中国10月新房售价跌势加剧，创下一年以来最大降幅，显示房地产市场需求持续疲软。
中国国家统计局星期五（11月14日）在官网公布的数据显示，今年10月，剔除保障性住房的70个城市新建住宅价格环比下降0.45%，为一年以来最大跌幅；二手房价格下跌0.66%，为13个月来最大的降幅。
目前，中国持续四年的房地产下行正在拖累经济。长期的房价下跌让购房者对房地产作为财富储存手段的可靠性产生担忧，从而抑制了购房需求。
中国最近一次楼市刺激政策在8月底出台，当时北京、上海和深圳三大城市放宽购房限制，尤其是郊区区域。不过，花旗集团大中华区首席经济学家余向荣指出，由于家庭收入停滞和城市化增速放缓，这些措施的效果不及去年9月出台的一揽子政策。
余向荣星期四（11月13日）在上海举行的媒体圆桌会上说：“房地产政策效应正在减弱，住房市场尚未触底。我们预计一年内房地产行业不会实现稳定和复苏。”
中国076两栖攻击舰首舰四川舰下水大约11个月后，在星期五（11月14日）开展首次航行试验。
据中国央视新闻报道，属于中国海军新一代两栖攻击舰的四川舰，上午9时许从上海沪东中华造船厂码头解缆赴相关海域开展首次航行试验。这次海试将主要检测验证四川舰动力、电力等系统的可靠性和稳定性。
在五艘拖船的牵引下，四川舰离开上海沪东中华造船厂码头驶向相关海域。四川舰舷号为51，满载排水量4万余吨，设置双舰岛式上层建筑和全纵通飞行甲板，创新应用电磁弹射和阻拦技术，可搭载固定翼飞机、直升机、两栖装备等。
报道称，自2024年12月下水以来，四川舰建造工作按计划稳步推进，顺利完成系泊试验和装设备调试，具备出海试验的技术条件。
美国参议院少数党领袖舒默等多名民主党参议员抨击特朗普政府，指华盛顿在新一轮对华贸易谈判中暂停了一项旨在阻止数千家中国企业获取美国技术的限制措施，并称此举将削弱美国国安。
据路透社报道，这项限制措施在9月29日公布，旨在阻止受制裁的中国企业通过旗下子公司规避禁令，获取关键美国设备。规定要求，凡是由先前受制裁企业持股至少50%的公司，均不得获得美国技术出口。根据WireScreen最新报告，这一措施本可使约2万家中企被纳入美国出口限制范畴。
但在中美元首上月会晤后，美国同意将这一规定推迟一年，以换取北京暂停对稀土矿出口的限制。
在一封日期为星期三（11月12日）的信中，参议员怀登（Ron Wyden）等人呼吁美国总统特朗普恢复这一规定，警告推迟执行将“让美国研发的先进计算技术面临风险，被用于推进中国的议程，而非我们自身利益”。
他们在信中写道：“暂停这些管控削弱了美国国家安全，并使阻止美国产半导体及其他先进技术流向中国国有相关实体更加困难。我们敦促您恢复这些管控措施，停止对关键国家安全工具的让步。”
议员指出，这项为期一年的暂停重新打开了“漏洞”，让被列入黑名单企业的关联公司有“一整年的时间通过重组规避规定”。
他们还批评，这项推迟是特朗普的一贯做法，旨在寻求“快速握手的协议”，以缓解贸易战造成的压力，而牺牲国家安全。他们敦促特朗普“重新考虑这一错误策略，确保我国出口管制不再被当作谈判筹码”。
对此，白宫发言人德赛（Kush Desai）回应称：“特朗普政府已经实施严格的出口管制制度，以保障美国的经济与国家安全。”
中国科技巨头腾讯控股第三季度营收增长15%，增速超出预估，延续稳步增长势头，并在未大举投资人工智能（AI）基础设施的情况下持续吸引投资者。
据彭博社报道，腾讯控股星期四（11月13日）发布最新业绩，截至9月底的三个月营收达到1929亿元人民币（353亿新元），其中国际市场游戏收入增长43%并高于预估。第三季度净利润增长约19%。
最新业绩表明，与许多行业激进竞争对手相比，腾讯可以采取更为审慎的AI开发策略。阿里巴巴和字节跳动已投入大量资金用于AI基础设施和产品发布，但腾讯控股更侧重于将AI技术整合到核心盈利服务中，包括融入到社交平台微信和游戏发行当中。腾讯在公告中重申了这些理念。
腾讯的这种策略也不同于Meta和微软等美国硅谷巨头，其高利润率的在线内容提供了有力支撑。腾讯旗下开发团队去年凭借射击游戏《三角洲行动》大获成功，该游戏拥有3000万日活跃用户，成为全球扩张的支点。
多年来腾讯对西方大型工作室的投资也开始发力，今年夏天推出的丧尸题材动作游戏《消逝的光芒：困兽》大受欢迎。
腾讯在财报中表示：“我们持续升级混元基础模型的团队及技术架构，混元的图像和3D生成模型已处于行业领先水准。随着混元能力的不断提升，我们对推动元宝应用普及的投入，以及在微信中发展AI智能体能力所作的努力，将带来更积极的进展。”
泰国国王哇集拉隆功和王后素提达星期四（11月13日）抵达北京，开始对中国进行五天国事访问，首相阿努廷也随行。这是中泰建交50年以来泰王首次访华，也是哇集拉隆功首次对外国进行正式访问，中国外长王毅前往机场迎接。
泰国《民意报》（Matichon）引述首相阿努廷表示，此次泰王访华必将载入史册，因为这是中泰建交50年来泰国国王首次访华，值得铭记。他指出，今年恰逢泰中建交50周年，两国虽为外交关系，但交往实已延续数百年。阿努廷与外长西哈萨此次都以荣誉部长身份随行，行程中不会与北京进行任何随行外的会谈。
泰国实行君主立宪制，王室访问是其重要外交政策工具，此次访问正值哇集拉隆功登基第九年。中国驻泰国大使张建卫星期二（11月11日）在泰国主流媒体发表署名文章，表示此访不仅是一场外交盛事，更是中泰关系发展史上又一座重要里程碑。北京期待通过此访，推动中泰命运共同体建设取得更多丰硕成果，为赓续两国友好再谱历史新篇，推动两国关系迈向更加辉煌的下一个50年。
据报道，哇集拉隆功和王后素提达此行将与中国领导人会面，并还将在北京参观灵光寺、人形机器人创新中心、教育部教育技术与资源发展中心、中国空间技术研究院等；此外，还将前往故宫博物院参观一场庆祝泰中建交50周年的特别展览。
分析认为，双方极有可能讨论贸易、旅游、高铁等议题。路透社称，中国是泰国最大的进口市场，泰国去年从中国进口了价值超过800亿美元（1041亿新元）的商品；同时，中国也是泰国旅游业的重要客源地，还是其汽车等行业的主要投资者。
泰国官方数据显示，今年前9个月，赴泰国旅游的国际游客数量为2345万人次，与去年同期相比下降7.44%。中国旅行团和自由行人数出现了缩减的情况。泰媒称，泰铢升值、安全问题以及来自越南的竞争加剧，导致赴泰游客流失。
除了旅游方面的期待，今年以来，中泰之间的铁路合作也受到关注。泰国今年2月已在例行内阁会议上批准了中泰铁路合作项目二期工程，即呵叻至廊开段铁路。
北京外国语大学亚洲学院教授宋清润在《环球时报》撰文指出，泰王访华让“中泰一家亲”亲上加亲，两国将从传统的经贸互联互通，迈向共同探索未来科技前沿、培育发展新动能的新阶段。这也凸显北京“周边外交”理念的吸引力。
英国军情六处（MI6）前处长摩尔说，英国政府应该能够找到办法，批准中国在伦敦兴建新使馆的申请。
据彭博社报道，摩尔（Richard Moore）在《Mishal Husain Show》播客节目星期五（11月14日）播出的采访中说：“我相信一定能找到一条可行的路径，让他们得到一座合适的使馆，同时我们也能保留并继续发展自己在北京的那座优秀的大使馆。”
他认为：“我们在北京需要一座使馆，这一点非常重要。因此，中国获得他们的使馆是顺理成章、理所当然的。”
摩尔还说：“至于是这个地点还是别的地点，那就不是我能评判的了。”
中国方面申请在伦敦塔附近的原皇家铸币厂旧址上建设一座有望成为欧洲最大外交机构的新使馆，但计划近年来陷入争议与延宕。自当地规划机构在2022年否决申请后，英国政府接手了最终裁决权。
不过，随着英国检方9月撤销一起中国间谍案，导致中英关系再度紧张，英国政府将使馆申请的最终裁决推迟至12月。
报道称，摩尔上述表态具有重要意义，因为这可能意味着，如果英国政府支持中国建馆，立场不会与英国情报界发生冲突。
