Keir Starmer on the verge of appointing Labour grandee to key post at start of Trump presidency Good morning. “I’m reliably informed that I will not be brought back,” Peter Mandelson told a podcast in June, when asked whether he might get a job in a Keir Starmer administration after the election which was then…
Talks in Egypt and Qatar are focused on forging a deal to pause the 14-month-old war and release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners See all our Middle East coverage A Turkish drone has killed two journalists from Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast while covering the fighting between Ankara-backed militia and US-backed Kurdish fighters in northern Syria,…
The incoming president promised “tariffs all the way” unless Europe bought more U.S. oil and gas. European officials have no clear strategy for avoiding a trade war.
One killed in attack that reportedly used Kinzhal and Iskander missiles against the Ukrainian capital Russia said it targeted arms industry and security service targets in strikes on Kyiv this morning as a “response” to this week’s strikes by Ukraine using Western missiles on a chemical plant in southern Russia. One person was reported killed…
Sales volumes up 0.2% month on month in November but economists had forecast 0.5% rise Business live – latest updates Retail sales in Great Britain were weaker than expected in November despite stores starting to cut prices early as part of Black Friday discounting in the run-up to the key Christmas shopping season. The Office…
Dozens of Republicans defied Trump and joined Democrats to reject a revised spending bill. Here are five things to know ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline.
Donald Trump made threats of sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners a key part of his presidential campaign.
In today’s newsletter: For years, Dominique Pelicot drugged his wife and recruited men to rape her. It could be a turning point in social and legal attitudes to sexual assault Good morning. Dominique Pelicot, described as one of France’s worst sex offenders, has been sentenced alongside 50 other men who he recruited to rape his…
Exclusive: Tycoon rejects settlement offer from Gambling Commission linked to failed bid to run UK lottery The media tycoon Richard Desmond is set for a courtroom showdown with the Gambling Commission that could cost good causes tens of millions of pounds, the Guardian has learned, after he rejected a settlement offer linked to his failed…
Europe has fallen out of favor, fund manager Sean Peche told CNBC — and investors have been distracted by Donald Trump’s U.S. election win.
