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Central Banks Should Resist Calls For Rate Cuts - IMF Head

The world's leading central banks must resist calls from politicians for early interest rate cuts amid concerns over stubbornly high inflation on both sides of the Atlantic, the head of the International Monetary Fund has urged.

Sunak: We'll Stand With Israel V Iran

UK joins US after Tehran's threat

Khan Accuses Mayoral Rival Of Trumpian' Stance On Climate

Sadiq Khan will accuse his Tory rival in the race to be London's next mayor of being "Trumpian" over the climate crisis, as he announces plans for solar panels on schools.

Smoking Ban Johnson Calls Conservative Policy Mad'

Boris Johnson has attacked Rishi Sunak's smoking ban, calling it "absolutely nuts" in a lament about the state of the Conservative party.

Big Year For Atherton's Son And Second Ollie Robinson

With the County Championship set to begin, we look at five promising players who could make their mark this season

Is Musk's Twitter Obsession To Blame For Tesla's Slump?

James Moore asks whether falling sales are due to an erratic owner or problems for the entire electric vehicle industry

Nine Dead As Biggest Quake In 25 Years Rocks Taiwan

Violent shaking causes extensive damage to infrastructure

Fruit Pickers Facing Debts Of £5,500 Before Entering UK

Migrant fruit pickers coming to the UK to work on farms are being saddled with debts of up to £5,500 before they arrive, a report into the seasonal worker visa scheme has found.

Will The Tory Rebellion Stop The Criminal Justice Bill?

The government is facing yet another political embarrassment in the coming weeks, this time a sizeable rebellion on its latest “law and order” bill.

UK Could Leave ECHR Over Rwanda Plan, Warns Sunak

Controlling immigration is more important than “membership of a foreign court”, the prime minister has said in his strongest hint yet that he could back leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Hunt's Plan To Replace Nondom Status Leaves A £430m Tax Loophole, Claims Labour

The government’s plans to abolish the special non-dom tax status leave open a loophole worth more than £400m, Labour has claimed.

Should Britain And The US Stop Selling Arms To Israel?

If Britain were to suspend arms sales to Israel, it would be joining Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain and Belgium, who have already done so with broad overall public support. However, the value of UK arms exports to Israel is relatively low, amounting to £42m in 2022 out of global arms sales of £70.6bn for that year.

Claim UK Engines Powered Israeli Drone That Hit Convoy

Pressure mounts to halt arms sales as senior Tory describes airstrike as a tipping point in Israel’s collapsing reputation’

Meghan All About The Hook

IF Meghan Trainor’s catchy songs drive you mad then she’s done her job.

PM: We Will Quit Euro Court If Rwanda Flights Blocked

IN his most forthright statement yet on the UK's future within the European Court of Human Rights, Rishi Sunak says he will leave the treaty if it blocks flights to Rwanda.

Al Tools Easily Tricked Into Safety Breaches, Say Researchers

The safety features on some of the most powerful AI tools that stop them being used for cybercrime or terrorism can be bypassed simply by flooding them with examples of wrongdoing, research shows.

'Gasoline On The Fire' Is Musk's Behaviour To Blame For Tesla's Poor Performance?

For one Tesla investor, the cause of this week's underwhelming sales figures was clear: the chief executive, Elon Musk.

With Record Stores Of Gas, Is The Energy Crisis Over? It's Complicated

Europe is leaving behind the winter months with gas storage facilities at all-time highs, allowing wholesale prices to tumble and home energy bills to drift down towards levels last seen before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

All Billionaires Under 30 Are Born Not Made, Forbes Reveals

All of the world's billionaires younger than 30 inherited their fortunes beginning "the great wealth transfer" in which more than 1,000 billionaires will pass on more than $5.2tn to their heirs over the next two decades.

Is The Bridge Next? Outgunned Kyiv Aims At Strategic Targets Behind Russian Lines

They have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long-range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target.

What's The Time Up There? Nasa Aims To Set Lunar Clock Ticking

The White House wants Nasa to figure out how to tell time on the moon.

'UK is My Home,' Insists Sunak As He Denies Plan To Move To US

Rishi Sunak has insisted he does not want to move to the United States and that he only kept his green card for years because returning it was "not something I got round to".

Ad Watchdog Bans Katie Price's Instagram Video On Weight Loss

A post on Katie Price's Instagram account has been banned by the advertising regulator for irresponsibly encouraging a low-calorie diet while simultaneously failing to disclose it was an advert and making unauthorised weight loss claims.

'The Machine Did It Coldly' - Israel Used AI To Identify 37,000 Targets

The Israeli military's bombing campaign in Gaza has used a previously undisclosed, Al-powered database that at one stage had identified 37,000 potential targets based on their apparent links to Hamas, according to intelligence sources.

Waiting List May Have 2m More Patients Than NHS Says

Almost 10 million people across England may be waiting for an NHS appointment or treatment, two million more than previously suggested, according to a survey by the Office for National Statistics .

Consumer Borrowing Falls To £1.4bn Amid Economy Fears

CONSUMERS cut back on borrowing in February from £1.8billion to £1.4billion due to the uncertain economy, experts said yesterday.

Iran Blames Israel For Syria Airstrike And Vows Revenge

Turkey calls Damascus attack a violation of international law

Will The Extended Childcare Scheme Boost Tory Hopes?

This week marks the start of the rollout of the government's much-vaunted expansion of childcare, costing some £4bn a year.

King's Home Is Now Everyone's Castle

Royal fans get chance to see inside Balmoral - for a price

Blow To Reproductive Rights As Florida Set To Ban Abortion After Six Weeks

Florida, the last bastion of abortion access in the south-eastern United States, will ban abortion past six weeks of pregnancy starting next month, leaving abortion providers and their supporters in the state and across the country scrambling to deal with the fallout for patients.