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Advance UK News Diary

October 13-19: Israeli hostages due to be released, Commons returns from recess and Dieselgate trial gets underway

October 10, 2025
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week 

Monday (October 13): Israeli hostages due to be released under Gaza ceasefire plan; Donald Trump expected to address the Knesset during visit to Israel to celebrate peace agreement; ‘Dieselgate’ trial begins in the High Court. 

Tuesday (October 14): IMF launches World Economic Outlook; Ed Miliband addresses Energy UK conference; England face Latvia in World Cup qualifier. 

Wednesday (October 15): Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch at first PMQs since conference recess; John Healey co-chairs Ukraine Contact Group meeting in Brussels; Full High Court hearing begins on Epping Council asylum hotel injunction request. 

Thursday (October 16): UK GDP monthly estimate; Tranche 3 evidence hearings begin in the Undercover Policing Inquiry; Israel holds National Remembrance Day for October 7 attack. 

Friday (October 17): Court hearing for Hashem Abedi over alleged HMP Frankland incident; Bank of England’s Huw Pill addresses ICAEW conference. 

Saturday (October 18): ‘No Kings’ day of anti-Trump protests in the US. 

Sunday (October 19): Slovenia hosts MED9 leaders’ summit; Presidential runoff in Bolivia; NFL London: Rams v Jaguars. 

House of Commons
House of Commons

 

Also look out for...

October 13

Tommy Robinson goes on trial on Terrorism Act charge 

Parliament returns from conference recess with MHCLG questions 

John Swinney addresses SNP Conference 

Nobel Economics Prize announced 

October 14

Andrew Bailey speaks at IIF Annual Membership Meeting  

New US tariffs on timber and lumber come into effect 

US House scheduled to return amid federal shutdown 

IMF publishes Global Financial Stability Report 

October 15

Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa attends Russia-Arab Summit in Moscow 

NATO defence ministers meet 

Women’s Cricket World Cup: England v Pakistan 

Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall 

October 16

G20 finance ministers meet on the margins of the IMF annual meetings 

European Commission’s ‘drone wall’ roadmap due 

Mercury Prize announcement 

October 17

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward in court on rape charges 

Plea hearing for group charged over Starmer-linked arson attacks  

G7 development ministers meet in DC 

Daytime Emmy Awards 

October 18

Andrew Bailey participates in the G30 International Banking Seminar 

British Museum hosts inaugural fundraising ball 

Scottish Green Party and Liberal Democrats hold autumn conferences 

October 19

Women’s Cricket World Cup: England v India 

Latest Knesset session begins  

F1 United States Grand Prix 

Key statistics, reports and results

October 13

WHO Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance report 

China monthly trade data 

OPEC oil markets report 

October 14

UK labour market statistics 

Universal Credit figures 

BRC retail sales monitor 

IEA oil market report 

Results from: Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Blackrock, Citigroup, Johnson & Johnson, Trinity Mirror, Ericsson 

October 15

IMF Fiscal Monitor 

Population estimates by marital status and living arrangements 

ISE Student Recruitment Survey 

China consumer price index 

Results from: ASML, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, United Airlines, Entain 

October 16

UK indices of production and services 

Quarterly CPS performance figures 

2025 secondary school performance tables 

Key Stage 4 performance statistics 

2024/25 Mental Health Bulletin 

Forbes Highest-Paid Soccer Players 

Results from: TSMC, US Bankcorp, BNY Mellon, Nestle, Whitbread 

October 17

EU inflation 

Results from: American Express, Schlumberger 

 


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