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Elon Musk heaps praise on AfD’s Alice Weidel during live talk on X
Elon Musk has praised the co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, as he repeated his claim that “only the AfD can save Germany” during a controversial live talk on his social media platform X.
The virtual encounter between Musk and Alice Weidel on Thursday took place amid growing …
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado ‘kidnapped’, allies say
Reeves mulls deeper cuts to public services as borrowing costs soar
Home Office says record number of refused asylum seekers deported since July
Keir Starmer has boasted of deporting a record number of refused asylum seekers and overseas criminals since scrapping the Rwanda scheme, using language that has dismayed human rights campaigners.
The Home Office said on Thursday that it had returned more than 16,400 “immigration offenders and foreign criminals” since the election …
Cuts, tax rises and doing nothing: Rachel Reeves’ options to tackle economic woe
The UK government has come under pressure from a bond market sell-off and the tumbling pound, heaping pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to reassure investors about Britain’s economic and financial position.
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Clouds part for blessing of York Minister’s 184 solar panels
“And God said, Let there be light” – and on a witheringly cold winter morning there was light, as the Dean of York carried out a rooftop blessing for the minster’s 184 new solar panels.
The sky was blue and the sun shone when the Very Rev Dominic Barrington led …
Italian mayor pledges to stop sale of Neapolitan islet to speculators
An Italian mayor has pledged to do everything in his power to stop Punta Pennata – a slice of island paradise close to the heart of Naples, from where a fleet departed to rescue survivors of the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius – being sold to a wealthy speculator.
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Bezos’s Blue Origin schedules, then delays first orbital launch
Big retail will cope – but Reeves’ NICs raid is too much, too soon for part-timers | Nils Pratley
If one looked solely at this week’s trading reports from the world of big retail – the likes of Marks & Spencer, Next and Tesco – you might wonder why Rachel Reeves’ increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) has caused such a fuss. It is obvious from the trio’s …
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