Source: United Nations (video statements)
Leaders Gather at World Summit for Social Development
World leaders are gathering in Doha, Qatar, for a high-level UN conference aimed at reigniting the vision of people-centred, inclusive development.
From 4 to 6 November, Heads of State, ministers, civil society, youth and private sector representatives will assess progress, confront persistent gaps, and chart a renewed path forward to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Source: European Commission (video statements)
The European Commission has just adopted its 2025 Enlargement Package, reaffirming that EU enlargement remains a top priority.
The report looks at how far Ukraine, Moldova, Albania, Montenegro, and others have come on their path to EU membership.
Enlargement is a shared journey, the EU and its partners must keep growing together.
Source: European Central Bank (video statements)
Sixth ECB Forum on Banking Supervision 2025
Resilience in times of disruption
Thursday, 13 and Friday, 14 November 2025
European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251113_6th_ECB_Forum_Banking_supervision.en.html
Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
Hospital wards can be noisy places, even at night – and this is affecting patient recovery times.
In the UK, the Silent Hospital Pilot Project – a collaboration between the NHS and DNV Imatis – is trying a different approach. It’s trialling a new system on an antenatal ward that replaces the bells patients ring to attract the attention of nurses or midwives with alerts that are sent directly to staff’s mobile phones. The results so far? Better rested newborns and mothers, faster recovery times, and more efficient patient care.
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Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
In its new report ‘The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out’, the Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee says with a clearer strategy, strong leadership and smart investment, the UK can build on its world-class expertise to be a lead player in the new, global space economy.
The committee says the government should:
🟥 appoint a dedicated space minister and space champion
🟥 establish a space skills taskforce to train the next generation of talent
🟥 strengthen international partnerships to ensure UK space co-operation is part of foreign policy development.
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Source: United Nations (video statements)
Opening press encounter for the Second World Summit for Social Development with the UN Secretary-General.
Speaker: António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
Moderated by: Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA RECEIVES REPORT OF G20 TASK TEAM ON INEQUALITY
Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)
Journalists from the Times, the Mail and the Independent will give opening evidence on the Afghan data breach and on the super-injunction that prohibited reporting of the Afghan data breach for nearly two years will give evidence to the Defence Committee.
Holly Bancroft from the Independent, Larisa Brown from the Times, and Sam Greenhill from the Daily Mail, will appear together.
Members are likely to ask for the witnesses’ personal perspective on the unprecedented use of a super-injunction to protect those affected by the data breach, which also suppressed public debate and media and parliamentary scrutiny of the breach and the Government’s response to it.
The witnesses are also likely to be asked about the risk of Afghans who worked with UK forces being targeted for reprisals due to the data breach, as well as more generally.
Source: United Nations (video statements)
Opening remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the Second World Summit for Social Development WSSD2 (Doha, Qatar 4-6 November 2025).
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, recalled that the first gathering in Copenhagen in 1995 was “a moment of moral clarity”, reminding the world that “true development isn’t about prosperity for the few — it’s about opportunities for the many”.
He hailed progress since then — more than a billion people lifted from poverty, near-historic low unemployment, and expanded access to healthcare, education and social protection — all achieved through “actions by the global community to deliver on the promise of the 2030 Agenda”.
But today, he warned, the world faces “high global uncertainty, divisions, conflicts and widespread human suffering”. Hunger, poverty, and displacement persist, while “developing countries are not getting the level of support they need”. The world is “not moving fast enough” on climate change and is “falling short on the Sustainable Development Goals”.
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
Lord Sikka recently questioned the government on the social cost of leaving water companies in private ownership. Watch the full video on our channel.
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