Preparing

De kans dat Starmer in Nummer 10 blijft, lijkt af te nemen nu ongeveer 40 Labour-parlementsleden oproepen dat hij moet aftreden. UK politics live – laatste updates Keir Starmer staat voor een riskante 24 uur, aangezien bondgenoten van Wes Streeting verklaarden dat hij bereid is zich kandidaat te stellen voor het leiderschap als het premierschap van de premier deze week instort. Starmer hoopte zijn baan te redden met een toespraak op maandag waarin hij zijn visie presenteert om het land te keren, na een rampachtige reeks lokale verkiezingsuitslagen waarbij de partij steun verloor aan Reform UK en de Greens. Lees verder...

Conflict shows signs of entering new, more dangerous phase as additional 3,500 US troops arrive in the Middle EastUS lawmakers responded to reports that the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, as thousands of US troops assemble in the Middle East and the conflict showed signs of entering a new, more dangerous phase.Officials told the Washington Post that a ground operation in Iran could be limited to raids by Special Operations forces and infantry troops, but it was unclear whether Donald Trump would approve any of the Pentagon’s plans. Continue reading...

Government-backed bank in talks about recompensing about 37,000 people whose money was misplacedUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesNational Savings & Investments is preparing to repay hundreds of millions of pounds to its customers over missing savings, in what is expected to be the single biggest payout in the bank’s 160-year history.The government-backed savings institution is in discussions with the Treasury to recompense about 37,000 people whose money has been misplaced due to historical failings. Continue reading...

As other Asian economies race to conserve energy, China has huge reserves of oil and gas as well as alternative energy sources like wind and solarMiddle East crisis – live updates Xi Jinping has been preparing for a crisis like this for years. China must secure its energy supply “in its own hands”, its president was reported to have said during a visit to one of its vast oilfields in 2021.The US-Israel war on Iran plunged the Middle East into a deep conflict, with the strait of Hormuz – one of the most important waterways in global trade – all but closed and key energy facilities across the region under attack. Continue reading...