反对中国建馆计划的人士则提出多项国安顾虑，包括中国可能在英从事敌对行动、监控流亡异议人士，以及拟建地点临近伦敦金融城和敏感地下通信电缆等问题。
上月，中国外交部曾警告英国，如果不批准建馆，将面临未具体说明的后果，并暗示英国在北京建设新使馆的进度，与伦敦建馆申请的裁决存在关联。对此，斯塔默回应说，英国不会向北京施压屈服。
在法国遭受系列恐怖袭击十周年之际，马克龙承诺，国家“保证将采取一切措施防止任何进一步的袭击”。
法国总统马克龙周四晚间在法国遭受系列恐怖袭击十周年之际重申，法国“保证”将“竭尽全力防止任何新的袭击”。十年前法国遭受的系列恐怖袭击是法国历史上最致命的恐怖袭击，共造成132人死亡。
周四傍晚，在巴黎市中心新落成的“2015年11月13日纪念花园”举行的庄严仪式上，马克龙总统表示，对于2015年发动袭击的“恐怖分子”所展现的“圣战主义”，“我们已竭尽全力给予遏制”。
在首都巴黎和巴黎近郊圣丹尼十年前所有的受到袭击的地点，周四，都举行了悼念和纪念活动。在这一系列悼念活动结束后，马克龙总统发出警告说，“但“恐怖分子”所展现的“圣战主义”以另一种形式重生了，这种形式潜藏于内部，更加隐蔽，更加难以察觉，也更加难以预测，”
总统强调说，“不幸的是，没有人能够保证袭击会彻底停止，但我们可以保证，对于那些拿起武器对抗法国的人，我们将毫不妥协地予以回击。”
总统在讲话中还详尽地谈到了遇难者家属所遭受的“不公且难以承受”的痛苦。他说，“这种痛苦根深蒂固、令人揪心，每当又一次袭击降临我们的土地，这种痛苦就会再次涌上心头，从尼斯到斯特拉斯堡，儿童、成人、执法人员、教师，一次又一次地成为恐怖主义的受害者。今晚，我们心中充满悲痛。”
马克龙还说，（法兰西）“共和国顶住了”。马克龙还列举了过去十年采取的反恐措施说，“在过去的十年里，国家变得更加坚固了。”
（德國之聲中文網）「我電影的路是窄門。」46歲香港電影導演周冠威平靜地說。10年前他有份執導政治寓言電影《十年》，描繪2025年香港政治全面收緊，中國官媒批評該電影是「思想病毒」，周冠威亦付出代價——近4年時間沒有人敢與他合作。
2019年他創作的愛情電影《幻愛》大獲好評，事業出現轉機，同年香港爆發反修例運動，周冠威開始拍攝社運紀錄片《時代革命》。消息曝光後，投資者、演員退避三舍，連借場地拍攝新片也處處碰壁。最新電影作品《自殺通告》被迫改在台灣拍攝，香港當局至今仍未批出上映許可。
周冠威說，外界看他是一位很抗爭的導演，但實際他與很多香港人一樣也要服從。
自焚與新生
周冠威的「窄門」路，從10年前的電影《十年》開始。該片邀請5位新晉導演各自創作一條短片，想像10年後的香港社會變化。
周冠威負責執導〈自焚者〉，短片以偽紀錄片方式製作，假設2025年的香港，有社運領袖因違反涉及國家安全的《基本法》23條，在獄中絕食死亡，激發支持者在英國駐港總領事館前自焚。他說，劇本想拷問一點：香港人願意為自由、民主、公義價值犧牲到什麼程度？
「當時我很憤慨，因為政府或者中國共產黨都有一些說話，令我覺得2012雙普選會再次幻滅。 我覺得整個社會、整個香港，都活在一個這樣的謊言底下，那種委屈求全的謊言的感覺令我很痛苦。我從來沒有寫過政治的題材，我又不遊行，我亦都不是社運人士，但是我怎樣作為一個導演，或者作為一個公民的責任——電影應該都有社會責任——我就寫了一個這樣的短片。」
《十年》2015年上映時引起香港社會熱議，獲香港電影金像獎「最佳電影」，但中國官媒《環球時報》發表社評，批評電影是「思想病毒」，又指電影所描繪的場景，10年後不可能在香港出現。
周冠威自嘲，〈自焚者〉猶如他電影事業的「自焚行為」，後來有電影公司原本答應投資新電影，要求找知名度高的演員。他找了8個月，接觸10多名演員都失敗，有著名香港女演員看了劇本後感動落淚，一度表示願意出演，後來透過經理人改口辭演，「都是接受不了，這個都是冒險。」
最終投資者撤回投資計劃，周冠威經歷多年「空窗期」，直到2017年中，他創作的愛情電影劇本《幻愛》成功申請香港電影發展局的「電影製作資助計劃」，獲批120萬港元的資助。
周冠威說，雖然資助額不多，但有了「官方機構」的認證，總算遊說到其他投資者。最終電影名利雙收，成為該年香港最高票房的十大電影之一，亦在香港電影金像獎獲6項提名，在台灣金馬獎獲最佳改編劇本獎。
他慨嘆：「命運就是這樣，你關了一個門，另一個門會開。」
《幻愛》的成功，沒有讓周冠威從此避開政治題材。2019年香港爆發反修例運動，逾百萬港人上街示威，周冠威為此拍攝紀錄片《時代革命》。
他說，拍攝《時代革命》時的掙扎不多，因為拍攝〈自焚者〉時，已經直面最敏感題材，「自焚者是一個尺度的極限，一方面好像是（電影事業）自焚，另一方面我生出很多自由的心靈空間，可以容讓更多的冒險、更多的禁忌，我可以去思考、去拍攝、去表達。」
「我最記得有一個2019年我拍攝《時代革命》的時候，有個手足和我說：你知道我的政治覺醒是什麼嗎？是你的電影《十年：自焚者》。這些就是力量，這些就是會喚起公民意識，喚起我們對自由、對公義、對誠實的執著。」
周冠威形容，有死就有生，所有的付出也生長出另一些種子。
抗爭與服從
2021年《時代革命》在坎城首映，同年獲得金馬獎最佳紀錄片。當時香港已經實施《國安法》超過一年，周冠威是該套紀錄片唯一具名的製作人員。他坦言是有風險，「我拍《十年》會影響我事業，我拍《時代革命》會影響我會否坐牢。」
後來開拍喜劇電影《一人婚禮》時，周冠威甚至找了一位後備導演以防不測。被捕的風險讓他痛苦，「其實我有時候也會發惡夢，會不會有警察過來，在（拍攝）現場捉走我？」
後來他思考，為了未到的苦難提早恐懼不值得，做了最壞打算要坐牢，豁出去反而換來心安。「我身邊的人會替我很恐懼，但我會說不要啦。你們不要怕，要來的才怕，要來的才承受。」
周冠威說，外界一般認為他是一個很敢「抗爭」的人，其實自己亦有服從的時候，「我怎會不服從呢？我現在仍然在香港生活，你一定要面對這個制度。我做的事不是畫一幅畫，我做的是電影，我需要和很多人合作，而很多人不是和你一樣抗爭的。」
他找合作伙伴時要小心翼翼，對方婉拒後就不再遊說，怕會連累他人，就算接受訪問也不太願意提起合作過的演員。周冠威說，這也是一種服從，「我永遠不會單單是一個抗爭者，我同樣也是服從者，我服從得仍然很痛苦。」
這種服從如影隨形。訪問在台北一間書店進行，周冠威隨手拿起作家香港陳慧的小說《弟弟》，說很喜歡陳慧和韓麗珠的作品，轉念又想，這樣做會不會影響到作者？「你說多慘，我拿著她的書，我怕影響了她。」
周冠威說，服從恐懼氣氛，人的心靈就不自由。試過有香港的朋友表示，不敢在社交媒體分享他電影作品的帖文，那位朋友移民後，仍然不敢分享，「移民原來同樣恐懼，解決不到這種恐懼，你說那種恐懼多麼討人厭、多麼需要痛恨，為何會鉗制我們心靈到這個地步？」
今年10月，他來台出席《十年》10週年重映的映後座談會，慨嘆現時《十年》短片《冬蟬》最觸動自己。該片講述一對情侶把舊日的物品、甚至把自己做成標本保存的故事。
周冠威語帶哽咽說，就像2025年的香港，很多東西已經不能講，很多關係都要封存起來，「這些人性、這些演員，不再能夠跟我合作......即使他們支持我、但都不能跟我合作，所有事已經不同了。」
走窄門的人
今年11月周冠威最新作品《自殺通告》在台灣上映，這部作品「香港」成份大減。全劇的香港演員只有黃秋生一位，劇組在香港找不到一間學校願意借出場地拍攝，唯有移師台灣拍攝。周冠威笑言，自己一直習慣用廣東話執導，現時要改用國語溝通很難，「其實我用國語的時候，我自己都不知道自己說什麼。」
電影今年8月4日送交香港電影報刊辦進行電影檢查，至今仍然沒有回音，暫時在香港上映無期。
