35 h. ago World markets and US dollar suffer worst monthly losses since 2022 as Trump trade war riles investors – business live

Shares slide after President Donald Trump says new reciprocal tariffs expected this week will include all nationsWall Street shrinks in response to price pressures, stoking fears of Trump tariffsEurope’s main stock indices are a sea of red, as investors react to Donald Trump’s declaration that the reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations.Italy’s FTSE MIB index has dropped 1.4%, France’s CAC is down 1%, and Germany’s DAX has lost 0.95%.The tariffs imposed by the U.S. government and the fear of new announcements as early as Wednesday are creating a bleak atmosphere on trading floors worldwide. Just last Wednesday, the DAX was above 23,000 points, but it now appears that the index may soon test the 22,000 mark.The risk appetite seen in the initial weeks of the year has dissipated as investors and asset managers pull back, reduce positions, and refrain from taking on large new ones. The inclination to buy the dips has nearly vanished. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Dame Esther Rantzen was given 'months to live' as she prepared for 'last spring' before tragic update

Journalist and TV presenter Dame Esther Rantzen is no longer responding to medical treatment, according to her daughter Rebecca Wilcox, who revealed her mum was 'given a few months to live'

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4 d. ago Mum given weeks to live after receiving same cancer diagnosis she watched pal die from

Jane Loftus, originally from Skye, watched her friend died before she had an opportunity to receive treatment.

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1 week ago Katie Price reveals the huge amount she spends on her weekly shop after avoiding bankruptcy

Katie Price has revealed that she spends hundreds of pounds on her weekly shop - just days after she managed to avoid. being declared bankrupt for a second time

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2 w. ago How many legal parents can a child have? The Dutch are asking the question | Mark Smith

In our rainbow family, there are two dads and a mum – but the law in the Netherlands only recognises two of usOur daughter is very much on board with the idea that, unlike her, many other five-year-olds don’t have two fathers and a mum. “Only has one dad,” she’ll remark in a confidential tone of a newly made friend at the trampoline park or the swimming pool.My husband and I live in Amsterdam, a short cycle from our daughter’s mum, who is a longstanding mutual friend. Our daughter’s time is split between the two households. We are just one of many rainbow families in the Netherlands, where parents (often, a gay male couple and a single woman, or a lesbian couple) choose to have and raise children in constellations of more than two adults. The Dutch have a proud history of championing gay rights – it was back in 2001 that Amsterdam’s then-mayor presided over the world’s first same-sex marriages – and families such as ours have long been embraced here. And yet, from a legal point of v...

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2 w. ago ADRIAN THRILLS reviews Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation by Edwyn Collins: He's still ripping it up after his life

Announcing a series of live shows last week, Edwyn Collins (pictured) declared that the autumn dates will be his last ever UK performances.

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2 w. ago Cheltenham in Benidorm LIVE: We watch top horse race from Brits' fav holiday hotspot

Cheltenham races is now one of the busiest weeks in the Spanish city's calendar and have declared it the start of the summer season – so we sent our man to experience it first hand

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2 w. ago Cheltenham in Benidorm LIVE: We watch top horse race from Brits' fave holiday hotspot

Cheltenham races is now one of the busiest weeks in the Spanish city's calendar and have declared it the start of the summer season – so we sent our man to experience it first hand

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3 w. ago BBC Morning Live's Doctor Xand shares 'secret' his mum 'kept from him for years'

The BBC Morning Live team, including co-hosts Gethin Jones and Gaby Roslin, were shocked as he said it's his "inspiration"

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3 w. ago Mum given three years to live just weeks after she was declared cancer

Michelle Black was told she had beaten bile duct cancer but doctors found another tumour just a few weeks later

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4 w. ago Carolina wildfire map: North and South Carolina under increased fire danger as strong winds threaten region

Dozens of wildfires have cropped up since the weekend, forcing South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to declare a state of emergency

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