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Shares up 7% after announcement as Jaime Gilinski Bacal seeks exit three years after helping to rescue bank Metro Bank is putting itself up for sale three years after its near-collapse, in a move that could hand a £420m windfall to its Colombian billionaire investor, Jaime Gilinski Bacal. Metro Bank made the rare decision to publicly announce it was open to bids on Thursday, paving the way for a …

Despite John Healey’s defiance, the economy faces threats from a tech slowdown and energy bills this winter AI helps UK economy grow at fastest pace for more than two years The forecasters were clear when John Healey became chancellor in July: Britain’s resilience to the war in the Middle East would not last. The global economic headwinds were too strong, inflation was beginning to rise and growt…

Colom adds to blue wave of Democrat victories across the US and becomes Mississippi’s first black senator since 1875 after defeating Cindy Hyde-Smith Sign up for the Breaking News US email Hello, and welcome to the US politics live blog. Mississippi has elected Scott Colom, a Democrat, as its senator, adding to a wave of Democratic gains across the country in this year’s midterm elections. Contin…

Members of Democratic Socialists of America have a unique opportunity to fulfill campaign promises and group’s ideals As progressive candidates scored wins across the country last week, a historic number of socialists swept into power – in Congress, in state legislatures and at the helm of American cities. Democratic Socialists of America members Nithya Raman and Janeese Lewis George were elected…

Patients awaiting surgery die in attack on one of few remaining medical facilities in the strip, doctor says An Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza killed six people, including a surgeon and a disabled man, and wounded more than 20 others, the Palestinian news agency reported. The Israeli military carried out the attack on the hospital, in Khan Younis, early on Thursday saying i…

Former Radio 1 DJ accused of new offences against women in London and now faces trial in January for 17 charges The former radio DJ Tim Westwood has denied two additional sex offences dating back to 1991 and 2004. His latest not guilty pleas mean he now denies 17 charges against nine women between 1983 and 2016. Continue reading...

Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensing A mission to create the largest ever 3D map of the universe has revealed more than 900m galaxies in its first major data release together with about 15,000 potential cases of a phenomenon that could help unlock the secrets of the “dark universe”. Launched in July 2023, the European Space Age…

CEO says ‘democratic approach’ has helped brand outperform tough market, with big rises in China and US Burberry has returned to profit as its back to basics strategy drove strong sales of the British brand’s coats, jackets and handbags over the summer. Joshua Schulman, the chief executive, said the luxury brand had outperformed a “challenging luxury market” to achieve sales growth of 6%, helped …

Kerry decries president for ceding clean-energy dominance to China and says climate crisis still a key issue for voters Donald Trump is the “biggest loser we’ve seen in a long time” for scrapping action on the climate crisis and ceding the clean energy race to China, former US secretary of state John Kerry has said. Kerry, speaking at the Cop31 climate summit in Turkey, criticized Trump for withd…

Rallies take place on more than US 40 campuses as workers seeking better pay and conditions decry stalled talks Starbucks baristas, students, elected officials and allies are holding rallies at over 40 college campuses across the US on Thursday to support the Starbucks Workers United boycott campaign as the union nears five years of deadlock with the company over contract negotiations. Starbucks …

Progress of bill to reinstate struck-off doctors hinged on support from far right figure Roberto Vannacci, whose rise is shaping politics before 2027 elections Antonio Cremasco contracted Covid at a dinner party on 6 March 2020. Four days later, as Italy became the first European country to go into nationwide lockdown, he was fighting for his life. “I spent 20 days in intensive care, followed by …

Milburn’s review is considering how to address the growing number of young people classified as not in education, employment or training “Britain is back and ready to play its full part,” Andy Burnham has said at the opening of today’s Cop31 summit. The UK prime minister celebrated domestic clean energy projects including windfarms and electrified steel factories, stressed the need to make the tr…

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are attempting to make further progress after earlier talks in Abu Dhabi Meanwhile, the EU is planning to approve new sanctions on Russia on Monday, France’s Europe minister Benjamin Haddad said. “On Monday, we will take new sanctions against Russia, on 150 additional entities, 50 ⁠banks and it’s France which proposed the bulk of the entities to add,” Haddad told L…

Island state declares it ‘is not really for tourists’ – but is the marketing strategy just a cheeky piece of reverse psychology? Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Research shows “tourists hate themselves” – which is exactly why the marketing flacks at Tourism Tasmania are telling them to stay away from the island state. Its new campaign declares the island state is “not…

In today’s newsletter: US intelligence reportedly believes the former tech executive was recruited by Beijing, raising questions about the security of the AI industry and Trump’s close ties to Nvidia chief Jensen Huang Good morning. Espionage is supposed to be a secretive business, and spies are supposed to be virtually invisible. That hasn’t been the case for Alice Huang, the mysterious Shanghai…