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Dec 3, 2025 - World

Mark Rutte’s response comes after Vladimir Putin’s comment that Russia was ‘ready’ for war with EuropeEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is now briefing the media after the commission’s weekly meeting, presenting the bloc’s plan to help fund Ukraine’s continuing fight against Russia.I will bring you the key lines here. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Ministers accept watchdog’s recommendations on how to help people avoid spending more on formula than neededThe government has agreed to implement a plan intended to reduce the cost of buying baby formula, Keir Starmer has said.The announcement comes ahead of the release of the government’s child poverty strategy later in the week and follows the removal of the two-child limit for benefits in last week’s budget, a move Starmer referred to several times during PMQs on Wednesday. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Highly trained personnel from Russia's Presidential Security Service, top commandos from India's National Security Guard, snipers, drones, jammers, and AI monitoring - a five-layer security ring has been prepped ahead of Russia President Putin's trip

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Moscow is demanding Kyiv accept its ‘annexation’ of areas it occupies. After the latest round of talks between envoys of Putin and Trump ended without progress, we look at the territory Russia is seeking to absorbSources: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Institute for the Study of War, Yale Humanitarian Research Lab Ukraine Conflict Observatory, OpenStreetMap. Picture credits: Invasion trucks – Gettty; Sevastopol – Reuters; Yalta – Dennis Cox / Alamy; Donetsk steelworks – Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters. Continue reading...

Dec 3, 2025 - World

Questions raised about permanency of 76-year-old’s appointment and ‘leadership stability at critical juncture for bank’Business live – latest updatesHSBC has appointed the former KPMG partner Brendan Nelson as its chair after a prolonged search process that left one of the world’s biggest banks without a permanent executive in the top role for months.The decision to appoint Nelson, who has been serving as interim chair, came as a surprise, after a protracted hunt for a permanent successor for Mark Tucker which involved courting external candidates including the former chancellor George Osborne and the head of Goldman Sachs’s Asia-Pacific division, Kevin Sneader. Continue reading...