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Chancellor warns of tough Budget as Iran war puts strain on economy
Chancellor John Healey has warned that the upcoming autumn Budget, due on 28 October, will be tough, as Donald Trump’s war with Iran continues to strain the UK economy by pushing up inflation, dampening growth and raising government borrowing costs. He told the Financial Times he would nonetheless aim to leave a solid “buffer against…
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Interest rate row erupts as diesel prices spike and Middle East conflict deepens
BoE’s Huw Pill demands rates hit 4% as war in Iran fuels inflation and fuel costs; also tonight: German grid sabotage, prisons crisis, statins-dementia study, orangutan baby boom and a rapturous Proms from the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Trump insists Iran ‘not a war’ FOUR times as 767 troops lie wounded and gas lingers over $4 a gallon
President Donald Trump has again refused to describe the ongoing US military campaign against Iran as a “war”, instead repeating four times in the Oval Office that it is a “military conflict” and “small potatoes”. His remarks echo comments made a day earlier by Vice President JD Vance, and come despite the conflict entering its…
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Creator of Netflix’s ‘Fauda’ Attacks Mark Ruffalo Over Gaza Genocide Remarks, Citing Aid and Birth Figures
Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of Netflix’s “Fauda”, publicly attacked actor Mark Ruffalo for calling Israel’s conduct in Gaza a genocide, branding him “stupid” and “ignorant” at a London fundraising event for the Tel Aviv University Trust. Issacharoff argued the term was inapplicable because Israel allows food and supply trucks into Gaza daily and because more Palestinians…
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Storm brews over water use, food security and Middle East fallout, plus Oasis and Hull City hearten
A Guardian probe exposes big firms’ water use amid hosepipe bans, as NAO flags food-supply risks and Iran-driven oil prices hit child aid; also: Sheffield forest school vandalism, the Oasis reunion documentary, teenage Hull star Herrington, and a chilling French attack survival story.
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Saudi national stabbed during apparent robbery attempt in Berkeley Square
A Saudi national in his 40s was stabbed in an apparent attempted robbery in Berkeley Square, an upmarket Mayfair square, on the evening of 3 September. The Metropolitan Police arrested a 58-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, possession of an offensive weapon and attempted robbery, and both the victim and…
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Shameless Democrat blew off paralyzed veterans to vouch for Israel as staff expose his cold response to cop’s funeral
A new Wall Street Journal report has revealed that Democratic Senator John Fetterman cancelled a scheduled meeting with three paralysed veterans from Pennsylvania, who had travelled to Washington seeking his support on veterans’ care legislation, so he could instead appear on Fox News to speak in defence of Israel. The report, based on interviews with…
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Greens face legal action from their own members after ‘trans Communist’ who backs Iran’s extremist regime was appointed to woman-only post
The Green Party is facing legal action from some of its own members after Eleanora Folan, a transgender woman who describes herself as a communist and “anti-Zionist”, won a vote to fill a women’s role on the party’s council representing the Eastern Region. Gender-critical members argue the appointment breaches the UK Supreme Court’s ruling last…
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Trump is dismantling Iran’s war machine, but America still needs an endgame
A Fox News opinion piece argues that President Donald Trump’s administration is reversing decades of American deference to Iran by responding forcefully to Iranian aggression, particularly around the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. The author contends that by degrading Iran’s military assets whenever they are rebuilt or used, Washington is finally establishing genuine deterrence,…
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‘We expect our sons to be killed,’ father of teen shot dead in West Bank tells BBC
Two Palestinian teenagers, Omar al-Naasan and Khalil Abu Alia, have been buried after being shot dead this week when Israeli settlers and soldiers entered the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, south of Nablus. The deaths, which occurred amid near-daily settler attacks on the village, highlight the escalating violence facing Palestinian communities in the occupied territory,…