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At least one person was killed at dozens more missing after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java province. The country’s disaster mitigation agency said the building’s foundation could not support the weight of construction on its fourth floor.



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Oct. 5, 2025, 5:30 AM EDTBy Alexander SmithLONDON — Despite being headlined by a genuine star and staged at one of London’s premier theaters, a play about the foundation of a sprawling and troubled public service seemed unlikely to provoke night after night of standing ovations.But that’s what happened with “Nye,” an unlikely hit about the creator, and origin story, of Britain’s taxpayer-funded National Health Service.The play, written by Tim Price and directed by Rufus Norris, came at an inflection point for the NHS, as it’s known. Almost 80 years after it was founded, the medical service once touted as the envy of the world is “broken” and suffering the “biggest crisis in its history,” the government says. The crisis at this national bedrock is part of a bigger malaise at the heart of British culture: rising prices, stagnant wages and crumbling public services. “I’m terrified, not just for the NHS, but for the whole of our society,” Michael Sheen, who starred as Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, the founder of the NHS, told NBC News in an interview. “Once it’s torn down, then I guess people will think about what they’ve lost.”Michael Sheen performing in “Nye” at London’s National Theatre. Johan Persson / National TheatreSheen, 56, better known to international audiences as Tony Blair in “The Queen,” David Frost in “Frost/Nixon” and the angel Aziraphale in the Amazon Prime series “Good Omens,” has spent much of the last two years honing his portrayal of Bevan, the socialist politician who dragged himself out of Wales’ coal mines to will the NHS into existence.Though second nature to Brits, the ideal of the NHS is unfamiliar to many Americans: British people have universally free health care at the point of access — from ambulances attending car accidents to insulin for diabetes to cancer care to childbirth. Though some people do have private insurance, the idea of having to choose between illness and financial ruin is shocking in the U.K.Now the Labour Party, which created the then-radical NHS in 1948, is battling its own economic constraints and record-setting unpopularity. It has a colossal task if it is to fix the crumbling hospitals replete with overworked doctors and bed-lined corridors. Prime Minister Keir Starmer must turn around a behemoth whose budget of 200 billion English pounds ($269 billion) represents some 40% of all government spending, and whose 1.4 million employees are the world’s seventh-largest workforce. In the United States, only the Department of Defense, Walmart and Amazon outnumber it.An ambulance outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London in 2023.Belinda Jiao file / Getty ImagesThrough all this, the core NHS ideal endures. Everyone in the U.K. has a story of a relative, or themselves, receiving the type of world-class care that puts a terrifying financial strain on millions of Americans. (In the past six years, this reporter’s mother has had a single mastectomy and reconstruction, as well as three titanium plates in a shattered ankle, without having to pay a pound for the care.)But just as common are the tales of maddening, hourslong waits in overstretched emergency rooms, or weeklong delays just to see a community general practitioner. Many critics blame the sprawling crisis on years of underfunding by the now-ousted Conservative government of 2010-2024, whose response to the 2008 financial crisis was to make drastic cuts to public services.It’s perhaps unsurprising that a largely liberal London-theatergoing audience responded with applause and tears at the hagiography of Bevan at the National Theater. Though relatively unknown in wider society, admirers see Bevan as a founding father of modern Britain; his ideal of the NHS today is not just popular, it defines the country itself.“It’s far from perfect,” said Alison Ferris, 40, a nurse at a hospital in Canterbury, in southeast England. “But I do the best that I can for anyone that comes in front of me. I treat every patient like I would treat my loved ones.”Though the concept remains revered, public satisfaction in the NHS in practice cratered to 52% in 2023 from a high of 70% in 2010, according to the King’s Fund, a top think tank tracking British health care.Nye Bevan, Britain’s Minister of Health who is credited with spearheading the creation of the National Health Service, meets a patient in 1948. Edward G. Malindine / Getty Images“We have to fight for the NHS, the same as the NHS was fought for when it was created,” said Ferris’ mother, Caroline Heggie, 70, a hospital union representative, who like her daughter had come to see the last night of “Nye” at the National Theater last month. “We can’t go the way of privatization, we can’t go the way of America. That’s what we’re up against.”Like Bevan, Sheen is a Welsh firebrand unafraid to wear his leftist politics. But he also lived for 14 years in Los Angeles, so knows too well what life is like without socialized health care.