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• Het Amerikaanse energieagentschap meldt dat 13,5 kg uranium is weggehaald uit een reactor in Caracas – een fractie van de 408 kg die Teheran bezit • Donald Trump is erin geslaagd de voorraad hoogverrijkt uranium van een land te verwijderen – hoewel dat land niet Iran is. • Op vrijdag kondigde het Amerikaanse Department of Energy aan dat, "dankzij het besluitvaardige leiderschap van president Trump", 13,5 kilogram uranium was verwijderd uit een oude onderzoekreactor in Venezuela. Lees verder...

Australië's meest prominente portretprijs werd vrijdag aangekondigd in de Art Gallery of NSW, waar de tentoonstelling van de finalisten zaterdag opent. • Archibald-prijs 2026 finalisten: Virginia Trioli, Jan Fran, Ahmed al-Ahmed en meer – in beeld • Richard Lewer heeft de Archibald-prijs 2026 gewonnen voor zijn portret van Pitjantjatjara-oudste, traditionele genezer en senior kunstenaar Iluwanti Ken. • De in Nieuw-Zeeland geboren en in Melbourne gevestigde kunstenaar werd vrijdag in de Art Gallery of New South Wales uitgeroepen tot winnaar van de prijs van $100.000. De jury, bestaande uit de trustees van de galerie, koos het werk unaniem uit een veld van 59 finalisten, die waren geselecteerd uit 1.034 inzendingen. Lees verder...

Steve Roth reageerde op de aankondiging van de burgemeester van New York over een belasting op tweede woningen met een waarde van meer dan $5 miljoen.

Germany’s chancellor suggests Trump administration is being outwitted at negotiating table by TehranThe US is being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership, according to Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, who suggested the Trump administration was being outwitted at the negotiating table by Tehran.Two days ago Donald Trump cancelled a trip by US negotiators to Islamabad for indirect talks with an Iranian delegation. A previous round in the Pakistani capital two weeks earlier, when JD Vance, the American vice-president, led the US delegation, broke up without progress. Continue reading...

• Iran has announced the resumption of uranium enrichment to 80% purity at its Natanz facility, signaling a breakdown in ongoing ceasefire negotiations with the United States. • International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors confirmed the announcement on Friday; Iran's move violates terms of previous diplomatic agreements and heightens regional security concerns. • The escalation comes as negotiators report deadlocked talks over sanctions relief, with both sides blaming the other for refusing compromise on nuclear program restrictions.

Survey by global economic forum shows ‘tax wedge’ in Britain increased to 32.4% of income in 2025Business live – latest updatesTaxes on workers in Britain rose at the fastest rate among the world’s richest economies last year, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.With Labour under pressure on the economy amid the Iran war, the OECD said a key measure of the total tax paid by workers and their employers rose by the most in the 38-member club of rich nations in 2025. Continue reading...

Tice’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton IntelligenceIn a picture of a blue-skyed day in Birmingham, a diverse group of Reform supporters gathered with placards and cheesy grins to knock on doors for their party. Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, posted the picture as evidence of the activists’ commitment through thick and thin.“That is what resilience looks like,” he wrote. “This is what belief looks like.” Continue reading...

Deputy leader ran shell companies that reportedly did not pay tax on profits from 2020 to 2022, during which time his firm donated £1.1m to partyRichard Tice allegedly failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax to the benefit of his investment company, which in turn made donations to Reform UK, it has been reported.In response to the report in the Sunday Times, the deputy leader of Reform UK posted a lengthy statement on X, in which he said: “A long career with multiple businesses is bound to feature some errors. Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed – be that more or less.” Continue reading...