Published13 November 2026, 01:10 GMT
A number of Friday's papers splash on the resignation of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. It comes after the tech firm announced an investigation on Sunday following reports Huang had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. Beijing has denied targeting the tech boss. The New York Times has also reported Huang had a second affair with an executive at the company. "Share price suffers as fears for succession grip investors", writes the Financial Times.
The Times meanwhile leads on its report that six more women have accused Russell Brand of "sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour". He was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison on Monday after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. The paper says his lawyers did not respond to the latest allegations. Separately, it reports the government has granted planning permission to house asylum seekers at a former military site near Piddington in Oxfordshire.
The Sun also splashes on Brand. It reports that he "is being assessed for the switch to HMP Wakefield" in West Yorkshire from London's HMP Wandsworth where he is being held. HMP Wakefield is "seen as safer", the paper reports. Paedophile Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman, was killed in HMP Wakefield in October 2025.
The Guardian also splashes on Jensen Huang's resignation. In other news, its front page features a report on "sweeping government proposals" under which children found guilty of some offences will no longer have to disclose their criminal records to prospective employers "for the rest of their lives". Ministers say this will make life fairer and boost youth employment, the paper reports.
The forthcoming UK-EU summit leads the i Paper's front page today. A "historic agreement [is] edging closer with both sides upbeat" ahead of next week's meeting, the paper reports. It quotes an unnamed senior UK official as saying: "I do think that we are making real progress on this stuff."
Aside from news of Huang – whom the paper calls "Silicon Valley's top AI tech bro" – the Daily Mail also leads on what it calls the "staggering cost of PM's EU reset". It says a parliamentary committee report has warned that signing up to EU rules on food and farming "will lead to an avalanche of new Brussels regulations in the UK". Ahead of the summit, Burnham told ministers: "We will take opportunities that make people in this country better off."
The Daily Express meanwhile splashes on criticism of the prime minister's EU plans by Conservative MP Dame Priti Patel, who has warned he "risks dragging Britain backwards". Burnham is "set to sign major giveaways with Brussels", according to the Express.
"Taxman to hound bereaved for decades" is the front page headline of Friday's Daily Telegraph. It reports that Labour proposals would bring an end to the four-year limit on HMRC inquiries into the estates of those who have died. A government spokesman said "this does not mean new powers and will not affect the vast majority of taxpayers", and that the updates to HRMC's existing powers "reflect how tax information is stored and processed digitally".
Around 100 blades have been taken off the streets every day since summer 2024, the Daily Mirror reports this morning, pointing to the "success of police amnesties, raids and seizures". Separately, the paper also carries a photograph of Michael Carrick, who has been sacked as the manager of Manchester United.
The Metro meanwhile leads on a report that a number of water bosses "have had £6.5m in bonuses blocked because of a new rule banning the payouts if their firms cause pollution or let down customers". It cites regulator Ofwat's list of nine companies whose bosses missed out. Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle told the paper a wide-ranging review would "ensure that failure doesn't pay".
The Daily Star reports that it is "the end of the world as we snow it". "Scientists have predicted that the apocalypse is now", it writes. It comes as the first cold health alerts of the season cover parts of England into Saturday afternoon.
Nvidia features prominently on many of Friday's front pages. The Financial Times describes what it calls the "spectacular fall" of Jensen Huang, who it says was allowed to mould much of the White House's policy on artificial intelligence. One major shareholder in the firm tells the paper the fallout will be "painful".
The i Paper says there is now a succession battle under way at Nvidia, and that Huang's departure "could disrupt an AI ecosystem that he helped to shape".
The Guardian describes Huang as someone who rose from "washing dishes at a restaurant to a billionaire rockstar of the artificial intelligence boom". It says the current crisis enveloping him, and the company he ran, is "a lesson in humility that investors were not expecting Huang to receive decades on" from his job in the kitchen.
The Times sets out the stories of six more women who have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour. The comedian was jailed for more than 10 years on Monday for rape and sexual assault. The paper says his lawyers did not respond to the latest allegations.
The Sun claims that Brand is being assessed for a transfer from Wandsworth Prison to the high security jail at Wakefield, which houses many sex offenders.
The Daily Telegraph says the Labour Party grandee Lord Blunkett wants ministers to slash their own budgets to pay for the welfare reform which is expected to result from Alan Milburn's review of youth unemployment. Writing in the paper, the former home secretary urges his colleagues to provide the government with "sufficient resource to kickstart this important work".
The Daily Mail says "eagle-eyed observers" have spotted similarities between Prince George's drawing of a kingfisher – which features in this month's Country Life – and a YouTube tutorial uploaded in 2019. The paper has spoken to the artist, Matt Fussell, whose sketch is of the same bird, from the same angle, in the same colours. He says: "While I can't say for certain whether he used my lesson, the similarities are exciting… and he should be incredibly proud".
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