5 h. ago Pressure rises on Reeves as government borrowing costs hit 27

Chancellor will face more limited fiscal headroom at budget after yield on 30-year bond increases to 5.68%Business live – latest updatesReshuffle gymnastics prepare Starmer to walk tricky budget tightropeBritain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.The yield, or interest rate, on 30-year UK government debt hit 5.714% on Tuesday. That is its highest level since 1998, indicating that it will cost the UK more to borrow from the markets, above the previous 27-year high of 5.649% set in April. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Do you have one of these popular savings accounts? Beware your nest egg being destroyed: SYLVIA MORRIS

Savers have been hit by a rise in the cost of living and falling interest rates, writes SYLVIA MORRIS. So there are millions earning just up to 1 pc on their money, the lowest rate for over two years.

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6 h. ago Do you have one of these popular savings accounts? Then your nest egg is being destroyed as we speak... this is what you must do now: SYLVIA MORRIS

Savers have been hit by a rise in the cost of living and falling interest rates, writes SYLVIA MORRIS. So there are millions earning just up to 1 pc on their money, the lowest rate for over two years.

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9 h. ago Xi Jinping accuses West of ‘bullying behaviour’ and ‘Cold War mentality’ at showpiece summit with Putin

The Chinese leader made a thinly veiled swipe at Trump’s tariff policy as he unveiled a new economic vision for non-western countries

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12 h. ago Trump rages as Putin and Indian prime minister Modi cozy up hand

Many saw Modi's embrace of Putin as a response to Trump's heavy tariffs on India for buying Russia's oil and Trump let the Indian leader have it on Truth Social.

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12 h. ago Modi hails ‘insightful’ talks with Putin during armoured limousine ride at China summit

Indian leader strengthens ties with Russia as Trump escalates tariff dispute with New Delhi

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24 h. ago The Guardian view on Donald Trump and India: the tariff war that boosted China | Editorial

The White House wanted India to bow. Instead, Narendra Modi flew to China, shook Xi Jinping’s hand and left Washington sidelined Donald Trump’s imperial tendencies see the US president wield tariffs and sanctions in the expectation that America will receive tributes. Yet his latest move – punishing India with 50% tariffs for Russian oil purchases once encouraged by the US – has produced not submission but spectacle. It has sent India’s Narendra Modi to China for the first time in seven years as Xi Jinping hosted more than 20 leaders for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. And it is in Tianjin, not Washington, where it looks as if the hinge of history is moving.The SCO is easy to dismiss: the bloc is a bundle of contradictions. India and Pakistan remain adversaries. China and India still stare across a garrisoned Himalayan frontier, though relations have thawed since last October’s border breakthrough. Russia and China vie for influence in Central Asia. Unl...

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24 h. ago Dumbbells, bulldozers and flatware: Some US companies are begging Trump to add their products to his tariff lists

Companies that manufacture American-made goods see opportunity in new taxes on competitors’ imports

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28 h. ago Mexican families losing jobs in their thousands due to Trump tariffs

Mexican people are facing mass layoffs, which are being blamed on Trump’s tariffs

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30 h. ago NHS weight loss jabs hit 200 prescriptions an HOUR as Mounjaro costs soar

MAPPED: The rate of NHS Mounjaro prescriptions across England as the price hike comes into effect

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30 h. ago ‘Simply irresistible’ BBC costume drama with ‘solid story’ is unmissable

The BBC costume drama was a huge hit when it first aired in the 1990s

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31 h. ago What next for Trump’s tariffs after president warned US would be ‘destroyed’ if they don’t go ahead

Donald Trump furious after U.S. Court of Appeals agrees that justification for levy on imports, his signature trade policy, amounts to executive overreach

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31 h. ago Life expectancy is STALLING: The average Brit may never reach 100 years of age, experts warn

Living to 100 really is a significant achievement. But it's unlikely this milestone will become commonplace anytime soon, according to a new study.

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43 h. ago Trump aides scramble to defend tariffs after bombshell court ruling – and as crucial jobs report looms

Trump claims the tariffs generate revenue even as the economy has shown signs that they will increase prices for consumers

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50 h. ago Nicola Jennings on the striking down of Trump’s tariffs by a federal court – cartoon

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2 d. ago NHS funded 'fat jabs' hit 200 times an hour as Monjaro costs soar for taxpayers

EXCLUSIVE: Mounjaro has soared in popularity after it was approved for use in England with 147,000 prescriptions in May this year and one place is clearly ahead of the rest

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3 d. ago Davina Perrin smashes historic ton as Northern Superchargers reach Hundred final

Perrin became just the second woman to reach three figures in the 100-ball tournament with a stunning 101 off 43 balls.

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3 d. ago Appeals court finds Trump's sweeping tariffs unconstitutional but leaves them in place for now

The decision complicates Trump´s ambitions to upend decades of American trade policy completely on his own.

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3 d. ago Trump vows to appeal court ruling striking down ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs claiming it ‘would literally destroy’ the country

The anticipated decision finds sweeping tariffs unconstitutional but leaves them in place as legal challenges continue

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3 d. ago US appeals court rules most of Trump’s sweeping global tariffs illegal – live

Ruling upholds decision from trade court while president attacks ‘Highly Partisan Appeals Court’ and says he will win tariff fightFull story: Most of Trump tariffs illegal, court findsA visit to Taiwan by two US senators has drawn criticism from China, which claims the island as its own and objects to any contact between officials of the two sides.The chair of the Senate armed services committee, Roger Wicker, and the Nebraska senator Deb Fischer arrived in Taipei on Friday for a series of high-level meetings with senior Taiwanese leaders to discuss US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, according to the American Institute in Taiwan, Washington’s de facto embassy in lieu of formal diplomatic relations with the self-governing island democracy.A thriving democracy is never fully assured and we’re here to talk to our friends and allies in Taiwan about what we’re doing to enhance worldwide peace. Continue reading...

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