2025 November 08 BBC One minute World News

This is BBC News. I'm Ann-Janice Gadgill, the headlines. Republican senators in the US fail in their bid to ensure pay for essential federal workers as the longest government shutdown in US history continues. Former British soldier Robert James Perkis has been arrested over allegations he murdered a young woman in Kenya more than a decade ago. The body of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was discovered two months after she disappeared in March 2012. Perkis denies the charge. The UK government is expected to announce changes to immigration laws, making it tougher for those seeking asylum. And people flying first class or business class or travelling in private jets could be subject to a new tax if a proposal at the COP climate conference in Brazil is taken up by other countries.