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UK minister warns of impact of Trump’s Iran war on next month’s budget
Bridget Phillipson says Burnham’s past criticisms of US president not an issue as PM prepares to meet Trump at UN
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What to expect from upcoming summit between Presidents Trump and Xi
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 — The US military honour guard has been rehearsing and the new White House helipad is ready. But will Xi Jinping and Donald Trump achieve lift-off at their summit next week?
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Chiltern Railways enters public ownership in Labour nationalisation push
Chiltern Railways has become the latest train operator to enter public ownership as the government closes in on its ambition to renationalise all major passenger rail services.
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Trump to create ‘AI Force’ to monitor technology as fears over out-of-control agents grow
Donald Trump on Saturday said he would appoint an artificial intelligence czar and create an “AI Force” to help monitor the technology, though he gave almost no details about either plan.
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UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
British politics is increasingly being funded by individual billionaires with a wave of mega-donations having flooded into UK political parties over the past two parliaments.
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Jim Ratcliffe says the UK is a country ‘on the slide’
The co-owner of Manchester United Sir Jim Ratcliffe has described the UK as being a country “on the slide” from the days when it had “the greatest empire in the world”.
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Students scramble for accommodation after provider goes bust in Dundee
Nearly 70 students in Dundee have been left scrambling to find accommodation for this academic year after the latest in a string of university housing schemes went bust amid severe financial strain on the sector.
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Domestic datacentres: how computer power can help heat your home
Attached to the hot water cylinder in his London home is a compact computer server that generates heat and then transfers it as it operates.
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Kevin Warsh may be the adult in the room. But can he calm the US economy?
In the end, Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve acquitted itself well. For all the uncertainty he had sparked at the previous meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, when he refused to provide any indication of what he …
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Harrods seeks to recover abuse compensation costs from Mohamed Al Fayed’s estate
Harrods is seeking to recover the cost of the compensation paid to hundreds of women allegedly sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed from his estate, the Guardian understands.
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Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud
From 2017 onwards, Rehan Ahmed styled himself as a savvy business owner. But behind the facade of a successful entrepreneur lurked one stark fact: his empire was built on fakery.
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Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK
One of Britain's richest people, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, says he has lost confidence in the UK, describing the country as "on the slide".
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Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia and giving him more power to levy tariffs
Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation enabling sweeping sanctions on Russia aimed at pressing it into ending its war with Ukraine, and also giving him the power to impose additional tariffs on countries breaking the…
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Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models
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You expect traffic jams on Chicago streets. You probably do not expect one on the sidewalk caused by a bunch of food delivery robots. That is exactly what runner Becca Ostien encountered near Lincoln Park. At least a do…
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The Guardian view on youth unemployment: too few jobs in too many places | Editorial
The ideas that Neets (young people not in education, employment or training) simply aren’t trying hard enough to find a job, or don’t want one, are “myths,” Alan Milburn wrote in his interim report on the subject earlie…
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BrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administrators
There are ‘insufficient funds’ to pay unpaid wages, tax owed to HMRC and overdue bills, accountants say
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Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error
A software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a millisecond”, leading to a six-hour outage and mass airline cancellations and delays across the UK last week, Nat…
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Building a stronger UK investment culture
Speech by Lucy Castledine, director of consumer investments, at the 2026 Investor Summit.
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Warren Buffett steps down as chair of Berkshire Hathaway after over 50 years
‘Father Time always wins,’ Buffett, 96, says as his son, Howard, steps in as the $1tn conglomerate’s new chair
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Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with SNB Bancshares and Bank of Eufaula
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below:
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Minutes of the Transaction and Post-trade Reporting Harmonisation Taskforce - July 2026
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Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues ‘wilfully putting lives at risk’
The agency, which manages motorways and major roads, said there was increasing concern about incursions into closed-off roadworks and the danger they posed.
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ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – August 2026
In August the median rate of perceived inflation over the previous 12 months was 3.5%, the same as in July. Median expectations for inflation over the next 12 months increased to 3.0% from 2.9% in July, while median exp…