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Financial Times - Business
Labour’s £7bn pledge piles pressure on UK Infrastructure Bank to deliver
Lender has spent just a fraction of funds allocated to it, raising questions over need for more cash from new wealth fund3 hours ago - United Kingdom -
ABC News - World
Britain's Labour Party gathers after a rocky start in government and a scandal over clothes
This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party7 hours ago -
BBC News - Top stories
The Papers: 'Labour war on tax cheats' and winter fuel 'revolt'
Rachel Reeves speech at Labour's party conference on Monday dominates many of the front pages.8 hours ago -
The Hill - Politics
Israeli president: ‘We did not want this war’ with Hezbollah
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said in a Sunday interview that his country is "absolutely not" looking to escalate tensions with Hezbollah into a full-blown war but that it was committed to ...9 hours ago - Israel -
ABC News - World
Israel-Hamas war latest: Fears of all-out war rise as Israel and Hezbollah step up attacks
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has launched over 100 rockets into northern Israel in response to ramped-up Israeli attacks that killed dozens of people in Beirut, including a veteran leader of the militant group10 hours ago - Israel -
The Guardian - World
Renewed ‘austerity drive’ will make racism worse, says Diane Abbott – Labour conference live
Labour delegates expected to vote on motion opposing winter fuel payment cuts tomorrow. Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerity Labour heads to conference in a spin ...13 hours ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Unions and Labour still wrangling over workers' rights
The unions are behind Labour's plans to boost workers' rights but can't agree on the details.13 hours ago -
Financial Times - World
Keir Starmer addresses first Labour conference as PM
Plus, Japan’s Liberal Democrats pick new prime minister and UK tech group Raspberry Pi reports its first figures since IPO14 hours ago -
The Guardian - World
No 10 braced for potential defeat in Labour conference winter fuel vote
Major trade unions are lining up to back motion to reverse chancellor’s decision to cut pensioners’ fuel allowance. No 10 is braced for a potential defeat in a Labour conference vote to condemn ...14 hours ago -
The Guardian - World
Labour, beware: Britain’s housing crisis is driving voters towards populism | John Harris
Whenever I talk to people who are bitterly disconnected from politics, they raise the lack of decent homes. That’s the stark truth the party needs to address. Whatever the Starmer administration’s ...19 hours ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Labour warns of gloomy reality for economy
The Scottish Secretary tells the BBC his party inherted the "worst economic and public service finances situation since the Second World War".19 hours ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Can Labour Get Control At Conference?
Deputy PM Angela Rayner says she broke no donation rules.19 hours ago -
Financial Times - World
Angela Rayner insists she gave Labour peer ‘nothing’ in return for gifts
Deputy PM defends receiving five-day stay in New York and clothing worth thousands of pounds from Lord Waheed Alli21 hours ago -
The Guardian - World
‘I was incredibly angry – so I thought I’d put myself forward’: meet seven Labour MPs new to parliament
More than half of the Labour MPs elected in July were completely new to the job, including red wall reclaimers, a Westminster wunderkind and slayers of the biggest Tory beasts. We catch up with ...Yesterday -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Israel's Ultimatum to Hezbollah: Back Off or Go to War
A strategy shift includes escalating attacks aimed at forcing the militant group from the Lebanon-Israel border.Yesterday - Israel -
The New York Times - World
How a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War
The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones.Yesterday -
BBC News - Top stories
It is my job to sort out No 10 leaks, says Starmer
The prime minister was speaking ahead of Labour's party conference, which kicks off in Liverpool on Sunday.Yesterday -
BBC News - Top stories
Labour insiders frustrated at Starmer's 'breathtaking' wardrobe row
Sir Keir Starmer's top team have learnt the hard way that in politics, perception matters.Yesterday -
The New York Times - Top stories
Israel’s Pager Bombs Have No Place in a Just War
Israel is using the tactics of the terrorists it condemns if it indeed was behind the wave of pager and walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon.Yesterday - Israel -
Financial Times - World
Zelenskyy to push Biden for security guarantees to end war
Ukrainian leader says backing his ‘victory plan’ will allow the outgoing US president to cement his legacyYesterday - Joe Biden -
The Guardian - World
Is Labour on track to meet its promises on the environment?
Though the party has plenty to celebrate at its first conference in power for 15 years, there is much work to do to on net zero. When Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool this weekend promising an ...2 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
The Papers: 'Labour U-turn on freebies' and 'Fayed was a monster'
Saturday's headlines include the Labour donations saga and comments from lawyers representing Mohamed Al Fayed's rape accusers.2 days ago -
Financial Times - World
War in the age of AI demands new weaponry
We must develop now what we need to be ready to fight in the future2 days ago -
CBS News - Top stories
Lebanon border clashes between Israel, Hezbollah spark fears of wider war
The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon continued escalating Friday as the Israeli military says it killed about a dozen top Hezbollah members in a rare airstrike in Beirut. Chris ...2 days ago - Israel -
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Financial Times - World
Putin’s gambit infuses the chess world with cold war intrigue
Moscow aims to checkmate Ukraine and the west by overturning a ban on Russia’s federation membership2 days ago -
The New York Times - World
Israel’s Attacks on Hezbollah Have Intensified but Stop Short of All-Out War
Israel is attempting a risky strategy, increasing the intensity of its attacks in an attempt to force Hezbollah to back down, while raising the chances of an aggressive response that devolves into ...2 days ago - Israel -
The Guardian - World
Keir Starmer and top Labour colleagues to stop taking clothes gifts from donors
Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner will not accept donations for work outfits after row over Waheed Alli gifts. Labour’s first party conference as a new government risks being overshadowed by the ...2 days ago -
Financial Times - Business
Labour’s Rayner and Reeves declared clothing donations as office support
UK deputy prime minister and chancellor drawn into widening gifts scandal2 days ago -
The Guardian - World
EU to offer new youth mobility scheme in test of Labour ‘reset’ with Brussels
Officials warn repeat of Tory rejection could dent new government’s hopes of pacts on defence and agriculture. Fresh proposals to allow young people to move between the UK and the EU will be ...2 days ago - European Union -
The Wall Street Journal - Business
The Price War in Weight-Loss Drugs Is Here
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are offering discounts to encourage more insurance coverage of the medicines, which carry price tags of over $1,000 a month.2 days ago -
Financial Times - Business
Why half of voters think Labour has done a poor job so far
Dodgy donations, infrastructure challenges and anticipation of October’s ‘painful’ Budget weigh on party’s approval ratings2 days ago -
The Guardian - World
Labour has ‘big hill to climb’ to win next Scottish election, says Ian Murray
Scotland secretary says Labour must show it deserves power in Holyrood by delivering on promises to electorate. Labour faces big challenges to win the next Scottish election because of the “dire” ...3 days ago -
The Wall Street Journal - Tech
KKR Secures About a Third of Fuji Soft, Dousing Hopes of Bidding War
Fuji Soft shares fell sharply on fading expectations of a bidding war after two key shareholders of the software developer agreed to KKR’s tender offer.3 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Russia’s war dead tops 70,000 as volunteers endure ‘meat grinder’ strategy
More than 70,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine - volunteers now make up the highest number of deaths.3 days ago - Russia -
Financial Times - Business
Waheed Alli: How Labour donor’s largesse tarnished government’s image
Donations to seven cabinet ministers and UK prime minister’s wife have raised eyebrows3 days ago