation.
WakeMed confirmed that the emergency department lobby was closed following the incident. Details about the confrontation or the suspect’s motive were not immediately released.
“Law enforcement officers put themselves in harm’s way to keep us safe, and we are forever grateful for Officer Smith’s sacrifice,” North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Garner, a city of about 31,000 residents, sits just southeast of the state capital of Raleigh. The WakeMed Police Department provides law enforcement services across six facilities in the hospital network, including the Garner Healthplex. The department’s officers are fully sworn under North Carolina law and receive the same level of training as municipal and county police officers.
Smith’s death marks one of the few fatal shootings involving hospital police in North Carolina in recent years and underscores the risks faced by medical facility officers who handle both public safety and patient security duties.
Two Kenyan activists who vanished in Uganda more than a month ago were released after President Yoweri Museveni publicly confirmed their arrest and accused them of collaborating with the opposition to destabilize his government ahead of next year’s general election.
Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo were taken by armed men on October 1, shortly after attending a rally by opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. The two had traveled to Kampala to support Wine’s campaign, but their disappearance triggered diplomatic tension between Nairobi and Kampala after Uganda initially denied detaining them.
Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi announced on Saturday that Njagi and Oyoo were freed and handed over to the Kenyan ambassador following “open and constructive communication” between the two governments. The pair arrived home the same day, recounting harrowing experiences of torture, starvation, and confinement in a Ugandan military facility allegedly guarded by special forces.
“We were in military detention by the special forces. I didn’t eat for 14 days. We were tortured,” Njagi told reporters upon landing at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Ugandan authorities had long denied involvement in their detention. On October 22, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) issued an affidavit stating that the activists were not in military custody. However, Museveni later acknowledged that security forces had indeed detained the two Kenyans.
Speaking during a press briefing in Kampala on Saturday night, Museveni said Njagi and Oyoo were “working with Kyagulanyi’s group” and were “experts in riots.” He warned that any future protests in Uganda would “end up badly,” referencing the deadly unrest that erupted in November 2020 after Bobi Wine’s arrest.
Museveni, 80, accused foreign actors of attempting to undermine Uganda’s growing economy and natural resource independence. “They are worried about Uganda. Uganda is moving very strong — industries growing, food secure, and now we are getting our oil. So they are very worried,” he said.
Kenya reportedly pressed Uganda to either charge or release the two men. Museveni confirmed that he acted after diplomatic requests from Kenyan officials.
The long-serving president, who has ruled Uganda since 1986, is seeking a seventh term in the upcoming January election, despite mounting criticism over his government’s crackdown on opposition figures and civil liberties. His remarks reignited debate over political repression, cross-border human rights violations, and the treatment of foreign nationals accused of backing opposition movements.
Ukrainian drone and missile strikes have disrupted power and heating to two major Russian cities near the Ukrainian border, local officials reported Sunday, marking the latest escalation in the ongoing cross-border assaults targeting critical energy infrastructure.
Authorities in the Russian city of Voronezh said several drones struck overnight, sparking a fire at a local utility facility and causing temporary blackouts that left parts of the city without electricity and heat. Governor Alexander Gusev said some drones were intercepted by electronic defenses, while firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. Russian and Ukrainian media outlets on Telegram reported that the attack targeted a local thermal power plant.
In the nearby city of Belgorod, a missile strike late Saturday caused what local Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov described as “serious damage” to power and heating systems, affecting roughly 20,000 households. Belgorod, a regional administrative center with about 340,000 residents, has repeatedly been struck amid intensifying Ukrainian offensives aimed at disrupting Russian logistics and infrastructure close to the border.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that its air defenses intercepted or destroyed 44 Ukrainian drones overnight across southwestern Russia, though it did not specifically mention attacks in Voronezh or Belgorod or specify the total number of drones launched.
The strikes are part of a broader campaign by Ukraine to weaken Moscow’s energy production capacity by targeting refineries and utility plants deep inside Russian territory. Kyiv says the strategy is a direct response to Moscow’s relentless bombardment of Ukraine’s own energy grid — attacks that have left millions without power during freezing winters. Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of “weaponizing winter” in an attempt to break civilian morale.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia’s large-scale missile and drone assault on Friday deliberately endangered nuclear safety by hitting substations that supply the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants. Sybiha called for an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board, saying Moscow was “deliberately endangering nuclear safety in Europe.”
The diplomatic strain between Washington and Moscow also resurfaced Sunday as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he was ready to meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the war in Ukraine and bilateral relations. Lavrov reiterated that peace talks could only occur if “Russian interests are taken into account,” signaling no shift in Moscow’s hardline stance.
Hundreds of people are feared missing after a crowded migrant vessel sank near the Malaysia-Thailand maritime border, officials confirmed Sunday, as rescuers continued to search for survivors amid worsening weather conditions.
Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency said the wooden boat, carrying about 300 people, went down three days ago after departing from Buthidaung, Myanmar — a region long plagued by conflict and mass displacement of the Rohingya minority. First Admiral Romli Mustafa, who oversees maritime operations in Kedah and Perlis, said 10 survivors had been rescued and one body recovered so far.
According to Malaysian state media Bernama, the survivors included three Myanmar men, two Rohingya men, and one Bangladeshi man. The recovered body was identified as a Rohingya woman. Search-and-rescue teams are combing the waters off Langkawi, a frequent route for human smuggling and migrant crossings.
Authorities said passengers originally boarded a larger vessel in Myanmar but were instructed to transfer into three smaller boats, each carrying around 100 people, as they neared Malaysia to avoid detection by authorities. The fate of the other two boats remains unknown.
The Rohingya, a stateless Muslim minority, have long fled persecution and military crackdowns in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, often embarking on dangerous journeys by sea to seek refuge in Malaysia, Indonesia, or Thailand. Human rights groups have repeatedly warned of worsening conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, forcing thousands to risk their lives on overcrowded boats.
Rescue operations remain underway, with Malaysian authorities coordinating with regional partners in hopes of finding more survivors.
