Afternoon briefing on Friday the 16th of October

The Times Briefing for the afternoon of Friday the 16th of October. For more on these stories throughout the day tune into Times Radio - on DAB, online, through your smart speaker or on the Times Radio app&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>