14 minutes ago UK announces £2.26 billion loan for Ukraine using frozen Russian asset funds

The funds represent the UK’s share of a $50 billion (£38.39 billion) loan package agreed upon by the G7 nations, financed through interest generated from sanctioned Russian sovereign assets

Economics

30 minutes ago UK’s £2.26bn loan for Ukraine ‘can help turn the tables on Putin’s war machine’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Defence Secretary John Healey announced the move, which will be funded by profits on frozen Russian assets.

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35 minutes ago Coronation Street spoilers tease 'shock announcement' and clue that'll expose Joel killer

Coronation Street fans will see Gail Platt's fate teased amid fears she'll be killed off, and soon the Platts are stunned by an announcement, while Joel Deering's killer could be exposed

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73 minutes ago Sir Keir Starmer backs Daily Mail campaign to strip 'awful killer' asbestos from schools and hospitals

The Prime Minister said asbestos was an 'awful killer', adding: 'Whatever we need to do to reduce that risk, we absolutely need to do', during a visit to a London Ambulance Service centre today.

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1 hour ago RACHEL REEVES: A secure Ukraine means a secure Britain. The frontline for us and our allies is in the Ukrainian trenches

RACHEL REEVES: I am today announcing we are stepping up our support by loaning Ukraine more than £2 billion for additional military support.

Politics

2 hours ago Criminals could serve sentences at home in virtual prisons using new technology

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is announcing a major review of sentencing to find new ways to punish offenders outside of jail to deal with overflowing prisons

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike hits front of hospital in south Beirut, spokesperson says

Attack hit entrance of Rafic Hariri university hospital – the largest public hospital in LebanonIsraeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike reportedly hits hospital in Beirut’s southern suburbs

Strike appears to have hit hospital parking lot, according to hospital source Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced people on Monday as they deepened their operations in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, residents and medics said.They also rounded up men and ordered women to leave the camp, they said. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee slams ITV after controversial AI announcement

ITV announced plans recently to hire someone to fill a role involving the spearheading 'AI-driven innovations in content creation,' which prompted some criticism

Politics

4 hours ago Arizona Republican official who refused to certify 2022 midterm election pleads guilty

Cochise county supervisor Peggy Judd agrees to plead guilty to misdemeanor charge A Republican county supervisor in rural Arizona who refused to certify the 2022 midterm election has agreed to a plea deal, becoming the first person criminally sanctioned for refusing to certify an election since 2020.Peggy Judd, a Republican supervisor in Cochise county, Arizona, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge for failing or refusing to perform an official duty by an election officer. She will serve an unsupervised probation of at least 90 days and pay a maximum $500 fine, Arizona’s Democratic attorney general, Kris Mayes, said in a press release announcing the plea deal on Monday. Continue reading...

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