A UK High Court judge has temporarily blocked a controversial deal that would see the UK hand over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The deal was set to be signed virtually by UK ...

US industrials group Honeywell is close to securing a £1.8bn all-cash deal to buy the catalyst technologies arm of FTSE 250 ...

Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm will step down later this year, and the search for a successor is under way, the ...

News of his worsening dementia upsets Simone far less than the prospect of Devon embarrassing her in front of the elegant, exacting Michaela and her boyfriend — three-time winner of “New England’s ...

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UK government borrowing unexpectedly rose in April, piling pressure on chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of a high-stakes spending review next month.

In most cases, a budget that includes a positive “fiscal impulse” — more borrowing, more spending, a wider deficit — pushes cash into the financial system. That money eventually shows up as higher ...

Good morning. News to start: Romania’s new president has told the Financial Times that Bucharest will back Nato’s new 5 per cent spending goal even while cutting its record public deficit, as Nicușor ...

Gauke review calls for jail time for offenders given sentences of less than 1 year to be scrapped in push to cut overcrowding ...

New Delhi and Islamabad dispatch delegations to global capitals to push their case after worst fighting in decades ...

Also in today’s newsletter, Israeli embassy staff killed in Washington and Nestlé CEO complains about predecessor ...

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