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Doctor Who fans don’t have long to wait for the much-anticipated spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea.The BBC has confirmed that the drama, masterminded by Doctor Who showrunner and executive producer Russell T Davies, will premiere on December 7.The five-part series features Russell Tovey in the role of Barclay, an ordinary UNIT staff member whose life is thrown into chaos when an ancient species emerges from the sea, reports the Daily Record.Barclay finds himself acting as humanity’s representative when the enigmatic Salt (portrayed by Gugu Mbatha-Raw) surfaces from the Tank during a summit on the Thames. UNIT,…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Silver is back in the market spotlight, with the metal topping $50 an ounce — a level last reached in 1980. Prices are up 70 per cent this year, compared with about 55 per cent for gold. But silver is still the cheaper precious metal of the two and that is affecting jewellers’ approach and increasing scrutiny of how the metal is sourced.At this year’s Goldsmiths’ Fair in London, the annual selling event for some of the UK’s best fine jewellers and…

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Britons seeking to claim or get cover are heading into a “perfect storm” of poor service and processing delays, thanks to inadequate underwriting and persistent delays in GPs submitting medical forms to insurers.This is according to several financial advisers and protection specialists, who have said the situation is getting worse, not better, despite the advent of improved technology, software upgrades at the NHS and AI enabling greater automation.Getting reports back from the NHS can still take weeks – or even months – meaning people are left without cover, or left waiting for their claims to be assessed and processed. The…

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Twenty-five countries supplied Israel with crude oil and refined petroleum throughout its two-year genocide in Gaza, a new report has revealed. An updated report by Oil Change International tracked a total of 323 shipments from 25 countries carrying nearly 21.2 million tonnes of crude oil and refined products to Israel between November 1 2023 and 1 October 2025. Of those shipments, 171 carried 17.9 million tonnes of crude, with 70 percent of it from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Azeri crude is funnelled from Azerbaijan to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. The report noted that, while Turkey is listed as the…

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A central piece of a closed crude oil refinery in Convent recently came crashing down as Shell Oil shifts the nearly 60-year-old complex toward making renewable fuels, company officials confirmed.The cat cracker and cat cracker reactor structure were demolished in a planned takedown this past weekend that was captured on video and posted on social media. A Shell spokesperson and the St. James Parish president confirmed the demolition this week after being informed of the video.”This was part of Shell’s planned demolition exercise, and they have been communicating with the parish for quite some time now,” Parish President Pete Dufresne…

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Grocery price inflation eased to its lowest level in more than two years last month as supermarkets increased discounts to attract cost-conscious shoppers in the run-up to the chancellor’s budget and the Christmas trading season. According to new data from Worldpanel by Numerator, grocery inflation slowed to 4.7 per cent in the four weeks to 2 November, down from 5.2 per cent the previous month. The decline came as supermarkets rolled out a wave of price cuts and promotions to offset consumer nervousness ahead of Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, which is due to be delivered just four weeks before Christmas.…

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Figma is proving to be a fast-growing AI-powered collaborative design platform, ready for the next phase of expansion.Figma (FIG 5.00%) stock has been on a roller coaster ride since its initial public offering (IPO) at $33 per share on July 31, 2025. The stock soared nearly 3.7 times to close at $122 on Aug. 1, after touching an intraday high of $142.92. However, the stock is down almost 69% from its high and closed at $44.25 (as of Nov. 7). Image source: Getty Images. Shares of Figma jumped by nearly 4.5% on Nov. 6, after the company delivered an impressive…

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The BBC has announced that the highly anticipated series The War Between the Land and the Sea is set to launch with a thrilling double bill on Sunday 7 December from 8:30pm simultaneously on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The five-part series follows Barclay (Russell Tovey), a low-level UNIT staff member whose ordinary life becomes a world of terror when an ancient species rises from the sea. Barclay becomes humanity’s ambassador when the mysterious Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) emerges from the Tank at a summit on the Thames. UNIT, led by Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave), fights for control as humanity faces…

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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Malaysia posted a net inflow, jumped to RM8.5 billion in the third quarter of 2025 (Q3 2025) from RM1.6 billion in Q2 2025, supported by larger equity injections, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said most FDI inflows were channelled into the services sector, particularly within the information and communication and financial activities subsectors, notably linked to data centre activities.“The major investors of FDI were from Singapore, China and Japan,” he said in a statement today.Meanwhile, Mohd Uzir said direct investment abroad…

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