Help to Buy has returned £1.74bn to the exchequer, Homes England’s annual report shows, as housing minister Matthew Pennycook reviews reviving…
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Eat up and get out: why dawdling diners are killing UK restaurants
Richard Alvin argues the fastest way to save UK restaurants costs nothing: eat up and go. Dwell times, not menus, now…
NatWest faces $1.1bn claim over 1991 Argentine shipyard sale
NatWest has disclosed a $1.1bn claim from Buenos Aires shipyard Tandanor over its 1991 privatisation, which has returned to Argentina’s federal…
Azerbaijan’s Iran Problem
Azerbaijan’s Iran problem deepens as drone strikes, media bans and alleged IRGC plots expose Baku’s role in the wider war. …
Young guns for hire – the teenage hitmen recruited to kill across Europe
The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics. …
Five dead, 41 missing, after Indonesia ferry catches fire
The vessel with at least 250 people on board caught fire off Madura island. …
At least eight killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza after Hamas agree disarmament deal
Israel says it was targeting military operatives in the strikes on Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah. …
Hungary faces energy crunch as drought shuts down Paks nuclear plant, PM says
Budapest loses 40 percent of the country’s electricity generation as water levels continue to drop. …
Barabak: Democrats are at each other’s throats — this time over the 2028 calendar
The choice of which state begins the presidential balloting turned into a needlessly divisive conflict over race and ethnicity. Nevada didn’t…
Trump cancels strikes on Iran, says deal imminent
Tehran has not responded to the U.S. president’s announcement and has not confirmed an agreement to end the Middle East conflict…