UK government bond yields rose to their highest levels in decades with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership hanging by a thread. Disastrous local election results for Starmer’s Labour Party have led to 70 lawmakers — including members of his cabinet — calling for him to resign; populist parties on both ...
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Pakistan, UAE reportedly take more direct Iran war rolePakistan, UAE reportedly take more direct Iran war role
The Iran war, frozen in a shaky ceasefire, appeared to expand and envelop more belligerents. US intelligence said that Pakistan allowed Iran to use its bases for military aircraft despite its role as a mediator in negotiations, CBS reported, while the UAE — which has been more anti-Iran than any ...
Henry Zeffman: PM puts himself back in the game for nowHenry Zeffman: PM puts himself back in the game for now
The prime minister has told the Cabinet a leadership contest had not been triggered, and that he wouldn’t be resigning. ...
Middle East crisis live: Iran could enrich uranium to weapons grade if attacked, senior lawmaker warnsMiddle East crisis live: Iran could enrich uranium to weapons grade if attacked, senior lawmaker warns
Ebrahim Rezaei says in social media post that the country could enrich its stocks of uranium to 90% and will review such a move in parliament Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the UAE to defend the country during the war with Iran, the ...
Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025
The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around world The number of internal displacements triggered by conflict or violence around the world reached a record high in 2025, surpassing the number of disaster-driven internal displacements for the first time. A ...
‘Boeing, beef and beans’: Senators shine light on Trump’s China dealmaking‘Boeing, beef and beans’: Senators shine light on Trump’s China dealmaking
The News Republican senators who visited China last week left optimistic that President Donald Trump can clinch deals on aerospace and key agricultural goods when he lands in Beijing on Wednesday. The leader of the latest Hill delegation, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., on Monday summed up his goals for Trump’s ...
Seven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuseSeven-day weeks and ‘debt bondage’: China’s first electric car plant in Europe mired in allegations of worker abuse
The BYD factory being built in Szeged, Hungary, is facing scrutiny after reports of EU labour laws being violated among the Chinese migrant workforce Multilingual signs in most airports in the EU opt for English, but in Hungary, there is also Chinese, making it easy for migrant workers flying in ...
Hot divorcee summer: get ready for big hats, hot sex and don’t-care energyHot divorcee summer: get ready for big hats, hot sex and don’t-care energy
Fresh out of wedlock and in the mood for some fun? Join your newly single sisters in the glow-up to end all glow-ups ‘Sorry babe I’m a divorced mum on a buffet of magnesium glycinate, ashwagandha, peptides, and sertraline, covering a mortgage alone during late stage capitalism, idgaf about your ...
Chris Mason: PM hangs on by a thread as party revoltsChris Mason: PM hangs on by a thread as party revolts
A dam appears to have broken, with Labour MPs posting their public loss of confidence in the PM, our political editor writes. ...
BBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossingsBBC unmasks key people smuggler in network behind most small boat crossings
The 28-year-old Iraqi Kurd has evaded arrest by operating under the alias “Kardo Ranya”. ...