Key events BETA filters Key events (2) Back to the stamp tax, and these are from Ben Zaranko, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, on the Times story. (See 8.49am.) Like other economists, Zaranko is not opposed to cutting it in principle because he sees it as an inefficient form of …
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Live Putin speech: ‘I’m not fooling about nukes’, says Russian leader as he announces partial mobilization The Telegraph Why is Russia saying “votes” to occupied Ukraine? BBC Four occupied regions of Ukraine plan imminent ‘votes’ to join Russia The Guardian US to reject Russia’s ‘fake’ referendums as Putin’s address to the nation mysteriously delayed The …
A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office, apparently in protest against next week’s state funeral for the country’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe. The man, who has not been identified, was initially unconscious and suffered burns all over his body after the incident in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, less …
Vladimir Putin is expected to deliver a national address later, his first since ordering his troops into Ukraine in February. There had been speculation in the Russian media that he would speak to the Russians on Tuesday evening, but that did not happen and no reason was given. It comes after separatist leaders in four …
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Adnan Syed gets a new trial Adnan Syed walked from court a free man on Monday after two handwritten notes naming another potential suspect were discovered earlier this year, it has been revealed. Serial, the podcast that propelled the case to global attention and first raised doubts about Syed’s conviction, released a new episode Tuesday …
Emmanuel Macron has offered Liz Truss an olive branch after her controversial “friend or foe” comments, saying after their first bilateral talks it’s time to “move on”. The two leaders appeared to ease tensions during their meeting in New York, which No 10 said was dominated by Ukraine and energy security, but avoided the contentious …
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Taiwan is “proud” of its efforts to help Ukraine in the country’s fight to defend itself, President Tsai Ing-wen told a conference in New York. Ukraine’s plight has won broad sympathy in Taiwan, where many see parallels between Ukraine’s plight and the threat the Taipei government says it faces from China, which it considers the …
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Welcome to live coverage of the first Twenty20 between Pakistan and England, the first match England have played in Pakistan since winning the fifth ODI in December 2005 thanks to James Anderson’s four for 48. Today, they will be led by Moeen Ali in his fifth match in charge of the team and it is …
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‘Not all measures will be popular’: Truss admits voters may not like all his pro-growth measures Liz Truss has said she is willing to implement unpopular policies in her quest to boost growth in the UK. Speaking to reporters on his flight to New York, he appeared to defend the much-criticized proposal to lift the …