Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor known for roles in "Alien," "Top Gun" and "Picket Fences," has died at 93. His family said he died of natural causes, and his publicist confirmed that to Variety. His screen career spanned about 60 years and also included "M*A*S*H," "A River Runs Through It" and "Steel Magnolias."
Sky News – Front Page Sky News – Front Page Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor known for roles in "Alien," "Top Gun" and "Picket Fences," has died at 93. His family said he died of natural causes, and his publicist confirmed that to Variety. His screen career spanned about 60 years and also included "M*A*S*H," "A River Runs Through It" and "Steel Magnolias."
NYTimes – World The International Criminal Court has been awarded the European Union's Sakharov Prize, the bloc's top human rights award. The announcement comes less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced sanctions against the court, and the win is framed by several reports as EU support for the ICC amid US pressure.
Sky News – Front Page A US federal judge has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition by December 11 in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC, or risk dismissal of the case. The BBC has accused Trump of seeking to delay the deposition until January 2027. Trump filed the lawsuit last December; reports describe it as a $10bn claim.
Sky News – World France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus, a bunyavirus normally found in livestock, in a patient who died in early October. Health authorities said the case appeared exceptional and that there was no apparent public health risk. Investigations are under way to determine whether the virus contributed to the death.
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar said she plans to move out of her Washington, D.C. home after federal agents raided it last week as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud. She cited safety concerns, including death threats and the raid making the apartment's address public.
NYTimes – World A Houthi strike on an airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, killed two people, the current-framing report says. The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and the families of US government employees to leave Saudi Arabia because of the threat from Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia, which has been attacking the kingdom's aviation and energy sectors. The Guardian reported that similar withdrawals were emerging in the UAE, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain amid concerns about a return to conflict with Iran after US midterm elections.
NYTimes – US Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers held their final Michigan Senate debate, clashing over policy while repeatedly accusing each other of loyalty issues. El-Sayed charged Rogers with excessive devotion to President Trump; Rogers questioned El-Sayed's loyalty to the country. The exchange was more cordial than their previous debate, with immigration also discussed.
Becky Drury says she was hit by gunfire before she could intervene in attack that killed four, including three children A teacher wounded in last week’s shooting at a Bend, Oregon, elementary school shared her account of the incident, and how she was shot before she could intervene and “[pretended] to be dead”. Becky Drury was seriously wounded at Silver Rail elementary when Griffin J John II, a 16-year-old former s…
NYTimes – US Social media personality Braden Peters, known online as Clavicular, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he raped a 17-year-old girl at his family's Massachusetts home. The "looksmaxxing" influencer is accused of giving the girl alcohol until she was drunk and sexually assaulting her in 2025. He appeared briefly for arraignment in Orleans, Mass., on Cape Cod.
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BBC News – Science & Environment The International Criminal Court has been awarded the European Union's Sakharov Prize, the bloc's top human rights award. The announcement comes less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced sanctions against the court, and the win is framed by several reports as EU support for the ICC amid US pressure.
