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European stocks rise as oil slips below $100European stocks are now rising more strongly, with the Stoxx Europe 600 up 0.5% and the UK’s blue chip FTSE 100 up 0.4%.That boost is being driven by a weaker oil price today, with the international benchmark Brent crude down 4.1% to $96.63 a barrel. It hit $100 yesterday amid fears around the conflict in the Middle East, particularly over Houthi threats to block Saudi Arabian naval ports.The fall in oil prices comes after US president Donald Trump said in an interview with Axios on Thursday that he was “considering a massive attack”…
Gas prices are high. Americans think they’re even higher. Three in five Americans believe gas prices in their area have risen by more than they actually have, according to an analysis of new results from The POLITICO Poll. It’s those perceptions that candidates will be running against this fall. Voters’ anxieties about fuel prices could give Democrats a boost ahead of the midterms, further strengthening the Democratic voting base and putting strains on the MAGA coalition as the increasingly unpopular war in Iran drags on. A plurality of Americans — 46 percent — say the change in gas prices will…
In an Instagram revolt of the young, India’s “WhatsApp Uncles” are at a loss.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who for more than a decade has used social media to project an image of nearly divine infallibility, is facing perhaps his most formidable challenge in years in the form of a Gen Z-driven protest that has seized the digital narrative with videos, memes and authentic outrage.As the demonstrators vent their anger at India’s economic failings and a lack of accountability, the signs and slogans in New Delhi at the main site of the protests — which spread this week to several other…
The chairman of corporate giant SK Group has been ordered by a South Korean court to pay his ex-wife 944bn won (£483m; $644m) in a case that local media has called the “divorce of the century”.The award, which still needs to be finalised, is below the initial 1.38tn won that chairman Chey Tae-won was told to pay Roh Soh-yeong in 2024.It comes more than a decade after his marriage to Roh – the daughter of a former president – fell apart following the revelation he had fathered a child with another woman.SK Group runs SK Hynix, the semiconductor giant that…
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not looking at bringing in rent controls in England.She told BBC Breakfast that changes made through the Renters’ Rights Act, which came into effect in May, were “already having a significant impact on the market”.She added that controls which had been implemented in some areas of the UK over the past few years had not “necessarily brought rents down”.In 2023 when he was the mayor of Greater Manchester, Burnham called for freezes to private sector rents until the cost of living crisis was over.But Rayner told the BBC on…
While Modi did not address the protests directly, he said he was “well aware that the issue of paper leaks is not a small matter”.”It causes immense distress to [hundreds of thousands] of students and their parents,” he said, reiterating his earlier promise to strengthen the legal framework to punish culprits.But the CJP’s response suggested they would not back down on the demand for Pradhan’s resignation.”The fact that Modi had to make a selfie at midnight shows the pressure he’s under. He has promised to take action – the best he can do is sack his education minister,” CJP spokesperson…
Authorities in France have ordered the evacuation of the entirety of the Cap Ferret peninsula (Lège-Cap Ferret) in the south-west of France, with hundreds of people escaping the area by boat. The tourism hot spot is being evacuated as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire that has raged in the Gironde region for days.The fire, which began on Tuesday in Saumos, continued its progression overnight with 8,700 hectares (around 21,500 acres) consumed by the flames.Meanwhile, the government in Spain has declared a national emergency as wildfires burn out of control in several areas close to the capital Madrid.Two firefighters died…
A public memorial for Ann Widdecombe will be held later this year, her family has said in a statement.Former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokeswoman Widdecombe, 78, was found dead in her Dartmoor home with serious head injuries earlier this month. Her family thanked the public for “the wide expression of condolences” but asked that her private service, to be held in the coming weeks and for which invitations have already been sent, is “limited to those closest to Ann”.”We understand that there is significant public interest in the funeral of Ann Widdecombe,” the statement said.”A private service for family…
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told the BBC she leads “a brand new party full of new people” – after it emerged in the Spectator, external that the former cabinet minister and Tory party chairman Sir Grant Shapps has been rejected as a Conservative Party parliamentary candidate.Sir Grant, who has declined to comment, served in nine ministerial roles in government as well as co-chairing the party.In cabinet, he served as home secretary, defence secretary, transport secretary, business secretary, energy secretary and net zero secretary.He was also a Foreign Office Minister, housing minister and international development minister, external.He lost his Welwyn…