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Lessons to be learned in the art of the middle ground
Fraternal links between UK Labour and Australian Labor may be long and deep but both are walking a fine political line. chief-exec.com/?p=8895
More than 6,000 riot police will be put on standby overnight as far-right protesters prepare to target more than 30 immigration centres across Britain. PM Sir Keir Starmer has warned that police will take “all necessary action”. thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
Elon Musk's X/Twitter accuses the food giants Unilever and Mars, private healthcare company CVS Health, and renewable energy firm Orsted - along with the World Federation of Advertisers - of depriving it of "billions of dollars" in advertising revenue. bbc.com/news/articles/cn4779…
“We need Turkey to help us stop the illicit flow of US technology to Russia ... We need to see progress, and quickly, by Turkish authorities and industry or we will have no choice but to impose consequences on those that evade our export controls.” ft.com/content/e7e4e73a-d536…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas new political leader Yahya Sinwar to agree to a Gaza ceasefire. Sinwar, who Israel believes orchestrated the deadly Oct 7 attacks, was appointed after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week. france24.com/en/middle-east/…
Tens of thousands more people in England living with type 2 diabetes could be offered an 800-calorie-a-day “soup and shake” diet after research found almost one in three on the groundbreaking NHS scheme permanently wiped out their disease. theguardian.com/society/arti…
A US federal judge has ruled that Google spent billions of dollars on exclusive deals to maintain an illegal monopoly on search, in a landmark win for the Department of Justice as it seeks to rein in Big Tech’s market power. ft.com/content/8896a83a-74ac…
Sir Keir Starmer is locked in a war of words with Elon Musk after the billionaire claimed that Britain was facing a “civil war” over immigration, as far-right activists circulated plans to attack dozens of immigration centres on Wednesday. thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
US President Joe Biden met his senior national security team on Monday as concerns of a possible Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel grew. Mr Biden said he had been briefed on preparations to support Israel should it be attacked. bbc.com/news/articles/cly993…
Asian markets have fallen sharply as the global stock market sell-off resumes amid fears the US could be heading for a recession. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 12.4% and the FTSE 100, which closed down 108.65 points, or 1.3%, on Friday, has opened down 175 thetimes.com/business-money/…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned far-right protesters on Sunday they would "regret" participating in England's worst rioting in 13 years, as disturbances linked to the murder of three children earlier this week flared across the country. france24.com/en/europe/20240…
Boycotts of western food and drinks brands in Muslim countries are hitting revenues of multinationals. From Egypt to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia to Pakistan consumers are shunning goods to protest against the perceived support for Israel in the war in Gaza. ft.com/content/a2ee3452-ed34…
NY Times: Israel is entering the week in a state of deep uncertainty, with the potential for attacks by Iran and the militant groups it supports causing disruptions. Amid fears of a broadening conflict, a number of international airlines suspended flights. chief-exec.com/
Ukraine has received its first American-made F-16 fighter jets, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. "F-16s in Ukraine. We did it," President Zelensky said at a ceremony at an unnamed airbase, flanked by two of the planes. bbc.com/news/articles/c4ng1p…
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A global stock slump deepened on Friday, with Japanese equities suffering their worst day in eight years as fears over the resilience of the US economy piled pressure on a market already reeling from a sharp sell-off in semiconductor shares. ft.com/content/ad982723-4d08…
In the UK, the NHS faces “alarming” and “dangerous” disruption until Christmas and potentially into 2025, health chiefs have said, after GPs began their first industrial action in 60 years amid a major row over funding. theguardian.com/society/arti…
The pound and the FTSE 100 fell sharply after the Bank of England lowered interest rates for the first time in more than four years. The UK economy, however, is poised to grow this year much more quickly than previously thought. thetimes.com/business-money/…
Building on widespread sentiment and the incumbent Nicolás Maduro's refusal to provide transparent voting data, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said it "is clear" the opposition candidate Edmundo González won Sunday's Venezuelan presidential election france24.com/en/americas/202…
US President Joe Biden has said that the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh “doesn’t help” talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza. Haniyeh was killed during a visit to Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday. bbc.com/news/articles/cql8ly…