「現在好悲哀。香港電影以前不會有政治審查的，《國安法》之後（國家安全）入了電檢這個條例，我的新電影就是被政府壓著了。」周冠威說，電影探討學童自殺問題，無關政治題材，亦是架空世界的故事，若香港無法上映就很難回本，對他會是很大打擊，日後要遊說投資者開拍新電影更困難。
根據香港電影金像獎的規定，電影必須要在香港首輪公開售票放映，方可報名。一旦《自殺通告》不能在香港上映，意味日後無緣競逐獎項。
這方面周冠威看得開，他明白很多人想保存和爭取香港價值，但他認為探究是否仍在拍「香港電影」，本身是很悲哀的事。「你恐懼沒有了這個身份，你恐懼不知道怎樣去定義（香港電影）。你的身份不夠肯定，你的心不夠踏實——因為你受了傷。」
他說，香港社會今日太少眼淚能夠宣洩，但電影能夠明白政治傷痕、甚至療癒。「被政局、被恐懼牽制的時候，你找些方法。每個人有不同的方法，我是電影。我拍《十年》我哭，我拍《時代革命》我哭，我拍我的新片《自殺通告》我都在哭。」
本身是基督徒的周冠威用窄門比喻自己電影的路：「我的信仰就是走窄門，我電影的路是窄門的，那就窄吧。其實不要緊要的，它仍然是一個門，仍然是我可以進入。」
儘管被貼上「禁片」導演的標籤，但他笑言凡事不要看得太窄：「我10年裡面有5套電影，比很多香港電影的導演其實都很幸福，非常幸福，我怎會很悲情呢？」他說，未來的電影作品不會局限在特定地方拍攝，香港、海外都有機會。
被問10年後的香港又是怎樣？周冠威說理性上要悲觀，但他選擇樂觀，「如果不是，我怎樣積極去面對我的人生？」他想像，2035年那是一個自由的香港，戲院可以重映《十年》、《時代革命》。
「我希望我的下一代，可以在香港的戲院自由地去觀看，或者讓他感受到，我們香港歷史這麼多的血與淚，所有的意義是什麼。」
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PA MediaMembers of the House of Lords have put forward more than 900 proposed changes to the law to deliver assisted dying, ahead of a debate on Friday.
Experts believe the number of amendments, which is understood to be 942, is unprecedented, but opponents say significant alterations are needed to ensure any scheme can operate safely.
The volume of amendments has sparked a letter from 65 supportive peers to their colleagues in the Lords, raising concern about possible delaying tactics.
Those opposing the bill have been urged not to "frustrate" the passage of the legislation, which has already gained the approval of MPs.
The House of Commons passed the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in June, and it passed its first stage in the Lords in September.
The required line-by-line examination of the bill that follows was delayed, following an amendment by Labour's Baroness Berger to allow a committee of peers to scrutinise the legislation further.
Parliament heard officials worked into the early hours of Thursday morning to compile the suggested changes to the bill that flooded in ahead of the next scrutiny stage, known as committee stage, which begins on Friday.
There appear to be seven opponents to the bill who have submitted 579 amendments between them.
According to the parliamentary authorities, while some bills have had more amendments tabled in total at committee stage, it sets a possible record for the number submitted in the first full list of suggested changes.
They say it is almost certainly unprecedented for the committee stage of this type of bill, known as a private member's bill, which has been put forward by backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater rather than the government.
Experts including Matthew England, a researcher at the Hansard Society, said the number of amendments "does appear to be a record, at least in the recent past".
Others drew comparisons to the bill to take the UK out of the European Union, which had 820 amendments in total.
A peer in favour of the legislation told the BBC that the number of amendments "looks like a delaying tactic to me... It's obviously not a coincidence."
Defending the volume of amendments, Baroness Luciana Berger, who opposes assisted dying, told the BBC that evidence to the select committee "strongly refuted any suggestion this bill is either safe or workable".
"This bill is full of holes which vulnerable people will fall through and be harmed if peers don't act to change and amend it," she added.
