Daily Inshorts - 16 October 2025

Daily Inshorts - 16 October 2025

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Starmer and CPS face questions as China spy row deepens

The government's deputy national security adviser warned in 2023 that China was carrying out "large scale espionage" activities against the UK.

Chris Mason: Digesting the key segments and changes in China documents

Both this government and its Conservative predecessor had deep worries about Chinese espionage, writes the BBC's political editor.

Thousands in UK sue Johnson & Johnson over talcum powder cancer risks

The claim involves 3,000 people and focuses on internal memos and scientific reports, seen by the BBC.

Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright, Giuffre claimed in memoir

Virginia Giuffre, who took her life earlier this year, gives her account of meeting Prince Andrew.

Britain's asylum hotels problem: the woman with a bold plan to solve it

Instead of using private contractors to provide hotel rooms to asylum seekers, could paying councils to buy more properties be the solution?

Northeast monsoon arrives early over Tamil Nadu; heavy rains lash many districts

RMC, Chennai, declared the simultaneous exit of the Southwest monsoon from the country and the onset of the Northeast monsoon rainfall over parts of the southern peninsular region, including Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal, on Thursday

42% Backward Class quota in local body polls: Supreme Court dismisses Telangana's plea against HC order

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the State’s plea against the October 9 order of the Telangana High Court

Rift deepens in Telangana Congress; Minister Surekha’s daughter goes live on social media levelling allegations

Death of Sindhi spiritual leader Sai Chanduram irreparable loss to spiritual world: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi visited the Shiv Shanti Ashram in Lucknow on October 16, to pay his last respects to the revered head priest of the Ashram

Arunachal group pushes for Freedom of Religion Act implementation

The Arunachal Christian Forum is opposed to the Act, which the Indigenous Faith and Cultural Society of Arunachal Pradesh insists is not against any religion