“The idea of this health care system that we have here, just seemed so alien to them over there,” Sheen, who now lives back in his Welsh hometown of Port Talbot, says of his former American hosts. He says that “seeing people go into hospitals with serious injuries or illnesses, and being asked to produce their check book before they can be treated” would shock most Britons.The crisis at the NHS coincides with an uptick in hostility toward immigrants — even though they are often people’s doctors, nurses and hospital cleaners. Almost 20% of NHS staff have a non-British nationality, with Indians, Filipinos, Nigerians, Irish and Poles making up most of their number. Nigel Farage, the leader of the hard-right Reform U.K. party and an ally and friend of President Donald Trump, is leading some polls to become Britain’s next prime minister. He has become the first prospective leader to question the funding model of using taxes to fund the NHS — historically taboo.‘Britain stands at a fork in the road’: Starmer warns against rise of far-right populism01:40“It doesn’t work — it’s not working,” Farage told NBC News’ British partner Sky News in May. “We’re getting worse bang for the buck than any other country, particularly out of those European neighbours.”Opposing Farage’s proposal, however, leaves open the specter of privatization, which many say has been creeping up even before the Health and Social Care Act 2012 opened up the NHS to bids from private contractors.Farage isn’t the only person dissatisfied. Indeed, the NHS has slipped from being a world-leader on many metrics.“Corridor care” is now a year-round crisis, and the number of people waiting 12 hours or more to be admitted into an emergency room rose from 47 in summer 2015 to 74,150 this summer. Targets have lagged for years in everything from ambulance attendance times to cancer diagnoses. Meanwhile, a 7 million-strong waiting list means many people feel abandoned for months, in pain, before getting hip or knee replacement and other types of surgery.There is ample evidence to suggest that economic austerity policies imposed during 14 years of Conservative Party rule are at least partly to blame, according to Max Warner, a senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a London research group.“It is true that a lot of NHS performance measures over the 2010s were broadly getting worse having started off relatively well,” he said. “Although it’s worth saying that productivity did grow, so it’s a nuanced picture and causality is difficult.”The Conservatives argued that they kept NHS spending up, protecting it from the brutal cuts that crushed almost every other government department at the time. But this 2% yearly growth still fell well short of the 3.8% yearly average since the 1980s, and according to critics was insufficient to cope with an aging population and the rising prices of cutting-edge drugs.Far from the envy of the world, Britain has been scrimping by spending 37 billion pounds ($53 billion) on the health services each year, well below Germany, France and Australia, a landmark review found last year.The current Labour government has outlined plans to raise spending to around 3% — an improvement but still short of what many advocates had hoped. At his annual Labour Party conference this week, Starmer announced that a digital overhaul named NHS Online would launch in 2027, describing it as “a new chapter in the story of our NHS.”Ultimately, whatever the model, cash is key, according to Roy Lilley, who ran an NHS hospital in the 1990s as chairman of Homewood NHS Trust in Surrey, west of London.Michael Sheen, center, performing in “Nye” at London’s National Theatre. Johan Persson / National Theatre“It doesn’t matter how you pay for your health care,” said Lilley, today a consultant whose newsletter hits 300,000 inboxes. “Whether you take it out of your pocket marked ‘insurance,’ or you take it out of your pocket marked ‘taxes,’ it’s still your trousers.” He remains optimistic, however, pointing to some waiting metrics improving and a general recovery from the hammerblow of the pandemic, which drained resources and mentally scarred doctors.Still, Sheen — never shy to mix acting with activism — believes it’s no coincidence that the NHS is in crisis just when its origin story begins to vanish from living memory.“The crisis that we seem to be experiencing makes it all the more important to go back to the beginning and to look at what was behind the founding of the NHS, and what the principles were,” he said. “It becomes incredibly important to tell the story of it and to remind people of what it was actually like, so that we don’t forget.”Alexander SmithAlexander Smith is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital based in London.