However, signatories to the letter highlighted how the bill had "already undergone unprecedented scrutiny" and "offers dying people the choice of a safe, dignified end while strengthening protections for the vulnerable".
Former Royal College of Nursing president Baroness Rafferty was among the 65 peers to have signed, and she was joined by scientist and broadcaster Lord Winston, former Labour leader Lord Kinnock and former Whitehall chief Lord O'Donnell.
They urged opponents to focus on refining the bill to find where "genuine improvements can be made, while respecting both the will of the Commons and the overwhelming support of the public".
In response to the letter, a source close to peers who are concerned about the bill said: "This letter is making claims directly contradicted by the evidence provided in the last few weeks at the Lords select committee by the royal colleges, professionals and independent statutory bodies.
"Evidence and facts are vital when crafting good legislation."
The bill is being treated by parties as a matter of conscience, meaning they will not instruct their MPs or peers how to vote.
The bill will become law in England and Wales only if both the House of Commons and House of Lords agree on the final drafting of the legislation - with approval needed before spring next year, when the current session of Parliament ends.
If it does pass into law, the government has four years in which to get an assisted dying service into place, meaning it could be 2029/30 before the first assisted death happens.
The legislation proposes allowing terminally ill adults with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death.
This would be subject to approval by two doctors and a panel featuring a social worker, a senior legal figure and a psychiatrist.
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London AssemblyThe Metropolitan Police is investigating "tens" of group-based child sexual abuse cases involving what could be described as grooming gangs, the force's commissioner has said.
An initial data search identified around 9,000 historic cases that might fall under the broad national criteria, but after reviewing 2,200 of them only about 1,200 remained in scope, Sir Mark Rowley told the London Assembly.
The commissioner warned against using "grooming gangs" as a catch-all term because offending includes abuse within families, in institutions, between peers and online.
He said the ethnicities of suspects varied and are "reflective of the diversity we see in the city".
During Thursday's meeting, the police commissioner set out details of a national review of child exploitation cases, which has prompted recent political debate.
Sir Mark said a data search had initially identified about 9,000 historic cases in London that might fall under a national definition of group-based sexual offending, which includes any case with two or more suspects and at least one victim.
He also said that figure had been widely misinterpreted as 9,000 grooming gang cases and had led to "unbalanced reporting".
He said the definition used by the national audit was far broader than the public understanding of grooming gangs and covered intra-familial offending, institutional abuse, peer-on-peer cases and online exploitation.
