While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 6, 2025
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US President Donald Trump presenting his reciprocal tariff rates for countries around the world, outside the White House, on April 2.
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US Supreme Court questions legality of Trump’s tariffs
US Supreme Court justices raised doubts on Nov 5 over the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs in a case with implications for the global economy that marks a major test of Mr Trump’s powers.
Both conservative and liberal justices sharply questioned the lawyer representing Mr Trump’s administration about whether the president had intruded on the power of Congress in imposing tariffs under a 1977 law meant for use during national emergencies.
But some of the conservative justices also signalled that they were wrestling with their recognition of the inherent power that presidents have in dealing with foreign countries, suggesting the court could be sharply divided in the outcome of the case.
The court has a 6-3 conservative majority.
Angelina Jolie visits Ukraine’s front-line city of Kherson
Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to a southern Ukrainian front-line city, in her second visit to the country since Russia launched its invasion, Ukrainian media reported on Nov 5.
Jolie, who has previously been a United Nations ambassador for refugees, visited a maternity ward and a children’s hospital in Kherson, a city which was briefly occupied by Moscow in 2022 and still comes under daily Russian bombardment.
A photo published by local official Vitaly Bogdanov showed Jolie, whose hit films include Maleficent, Mr & Mrs Smith and the Lara Croft series, wearing a bulletproof vest with Ukrainian insignia.
UK police manhunt for two wrongly freed prisoners
British police said on Nov 5 they had launched a manhunt for two prisoners, including an Algerian, mistakenly released from jail, angering parliamentarians at the latest mix-up committed by the UK’s beleaguered prison system.
The error heaps further embarrassment on Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s struggling centre-left Labour government as the hard-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party surges in national polls.
London’s Metropolitan Police force said in a statement it was looking for 24-year-old Brahim Kaddour Cherif, a registered sex offender, after he was released in error a week ago.
German nurse gets life sentence for killing 10 patients
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A palliative nurse was convicted on Nov 5 of the murder of 10 patients with lethal injections and the attempted murder of 27 others and was handed a life sentence by a German court.
Prosecutors had argued that the nurse injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives to ease his workload at night.
The crime was found to be particularly severe, said a spokesperson for the court in Aachen, meaning the nurse has little chance of being released after 15 years, the minimum time that can be served for a life sentence in Germany.
Man arrested after allegedly groping Mexico’s President
A man has been arrested for allegedly groping and trying to kiss Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as she greeted supporters in the country’s capital.
The incident happened on Nov 4 as Ms Sheinbaum walked to an event near the presidential palace, shaking hands and taking pictures with people along the way, videos on social media showed.
The man approached Ms Sheinbaum, allegedly put his arm around her shoulder, and with the other hand touched her hip and chest, while attempting to kiss her neck.
