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• 법원은 여성이 패션 업계 사장에게 멈춰달라고 요청했으나, 그녀가 울기 시작했을 때조차 그는 멈추지 않았다는 사실을 심리했다 • 의류 기업 Superdry의 공동 설립자인 James Holder가 Gloucestershire의 Cheltenham 지역에서 밤 외출 후 한 여성을 강간한 혐의로 유죄 판결을 받았다 • Gloucester crown court 심리에서 54세의 Holder는 원래 한 남성 친구와 함께 Cotswolds에 있는 자신의 대저택으로 돌아가기 위해 택시를 탈 예정이었다는 사실이 밝혀졌다. 하지만 두 사람은 피해자의 택시에 합승하여 그녀의 아파트로 향했고, 그곳에서 이 패션 업계 사장은 그녀를 강간했다. 계속 읽기...

• 이란-미국 간 갈등이 글로벌 공급을 위협하며 유가가 급등했으나, 2026년 4월 29일 Visa와 Starbucks의 강력한 실적에 힘입어 미국 증시는 사상 최고치 부근에서 회복력을 유지했습니다. • S&P 500은 0.1% 소폭 하락, Dow는 286포인트(0.6%) 하락, Nasdaq은 0.1% 상승했습니다. Visa 주가는 CEO Ryan McInerney가 언급한 견조한 소비자 지출에 힘입어 8.3% 급등했으며, Starbucks는 북미 지역의 방문당 지출 증가로 8.6% 상승했습니다. • Federal Reserve 관계자들이 2026년 금리 인하가 없을 것임을 시사하며 투자자들의 기대를 거의 소멸시켰고, 에너지 가격 상승에 따른 인플레이션으로 인해 오히려 금리 인상을 선호하는 방향으로 기우는 모습을 보이자 채권 시장이 요동쳤습니다.

Iran 전쟁이 연료 가격에 미치는 영향으로 인플레이션이 상승하고 있다는 징후에도 불구하고 금리를 변경하지 않기로 결정했습니다. Bank of England는 Iran 전쟁의 영향으로 인플레이션이 가속화되기 시작했다는 징후에도 불구하고 UK 금리를 3.75%로 동결했습니다. Bank of England의 금리 결정 위원회인 MPC는 최신 금리 결정 회의를 마친 후 목요일 정오에 차입 비용을 동결하기로 의결했습니다. 계속 읽기...

소비자 인사이트 추적 조사에 따르면 85%가 식료품 가격을 우려하고 있으며 대다수는 경제 상황이 악화될 것으로 예상하고 있습니다. 목요일에 발표된 Which? 보고서에 따르면, 소비자들이 치솟는 물가에 대처하기 위해 극단적인 조치를 취함에 따라 영국 내 300만 가구가 끼니를 거를 수밖에 없는 상황에 처해 있습니다. 중동 지역의 갈등과 그로 인한 유가 및 원자재 가격 급등으로 기업들이 가격 인상을 준비하고 있으며, 이는 가계 재정에 더 큰 압박을 가하고 소비자 신뢰도에 타격을 주고 있습니다. 계속 읽기...

• 연방준비제도는 이란 전쟁으로 인한 인플레이션 상승 우려를 들어 수요일 기준금리를 3.5%에서 3.75%로 동결하기로 결정했습니다. • 이는 2025년 9월, 10월, 12월에 걸쳐 세 차례 연속으로 25bp 금리 인하를 단행한 이후 연준의 금리 조정 중단 기조를 이어간 것입니다. • 제롬 파월 연준 의장은 동부 표준시 기준 오후 2시 30분에 기자회견을 열어 이번 결정에 대해 논의할 예정이며, 이는 그의 연준 의장으로서 마지막 금리 발표가 될 가능성이 있습니다.

• 매슈 페니쿡(Matthew Pennycook) 장관은 주택 공급에 타격을 주고 법적 함정에 빠지는 것을 피하기 위해 리스홀드(Leasehold) 제도 폐지는 서서히 진행되어야 한다고 말했습니다. • 주택부 장관은 정부의 단계적인 제도 해체 시도를 옹호하며, 잉글랜드와 웨일스의 신규 리스홀드 부동산 금지 조치가 다음 선거 이후에나 시행될 가능성이 높다고 밝혔습니다. • 2024년에 신축 주택에 대한 리스홀드 금지가 통과되었고 정부가 신축 아파트에 대해서도 곧 통과시킬 계획임에도 불구하고, 오랫동안 약속된 제도 종료까지는 "전환"하는 데 수년이 걸릴 것이라고 매슈 페니쿡 장관은 언급했습니다.

• 붉은 광장에서 열리는 연례 행사에 20년 만에 처음으로 장갑차나 미사일 시스템이 등장하지 않을 예정입니다. • 러시아는 우크라이나 드론의 장거리 공격 우려로 인해 5월 9일 모스크바에서 열리는 전승 기념일 퍼레이드 규모를 축소하고 군사 장비를 제외하기로 했습니다. • 국방부는 "현재의 작전 상황"을 이유로 나치 독일에 맞선 소련의 승리를 기념하는 이번 퍼레이드 기간 동안 붉은 광장에 장갑차나 미사일 시스템을 배치하지 않겠다고 밝혔습니다.