He told the assembly that after reviewing 2,200 of the 9,000 cases, around 1,200 remained in scope and that the number would continue to fall as the work progressed.
The commissioner said that once the initial assessment was complete, the Met expected "maybe 2,000 or 3,000 cases" to be considered for possible reinvestigation, but stressed this would still cover a wide mix of offending types, not solely grooming gangs.
"We do not see the typology reported elsewhere where there have been cases of offending committed by groups of Pakistani men on white British children being the sole or majority case," added Sir Mark.
He also said the Met recorded around 2,000 sexual offences a month, about half of which involved child sexual abuse, and warned that managing current cases alongside historic ones would require extra funding and specialist officers.
"It is important for us to use precise language and consider its impact on victims and public understanding. There is too much ready reach to simplistic analysis which risks misleading communities," he said.
Getty ImagesSir Mark's comments came during a meeting in which London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan was accused of "taking the mickey" out of victims after previously saying there was "no indication of grooming gangs" operating in the capital.
Susan Hall, Conservative group leader, said: "In January, I asked if we had grooming gangs in London. You dismissed my question by pretending you didn't know what I meant."
London AssemblySir Sadiq responded by clarifying "what is meant by grooming gangs", according to the national inquiry announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in June, and outlined the support provided to victims.
The mayor told the assembly that London had "issues in relation to child sexual exploitation" and "child sexual abuse", but that these cases were different to those seen elsewhere in England.
"I've led efforts to strengthen the protection of children and those exploited by abuse and exploitation," he said.
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Chris Watt PhotographyKobi Crolla is not yet 18 months old but he has spent almost all his life in hospital as medics treat him for severe brain damage.
In that time he has suffered countless seizures and endured 17 operations, while his parents have had to give up their jobs to care for him full-time.
Now his mother Kirsty Grandison, 35, is charting their experience on TikTok in a bid to help other parents of sick children in hospital.
"We used to feel like we were the only parent's going through this," she said
"There was no-one online making videos where we could go for advice, so I started making videos to show life in hospital in a bid to help other people."
Her TikTok page has 34,000 followers and receives up to 40 private messages a day.
Chris Watt PhotographyKobi was born 10 weeks prematurely at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh on 17 July 2024.
Despite weighing just 3lb 3oz, his parents initially thought he was doing well.
However, that night doctors "came pouring" into his hospital room in Edinburgh as his tiny lung had collapsed and he had stopped breathing.
Then Kirsty, 35, and her partner Daniel Crolla, 38, received the news "that changed everything" - Kobi had had a grade four brain bleed, the most severe kind.
They were told he would not have any quality of life and they should prepare for the worst and call their family to say their goodbyes.
Against all odds, Kobi pulled through and eight "agonising" days later, they finally got their first cuddle with their son, which felt like a "miracle".
But his parents said his "battles kept coming" with Kobi developing meningitis and each day bringing a new fear with blood transfusions, lumbar punctures and scans.
Chris Watt Photography"He was having up to 10 seizures a day. We were always panicked, always so scared for him. We still are," said Kirsty.
Kobi was diagnosed with hydrocephalus that causes a dangerous build-up of fluid on the brain.
The only option was brain surgery, to install a shunt to allow fluid to be drained from the brain - since then, Kobi has endured 16 surgeries.
"That's 16 times we've handed him over, not knowing if he'd come back," Kirsty said.
Both Daniel, a bus driver, and Kirsty, a carer, have given up their jobs to care full-time for their son.
And Kirsty is using her TikTok page - Kobi The Brave - to give followers a glimpse into the reality of life in a sick kids' unit.
She shows where she buys specially-adapted vests to fit around his feeding tube, how to clean his feeding peg, showing them medicines and setting up Kobi's feeding pump and changing his bed.
"I get messages from other parents in neonatal saying my videos are getting them through and how it's making them not give up hope because they have seen how far Kobi has come from my videos and how well he does despite what he's been through," Kirsty said.
"I want to take all these followers on this journey as I know how many it can help."
Chris Watt PhotographyKirsty said caring for Kobi was the "greatest privilege in the world" but it was exhausting, relentless and a lonely journey.
She plans to continue documenting Kobi's story in a bid to help other parents know there are other people going through a similar experience.
"We don't remember the last time we felt at ease, content," Kirsty said.
"We used to have little bits of ourselves outside all this - football, the gym. Now, we go days without having a shower. Sometimes, you wish someone would ask, 'But how are you?'"
Kirsty and her two children from a previous relationship live in Prestonpans, East Lothian, with Daniel, who has three children.
They take it in turns to stay in the hospital with Kobi day and night.
"We've grieved the life we thought we'd have with Kobi," Kirsty said.
"It's hard not to feel jealous sometimes. You see people worrying about hand prints on the walls or toys all over the floor. We'd give anything for that kind of normal."
Now the family are hoping they can have their "cheeky and determined" Kobi at home with them for Christmas, away from the beeping machines and clinical smells of hospital.
"We will be on edge worrying and thinking what might go wrong," said Daniel
"His head can double in size instantaneously and we have to rush him back to hospital, you see all the veins in his head and it's like a balloon.
"It's very traumatic and we are constantly in a fight or flight mode.
"But when the fear feels overwhelming, his smile pulls us back.
"As a family, we can count on one hand the number of days we've had out together.
"That's all we want - more time, more chances to make memories."
The family are being helped with the hidden costs of hospital life by the Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity.
Chris Watt PhotographyPippa Johnston, deputy chief executive officer at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, said Daniel and Kirsty had shown "so much courage and resilience in the face of such unimaginable hardship and uncertainty".
"While many people will be heading home to be with their loved ones, the sad reality is that many children like Kobi, and their families, will spend the festive season in hospital," she said.
"No-one should feel like they're facing hospital alone, especially at Christmas.
"Alongside our friends in the NHS, we'll be there to bring reassurance, comfort and unexpected moments of joy when they're need most."
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Getty ImagesImagine one night, you're scrolling through social media on your phone, and the ads start to look remarkably familiar. They're decked out in your favourite colours, are featuring your favourite music and the wording sounds like phrases you regularly use.
