9 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Criticising Red China is a moreish activity. You try some and before long hanker for another plateful

China's vice-premier He Lifeng, a big yam, is in London and spent his morning with Rachel Reeves.

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18 h. ago Trump tariffs latest: China to deepen relationship with Britain, says vice premier

Trump tariffs latest: China to deepen relationship with Britain, says vice premier  The Telegraph

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39 h. ago UK finance minister Reeves to meet China's vice premier on London trip

UK finance minister Reeves to meet China's vice premier on London trip  Reuters

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62 h. ago Tulip Real Estate Acquires Premier London Hilton Property in £30 Million Deal from Lone Star

Tulip Real Estate Acquires Premier London Hilton Property in £30 Million Deal from Lone Star  GlobeNewswire

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5 d. ago 'How did you get it so wrong?' Mark Drakeford blasted over National Insurance shortfall

The Welsh Government finance minister previously said the UK Government would fully cover the impact of its National Insurance changes but it later emerged that wasn't the case

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6 d. ago Merz plans €46bn corporate tax breaks to revive German economy

Finance minister Lars Klingbeil will outline measures to boost corporate investments amid threat of US tariffs

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1 week ago Driver charged with Liverpool soccer parade tragedy appears in court

A driver charged with multiple counts of causing grievous bodily harm for ramming into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans during a street parade has made his first court appearance

Events

1 week ago Luke Humphries beats Luke Littler to win Premier League Darts title and massive payday

Luke Littler missed the chance to add another huge title to his already staggering resume by losing to Luke Humphries in the Premier League Darts final at the O2 Arena in London

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1 week ago Gerwyn Price slams darts rivals as 'too friendly' before Luke Littler clash

Darts star Gerwyn Price has slammed his rivals as being a bit "too friendly" ahead of the Premier League finals evening on Thursday in London

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1 week ago Driver charged with causing grievious bodily harm after Liverpool soccer parade tragedy

Prosecutors say that a 53-year-old British man who injured nearly 80 people when his car rammed into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans celebrating their team’s Premier League championship has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent

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1 week ago Luke Littler ‘not even thinking about retirement at the minute’ after rumours

Premier League semi-finalist Nathan Aspinall suggested the 18-year-old could retire in five years.

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1 week ago Northern Ireland’s health service facing projected £600m budget shortfall

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt described finalising financial plans that will be ‘unprecedented’ and ‘painful’.

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2 w. ago Driver arrested after car plows into celebrating Liverpool fans

Police in Liverpool say a driver has been arrested after a vehicle plowed into a crowd of people celebrating the city soccer team’s Premier League championship

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2 w. ago Military intervention must be used to stop the genocide in Gaza | Ahmed Ibsais

In Kosovo, Nato intervened in 1999 after mass killings and the threat of further ethnic cleansing. Why aren’t Gazans being protected in the same way?On 20 May, the secretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the United Nations stated that 14,000 babies would be dead unless the blockade was lifted immediately. The day before, the former Knesset member Moshe Feiglin said: “Every child in Gaza is the enemy.” And now, world leaders in the UK and France threaten vague “concrete actions” if Israel “does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid”. But undefined “concrete actions” are woefully insufficient. To those leaders I say: Gaza’s children cannot eat statements.Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, declared last week: “We are destroying everything in Gaza, the world isn’t stopping us.” So let’s say what must be said, without apology: military intervention to defend Gaza is not only justified – it is required. It is humanitarian...

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2 w. ago ALEX BRUMMER: Reeves hasn't 'fixed the economic foundations'

As the Chancellor lives it up with her fellow G7 finance ministers at the £350-a-night Rimrock Resort Hotel in Canada's Rocky Mountains, her credibility at home is draining away.

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2 w. ago South Africa says its budget can't cover for the deep US cuts in foreign aid

South Africa's finance minister says the country doesn’t have the funds to cover the over $430 million shortfall caused by the Trump administration’s cuts in foreign aid

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2 w. ago Former Ukrainian presidential aide shot dead in Madrid – Europe live

Former politician Andriy Portnov advised the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych and had fled Ukraine in 2014For more background on Portnov, here is his profile as drafted by the US Treasury in 2021, when he was sanctioned on the International Anti-Corruption Day, no less.Andriy Portnov (Portnov), the former Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration under former President Yanukovych, has cultivated extensive connections to Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through bribery. Widely known as a court fixer, Portnov was credibly accused of using his influence to buy access and decisions in Ukraine’s courts and undermining reform efforts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Thomas Frank changes tune on Bryan Mbeumo's Brentford future amid Liverpool link

Bryan Mbeumo has enjoyed a sensational season for Brentford but his future with the West London side looks very uncertain amid interest from Premier League champions Liverpool

Society

2 w. ago Former Ukrainian presidential aide reportedly shot dead in Madrid – Europe live

Andriy Portnov, an ex-politician in Ukraine, was shot outside a school in a wealthy suburb, according to sources close to the policeSpanish newspaper El País is reporting that the police believe there were “two or three” attackers, with “at least three” gunshot wounds discovered on the body of the dead man.The newspaper quotes sources close to the investigation claiming that the man was driving a car at the time of the attack. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mark Drakeford announces plans to change business rates in Wales

Wales' finance minister wants to change the way rates are calculated depending on the size of the business

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