Commons speaker to grant application by Tories for vote on investigation into whether PM misled MPs, say sourcesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer will face a vote on whether to launch an investigation into claims he misled the Commons over his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington.Sources have told the Guardian that the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, is expected to allow a debate on Tuesday on potentially referring the prime minister to the privileges committee. Continue reading...

• VisionWave Holdings (NASDAQ: VWAV) closed a $20 million senior loan in late February and subsequently completed a $60 million–valued acquisition of AI video intelligence intellectual property, strengthening its technology portfolio. • The acquisition adds significant video AI capabilities to VisionWave's platform and positions the company for expanded market presence in computer vision applications. • These transactions demonstrate continued investor confidence in AI video technology sectors and emerging opportunities in automated visual intelligence.

More than 50% of voters at first AGM under new leadership oppose plans to scrap climate reportingBP’s board has suffered a triple climate rebellion in its first shareholder meeting since appointing new leadership to steer the embattled oil company.More than 50% of shareholders voting at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) came out against its plans to scrap its existing climate reporting, and its resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings – a lightning rod for climate protest in recent years – with online-only events. Continue reading...

The findings land before supreme court hearing on Trump bid to end protections for Syrians and HaitiansTemporary protected status (TPS) holders, who have historically been protected from deportation due to safety concerns in their home countries, contribute around $29bn every year to the US economy, according to a new report published this week.The findings from this report, which comes from FWD.us, have emerged one week before the supreme court is set to hear arguments challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to strip TPS status from Syrians and Haitians. It also comes nearly one week since the House passed legislation to protect Haitian immigrants, whose protected status is at risk. Continue reading...

Brussels will relax state aid rules to allow member countries to offer ‘targeted and temporary’ supportEurope live – latest updatesThe EU will cut electricity taxes and provide consumers with fresh incentives to ditch fuel-burning cars and boilers, the European Commission has announced, as the Iran war energy crisis speeds a shift to a clean economy.The plan, which foresees tweaking rules so that electricity is taxed less than oil and gas, aims to bring down bills while encouraging the move away from polluting devices that prolong reliance on foreign fuels. Continue reading...

Human rights groups have warned that the collective prosecutions violate due process and block defendants from accessing legal counselA Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, in one of the biggest mass trials under president Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gang violence through controversial emergency powers.Prosecutors say the charges against alleged members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13, span more than 47,000 crimes committed between 2012 and 2022, including a weekend that was El Salvador’s bloodiest since its civil war. Continue reading...

Sacked civil servant acknowledges ‘debate’ about release of documents after question about alleged ‘cover-up’Olly Robbins responded to a question about an alleged “cover-up” on Tuesday by confirming that government officials had considered withholding Peter Mandelson’s secretive vetting documents from parliament.Robbins, who was sacked by Keir Starmer as the Foreign Office’s top civil servant last week, appeared to confirm a report in the Guardian that senior officials were debating whether to withhold from parliament sensitive documents that revealed the vetting agency did not believe Mandelson should get clearance. Continue reading...

Government looks to rush through laws allowing pavement ‘charging gullies’ to help boost EV take-up and cut dependence on fossil fuelsUK to appeal against tax ruling cutting VAT on public EV chargers to 5%Households without off-street parking could soon be able to charge their electric vehicles from home under new government plans to help households cut their need for expensive fossil fuels.The government has promised to pass legislation this summer that will allow motorists to run power cables through a charging “gully” built into the pavement outside their home without the need for planning permission. Continue reading...

• US stocks demonstrated resilience amid Iran geopolitical tensions and high energy prices, with the S&P 500 up nearly 2% year-to-date by April 14, just 1% below its January 27 all-time high. • The index's maximum drawdown stayed under 10%, cushioned by forward earnings estimates growing at a 17% annual rate despite a 20% drop in P/E ratios. • S&P 500 profit margins hit new highs around 15% in early April, driven by broad fundamentals including AI and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act effects, not just energy sector gains.

Silvia Salis, the leftwing mayor of Genoa and former Olympian, is described as ‘a breath of fresh air’ and potential unifierIt has been a turbulent month in Italian politics.A failed referendum on a judicial overhaul pierced prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s aura of invincibility, triggering government resignations and leaving her scrambling to restore credibility. At the same time, her once special relationship with Donald Trump has frayed after the US president publicly scolded her this week for criticising his broadside against Pope Leo and for not supporting the US-Israeli war on Iran. Continue reading...

Exiled leader to revive push for change amid US backing of Delcy Rodríguez and delays to democratic transitionVenezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, will seek to revive her push for political change with a rally in Madrid on Saturday, having found herself sidelined by Donald Trump after the abduction of the president Nicolás Maduro.“Venezuela will be free,” the Nobel peace prize winner insisted in an interview on the eve of this weekend’s demonstration in the Puerta del Sol square, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of protesters. Continue reading...