November 23, 2025
Nov. 23, 2025, 12:31 AM EST / Updated Nov. 23, 2025, 12:46 AM ESTBy Sahil KapurLAS VEGAS — Max Verstappen won the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday night, capturing the lead from championship leader Lando Norris at the start and never looking back.The F1 cars blasted down the Las Vegas Strip at breathtaking speeds of over 215 miles per hour, delivering thrilling wheel-to-wheel racing under the bright lights for the third year.Yet despite finishing in second place, it was a good outcome for Norris in the battle for the 2025 world championship because he extended his lead over his nearest rival Oscar Piastri, who also drives for McLaren and finished fourth.Norris now has 408 points, while Piastri has 378. Verstappen, who races for Red Bull, sits third in the standings with 366.“Simply lovely, that!” Verstappen said by team radio.McLaren’s British driver Lando Norris waves after finishing second during the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix on Saturday.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty ImagesThere are just two Grand Prix left in a 2025 season full of twists and turns — next weekend in Qatar and the weekend after in Abu Dhabi. The Qatar race features a shortened “sprint” race, too, so there are a maximum of 58 points still up for grabs.“It’s still a big gap,” Verstappen said of the title fight in a post-race interview. “The upcoming weekends we’ll again, try to win the race, and at the end of Abu Dhabi we’ll see where we end up.”Norris started first but lost two positions in the opening corners after making an aggressive move to defend his lead, but ran wide on the first turn and got overtaken by Verstappen and George Russell. He eventually overtook Russell of Mercedes but couldn’t get close to Verstappen, and he was forced to slow his pace toward the end due to an issue with the car. Russell finished third.“I just braked too late. It was my eff-up,” Norris said of the start in an interview broadcast on F1TV. “I just wanted to put on a show, right? That’s why we’re in Vegas!”An economic boost for Las VegasLocal leaders hope the race weekend will provide a much-needed boost to the Las Vegas economy, which has struggled this year due to high costs and declining tourism, among other issues. Last year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix delivered an economic impact of $934 million, according to one estimate.“It’s a very important event. And I fully support all of our special events. We’re not just the entertainment capital, we’re the entertainment and sports capital,” U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., who represents parts of the city, told NBC News ahead of the race. “So having a marquee event like this on the Las Vegas Strip is great, and it does a lot for our economy.”F1 is looking to build on its momentum with American fans, having secured the races in Miami and Las Vegas — in addition to the longstanding Grand Prix in Austin — on the calendar for the long haul. It signed a five-year deal with Apple, which will take over the U.S. broadcast rights from ESPN starting next year.Jay-Z and Beyonce arrive in the Paddock prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on Saturday in Las Vegas.Alex Bierens de Haan / Getty ImagesCelebrity sightings included musicians Beyoncé and Jay-Z, actors Ben Affleck, Michael Douglas and Naomi Campbell, NBA all-stars Magic Johnson and Jimmy Butler, and tennis player Taylor Fritz. Actor Catherine Zeta-Jones waved the checkered flag.The top three finishers were driven to the podium, which is located on the Strip at the Bellagio Fountain Club, in a pink LEGO-built Cadillac car.Before the race, Ferrari superstar Lewis Hamilton took Beyoncé on a hot lap around the circuit, a team spokesperson confirmed,. as she was decked out in a Louis Vuitton custom racing suit. The two stars were spotted watching the race from the Ferrari garage.Also in attendance Saturday were Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel, who were given a tour of the paddock by F1 officials.“I’ve always kind of been a NASCAR fan and been learning a lot about F1 the last couple of years. And we’re excited to see everybody race,” Noem said, adding that she was getting a tour of the McLaren garage. Patel called Formula 1 “one of the greatest sports,” saying he’s a McLaren fan.Rain brings chaos in qualifyingThe Friday qualifying session was thrown into chaos due to rain, which extracted every ounce of skill from the 20 drivers just to stay out of the barriers. The track, already known to have low grip even in dry conditions, was slippery and treacherous for most of the session.“You’re just trying to keep it on the track. Not crash. Not take yourself out,” Norris said after taking pole position. “One day, I just hope — apart from having a two-seater F1 car — people can get that sensation of just how nerve-wracking and scary it can be at times. How unpredictable. You know, like we said — we’re surprised that no one really had a crash.”And the Las Vegas paddock was abuzz with internal drama among several teams during the weekend.Piastri was asked about recently reposting an Instagram post that quoted F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone claiming McLaren “prefers” Norris because of his “high star quality” and “marketing appeal.”Oscar Piastri of McLaren looks on during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on Friday.Chris Graythen / Getty ImagesAsked about the repost, which was highlighted online by F1 content creators, Piastri told reporters it was an error.