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UK politics latest: Starmer to snub Taliban at Cop29 summit as …
4 days ago · Report: Keir Starmer to snub Taliban as brutal Afghan regime flocks to global climate summit. 16:06, Arpan Rai, Archie Mitchell. Sir Keir Starmer will snub the Taliban as a group of officials from the brutal Afghan regime flock to the UN climate summit in in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.. The prime minister will not meet with the group at the Cop29 conference, which started on Monday, in what ...
'Very good early sign' if Trump called Putin - what’s the latest in …
4 days ago · However, Trump appeared to be standing behind Ukraine on Sunday when The Washington Post reported that the US president-elect spoke to the Russian leader by phone on Thursday, although Moscow dismissed reports of the call as "pure fiction".. But if the reports are correct, British defence secretary John Healy told the Commons on Monday that it would be a "very good first step and an early sign ...
How ready are Europe, Nato and the UK for a second Trump …
5 days ago · As previously reported by Yahoo News, the US spent $916 billion on defence in 2023, accounting for 68% of total NATO military spending. The UK was actually the second biggest spender last year followed by Germany ($67bn), France ($61bn) and Italy ($36bn). Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine, clearly takes its defence seriously, spending ...
What is new norovirus strain sweeping the UK? - Yahoo News UK
4 days ago · A new strain of norovirus is sweeping across the UK, with cases of the bug reaching unusually high levels for this time of year.. Norovirus is an unpleasant stomach bug with common symotoms including diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.. The number of cases have reached double the average for this time of year, with research identifying the most dominant strain as GII.17 - nicknamed ...
Russia suffering highest daily frontline losses since start of war ...
4 days ago · Russian daily losses on the front line in Ukraine are the highest they have been since Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion nearly three years ago, the UK army chief has claimed.. Sir Tony Radakin told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that Russian forces were suffering 1,500 casualties a day and were nearing the 700,000 mark for the total killed and wounded since ...
UK must boost ties with EU following Trump’s re-election, Starmer …
4 days ago · The prime minister is being urged to bolster the UK’s relationship with the European Union following Donald Trump’s re-election, as a senior EU official argues there is a “big opportunity” for closer ties.. Sandro Gozi, the new chair of the European delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, told The Independent the bloc is looking to put academic cooperation, a youth ...
UK economy returns to growth in August after two stagnant months
Oct 11, 2024 · The UK economy grew in August after two months of being flat, the latest official figures show.. Gross domestic product (GDP) has recorded a 0.2 per cent growth in August, an increase on no growth in June and July, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.. While growth was already forecast in economic predictions, it will come as a boost for new chancellor Rachel Reeves ...
UK economic forecast boosted by IMF - Yahoo News UK
Oct 22, 2024 · The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its projection for UK growth this year by 0.4% to 1.1% - the largest upward revision for any advanced economy. In a boost to Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepares to travel to Washington for the IMF's annual meeting this week, its latest world economic outlook predicts strengthening growth as "falling inflation and interest rates" stimulate ...
UK sees largest annual jump in estimated population size since 1971
Oct 8, 2024 · This is the largest annual percentage increase since 1971, when the current series of mid-year estimates began, and follows a rise of 0.9% in the year to mid-2022. Some 68,265,200 people were likely to have been resident in the UK in the middle of last year, up 662,400 from 67,602,800 12 months earlier. This is also the biggest annual numerical ...