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Tehran says its 2,000-kilometre ballistic-missile limit is over and warns of new weapons, hours after Washington stood up a task force against Iranian shipments.

In a call with Alexander Stubb, the prime minister said partners must press Russia after Brussels talks, as Britain prepares a 2027 state visit for Volodymyr Zelensky.

United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said at least 11 ships were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz in the week to 6 November, with three sinking, while the waterway remains effectively shut.

Former Cardea investors allege in Delaware that Cambridge spin-out Paragraf overstated its chip-making ability to secure a 2023 takeover priced at £29.8 million in shares.

Bangladesh says it has already asked India to hand over Sheikh Hasina, as London lawyers request a new passport for the ousted leader.

A British man was among six people killed when a gunman opened fire in Krakow’s Main Square, wounding 15 others, including people from Britain.

A London human-rights advocate recalls Nadia Svitlychna, who would have turned 90 on 8 November 2026, and the Ukrainian struggle she carried from a Soviet camp to exile.

Sangster framed Jamaica’s 1955 tercentenary as 300 years of British rule and listed Princess Margaret among visitors; the PNP then made a ten-queen beauty contest the celebration’s highlight.

British jeweller Boodles received the Argyle Pink Diamonds brand in October, while De Beers says wholesale synthetic prices have fallen 93 per cent since 2020.

Britain's Conservative leader said Donald Trump's mid-term losses followed tariffs, threats to allies and his conduct toward Volodymyr Zelensky and Keir Starmer.

The UK Conservative leader told The Independent that Donald Trump deserved his midterm losses, citing tariffs, rows with allies, the Iran war and his treatment of Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio will meet G7 foreign ministers, including Britain's, in Paris next week on Ukraine and the Middle East.