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Top Headlines from the UK Edition
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Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating
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Agency warns of strains caused by rising government debt and a widening budget deficit |
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UK rich explore ‘10 years out, 9 years in’ to escape inheritance tax net
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Expat Britons are no longer liable for death duties after spending a decade abroad under last year’s Budget changes |
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Putin’s peace theatre keeps Trump watching — and Kyiv waiting
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Russia’s president slow rolled negotiators and failed to attend talks. But his gamble met little US resistance |
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Keir Starmer considers partial retreat on winter fuel cuts
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UK government figures say the policy was widely blamed for Labour’s losses in this month’s local elections |
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Starmer sees Farage as ‘real opponent’ in new political landscape
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UK prime minister has told allies that the Tories are heading for the ‘end of the road’ |
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Top Headlines from the International Editions
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US and EU break impasse to enable tariff talks
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Brussels and Washington exchange negotiating documents after weeks of deadlock |
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Flatter or confront? How world leaders are dealing with Trump
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Four months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, governments are still agonising over how to approach an erratic, unpredictable American president |
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Federal Reserve to slash staff by 10% over several years
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Chair Jay Powell says US central bank is seeking to ensure it is a ‘responsible steward of public resources’ |
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Trump made me a hundred grand
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There is nothing like irrational mayhem for opportunistic investing |
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Joe Biden ‘redemption tour’ backfires as cognitive doubts resurface
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Democrats unsettled by books revealing former US president’s mental decline as he battled Donald Trump in 2024 |
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Investors brace for turbulence in Romanian markets as election looms
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Traders fear political uncertainty will make tackling huge budget deficit more difficult |
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The secret of a defensible market position? Look for a moat
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Advantages that deter competitors hold huge appeal for investors |
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China suspends chicken imports from Brazil due to detection of bird flu
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South American nation had been the last big producer not affected by the outbreak |
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Has gold peaked?
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Plus inflation expectations |
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Are American assets great again? Not so fast
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Any trade agreement with China will not settle questions over the ongoing supremacy of US capital markets |
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OpenAI to join US-UAE plan to build vast data centre in Abu Dhabi
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Deal on third leg of Trump Gulf tour hailed as ‘major milestone’ on road to American ‘dominance’ in the field |
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Boeing could avoid US justice department prosecution over 737 Max crashes
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Attorneys for families of victims of two fatal crashes express outrage over potential DoJ deal with the plane maker |
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Thames Water on collision course with government over bonuses
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Utility claims new legislation to block bonuses will not capture ‘retention payments’ |
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London council acted ‘irrationally’ over approval of summer festivals, High Court rules
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Ruling raises questions about programme of events set to start next week in Brockwell Park |
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Crown Estate to buy stake in long-delayed Euston station development
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Deal with Australian developer Lendlease is part of joint venture for six projects expected to be worth £22bn |
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Ofwat’s new water plan stores up a reservoir of trouble
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Luring new backers into the s |