Welcome to the future of advertising, which is already here thanks to AI.
Advertising company Cheil UK, for example, has been working with startup Spotlight on using large language AI models to understand people's online activity, and adapt that content based on what the AI interprets an individual's personality to be.
The technology can then mirror how someone talks in terms of tone, phrase and pace to change the text of an ad accordingly, and insert music and colours to match, say, whether the AI deems someone to be introverted or extroverted, or have specific preferences for loud or calm music, or light or dark colours.
The aim is to show countless different ads to millions of people, all unique to them.
Brands in retail, consumer electronics, packaged goods, automotive, insurance and banking are already using the technology to create AI-enhanced, personality-driven ads to target online shoppers.
The AI is able to read what people post on public platforms - Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and other public forums - as well as someone's search history, and, most importantly, what people enter into ChatGPT.
Then, with what it deduces about an individual's personality, the AI overlays that on top of what advertisers already know about people. For example, what part of the country you live in, what age bracket you're in, whether you have children or not, what your hobbies might be, where you go on holiday and what clothes you like to wear - information brands can already see through platforms like Facebook or Google.
That's why the jeans you've been searching online for magically appear in your inbox as a sponsored ad, or the holiday you've been searching for seems to follow you around the internet.
CheilThe difference is now AI can change the content of those ads, based on what it thinks your personality is, thanks to what it's been reading about you. It targets individual people, rather than the demographic segments or personas advertisers would traditionally use.
"The shift is that we are moving away from what was collected data based on gender and age, and readily available information, to now, going more into a deeper emotional, psychological level," says Cheil UK CEO Chris Camacho.
"You've now got AI systems that can go in and explore your entire digital footprint - your entire online persona, from your social media interests to what you've been engaging in.
"That level is far deeper than it was previously, and that's when you start to build a picture understanding that individual, so whether they're happy, whether they're sad, or what personal situation they're going through."
An added bonus for advertisers is that they might not even need a bespoke AI system to personalise their output.
Researchers in the US studied the reactions of consumers who were advertised an iPhone, with tailored text written by ChatGPT based on how high that person scored on a list of four different personality attributes.
The study found the personalised text was more persuasive than ads without personalised text - and people didn't mind that it had been written by AI.
"Right now, AI is really excelling on that targeting piece. Where it's still in nascent stages, is on that personalisation piece, where a brand is actually creating creative copy that matches some element of your psychological profile," explains Jacob Teeny, an assistant professor of marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, who led the AI research.
"It still has some development to go, but all roads point to the fact that this will become the way [digital advertising is done]," he adds.
Personalised AI ads could also provide a solution to the problem of digital advertising 'wastage' - the fact that 15% of what brands spend on digital advertising goes unseen or unnoticed, so it generates no value to their business.
Alex CalderNot everyone is convinced that personalisation is the right way to go.
"Congratulations - your AI just spent a fortune creating an ad only one person will ever see, and they've already forgotten it," says Brighton-based Alex Calder, chief consultant at AI innovation consultancy Jagged Edge, which is part of digital marketing company Anything is Possible.
"The real opportunity lies in using AI to deepen the relevance of powerful, mass-reach ideas, rather than fragmenting into one-to-one micro-ads that no one remembers. Creepy slop that brags about knowing your intimate details is still slop."
Ivan Mato at brand consultancy Elmwood agrees. He is also questioning whether people will accept it, whether regulators will allow it, and whether brands should even want to operate this way.
"There's also the surveillance question. All of it depends on a data economy that many consumers are increasingly uncomfortable with," says London-based Mr Mato.
"AI opens new creative possibilities, but the real strategic question isn't whether brands can personalise everything - it's whether they should, and what they risk losing if they do."
ElmwoodAI-personalised ads could also take a dark turn, Mr Camacho at Cheil UK acknowledges.
"There's going to be the camp that uses AI well and in an ethical manner, and then there's going to be those that use it to persuade, influence, and guide people down paths," he says.
"And that's the bit that I personally find quite scary. When you think about elections and political canvassing, and how the use of AI can influence voting decisions and who is going to be elected next.
But Mr Camacho is committed to staying on the right side of ethics.
"We don't have to use AI to make ads creepy or to influence individuals to do things that are unethical. We're trying to stay on the nicer side of it. We're trying to enhance the connection between brands and individuals, and that's all we've ever tried to do."
Getty ImagesResident doctors in England are going on strike between 14 and 19 November, in their 13th walkout since March 2023.
The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, is in a long-running dispute with the government over pay for the medics, who were formerly known as junior doctors.
The government says resident doctors have received pay rises totaling nearly 30% in the past three years, but the union says the increases don't go far enough.
Resident doctors make up around half of all doctors in England. As a patient you could come into contact with a resident doctor in any NHS department, including at A&E and in your GP surgery.
Resident doctors are qualified doctors who have completed a medical degree.
Many then enter speciality training in a particular area of medicine and surgery, or train to become a GP.
They used to be known as junior doctors, but in September 2024 the government agreed to change the name of their role to better reflect their expertise.
Full training can take a long time, so although some resident doctors may have only recently finished medical school, others could have more than a decade of practical experience and be responsible for most aspects of care.
During their first foundation year after finishing their medical degree, resident doctors in England earn a basic salary of £38,831. In their second year, this rises to £44,439.
Medics are often expected to work night shifts, weekends and longer hours, for which they receive extra payments.
After eight years or more as a resident doctor, salaries can progress to around £73,000.
During 2023-24, they received a 22% pay increase over two years. From August 2025, they have been given an additional 5.4%.
The BMA has called a series of strikes in England over pay and working conditions since 2023.
It argues that resident doctors' pay is 20% lower in real terms than it was in 2008, even after the August 2025 increase.
The government uses the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation to calculate public sector pay increases.
However, the BMA says many resident doctors have large student loans and that interest on these is calculated using a different inflation measure called RPI, which is higher.
Using the CPI measure, the government says resident doctors' current pay is fair.
But analysis from the Nuffield Trust think tank suggests pay has fallen 5% since 2008 if CPI is used, compared with nearly 20% with RPI.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says resident doctors have received the largest pay rises of any public sector employees over the last three years, and insists the government won't offer any further increases.
