Turbulence in financial markets that saw the pound fall to an all-time low against the dollar dominate today’s headlines. The currency fell as investors lost confidence in the UK’s public finances after last Friday’s mini-budget. The Guardian leads with “Sterling crisis deepens as Truss strategy collapses”, reporting that the government was struggling to avoid a …
At least 450 people have been arrested in Mazandaran, a province in northern Iran, during the past 10 days of protests, according to the province’s chief prosecutor. Protests sparked by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini have spread across the country. They have met with internet shutdowns and violent repression. The official …
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Keir Starmer will attempt to take on Tony Blair’s mantle on Tuesday by describing Labor as the “political wing of the British people” as he accuses the Tories of losing control of the economy and ceding the political center. In his keynote speech at the Labor conference in Liverpool, Starmer will outline his stand for …
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the same rivals and the scene, of course, of England’s great football triumph. I can’t promise you England 4 Germany 2 (Kane hat-trick) but there should be plenty of excitement. Firstly, this is England’s last game before the World Cup in Qatar and therefore the last chance for those on the fringes of the first …
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The Home Office has admitted it has no right to speed up the deportation of Albanian asylum seekers after they arrive in the UK, in an abrupt policy shift. Priti Patel, the former home secretary, signed a deal with the Albanian government in August to return those arriving illegally. He claimed it meant the UK …
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Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng must do more to reassure markets about his plans for the economy after the fall of the pound, a senior adviser to Liz Truss has said. Gerard Lyons, an outside adviser to the prime minister, told Bloomberg: “He needs to reiterate that the tax cuts are only part of the story, not …
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Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) is to close at the end of the year, its owners have confirmed, despite an offer of financial help from public funds. Local politicians said they were devastated by the Peel Group’s decision, which puts hundreds of workers out of business and comes days after new Prime Minister Liz Truss said …
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EasyJet will stop offsetting the carbon emissions of its planes as it unveiled a “roadmap to net zero emissions” by 2050, including the introduction of hydrogen-powered jet engines. Other elements of easyJet’s new strategy include the use of sustainable aviation fuel, more fuel-efficient aircraft and carbon capture to meet the target. EasyJet insisted it was …
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Labor conference: Labor pledges to renationalise rail as ‘edge-crawling has failed’ – Watch Rachel Reeves live The Telegraph
Russian civilians protest against Ukraine’s war project A gunman has been arrested after opening fire and wounding a senior official at a recruitment office where Russians were being registered for service in Ukraine, officials said. Videos of the incident in Russia’s Irkutsk region showed the gunman, who has been identified as Ruslan Zinin, 25, firing …
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