The UK government is preparing reform of the asylum system. Under plans outlined by Home Affairs Minister Shabana Mahmood in an interview with The Times, refugees will have to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent residency. Currently, refugee status is granted for five years, after which people can apply for indefinite stay. Under the new plan, asylum seekers will only be allowed to stay in the UK temporarily. Refugee status will be reviewed every two and a half years.

Donald Trump purchased municipal and corporate bonds worth at least $82 million during the fall, Bloomberg writes , citing data from the US Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Among the recent acquisitions of the American president are securities of Netflix Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., Boeing Co., Meta Platforms Inc., Home Depot Inc., Broadcom Inc. and Intel Corp., in which the US government acquired a stake during his administration.

The administration of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic intends to invest more than 1 billion rubles in the creation of infrastructure for “military-patriotic tourism” in the occupied territory of Donbass. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister of the region Kirill Makarov in an interview with RIA Novosti. According to him, a “large interdepartmental tourism headquarters” has already been created in the region, which will coordinate work on the project.

Authorities in northern Atlantic territories have warned that the threat of hybrid warfare, including sabotage of undersea communications cables by Russia and others, is moving from the Baltic Sea to the Arctic. According to the Financial Times, Greenland plans to lay a new cable to Denmark. As Aja Chemnitz, a member of the Danish Parliament from Greenland, reported, the island is now provided with Internet by two cables: from Canada and from Iceland.

Kiev has reached an agreement with Greece on gas, Vladimir Zelensky said . “This will be another direction for gas supply - in order to secure gas import routes for Ukraine as much as possible for the winter,” said the Ukrainian president. According to Zelensky, Ukraine needs to purchase gas worth almost €2 billion, which will compensate for the loss of Ukrainian production due to attacks by the Russian army.

American Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said that the classified part of Jeffrey Epstein's archives contains the names of at least twenty famous people - politicians, billionaires and producers who are suspected of involvement in Epstein's crimes and who have not yet been investigated. He announced this on ABC TV. Update: ABC later replaced the video excerpt from the broadcast, and in the accompanying text removed Massey's words about the 20 dignitaries.

The Moscow prosecutor's office also reported the discovery of human remains in Golyanovsky Pond, without saying anything about the age of the victim. According to Baza, the child’s head was in the backpack. The Telegram channel also writes that, according to preliminary data, the cause of death, which occurred more than two days ago, was asphyxia. Traces and bruises were found on the neck, indicating that the child had been strangled.

Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan responded to Russian designer and blogger Artemy Lebedev, who previously criticized Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over cognac. On his Twitter, the politician called the blogger a “propagandist” and a “media philanderer.” “How can we explain to this media lizard that the name “cognac” is something that has been licensed for a long time, and it is simply impossible to sell a product outside Armenia with such a name.

Reprisals against prisoners are a direct violation of the Geneva Conventions. According to the Third Geneva Convention (1949) concerning the Treatment of Prisoners of War and Additional Protocol I (1977), the killing of prisoners without trial, execution without due process, torture, ill-treatment, bullying, etc. are prohibited. The one who gives such orders is also considered a war criminal.

Russian fighter Islam Makhachev defeated Jack Della Maddalena from Australia in the main fight of the UFC 322 tournament, held in New York. According to RBC-Sport, the fight lasted all five five-minute rounds, and most of the time the Russian kept his opponent on the ground on his back. The judges unanimously awarded the victory to Makhachev, who as a result took the UFC welterweight championship belt from Maddalena.

In Balashikha, near Moscow, the body of a six-year-old boy was found, whose head was found the day before in Golyanovsky Pond in Moscow. TASS reports this with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. According to investigators, his parents were involved in the murder. The Shot Telegram channel claims that the mother and stepfather are suspected.

News The Insider November 16, 2025 The PREMIER online cinema announced the start of filming of the comedy series “The Other Side of the Coin” about the service and life of volunteers at the front in Ukraine. The project is being directed by Oleg Fomin from a script by SVO member Nikolai Sidorov. Comedian Vadim Galygin is announced as one of the general producers.

News The Insider November 16, 2025 Photo: @Dyspozytura_T On the railway line between Warsaw and Dęblin in the Zicina region (60 km from Warsaw), damage to the track was discovered near the Mika station, Polish police reported . The driver noticed the damage, the report said. At that moment, there were two passengers and several crew members on the train. The relevant services arrived at the scene and train traffic was stopped.