In October the union rejected a fresh offer to cover mandatory exam fees and increase the number of specialist training posts by an extra 2,000 places.
These are roles which many doctors apply for two years after qualification.
In 2025, there were more than 30,000 applicants for 10,000 jobs, although some were foreign doctors.
The BMA argues that said that even after the expansion of places, many resident doctors would be left without a job at a crucial point of their training, and said the pay issue still needed to be addressed.
The union said it had told the government there would be no strikes for the foreseeable future if doctors were offered a multi-year deal "that restores pay over time", and expressed disappointment at the lack of progress.
The strike in England will last from 0700 on Friday 14 July to 0700 on Wednesday 19 July.
The NHS has urged patients to "come forward for care as usual" during the period.
Anyone with a life-threatening emergency should call 999 and attend the emergency department if needed.
For urgent, non life-threatening issues the advice is to use the NHS 111 website or to call the helpline. GP surgeries will be open as normal.
Most planned hospital appointments and procedures should go ahead as scheduled. The NHS says anyone whose appointment is postponed will be contacted in advance.
As happened during previous industrial action, hospitals have been told they should only cancel routine appointments in exceptional circumstances.
The target set this time is for a minimum of 95% of "planned activity" to take place on strike days.
But NHS chiefs accept that the ongoing industrial action has disrupted the care for thousands of patients.
Government analysis shows that 507,000 appointments and operations were cancelled or rescheduled during the previous wave of strikes between July 2023 and February 2024 - which involved some consultants.
The latest strike action takes place as the NHS starts to face additional winter pressures, such as a rising number of flu cases.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not affected by the latest walk-out.
In May 2025, the government announced pay rises for a number of public sector workers, including:
However, because a medical degree can take five or six years to complete - longer than most other degree courses - the BMA argues resident doctors' pay should reflect the fact that they may have more student debt than other graduates.
Resident doctors also have little control on where and when they are asked to work, and that the need to do placements in different parts of the country can be expensive.
中国国家主席习近平将不出席本月晚些时候举行的二十国集团（G20）峰会，为面临美国总统特朗普抵制的东道国南非带来了又一则坏消息。
中国外交部星期四（11月13日）宣布，中国国务院总理李强将代表中国出席11月22日在约翰内斯堡开幕的领导人峰会。外交部声明并未解释去年出席G20的习近平为何今年缺席。
G20的创立旨在应对全球经济问题，通常由国家元首出席。彭博社指出，上述决定意味着中美这两个全球最大经济体，以及俄罗斯的最高领导人都将缺席本届G20。
特朗普早前指责南非虐待阿非利卡裔白人（南非和纳米比亚的白人移民后裔），称美国官员将集体缺席。俄罗斯总统普京则因国际刑事法院的逮捕令出席仍受限制。
自冠病疫情以来，习近平大幅减少了国际出访，仅出席在会议间隙举行密集边会的重大峰会，例如上月在亚太经合组织峰会前于韩国与特朗普的会晤。
与此同时，习近平转而推行“主场外交”，今年早些时候接待了普京、印度总理莫迪和朝鲜领导人金正恩，在中美竞争加剧之际寻求与地区国家加强联系。习近平2023年曾赴南非出席金砖国家峰会，去年也在北京接待了非洲国家领导人。
美国国际战略研究中心高级顾问甘思德（Scott Kennedy）指出，习近平缺席G20峰会并不意味着该会议在北京眼中的重要性有所下降，“这些全球治理机构仍是中国传达自身理念的重要场合。”
中国外交部发言人林剑周四在例行记者会上表示，G20领导人峰会首次在非洲大陆举办，具有重要历史意义，表示北京支持南非主席国工作。
中国神舟二十号载人飞船疑似被微小太空碎片撞击后，航天员将在星期五（11月14日）乘坐神舟二十一号飞船返回地面。
据新华社报道，神舟二十号航天员乘组将在星期五，乘坐神舟二十一号飞船返回东风着陆场。
中国载人航天工程办公室称，目前神舟二十号航天员陈冬、陈中瑞、王杰状态良好，着陆场及各参试系统正在紧锣密鼓做好迎接他们回家的各项准备。
根据计划安排，中国后续将择机发射神舟二十二号飞船。
今年4月24日，神舟二十号发射，三名航天员此后在空间站驻留长达六个月，顺利完成全部既定任务。搭载三名航天员的神舟二十一号10月31日深夜升空，隔天凌晨与空间站对接，两个乘组11月4日举行交接仪式，正式移交空间站“钥匙”。
原本预计11月5日返回地面的神舟二十号乘组，却因飞船疑似遭到微小太空碎片撞击，中国官方在当天宣布推迟返回任务。
中国商务部长王文涛星期二（11月11日）与西班牙部长会面时，批评荷兰以行政令方式不当干预安世半导体企业内部事务，呼吁荷兰尽快撤销相关措施。
中国商务部官网星期四（13日）公布王文涛与西班牙经济、贸易与企业大臣奎尔波会面内容。双方就中西、中欧经贸关系等交换意见。
王文涛指荷兰政府以行政令方式不当干预安世半导体企业内部事务，严重违背契约精神和市场原则，应为当前全球半导体供应链混乱负主要责任。
王文涛强调，中国为推动解决本案做了大量工作，并积极回应业界的迫切呼声，对符合条件的出口予以许可豁免。中国将继续以理性、专业、负责任的态度与荷方保持沟通。
他也说，希望荷兰以负责任的态度将口头表态切实转为实际行动，“尽快撤销相关措施，纠正错误做法，恢复全球半导体供应链的稳定”。
荷兰政府今年9月底以国家安全为由，强制接管隶属于中国闻泰科技的安世半导体。北京随后对安世在华工厂实施出口禁令，引发全球汽车制造供应链中断的担忧。
不过，美国总统特朗普和中国国家主席习近平10月底于韩国会晤、就经贸问题达成一定共识后，安世风波出现转机。中国已恢复出口部分安世半导体晶片，条件是购买方承诺晶片仅用于民用用途。
日本首相高市早苗和中国外交官言论事件持续发酵，中国副外长孙卫东星期四（11月13日）奉示召见日本驻华大使金杉宪治，对高市的言行提出严正交涉。
中国外交部在官网公布，孙卫东指高市早苗在国会答辩时“公然发表涉台露骨挑衅言论，暗示可能武力介入台海问题，性质影响极其恶劣。在中方多次严正交涉后，日方仍不思悔改，拒不撤回错误言论”。中方对此强烈不满、坚决反对，向日本提出严正交涉和强烈抗议。
孙卫东批评高市的涉台言论“极其错误、极为危险，粗暴干涉中国内政，严重违背国际法和国际关系基本准则，严重破坏战后国际秩序，严重违背一个中国原则和中日四个政治文件精神，严重破坏中日关系政治基础，严重伤害中国人民感情”。
他强调，台湾问题是中国核心利益中的核心，是不可触碰的红线和底线。台湾是中国的神圣领土，台湾事务纯属中国内政。如何解决台湾问题是中国人自己的事，不容任何外来干涉。
孙卫东说，今年是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年，也是台湾光复80周年。“80年前，英勇的中国人民历经14年浴血奋战，打败了日本侵略者。80年后的今天，任何人胆敢以任何形式干涉中国统一大业，中方必将予以迎头痛击！”
他也说，中国再次敦促日本深刻反省历史罪责，“立即反思纠错，收回恶劣言论，不要在错误的道路上越走越远，否则一切后果必须由日方承担”。
中国外交部发言人林剑在同一天举行的例行记者会上警告，如果日本胆敢武力介入台海局势，将构成侵略行为，中方必将迎头痛击。
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Getty ImagesNo-fault evictions will be outlawed in England from 1 May, the government confirmed, as it set out the timeline for sweeping renters' reforms.