Voters broadly split along generational lines as pro-Russian former president leads in pollsAnna Bodakova’s days tend to be rather hectic at the moment. Hopping between meeting voters on the street, political debates and recording videos for social media, the 23-year-old is standing to become an MP in Bulgaria’s general election.Last year she was among the many young Bulgarians who participated in countrywide mass protests over the government’s economic policies and perceived failure to tackle corruption. Those protests ultimately resulted in the resignation of the prime minister, Rosen Zhelyazkov, and his cabinet in December. Continue reading...

• Netflix reported earnings that missed analyst estimates, yet broader market indices maintained record highs as investor focus remained on Iran ceasefire developments and energy market normalization. • The streaming giant's earnings disappointment was overshadowed by positive sentiment around geopolitical deescalation and reduced energy price pressures benefiting the wider market. • Market participants are weighing mixed corporate earnings results against macro-level improvements in global risk sentiment and supply chain stability.

Lasting peace depends on resolving a border dispute dating back to 2000 and dealing with Hezbollah’s weaponsMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael’s security cabinet first heard about the ceasefire with Lebanon from a social media post by Donald Trump. Hezbollah first heard about the ceasefire from the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon. Each side shot off as many bombs, drones and rockets as they could before the ceasefire – imposed from above – came into effect.Despite the US president claiming it is the 10th war he has ended, the situation on the ground in Lebanon looks anything but stable. Continue reading...

Thieves believed to have escaped into sewers after holding staff and customers in Crédit Agricole branch for two hoursArmed robbers held 25 people hostage at a bank in Naples for two hours on Thursday, before fleeing through a tunnel.The three thieves entered a branch of Crédit Agricole in the southern Italian city at about 11.30am, taking hostage of staff and customers, who were freed by police a couple of hours later. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Opinions split on ‘unprecedented’ release of files, despite demand for ‘all papers’ related to ex-US ambassador’s appointmentSenior government officials have been considering whether to withhold from parliament sensitive documents that show Peter Mandelson had failed security vetting before he assumed the role of US ambassador, the Guardian can reveal.Any such decision could amount to an extraordinary breach of a parliamentary vote which ordered the release of “all papers” relevant to Mandelson’s appointment. Continue reading...

New meeting to come after rare direct talks between the countries mediated by US; Netanyahu earlier says Israel about to ‘overwhelm’ part of southern LebanonUS and Iran in indirect talks to extend two-week ceasefireHello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East.Donald Trump says the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will hold talks on Thursday, after the countries’ first face-to-face diplomatic negotiations in decades.Pakistan’s army chief met with Iran’s foreign minister in Tehran on Wednesday in the latest diplomatic move to ease Middle East tensions and arrange a second round of US-Iran negotiations. Trump said earlier that the war was “very close to over”.Leavitt said a second round of US-Iran talks would “very likely” take place in Islamabad again and that Pakistan was “the only mediator” in the discussions.Major Wall Street stock indices extended an upward climb on optimism about a US-Iran agreement.Israel’s security cabinet met to discuss a ceasefire after the Israel-Lebanon talks mediated by the US in Washington on Tuesday. But the Israeli military continues to strike the country, with Netanyahu saying Israel was about to “overwhelm” the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, calling it a Hezbollah stronghold.Four Lebanese rescue workers were killed in consecutive Israeli strikes in the southern Lebanon village of Mayfadoun on Wednesday, paramedic groups said. Six others were wounded.The US military’s Middle East command Centcom said it stopped 10 vessels from sailing out of Iranian ports during the first 48 hours of the US naval blockade. But ship tracking data indicated at least three ships sailing from Iranian ports crossed the strait of Hormuz, though some vessels taking the route later turned back.The finance ministers of 11 countries including the UK and Japan called for “coordinated emergency support” from the IMF and World Bank to help countries hit by disruptions from the Middle East war. Continue reading...

Analysis by IFS shows George Osborne’s mortgage schemes launched in 2013 had little effect on social mobilityHigher-income households were the biggest beneficiaries of George Osborne’s Help to Buy mortgage schemes, introduced in the 2010s, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) thinktank.Launched by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government in 2013, Help to Buy involved two separate schemes aimed at making home ownership more achievable in a period of rapid house price growth. Continue reading...

Weakened economic activity, soaring fuel prices and rising inflation have created a horror scenario, RBA deputy governor saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Hauser, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s deputy governor, says the “stagflationary shock” from the Iran war is a “central banker’s nightmare”, as confidence among Australian households crashed to its lowest level in years.Speaking at an event in New York on Tuesday morning AEST, Hauser said the RBA was “judging the balance” between the damage to the economy from “a big income shock” associated with soaring fuel prices, versus a sharp rise in inflation. Continue reading...

Incentives to absorb surplus wind and solar energy could help balance the grid and lower billsThe UK needs more North Sea gas, not greater reliance on US imports | Nils PratleyHouseholds will be called on to boost their consumption of Great Britain’s record renewable energy this summer to help balance the power grid and lower energy bills.Under the new plans, people could be encouraged to run dishwashers and washing machines or charge up their electric vehicles when there is more wind and solar power than the electricity grid needs. Continue reading...