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Virgin Atlantic has warned of a slowdown in demand for transatlantic travel, prompting a further fall in the share price of rival British Airways’ owner IAG. Both UK long-haul carriers lean heavily on lucrative routes between London and north America to boost their profits, and analysts have warned that economic uncertainty and growing tension between … Read more
Iran has reacted with outrage after Donald Trump said Iran will be bombed if it does not accept US demands to constrain its nuclear programme. The US president said on Sunday that if Iran “[doesn’t] make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”. … Read more
The US has sent 17 more people accused of being gang members to El Salvador without providing their names or any other identifying information, the latest in the Trump administration’s controversial method of deporting people to be imprisoned abroad without due process in the US. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the overnight military … Read more
The owner of the Sun has run up more than £1.2bn in losses since the start of its costly battle to end allegations of illegal phone hacking almost 15 years ago. News Group Newspapers (NGN), a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK which publishes the Sun and retains liability for the activities of the now … Read more
Birmingham city council has declared a major incident over an ongoing bin strike, saying the daily blocking of depots by picket lines means vehicles are unable to pick up 17,000 tonnes of uncollected rubbish across the city. The council said it was unable to carry out its contingency plan due to striking workers blocking lorries … Read more
The federal government has cancelled dozens of grants to study how to prevent new HIV infections and expand access to care, decimating progress toward eliminating the epidemic in the United States, scientists say. Over the last month, more than 300 research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been terminated – 65 … Read more
The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with many more missing. Rescue operations faced “significant obstacles including damaged roads, collapsed bridges, unstable communications and the complexities related to civil conflict”, the WHO said in … Read more
The court ruling barring Marine Le Pen from running for president has recast a spotlight on her right-hand man, Jordan Bardella, as debate swirls over who may end up representing the far right in France’s 2027 presidential race. While Le Pen’s lawyer has said she will appeal Monday’s court ruling, the process could drag on … Read more
Nationalist and populist figures around the world, from Elon Musk to Viktor Orbán, have united in condemnation of a Paris court verdict barring Marine Le Pen from running in the country’s 2027 presidential elections. In a bombshell ruling many believe could serve to boost support for the party, the figurehead of France’s far-right National Rally … Read more
As aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest country: the US. The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar on Friday has caused widespread destruction, flattening swathes of the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and even a tower … Read more