“I don’t know,” he said Friday after deleting it from his feed. “I woke up this morning and saw it. So I don’t know, maybe I accidentally did it. Obviously, it was not intentional. But yeah, I didn’t know what had happened.” Instagram has one-click reposts — unlike X, which requires users to click twice to confirm — making it easy to erroneously repost something while scrolling. Still, it added to a drama in which the Australian driver’s fans have theorized that the British team favors his British teammate, a claim that McLaren firmly denies.Ferrari’s two drivers downplayed recent comments by Ferrari chairperson John Elkann, who said they should “talk less and focus on driving” — remarks slammed by critics as a gratuitous dig against Leclerc and Hamilton after Ferrari’s decision to build a new car for 2025 (rather than upgrade last year’s version) backfired and led to a winless season so far.“I’m always willing to do less media,” Hamilton quipped.Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari arriving to the paddock during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas on Friday.Peter Fox / Getty ImagesThe seven-time world champion told reporters it’s “not really” possible to focus any more on driving than he already is. “I wake up thinking about it. And I go to sleep thinking about it. And I think about it while I’m sleeping,” Hamilton said.Leclerc said the comment was a product of Elkann’s ambition to maximize the team’s potential. “He loves Ferrari. I love Ferrari. We all love Ferrari,” Leclerc said. “When he called me, he told me what were the intentions of these words, and that was very clear. It was a positive message, trying to be positive.”Ferrari currently sits fourth in a close battle for second in the team championship, behind Mercedes and Red Bull. While the driver’s title carries more glory, the constructors’ championship is the one that awards cash prizes. Ferrari finished runner-up to McLaren last year in a close battle.Hamilton started 20th, but had a strong opening lap and fought his way back from last to 10th.Sahil KapurSahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleOct. 30, 2025, 1:15 PM EDT / Updated Oct. 31, 2025, 12:05 PM EDTBy Jane C. TimmOhio Republican and Democratic lawmakers unanimously approved a new congressional map that would give a slight, but not overwhelming, boost to the GOP ahead of next year’s midterm elections.At a meeting Friday morning, members of the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved the proposed map, which was released on Thursday as part of an unexpected deal. The map shifted two Democratic-held districts to the right and one to the left while also maintaining 10 districts that favor Republicans and two that are Democratic strongholds. Punchbowl News was first to report details of the deal.Suzan DelBene, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said “this is not a fair map for Ohio voters,” but praised Democratic legislators for “negotiating to prevent an even more egregious gerrymander.”“This compromise keeps us on the path to taking back the House Majority and we’ll continue to win across Ohio because voters know it’s House Democrats who are fighting for them,” DelBene said in a statement. The new map came as a surprise to many observers. Democrats largely expected the constitutionally mandated redistricting commission to reach a stalemate, as it did in 2021. If the commission failed to settle on a new map ahead of the 2026 elections, responsibility for setting congressional boundaries would have fallen back to the Republican-controlled Legislature, which could have drawn an aggressively gerrymandered map. If that happened, Democrats had threatened to pursue a statewide referendum that could have resulted in voters blocking the map from going into effect.The map won’t be subject to a referendum, while Democrats avoided the worst-case scenario map. In negotiations, a source familiar with the negotiations said, Republicans showed Democrats a map that had the GOP controlling 13 of the state’s 15 districts. A voter referendum on such a map would have required Democrats to gather nearly 250,000 signatures in just 90 days, a difficult feat under any scenario, let alone during the holidays and Ohio’s winter months. Lawmakers on the redistricting commission faced some protests at Friday’s meeting. “Shame, shame on you all,” said members of the public who attended the meeting to offer comment. “You sold us out!”Ohio is represented in Congress by 10 Republicans and five Democrats. Democratic Reps. Greg Landsman and Marcy Kaptur would face more competitive districts under the new map, while Rep. Emilia Sykes’ district would become slightly more Democratic.After the bipartisan commission approved the map Friday, Kaptur and Sykes said they would run for re-election under the news district lines.”Let the Columbus politicians make their self-serving maps and play musical chairs, I will fight on for the people and ask the voters for their support next year,” Kaptur said in a post on X.Under the current lines, the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter rated Kaptur’s and Sykes’ seats as “toss ups” and Landman’s as “likely Democratic.”The emergence of Ohio’s new map proposal comes amid an unusually aggressive mid-decade redistricting cycle, kicked off by President Donald Trump, who has asked Republican-led states to draw new maps in an effort to shore up the party’s narrow U.S. House majority. Texas, Missouri and North Carolina have all drawn maps boosting Republicans, while California Democrats are asking voters to approve new district lines next week. Virginia Democrats took the first major step this week towards modifying their redistricting commission to allow them to redraw their state’s map next year, while Indiana GOP lawmakers are expected to soon consider a redistricting effort. Other states, including Louisiana, await a Supreme Court ruling they hope could open the door to redrawing their congressional maps next year, too.Jane C. TimmJane C. Timm is a senior reporter for NBC News.
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