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Here's a rabbit for Reeves to pull out of her hat in the budget: scrap the stamp duty on shares

The claim that the UK is at a competitive disadvantage in attracting listings and liquidity to its stock market looks solid

LVMH shares slump after unexpected drop in sales

Shares in luxury goods brands slumped after Louis Vuitton's LVMH reported an unexpected fall in thirdquarter sales amid China's economic slowdown.

BrewDog's losses hit £59m as boss vows return to profit

The new boss of BrewDog has promised its \"punk\" shareholders a return to profit after delayed accounts revealed losses doubled in the final year under the stewardship of the company's co-founder, James Watt.

Millionaire investors call for increase in capital gains tax

Rachel Reeves has been urged by a group of millionaire business owners to raise £14bn from an increase in capital gains tax in this month's budget, arguing it would have no impact on investment in Britain.

‘A blatant show of force’ Rising terror in Haiti after 115 killed in reprisal attack

The killers came under the cover of darkness, stealing across the Artibonite River on an abandoned bridge before marauding through this rural community with automatic rifles and knives.

Fire station that burned to the ground did not have fire alarm

A state-of-the-art fire station in western Germany that was completed last year at a cost of tens of millions of euros has burned to the ground because it had not been fitted with a fire alarm.

Mystery debris that closed two Sydney beaches confirmed as black 'tar balls'

Thousands of black golf-ball-sized pieces of debris that forced the closure of two beaches in Sydney this week have been confirmed as \"tar balls\".

French visas are granted to six Russian soldiers who fled Ukraine

Six Russian soldiers who fled the war in Ukraine have been granted temporary visas as they apply for political asylum in France, in what human rights activists describe as the first significant case of a group of deserters being admitted to an EU country.

Lisbon university drops racism course with only white teachers

A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a post-graduate programme on racism and xenophobia after the course was criticised for hiring only white instructors.

Musk donates $75m in three months to Republican cause

Elon Musk has donated about $75m (£57m) over the past three months to his pro-Donald Trump funding body, underscoring how the billionaire has become crucial to the Republican candidate's efforts to win the US presidential election.

Trump repeats 'enemy within' remarks as he attacks 'evil' Democrats

Donald Trump attacked Democrats as \"dangerous\" and \"evil\" during a Fox News town hall broadcast yesterday, doubling down on his comments about \"the enemy from within\".

Zelenskyy talks of 'victory plan' as allies push for end to war with Russia

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has laid out details of his \"victory plan\" in a speech to parliament in which the Ukrainian president acknowledged increasing pressure from allies to negotiate an end to the conflict.

European Union in crisis Weakened leaders raise risk of 'agonising decline'

It has become a wry joke in Brussels that the most stable country in the EU is Italy, once renowned for its succession of short-lived governments.

India The gangster accused of masterminding Canada killings

In the Indian state of Punjab, the presence of gangsters can be felt everywhere. Small-town hustlers smuggle liquor and extort businesses for cash, while criminal overlords run guns and drugs - and even control Punjab's film and music industries. Yet one figure looms above them all.

Rights groups condemn Brussels for hosting Saudi prince

Human rights activists have condemned the EU's decision to host the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at a Brussels summit, cementing his international rehabilitation six years after the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Support grows for offshore migration centres as EU leaders' attitude hardens

A growing number of European leaders are expected to back the idea of offshore immigration centres as the EU looks for tougher measures to stop asylum seekers reaching the bloc. EU officials have been preparing for intensive talks on migration at a leaders' summit today as it emerged that four people, including two toddlers, had died after falling from an overcrowded speedboat off the Greek island of Kos.

TfL seizes 1,400 vehicles from drivers who ignored emissions fines

More than 1,400 vehicles have been seized from drivers who have persistently ignored fines relating to London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), Transport for London has revealed, with more than £25m being recouped by bailiffs.

Son charged with murdering photojournalist Paul Lowe

The British photojournalist Paul Lowe was fatally stabbed on a hiking trail in California, police said. His 19-year-old son has been charged with murder.

Woman 'foamed at mouth' after spraying novichok on wrists

The woman killed in the Salisbury novichok poisonings began foaming at the mouth and convulsing 10 or 15 minutes after unwittingly spraying the nerve agent on her wrists, an inquiry has heard.

Sara Sharif suffered at least 71 injuries before her death, court hears

Sara Sharif suffered at least 71 injuries shortly before she was killed, a court has heard.

Tarantino mixes with tragedy in an uneasy revival

John Webster's revenge tragedy contains a terrible timelessness. To modernise this story of a woman who refuses to be submissive and is killed by her brothers for it is to highlight the eternal relevance of male domestic violence, even against a figure as powerful as Webster's wealthy duchess.

Crash that killed four teenagers was avoidable, inquest hears

There were \"no catastrophic mechanical failures\" with a car carrying four teenage boys who were killed when it left a road in north Wales and became submerged upside down in a ditch, an inquest has heard.

Private donor pays for Salmond's body to be flown back to Scotland

A private donor has paid to repatriate Alex Salmond's body from North Macedonia, after the Foreign Office rejected calls for the RAF to do so.

Badenoch defended right to flexible working before she opposed it

Kemi Badenoch defended legislation introducing the right to flexible work in a conversation with the businessman James Dyson, despite being outspoken in her opposition to the measures during the Conservative leadership contest.

Carers welcome overpayments review but call for total overhaul of benefits system

Unpaid carers have welcomed plans to launch a review of \"outdated\" benefit rules that have left tens of thousands of people who look after loved ones with huge debts and threatened with prosecution.

Minority ethnic doctors suffer 'persistent' inequality

British BAME doctors and overseas-trained medics working in the UK suffer \"persistent and pernicious\" inequality throughout their careers, the medical regulator has warned.

Portrait reveals genius of Black mathematician who tracked Halley's comet

It was painted to celebrate the groundbreaking achievements of a mathematical genius who was Black and had been born into slavery. But for more than 260 years, the great scientific intellect of Francis Williams went unnoticed.

Boy, seven, dies as 'devastating' explosion hits Newcastle homes

A seven-year-old boy has died after a \"devastating explosion\" destroyed houses in a residential street in Newcastle in the early hours of yesterday.

Lebanon Mayor among 16 killed as municipal building is hit by IDF strike

The mayor of one of the largest cities in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit the city's municipal headquarters during a meeting to coordinate aid deliveries to residents and those displaced by war.

Israel must prove it does not have Gaza starvation policy, says US

The US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure yesterday on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu to allow more aid into the territory.