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Top Headlines from the UK Edition
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US lawmakers release more Jeffrey Epstein files amid scrutiny over Donald Trump links
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Disclosures come as president arrives in UK during furore over Lord Peter Mandelson’s ties to paedophile |
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US tech giants pledge billions for UK AI infrastructure during Trump visit
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Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and OpenAI among the companies to make commitments to invest in Britain |
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UK hopes pomp and ceremony of Trump’s state visit will distract from tricky questions
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Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson |
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Replacing Starmer is not in Labour’s interest
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Britain does not need a rerun of the carousel of prime ministers of the Tory years |
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UK watchdog to downgrade productivity forecast, deepening fiscal gap
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Analysts say move by OBR could create additional £9bn or more shortfall in public finances |
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Top Headlines from the International Editions
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EU companies hit by renewed delays to Chinese rare earths licences
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Chamber urges Beijing to lower trade barriers as businesses suffer bottlenecks over critical minerals |
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Robert Redford, American actor, director and environmentalist, 1936-2025
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Leading man who conquered Hollywood and championed independent cinema through the Sundance Film Festival |
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BlackRock expands leadership bench in reorganisation of top talent
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World’s largest asset manager adds 20 executives to powerful global executive committee |
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Utah charges suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting with aggravated murder
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Prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty |
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Beijing says TikTok’s US app will use Chinese algorithm
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Donald Trump extends deadline to shut down social media platform as he promises a deal with China |
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ETFs are overwhelmingly a young man’s game, study finds
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Almost a third of UK investors aged over 55 have never heard of exchange traded funds |
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Private equity’s public reckoning
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Investors want their money back |
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US in talks to fund multibillion-dollar mining initiative for critical minerals
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Investments would finance projects to extract materials crucial for defence and high-tech manufacturing |
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Thyssenkrupp’s struggling steel unit receives surprise bid from Indian billionaire
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Naveen Jindal’s offer potentially opens door for German industrial conglomerate to offload the business |
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UK set to announce closer co-operation with US on cryptocurrencies
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves hopes greater regulatory alignment will allow better access to America’s deep capital markets |
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China trials its first advanced tools for AI chipmaking
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SMIC tests domestically made machinery as Beijing seeks to rival US-made processors |
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Half a million sales collapse a year due to ‘antiquated’ homebuying process
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Flawed housing system in England and Wales costs economy at least £1.5bn annually, a report finds |
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Senior UK official asks whether pause in pharma sector spending is ‘co-ordinated’
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Eli Lilly, Merck and AstraZeneca have all said in recent weeks that they plan to roll back investment |
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Nestlé chair to step down weeks after dismissal of CEO
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Early departure of Paul Bulcke follows scrutiny over his handling of probe into Laurent Freixe’s affair |
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Former Freshfields partner loses appeal against conviction for tax offences
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Germany’s Federal Court of Justice finds that Ulf Johannemann’s arguments are ‘unfounded’ |
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A word in favour of dictionaries
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