G20 summit in South Africa: Who’s attending and what’s on the agenda? | Inequality News

Post published:November 22, 2025
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World leaders are gathering in Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic capital, this weekend for the annual Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit – the first ever to be held in an African country amid a boycott by the United States over widely discredited claims that the host country mistreats white people.About 42 countries and institutions will be represented at the meeting that starts on Saturday, but the US under President Donald Trump — who has condemned South Africa’s position…

BBC board member Shumeet Banerji resigns | Media News

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Banerji said in his resignation letter that he was unhappy about governance issues at the organisation, BBC News reported.Published On 21 Nov 202521 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareShumeet Banerji has resigned from the BBC board and criticised governance issues at the organisation, the latest blow to the broadcaster weeks after its director general quit.The BBC confirmed Banerji’s departure on Friday, saying he stepped down only weeks before the end of his four-year term.Recommended Stories list…

Why is Republika Srpska’s presidential vote so important? | Elections

Post published:November 21, 2025
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NewsFeedRepublika Srpska, an autonomous division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is holding a snap presidential election after its former leader was accused of undermining the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords. Al Jazeera’s Alma Milisic explains why the outcome of this small region’s vote matters.Published On 21 Nov 202521 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

Mary Berry’s visit to Bath feels ‘like coming home’, she says

Post published:November 21, 2025
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The cookery writer and broadcaster Dame Mary Berry says returning to the area she grew up in "is like coming home".The TV personality is in Bath to take part in an event at St Stephen's Church, on Lansdown, with the aim of securing funding for structural repairs and modernisation to the building.The occasion has been organised by the Beacon of Lansdown project, set-up to secure the future of the church, which is set to cost millions. It's "very…

From G20 to Penryn: Experts hail Cornwall as the ‘Engine Room’ of PM’s new Critical Minerals Strategy

Post published:November 21, 2025
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The UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy must make domestic extraction, refining, and recycling pillars of sovereign capability, experts have urged. The plan, which will be launched at the G20 summit in South Africa by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, should define critical minerals as key to a broader political-economic reset that can underpin jobs and local growth, a new report by the University of Exeter’s Critical Minerals Challenge Centre, says. Members of the UKRI-funded research hub – based…

Bridgwater Brymore Academy shuts over widespread vomiting

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Widespread sickness has led to a state boarding school having to be temporarily closed.The BBC understands 70 pupils and staff members at Brymore Academy in Bridgwater, Somerset, are currently suffering with vomiting and gastroenteritis deemed to be "highly infectious".The school closed on Thursday and remains shut with a spokesperson saying the decision was made to "safeguard the health and wellbeing" of the school community.The exact cause of the outbreak is currently unknown.Nicola Mould, the CFO of the Bridgwater…

Victims left ‘devastated’ by £2m car-theft gang

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Stephen Stafford,South of England and Alex Bish,BBC InvestigationsSignal-boosting devices were used to steal keyless-ignition vehiclesVictims of an organised crime gang that stole mainly keyless ignition vehicles worth more than £2m have described the "devastation" of losing cars and vans.Thirteen people have been sentenced after admitting to their roles in the operation, which saw 107 vehicles stolen from across Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire between February and October 2023.They were mostly stolen from driveways overnight and taken to a so-called…

England v Argentina: Max Ojomoh in for Fraser Dingwall for hosts

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Bath centre Max Ojomoh has been handed his biggest Test chance yet after England lost Fraser Dingwall to a sidestrain for the Test with Argentina on Sunday.Ojomoh will form an all-new centre partnership with Henry Slade, who came in for the injured Ollie Lawrence when England originally named their team on Wednesday.Dingwall picked up his injury in last weekend's win over New Zealand and struggled to shake it off in training during the week."We told Max this morning,"…

Matt Worthington & Callum Dolan: Torquay United suspend pair for ‘disciplinary matter’

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Torquay United captain Matt Worthington and team-mate Callum Dolan have been suspended by the National League South club.The midfielders will not play for the next four matches after what the club says is an "internal disciplinary matter". Worthington has played in 16 of Torquay's 17 league games this season while Dolan has scored two goal in nine games.”It's hugely frustrating, it's another obstacle put in front of us,” Torquay manager Paul Wotton told BBC Radio Devon.“It’s been a…

Pilot killed as fighter jet crashes at Dubai Airshow | Newsfeed

Post published:November 21, 2025
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NewsFeedAn Indian-made HAL Tejas fighter jet crashed during a demonstration at the Dubai Airshow in United Arab Emirates, killing the pilot in the aircraft’s second recorded accident.Published On 21 Nov 202521 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share Source link

Exeter nightclub staff cleared after Freshers’ Week fall

Post published:November 21, 2025
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Miles DavisDevon political reporterBBCA University of Exeter student fell backwards down stairs at the Timepiece nightclub in ExeterSecurity staff at a nightclub acted correctly in dealing with a university student who fell backwards down stairs during Freshers' Week, a licensing committee has said.Lawyer David Dadds applied for a licensing review of the Timepiece nightclub in Exeter, Devon, and said door staff "failed to show basic care".Exeter City Council's licensing committee said it was "appropriate" to pick the woman…

Family tribute to Penzance man who had ‘heart of gold’

Post published:November 21, 2025
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The family of a man whose death is at the centre of a murder investigation said he was "so lovable".Devon and Cornwall Police said Ison Alli from Penzance was found dead in a property in the Polruan Road area of Truro on 29 October.A tribute from his family said Mr Alli, who was 23, "had a heart of gold" and would "forever be our beautiful reason to believe in love that never fades".Police said a man from Truro…