90 m. ago US and China officials to meet for trade talks in London – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsChina has slipped further into deflation territory, underlining the importance of agreeing a trade deal with the US.China’s consumer prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in May, new data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.“The next round of trade talks between the U.S. and China will be held in the UK on Monday.“We are a nation that champions free trade and have always been clear that a trade war is in nobody’s interests, so we welcome these talks.” Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Jobe Bellingham to follow in Jude’s footsteps as Sunderland agree deal with Dortmund

Potential fee could be most expensive for German clubPlayoff winner Tommy Watson sold to Brighton for £10mJobe Bellingham is poised to swap Sunderland for Borussia Dortmund after the clubs agreed an initial fee of around £28m, potentially rising to £32m.The 19-year-old England Under-21 midfielder, the younger brother of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, has just played a key part in helping Sunderland to secure promotion to the Premier League but is now following in his sibling’s footsteps and heading to the Bundesliga. Continue reading...

Economics

12 h. ago Rachel Reeves strikes 11th hour deal with Angela Rayner to break cabinet civil war deadlock

Exclusive: The Treasury agreed a late deal with Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government on Sunday evening, just days before Rachel Reeves publishes the spending review

Events

13 h. ago Jobe Bellingham to Dortmund: Transfer fee, salary and Sunderland star's potential squad number at Signal Iduna

Borussia Dortmund are set to sign Sunderland and England under-21 midfielder Jobe Bellingham according to reports.

Politics

15 h. ago Jobe Bellingham to Dortmund: Transfer fee, salary and Sunderland's stars squad number at Signal Iduna

Borussia Dortmund are set to sign Sunderland and England under-21 midfielder Jobe Bellingham according to reports.

Politics

19 h. ago Two reasons Arsenal could MISS OUT on £51m Martin Zubimendi transfer as Real Madrid make move

Arsenal have an agreement to sign Spain international Martini Zubimendi but a deal is not yet over the line for the midfielder who is drawing late interest from Real Madrid this summer

Economics

34 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal to sign Kepa, Sesko update; Mbeumo to Man Utd twist; Chelsea agree Gittens deal

The first of two summer transfer deadlines is now drawing near

Sport

38 h. ago Ronnie O'Sullivan and former fiancee Laila Rouass agree deal to seal clean break

The snooker icon, 49, is now understood to be planning to quit the UK and move to the Middle East where he has a snooker academy

Economics

45 h. ago Sunderland make £8.5m demand as Jobe Bellingham talks with Dortmund reach deadlock

Borussia Dortmund want to sign Sunderland midfield starlet Jobe Bellingham before the Club World Cup and the two clubs remain in negotiations for the player, who has agreed a five-year deal with BVB

Economics

62 h. ago Between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’: will EU hardball secure trade deal with US?

Optimism is growing in Brussels, but high-risk strategy has only weeks to play out before pause in tariff threat endsIn Brussels’ corridors of power, quiet optimism is growing that the EU’s hardball strategy to secure a US trade deal is working. While Britain quickly moved to try to cushion the impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs with a deal agreed last month – and US-Chinese relations are a tit-for-tat situation – the EU has taken a different stance. “We are positioning ourselves between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’,” said a Brussels source.The stakes are not just the £706bn in transatlantic trade between the EU and US but the fallout from what diplomats and businesses say is a dangerous assault on the global rules-based system that governs western democracy. Continue reading...

Economics

67 h. ago Emmanuel Gyamfi sold on Aberdeen transfer by Scottish Cup party as Hampden scenes sealed the deal

The Dons have agreed a deal with Schalke 04 for the young left-sided player who has penned a four-year agreement

Economics

67 h. ago Dundee United agree Iurie Iovu deal with further transfers in pipeline for Jim Goodwin ahead of Conference League test

The Tannadice club have thrashed out a fee to sign the Moldova international - who will pen a long-term deal at the club

Economics

3 d. ago Manchester United have already given game away over next major transfer move

Manchester United transfer latest with Bryan Mbeumo bid lodged and Mathues Cunha deal agreed

Sport

3 d. ago Millions of Brits heading to Portugal can use eGates at Faro airport and avoid lengthy Brexit border queues

The new arrangements come after the UK and EU agreed a new trade deal

Politics

4 d. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal want Semenyo; Man Utd make Gyokeres move, Mbeumo bid; Wirtz agrees Liverpool deal

Halfway stage now reached in first of two summer windows

Economics

4 d. ago Man City's dream XI for next season with £46m deal agreed and Premier League duo signed

Pep Guardiola will need a handful of new signings if he wants his Manchester City team to challenge Liverpool again for the Premier League title after finishing third and suffering a trophyless season

Economics

4 d. ago France finally agrees to intercept migrant boats at sea – months after deal to stop crossings agreed

A furious row erupted at the weekend after French authorities were accused of standing by as people smugglers acted like a ‘taxi’ service

Economics

4 d. ago Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ could add $2.4tn to national debt, nonpartisan analysis says – US politics live

Congressional Budget Office assessment comes as Musk is among prominent critics of the bill; Mexico says it will act over tariffs if no trade deal agreedThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended their humanitarian parole, a temporary status granted to people on urgent humanitarian grounds, and ordered them to “self-deport”. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Man City have already decided on their next three transfers after 'agreeing' double deal

City have made a positive start to the summer transfer window but there is still work to be done

Economics

4 d. ago When Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Cherki can make their Man City debut after double deal 'agreed'

City are set to make a double breakthrough in the transfer market

Economics