Evening briefing Friday 6th November

0:28Hello, I'm Jane. Good evening. Meghan Markle's father has been charged with possession of child abuse imagery. Earlier, he was arrested after his US care home was raided by the FBI. Over a dozen agents swooped on the residents in Florida and put Thomas Markle in cuffs. Royal correspondent Sarah Hewson has a statement from the FBI. Mr. Markle allegedly targeted innocent children and sought to steal their innocence through his criminal actions. The FBI will use every single resource at our disposal to protect innocent kids. Any predator who targets children will have zero safe haven in this country or anywhere they try to hide.

1:11Mr Markle Sr. moved to a new care home in the last week or so, a dementia care home, and there have been some concerns that if he was suffering from memory issues, it would be hard for the FBI to question him. Thomas Markle denies any wrongdoing. Russell Brand's barrister has referred himself to the regulator. It's after swearing at a Sunday Times journalist. After Brand was found guilty of rape and sexual assault, Ian Winter Casey accosted Rosamund Irwin, the journalist who helped uncover the comedian's offending. Charlotte Proudman is a barrister specialising in women's rights. She told Times Radio what could happen next.

1:50I suspect the Bar Standards Board will investigate his self-referral and decide whether it breaches the barrister's code of conduct, effectively whether there has been misconduct. And it's quite a stringent code of conduct that barristers sign up to once they're called to the bar and they practice, now practicing certificate, which of course he does. And they'll investigate that. And if they decide that there is cause for concern, he could find himself charged. The Prime Minister has told Times Radio government will spend on those not in education, employment or training to get benefits down. Andy Burnham said he's considering plans to bar young people from claiming universal credit and offer employment support instead.

2:34He admitted it will cost the taxpayer initially. It is going to be difficult. I'm not going to pretend otherwise, but we will reprioritise and we will find funding to build our response to the Milburn review. Of course, in time, the savings will come and there will be a crossover point, but there will be a need to invest up front in young people. But it's an investment in society. And shares in AI and tech firms have started to climb. It's following a huge sell-off yesterday that wiped trillions of dollars off stock values. Dan Ives is a tech analyst at Yorkville Ives. I'll almost compare the sell-off to what we saw at COVID March 2020, Liberation Day April 2025.

3:20Just a panic selling that we've seen with tech stocks because the fear that they're going to blockade the AI revolution, they're going to, on the data centre build-out, it's going to significantly derail this. And that's why you saw stocks just get crushed like you have over the last 24 hours. and you can follow the Times Radio news briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online

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