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Ministers explore cuts to BBC World Service as part of aid budget cull
Director-general Tim Davie preparing for ‘engagement’ with Foreign Office over impactFinancial Times - Mar. 15 -
NHS England chair warns the buck now stops with ministers
Will the abolition of NHS England work? Senior NHS England leader Richard Meddings has given the first response from the organisation itselfBBC News - Mar. 16 -
UK ministers to drop plan to freeze key disability benefit
Decision on personal independence payments comes ahead of government paper setting out wider reforms on TuesdayFinancial Times - Mar. 16 -
Benefits reform will ensure fairness, minister says, as opponents criticise expected cuts
Proposals to change benefits rules to be unveiled on Tuesday have provoked unease among Labour MPs.BBC News - 6d -
UK trade minister seeks to fend off threat of US tariffs
Britain’s digital services tax set to remain point of dispute at Washington meetingFinancial Times - 6d -
Foreign minister ‘strongly condemns’ China’s executions of four Canadians
Mélanie Joly says Ottawa would ask for leniency for other Canadians facing the same fate. Never miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time . ...The Guardian - 4d -
Zimbabwe sports minister elected first female Olympics president
Kirsty Coventry defeats Sebastian Coe and Juan Antonio Samaranch in secret ballotFinancial Times - 3d -
Iceland minister who had a child with a teenager 30 years ago quits
Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir had a relationship with a 15 year old when she was 22, she revealed.BBC News - 3d -
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‘Wake-up call’: ministers launch urgent investigation into Heathrow shutdown
Government says lessons need to be learned after the substation fire that caused chaos for 300,000 passengers. The government has launched an urgent investigation into the power shutdown that ...The Guardian - 1d -
Japan has not yet conquered deflation, finance minister warns
Katsunobu Kato echoes concerns that rising prices are still being driven by a weak yen and high commodity costsFinancial Times - 10h -
Critics of UK’s AI copyright proposal must not ‘resist change’, says minister
Peter Kyle promises government will ‘prioritise . . . forward movement’ over plans that have enraged creative industriesFinancial Times - 10h -
South Korean Court Reinstates Impeached Prime Minister
The legislature impeached Han Duck-soo in December, soon after impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law. Mr. Yoon’s fate is still unclear.The New York Times - 9h -
Mom worries about daughter with Down Syndrome after Education Department cuts
Hope Katz Zogby, a 7th grader in Baltimore, gets speech therapy and occupational therapy she receives onsite at her local charter school -- programs made possible through funding from the Education ...CBS News - Mar. 12 -
Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns
Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending. Countries looking to boost their national security through rearmament or increased defence spending must also ...The Guardian - 6d -
Al Harbi: Ideal Cancelo alternative ensuring Al Hilal RSL defence doesn't miss beat
Losing Saud Abdulhamid was always going to constitute a hefty blow for Al Hilal, such was the presence and performance of the now AS Roma defender during the past few seasons. The marauding ...Yahoo Sports - Mar. 15 -
South Korea’s biggest defence group plans $2.5bn share sale to expand overseas
Hanwha Aerospace to build production bases for Europe, Middle East, Australia and US as global security fears growFinancial Times - 3d -
Italy Coach Luciano Spalletti On Inter Milan’s Alessandro Bastoni: “He Is Completely At Ease Across Defence, Will Play Vs Germany”
Italy coach Luciano Spalletti has confirmed that Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni will start in the second leg of their UEFA Nations League quarter-final against Germany today.The Azzurri ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Swamp Notes: Trump’s transatlantic divorce
Europe is learning to live without a US defence assurance. Could the split bring new life to the continent?Financial Times - Mar. 8 -
France and Germany clash over ‘buy EU’ weapons
Berlin says new €150bn funding for defence industry should be open to non-EU partners, but Paris disagreesFinancial Times - Mar. 8 -
Can Germany spend its way out of industrial decline?
Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz wants to expand investment in defence and infrastructure. The race to re-arm could be a much-needed boost for manufacturingFinancial Times - Mar. 8 -
Can the US switch off Europe’s weapons?
Long hooked on American defence exports, allies feel buyers’ remorse over hardware dependent on Washington supportFinancial Times - Mar. 9 -
Lawyer probing Reform UK row contradicts MP Lowe
Comments attributed to the senior lawyer by the Great Yarmouth MP in his defence have been denied by her.BBC News - Mar. 10 -
Germany’s Greens vow to block Merz’s flagship spending package
Party officials reject €500bn infrastructure fund plan and change to debt borrowing rules to fund defence spendingFinancial Times - Mar. 10 -
High rate of army dropouts pushes German forces to ‘breaking point’
Bundeswehr numbers are shrinking at a time when Berlin is pledging to do more for European defenceFinancial Times - Mar. 11 -
Industrial strategy turns from green to battleship grey
Trump’s hard line on Ukraine and Nato poses difficult choices for the UK’s defence industryFinancial Times - Mar. 13 -
BAE in early talks with Japanese groups to collaborate on drones for fighter jets
Smaller pilotless planes could be used to suppress defences before combat aircraft enter danger zonesFinancial Times - Mar. 13 -
WBO orders champion Usyk to face Parker next
World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is ordered by the WBO to begin negotiations with Joseph Parker for a mandatory title defence.BBC News - Mar. 13 -
Germany’s Merz agrees spending deal with Greens
Agreement paves way for flagship defence and infrastructure package to be adopted by parliament next weekFinancial Times - Mar. 14 -
First Druze crossing in 50 years as Israel courts allies in Syria
Its overtures towards the Druze is part of strengthening its defences against Syria's new leaders.BBC News - Mar. 14 -
The costly end of Europe’s ‘peace dividend’
Defence spending at 3.5% of GDP would have cost EU an extra $387bn a year since finish of cold warFinancial Times - Mar. 17 -
The US establishment is scared of its own shadow
Fear and muddled thinking are stopping Trump’s opponents from acting in defence of a democracy in perilFinancial Times - 6d -
Germany’s parliament approves Merz’s €1tn spending plan
Chancellor-in-waiting uses outgoing Bundestag to loosen debt brake and unleash investments in defence and infrastructureFinancial Times - 5d -
Retail traders take on hedge funds in Europe’s answer to ‘meme stock’ mania
Small investors have piled in to defence companies targeted by short sellers, in an echo of 2021’s GameStop tradeFinancial Times - 4d -
Government debt interest costs hit highest level since 2007
Payments surpass defence spending and have risen to 3.3% of GDP for richest countries, says OECDFinancial Times - 4d -
Saab urges Nordic neighbours to use spy plane touting its ‘unique capability’
Swedish defence contractor expected to benefit from European wariness of US military productsFinancial Times - 1d -
New poll shows risks for Starmer over spending choices
Most Labour voters believe protecting welfare is more important than boosting UK defence budgetFinancial Times - 2h -
Canada’s Liberal Party To Elect New Leader and Prime Minister to Replace Trudeau: What to Know
Front-runner Mark Carney and underdog Chrystia Freeland, both established, centrist policymakers, are vying to succeed Justin Trudeau amid grave threats to Canada from the United States.The New York Times - Mar. 9 -
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill more than 20 as Polish prime minister warns against appeasement
Russia launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine for a second night Saturday after the United States stopped sharing satellite images with the Ukrainian government, officials said.NBC News - Mar. 9
