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The government borrowed slightly less than expected in June, according to official figures published as new prime minister Andy Burnham began setting out measures to cut living costs for households. Borrowing – the difference between spending and income from taxes – was £16bn, £7.9bn lower a year earlier, although analysts said challenges remained over the UK’s public finances.Separate data showed the unemployment rate was unchanged, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) saying the labour market was “relatively steady”.However, while the borrowing figure was less than forecast, the ONS said total debt remained near £3 trillion – close to the…

The AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan, will be given a seat at the top table of government but the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has been scrapped.DSIT was created by the Conservative Sunak government in 2023 – its responsibilities will now be split between other government departments.It means there is no longer a dedicated technology secretary, a position filled by Liz Kendall until she was sacked by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham.However, Narayan, who was appointed by Sir Keir Starmer, said the new prime minister inviting him to attend cabinet as minister for AI was a “sign of his…

The United States continued to attack Iran for a tenth consecutive night early on Tuesday, hitting military command centres. Explosions were reported in Qeshm Island, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr.Iran retaliated, striking US military assets in the Gulf, attacking Bahrain and Kuwait. Additionally, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said “massive fires” had also broken out on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.Here is a recap of what happened on Monday night and Tuesday.Where was Iran attacked?The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that it completed another round of strikes against Iran at 01:00 GMT on Tuesday. This marks the tenth…

SANFORD, Maine — Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Democratic nomination in the crucial Maine Senate race, winning the support of a majority of the state delegates who will officially nominate a candidate next weekend. While they are not legally bound to support him, more than two-thirds of the 601 delegates have committed to voting for Jackson at that statewide convention. Jackson dominated the county-level meetings this weekend that selected those delegates, with his rivals falling far behind — and his two most organized competitors, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and former state public health official Nirav Shah, dropped…

The ferry, MV Barima, departed from the capital, Georgetown, on Saturday afternoon local time, headed for Port Kaituma, in the north of the country. The 40m-long (131ft) vessel was built in 1939, according to a listing on VesselFinder.A survivor, Elena Moonsammy, told local news site Kiskadee Watch, external that the ferry had tilted after being hit by a large wave, with water quickly rushing in. It started to take on water within seconds, she said. A distress call was received at 23:01 (03:01 GMT Sunday), triggering a search operation involving government teams and privately owned boats.Moonsammy said she had survived…

Even by the brutal standards of militant settler violence in the West Bank, the raid on Deir Jarir late on Sunday night that killed two Palestinians and left another in hospital with a gunshot wound was extreme.Palestinians in the town said settlers from a nearby outpost arrived after 9pm on Sunday claiming that they were searching for stolen livestock. Israeli soldiers and police soon joined them, protecting them as they sought to take several villagers’ sheep by force.But when villagers raised the alarm and a crowd gathered, soldiers shot two men, beginning a night of three successive raids by settlers…

A government ends and a new government begins, determined to make a splash with its early policy announcements.We can expect to see and hear plenty from the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his senior ministers in the coming days, making arguments, travelling the country and trying to make an impact.Burnham’s new cabinet will meet for the first time at lunchtime.Its appointment became something of a nocturnal affair.At gone 22:00 BST on Monday night, there was still a minibus full of ministerial wannabes inside Downing Street waiting for their new positions to be confirmed.One of the later posts to be…

Dispute erupts in South China Sea after incident near Second Thomas Shoal involving Chinese and Philippine vessels.Published On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026China and the Philippines are engaged in a dispute over who is to blame after a confrontation between their vessels in the disputed South China Sea left a Philippine sailor injured.The incident took place on Monday near the Second Thomas Shoal, home to a grounded Philippine warship, the BRP Sierra Madre, that Manila uses as a military outpost.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBeijing claims almost all of the South China Sea and has demanded the outpost…

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NEW YORK — There’s no bots about it. The New York City-themed World Cup jerseys announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani in June and released online from July 8 to July 16 sold out every morning within minutes, though the Mamdani administration tells POLITICO there was no foul play involved. Frustrated shoppers suspected scalpers using automated bots to buy the jerseys within seconds during each morning’s release at 10 a.m., but New York’s Department of Citywide Administrative Services said it only detected two out of 3,500 orders that came from bots. “The NYC soccer jerseys have been tremendously popular—thousands have attempted…