Friday evening news briefing: By-election win ‘big step’ towards becoming PM, says Starmer
Good evening. Sir Keir Starmer has hailed Labour’s Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election win over the SNP as a “big step in the right direction” towards becoming prime minister next year.
Elsewhere, Snapchat could be ordered to shut down its artificial intelligence chatbot in the UK after the privacy watchdog said it had failed to assess its risk to children.
Labour’s Scottish by-election win ‘big step’ towards becoming PM, says Starmer
Addressing a victory rally alongside Michael Shanks, the constituency’s new MP, Sir Keir Starmer said Labour “blew the doors off” by achieving an astonishing 20.4 point swing from the SNP compared to the 2019 general election. The SNP now leads Labour by just two points in the first poll published after its heavy loss, with Alan Cochrane suggesting Humza Yousaf has nine days to save his job.
Man charged over alleged plot to murder Holly Willoughby
A man has been charged over an alleged plot to kidnap and murder the ITV host Holly Willoughby. The 42-year-old was pulled from hosting This Morning on Thursday and Friday, and was under police guard at her home. Gavin Plumb, 36, appeared at Chelmsford magistrates’ court on Friday accused of soliciting to murder and kidnap Willoughby. He was arrested by police on Wednesday evening and officers allegedly found “sinister messages” threatening to kidnap and “seriously harm” the presenter.
Snapchat’s AI chatbot facing UK shutdown over risk to children
The privacy watchdog said Snap had failed to assess its risk to children. The Information Commissioner’s Office said it had found problems with the data protection assessment Snap had carried out before it launched the My AI chatbot. If the provisional findings are finalised, Snap could be required to stop offering the chatbot in Britain, where it has 22m users. It is the most significant UK crackdown to date on so-called large language models – the new wave of AI systems such as ChatGPT and Google Bard.
Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Donald Trump | The former president has triggered outrage by accusing undocumented immigrants of “poisoning the blood of our country” in a recent interview. Critics likened the former president’s remarks to Hitler’s Mein Kampf as they accused him of nativist and xenophobic rhetoric.
Narges Mohammadi | Imprisoned Iranian activist wins Nobel Peace Prize
Defence in Depth | How drones in Ukraine forever changed war
Petra De Sutter | Sunak is a bully, says Belgium’s trans deputy prime minister
Comment and analysis
Henry Hill | Time to put devolution out of its misery
David Axe | Russia is preparing for Forever War
Robert Taylor | A smoking ban would be unimaginable without lockdowns
Telegraph Readers | ‘The Tories will not win the next election under the axis of Sunak and Hunt’
World news: Donald Trump ‘shared nuclear submarine secrets with Australian billionaire’
Donald Trump has been accused of divulging state secrets to an Australian businessman, including how close US nuclear submarines can get to Russian vessels without being detected. Just a few months after leaving the White House in January 2021, the former president discussed “potentially sensitive” information with Anthony Pratt, a billionaire who was a member of Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.
Interview of the day
Erling Haaland: “It’s more shocking to people when I don’t score”
In a rare interview, the Norwegian discusses chasing down Alan Shearer’s Premier League record, his relationship with Pep Guardiola – and becoming ‘a zombie’ during games.
Business news: Sainsburys now more expensive than Waitrose for ‘the big shop’, Which? claims
Price analysis of a trolley of 131 items at Asda, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose found Sainsbury’s was almost ￡4 more expensive than Waitrose in September. It is the first time Sainsbury’s has scored as the most expensive in a mystery shopping survey carried out each month by consumer group Which?. However, Sainbury’s has strongly refuted the findings, insisting the analysis is inaccurate and misleading.
Live markets news: Bond market back in turmoil after US jobs shock
Editor’s choice
Sport briefing: Today’s essential headlines
Sir Alex Ferguson | Lady Cathy Ferguson, wife of former Manchester United manager, dies aged 84
Warren Gatland | The north could dominate this Rugby World Cup
Jonny Wilkinson | I am happy Owen Farrell will beat my record
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