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Burnham to dispatch 100 Whitehall officials to help regional mayors
Civil service scheme announced after PM convened local leaders to ‘situation room’ meeting from No 10 NorthUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham is to send more than 100 Whitehall officials to bolster the teams of regional mayors, after convening leaders from across England from his base at No 10 North to discuss how to spread growth.The government described the meeting as a “situation roo...
In 1986, a family sold California's 53,000-acre Santa Rosa Island to the US for nearly $30 million
In 1986, the United States government acquired Santa Rosa Island for close to thirty million dollars. This pivotal purchase marked the end of longstanding private ranching and agricultural practices on the sprawling island. Following the removal of cattle in 1998 and the cessation of residency in 2011, efforts towards environmental restoration commenced. Today, the island stands as a protected nat...
OpenAI-backed legal tech firm pivots to Chinese Kimi K3 open-weight model
A US artificial intelligence start-up backed by OpenAI has built its first in-house model on Chinese lab Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, highlighting a growing shift by Western tech firms towards Chinese open-weight systems amid soaring development costs. San Francisco-based legal tech provider Harvey, whose high-profile backers also include Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, said on Thursday that it...
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China’s trade grip tightens in Europe as clock ticks towards October deadline
Midway through a three-month negotiating period with Beijing, new data show the trade balances of 24 European Union member states are still moving in what Brussels considers to be the wrong direction. China extended its trade surplus over all but three EU members in July compared to a year earlier, calculations based on new Chinese customs figures showed. In some instances, the monthly swing was d...
China’s trade grip tightens in Europe as clock ticks towards October deadline
Midway through a three-month negotiating period with Beijing, new data show the trade balances of 24 European Union member states are still moving in what Brussels considers to be the wrong direction. China extended its trade surplus over all but three EU members in July compared to a year earlier, calculations based on new Chinese customs figures showed. In some instances, the monthly swing was d...
War on Iran: The US could focus on economically isolating Iran
The US Treasury Secretary, has indicated a change in US strategy towards Iran, focusing on economic isolation.
Iran set to impose longer prison terms for any contact with foreign media
Iranians could soon face up to two years in prison for daring to communicate in any way with a foreign news outlet, embassy or institution.
New videos show deadly landslide burying gold miners in Central African Republic
New videos filmed at the Zamboye mining site on 18 August appears to show the moment a landslide swept through an artisanal gold mine in the Central African Republic, burying miners beneath earth and sand.
At least three injured in sword attack at school in Sweden
One person has been taken into custody after the attack at a high school in Fagersta, local authorities said.
Three people injured in sword attack at school in Sweden
One person has been taken into custody after the attack at a high school in Fagersta, local authorities said.
Several people injured in sword attack at school in Sweden
One person has been taken into custody after the attack at a high school in Fagersta, local authorities said.
Several people injured in sword attack at Swedish school
One person has been taken into custody after the attack at a high school in Fagersta, local authorities said.
Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ claims first victim: Not Iran, but US markets
The US and Israel's war on Iran has upended global financial and energy markets.
Greece's tourist numbers have risen in 2026, but visitors are spending less
The picture for the first half of 2026 is positive, with Greece drawing more tourists and higher travel income. But average spending per trip fell 0.6% in the half-year and 6.2% in June.
Ebola vaccine trial to start in DR Congo as warning issued over speed of infections
About half of the 2,500 recorded deaths from Ebola happened in the last 20 days, the WHO says.
One person has been killed and two teenagers injured in a sword attack at a Swedish high schoo
Fagersta municipality said an attacker armed with a sword entered Brinell School and killed one person and wounded two teenagers before being detained by police. Local media reported that the attacker was armed with a sword and was shot in the leg by police.
Two teenagers have been injured in a sword attack at a Swedish high school
Fagersta municipality said an attacker armed with a sword entered Brinell School and wounded several people before being detained by police. Local media reported that the attacker was armed with a sword and was shot by police.
Sword-wielding attacker wounds several at Swedish high school
Fagersta municipality said an attacker armed with a sword entered Brinellskolan and wounded several people before being detained by police. Local media reported that the attacker was armed with a machete and was shot by police
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Prince Harry and others ordered to pay initial US$13 million in failed lawsuit
Prince Harry and other high-profile claimants must make an interim payment of £9.54 million (US$13 million) towards the legal costs of the Daily Mail publisher after losing their privacy lawsuits, London’s High Court ruled on Friday. Last month, judge Matthew Nicklin comprehensively rejected the case brought by King Charles’ younger son, singer Elton John and five other figures, rejecting alleg...
‘Shouldn’t be renamed at all’: senator attacks Navy’s reported consideration of honoring Trump instead of Black war hero – live
Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and retired Navy officer, slams Navy’s mulling of naming a carrier for Trump instead of WWII hero Doris Miller Sign up for the US Breaking News emailThe Department of Education is taking steps to strip the American Bar Association of its power to accredit law schools, reports the Wall Street Journal, a move that administration supports say is meant to break a “carte...
US navy carrier set to honor Black war hero may reportedly be renamed after Trump
Sources say US navy is working to rename carrier originally planned to honor second world war sailor Doris MillerThe Trump administration is facing criticism over reports that a US navy aircraft carrier set to honor a Black war hero may, instead, be named after Donald Trump.The US navy had previously announced that the carrier under construction would be called the USS Doris Miller, in tribute to ...
French driver discovers 1.5 metre boa constrictor under car bonnet
A motorist near Toulouse in southern France found what appeared to be a royal boa or boa constrictor under the bonnet of his car as he was changing the battery.
Syrians who came home after al-Assad's fall find a complicated reality
Nearly 3.6 million Syrians have returned since al-Assad's fall to destroyed homes, dysfunctional bureaucracy, power cuts and wages a fraction of what they earned abroad. Euronews spoke with those who returned: some are rebuilding, while others are already planning to leave again.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas on making a film about love and caste inequality
Priyanka Chopra Jonas has executive produced The Cycle of Love, based on an Indian artist who cycled from India to Europe to reunite with his wife.
Ebola outbreak ‘growing faster, wider’ as DRC death toll passes 2,500: UN
Epidemic remains out of control amid DR Congo conflict, funding shortages and attacks on health workers and facilities