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Sir Ed Davey is calling on the government to start work on a "fully independent British nuclear deterrent"
"My family and I will not truly be safe as long as Putin is in power," says the former chess world champion
Spain’s snap election is poised to upend not just domestic politics … but EU politics, too. On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart break down the potential impact of the Madrid tumult — from the EU long-term budget to the potential puncturing of Ursula von der Leyen’s fragile majority in Parliament. Next, Hungarian Prime […]
Protesters are demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
Former CIA official David Rush pleaded guilty Tuesday to a $194 million fraud scheme that allowed him to acquire hundreds of gold bars and luxury properties in Florida. Rush, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Prosecutors said Rush exploited his senior government position and access to […]
S&P 500 earnings are forecast to rise 27% against a backdrop of stock market highs and elevated longer-term borrowing costs
By Mohammed Ghobari, Timour Azhari and Eman Abouhassira ADEN, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government said on Sunday it was launching a major military campaign to recapture all areas of the country controlled by the . The government’s armed forces would press the offensive “until the country is liberated from the grip of the terrorist militia,” Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi said in a televised address. A military spokesman later called on the Houthis to lay down their weapons
By Peter Hobson NADI, Fiji, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The world must increase its efforts to reduce emissions in order to keep global temperature rises beneath 1.5 degrees Celsius and limit the impact of rising seas and extreme weather, delegates gathered at a climate conference in Fiji said on Wednesday. Pacific nations that are among the world’s most vulnerable to climate change are trying to lock their priorities into global climate negotiations at the ministerial meeting, a precursor to the COP31 forum in Turkey in November
Analysts said attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz were increasing, while Iran-backed Houthis remain a threat in the Bab el-Mandeb waterway