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Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis | Heather Stewart
Bond markets are growing increasingly nervous about the trajectory of US government debt, with Treasury secretary Scott Bessent forced into interventions that critics say betray weakness rather than confidence. Bessent recently pledged to double the rate at which the US Treasury buys up long-dated bonds in an effort to push down yields, following an earlier…
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London bus drivers to strike NEXT WEEK over ‘hot’ working conditions – after last-minute talks to clinch deal break down
More than 1,500 London bus drivers employed by Arriva North London will resume strike action next week after last-minute negotiations with the company collapsed. The Unite union’s members rejected Arriva’s latest offer in a dispute over “hot” working conditions, meaning the previously paused walkouts will restart and continue through until late October, causing significant disruption…
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Rows evacuated, backbenchers, royal drama, GTA6 leak and Mourinho’s Madrid return dominate
Labour MPs warn Burnham off a snap election, Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyers face a new royal drama, and heat sparks school-term rethink calls; abroad, a Florida beach plane crash, a Rockstar GTA6 leak hunt, National Treasure 3’s green light, and Mourinho’s winning Real Madrid return.
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Travel chaos across UK as CrossCountry cancels almost all trains after power cut
CrossCountry was forced to cancel almost all of its trains across Britain after a power cut knocked out the systems at its Birmingham control centre, causing widespread disruption for passengers throughout Sunday. The operator said only a “very limited” number of services resumed from around 6pm, with most facilities reinstated and a full timetable planned…
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‘The line’s running half-empty’: Llanwern steelworks feels the heat from cheap steel imports
Tata Steel’s Llanwern factory in south Wales is running at roughly half capacity, with production lines sitting idle for parts of the day, as cheap imported steel undercuts UK producers despite new government tariffs meant to protect the domestic industry. The 50% import tariffs introduced in July were designed to shield British steelmakers, but the…
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National Treasure 3 Officially in Development at Disney With Approved Script
Director Jon Turteltaub has publicly confirmed that a third National Treasure film is now in active development at Disney, with a completed script that has received his approval. The announcement was made during a live t
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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks
Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer, has warned that people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks as AI models gain increasingly advanced offensive capabilities. His comments to the Guardian came after OpenAI announced a pause in training its most advanced internal models this week to implement new safeguards, and follow an incident…
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Immigration ruling, De Zerbi’s Spurs fury and National Treasure 3 confirmed
A judge brands the US immigrant-visa suspension “Orwellian” as the USPS tightens postal-vote rules; Roberto De Zerbi slams Tottenham after their 3-0 defeat at Brentford, while Jon Turteltaub confirms National Treasure 3 is finally happening.
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Parents’ fears after top fee-paying school teams up with Bitcoin fanatic
Lomond School, a fee-paying private school in Helensburgh charging up to £48,000 a year, has entered a “long-term partnership” with Scholarium, a Swiss-based organisation run by Iranian-Austrian lecturer Rahim Taghizadegan that promotes “Bitcoin citadels”, tax avoidance and “unschooling”. The deal has alarmed parents, who say they were given little transparency about the arrangement and only…
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‘Pretty shambolic’: new EU border checks cause stress for UK travellers
The EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES), which requires non-EU citizens to be photographed and fingerprinted when crossing Schengen borders, has caused significant frustration for British travellers this summer, with reports of long queues, missed connections and record-keeping errors. Although the scheme has technically been in full force since April, following its launch last autumn, it…