The changes also see the end of fixed-term tenancy contracts, as renters move onto so-called "rolling" agreements, as well as an end to "bidding wars" and clearer rules on having pets.
Landlords have said the reforms would increase the screening of prospective tenants and have spoken of nervousness around what happens when tenancies go wrong.
Housing Secretary Steve Reed said the government was "calling time" on "rogue landlords" by initiating a raft of measures in the Renters' Rights Act.
"We're now on a countdown of just months to that law coming in - so good landlords can get ready and bad landlords should clean up their act," he added.
Shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said the reforms "will drive landlords from the market, reduce supply and send prices up for tenants".
He said that, "with a start date of May 2026, we are now set for a six-month fire sale with tenants forced out at short notice".
Approximately 4.4m households in England rented from a private landlord between 2021 to 2023. The new rules will affect more than 11 million people.
The Renters' Rights Act - described as the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years - was formally approved at the end of October.
While many renters welcomed the introduction of the timeline, some landlords expressed concern about the speed of the changes.
Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, said the deadline alone to implement the changes is "not enough".
He added: "We have argued consistently that landlords and property businesses need at least six months from the publication of regulations to ensure the sector is properly prepared for the biggest changes it has faced for over 40 years."
From May, properties will be rented on a "periodic" or rolling basis, rather than under a fixed 12 or 24-month contract.
Tenants who want to leave can give two months' notice, which the government says will prevent tenants paying rent for substandard properties.
Landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants for complaining about poor conditions.
More than 11,000 households in England had their homes repossessed by bailiffs following a section 21 eviction in the year to June.
Victoria, 25, had to suspend studying for her degree after she received a section 21 eviction notice in March.
She was living in Durham while studying at the University of Northumbria and believes the eviction was partly due to complaints about the property's condition.
"I ended up having no choice but to move back in with my parents and I was devastated."
Kerrie Portman, 27, became homeless after reporting significant mold in her Cambridgeshire flat to environmental health in 2020.
The council placed her in temporary accommodation while the landlord was told to address the issue, but she was still stuck paying rent.
She said: "I think it's outrageous that the landlord continued to charge me full rent... ultimately, he didn't really face any obstacles."
A few weeks after she moved back in, she was given a section 21 notice, making her homeless. She would nap in public bathrooms, sleep on long bus routes and shower at her gym.
"I think it's so ridiculous that your whole safety net and foundation can be pulled away on a whim of the landlord," Kerrie said.
Ten households in Hackney, East London, in houses that are all owned by the same landlord, said they had recently been issued with section 21 notices without reason.
One of the affected tenants, who did not want to give her name, said she was "really panicking".
"We were looking for a place this time last year and it took us three to four months to find one," she said.
The government confirmed that all section 21 notices issued before May will stand, but it said landlords must begin court repossession proceedings by 31 July 2026.
The overhaul of the current system means that, from 1 May, landlords will only be able to evict tenants in certain circumstances: if tenants damage a property, commit antisocial behaviour, or fall significantly behind paying the rent.
Maureen Treadwell contacted BBC News with concerns about the new law. Her family rent out 10 properties in Hampshire.
"There are draconian fines if you get things wrong, so the whole thing feels anti-landlord," she said.
She raised her fears that, without reforms to the court system making it quicker to evict bad tenants, there will be an exodus of people who want to let their homes.
"Is it worth letting your house and then having a court fight to recover it, or a one-year delay? It's not worth it. So it will end up making the housing crisis worse."
Reed told the BBC he was "working with the Ministry of Justice to look at how we can ensure that there are not undue delays" in situations where a landlord wanted to evict a tenant who was misbehaving.
In addition, landlords will be able to evict tenants if they want to sell or move into the property but not in the first 12 months after a tenancy begins.
The new laws also include banning bidding wars and discrimination of parents and those on benefits, as well as setting out a clearer process for those renting with pets.
Many renters' groups have welcomed the changes. The Renters Reform Coalition - which includes Shelter, Generation Rent and Citizens Advice - says section 21 is "a huge issue".
"It is not the prospect of giving renters these vital rights that is fuelling record homelessness, but the gross injustice of no-fault evictions," said Shelter's Mairi MacRae.
The Renters' Rights Act applies to England. Scotland abolished no-fault evictions in 2017, but Wales and Northern Ireland still have no-fault evictions under something similar to section 21. In 2022, Wales increased the notice period for these to six months.
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