Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Professor Brian Cox speaks to Baroness Ashton about her committee’s call for more government investment in the space economy
UK How do we record what is said in Parliament? ✍️
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Hansard reporter Hannah explains the process.
Watch the full explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FPSxMh-l7o
UK Brian Cox on the space economy
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
The Space Economy: act now or lose out. The House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee recently published its report calling on the government to take action if UK is to be a winner in the new race for space.
Professor Brian Cox gave evidence to the committee during its inquiry and now speaks to committee chair, Baroness Ashton of Upholland about what they’ve learnt and what the government should do next.
Find out more about the committee’s recommendations to government https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/773/uk-engagement-with-space-committee/news/210034/government-needs-to-take-action-if-uk-is-to-be-a-winner-in-new-race-for-space/
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Making the Green Transition Work for People and the Economy
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
A sustainable future is not just about going green — it’s about shared economic opportunity.
This year’s Equitable Transition Report looks at how the move to a cleaner economy can generate shared benefits.
Read our full report “Making the Green Transition work for People and the Economy” to learn how we’re making this vision a reality through the Equitable Transition Initiative: https://wef.ch/equitabletransition25
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UK Marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War | Elizabeth Tower Remembrance Projection 2025
UK Pillar 3 of the NSS – Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
In this session, MPs and Peers will examine the Government’s ambition to increase the UK’s ‘sovereign and asymmetric capabilities’, set out in Pillar 3 of the National Security Strategy (NSS).
Committee members are likely to ask what these terms mean in practice, what challenges the Government may come up against in trying to deliver them, and whether both the NSS and Defence Industrial Strategy give clear enough direction to industry.
Asia and Pacific Economic Growth Projections — October 2025
Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Asia remains the fastest-growing region, driving about 60% of global growth this year and next. But headwinds from higher tariffs and global uncertainty weigh on prospects. Growth is projected at 4.5% in 2025 and 4.1% in 2026.
Read more in our Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/apac/issues/2025/10/24/regional-economic-outlook-for-asia-and-pacific-october-2025
Sixth ECB Forum on Banking Supervision 2025 | Day 2
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Every two years the Forum brings together high-level policymakers, academics, financial executives and experts to exchange views on current developments in banking and supervision.
What disruptors are challenging our status quo, and how should banks respond to prevalent uncertainty? How are geopolitics shaping the financial sector? Have a look at the programme and join inspiring discussions.
The conference will take place on 13 and 14 November 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.
See the conference programme here:
https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251113_6th_ECB_Forum_Banking_supervision.en.html
Like cash, but digital: the facts behind the digital euro
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Our payment habits are changing. With digital payments on the rise, we need to preserve people’s freedom to choose how to pay: there’s cash, card, online transfers – and soon, we could have a digital euro.
But what is the digital euro, and how will it work? Will it replace cash? Concerns about data security and government control have sparked debate around the digital euro, often fuelled by disinformation.
We separate fact from fiction as our host Stefania Secola teams up with Aidas Palubinskas from EU Finance Podcast to speak to Executive Board member Piero Cipollone about modernising our money.
The views expressed are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the European Central Bank.
Recorded on 4 November 2025 and published on 13 November 2025.
In this episode:
02:18 The digital what?
What is the digital euro, and how will it work in practice? Don’t we already pay digitally?
13:48 What will happen to cash?
Would introducing the digital euro mean the end of cash? And could it take away business from banks and other financial service providers?
16:25 How secure would the digital euro be really?
What about hackers? Will our money be safe, and will the digital euro affect the integrity of the payments system?
19:31 Did someone say Big Brother?
Will central banks, governments and other authorities have access to our data ? How private will our payments really be?
24:52 When will we have a digital euro?
Where are we in the process and what are the next steps? How are EU institutions like the European Commission and the European Parliament involved in the digital euro project?
29:17 Our guests’ hot tips
Piero Cipollone shares his hot tip.
EU Finance Podcast – the future of finance
https://finance.ec.europa.eu/eu-finance-podcast-future-finance_en
Digital euro
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html
President Lagarde explains the next digital euro phase
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQd60z9jfjV/?igsh=MTV2OW4zNXp5cHJvNA==
The ECB Podcast: The digital euro, demystified https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/tvservices/podcast/html/ecb.pod231024_episode71.en.html
Press release: Eurosystem moving to next phase of digital euro project, 30 October 2025
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr251030~8c5b5beef0.en.html
The ECB Blog: Making euro cash fit for the future https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2025/html/ecb.blog20250804~9d3993abe0.en.html
Fit of the digital euro in the payment ecosystem https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/timeline/profuse/shared/pdf/ecb.deprep251030_digital_euro_fit_payment_ecosystem_report.en.pdf
UNRWA: Extraordinarily operational in Gaza – Press Conference | United Nations
Source: United Nations (video statements)
UNRWA Commissioner-General briefed the press on UNRWA’s services and ongoing operations and said that his agency is “extraordinarily operational.”
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said, “There is a perception that the agency is not operational in Gaza or in the West Bank, and we even heard today at the 4th Committee, the representative of Israel saying that UNRWA has been fully replaced and other agencies have stepped in. And I think it’s important that we correct this perception.”
He continued, “It is true that there is today, 2 bills adopted by the Knesset – you are all very well aware -which started to be implemented as from the end of January. The impact was on the operational presence in East Jerusalem, primary our schools, and the second impact has been that we had to withdraw our international staff, both from the West Bank and Gaza.”
“But in reality,” he stressed, “we are extraordinarily operational. In Gaza, we still have 12,000 staff. They are primarily involved in providing, focusing in public health and in education. They have never ever stopped providing lifesaving assistance to the population, and since the ceasefire is in place, they have scaled up their activities across the Gaza Strip.”
He added, “Just to give you few examples, I shared, also examples this morning at the 4th committee. But we have currently, about 75,000 people were sheltered in hundreds of our premises across the Gaza Strip. We have, over the last two years, provided more than 15 million primary health consultations. Today, the average is about 14,000 a day.”
He said, “We have just started with UNICEF and WHO again, a vaccination campaign and I keep saying, you know that these are good examples of partnership on the ground. We have UNICEF bringing the supply to vaccine. We have WHO in charge of the cold chain, but the nurses, the staff providing to the children the vaccine, the health staff from UNRWA.”
He also said, “In the West Bank we are also very active. Our schools are open. We have about 50,000 children in our schools. By the way, the number of children has increased. We registered an increase of more than 3-4,000 kids coming from the PA schools back to UNRWA schools. And when it comes to primary health, we have also provided into 2025, more than 700,000 health consultations.”
He highlighted, “With 12,000 staff in Gaza, 4 to 5 into West Bank, – in West Bank, we are the second biggest employer of civil servant, and in Gaza, we are the main employer. So, we remain, despite, contrary to what it’s been conveyed, the main agency.”
He stated, “If you get rid of such expertise, such workforce, with an organization having very strong trust from the community, you can only weaken, in fact, any effort trying to promote stabilization.”