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The Reform leader was speaking to Newsnight after an undercover report raised questions about party fundraising. Source link

An aerial view of a 49.5 megawatt three-level data center under construction on July 8, 2026 in Vernon, California. A surge in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is fueling a boom in data centers across the country and around the globe. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s administration’s policies are helping keep bond yields higher despite the White House’s own attempts to lower them. With the 80-year-old president unlikely to change his spots, Americans may not like what it could take to provide interest-rate relief: a weaker economy that cools borrowing costs but undercuts…

Reform UK’s shadow home secretary Zia Yusuf addresses delegates in Birmingham at the party’s conference. Source link

Reform UK’s annual conference is under way in Birmingham – a chance for the party to talk about its policies and what it hopes to do should it win a future general election.Yet questions over money and donations are dominating the news after two of the party’s senior figures stepped down on Friday morning following a Channel 4 News report.Chris Mason reports from the conference. Source link

Households should stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather as the strongest El Niño event in a generation develops over the Pacific Ocean, a government minister has warned.Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle told the Guardian the powerful natural climate phenomenon will lead to “more extreme storms in this country”.Her comments came as the National Audit Office (NAO) warned Britain’s food supply chain is at risk given the growing threat of cyber-attacks and the climate crisis.The NAO said the government was too reliant on the private sector to deal with food supply disruption. The government is due to unveil…

Volkswagen employees are taking part in an information and protest event organized by IG Metall in front of the VW plant in Zwickau.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesVolkswagen shares jumped on Friday after it announced plans to slash a further 50,000 jobs as part of a historic transformation plan amid intensifying tariff pressures and competition from China. Europe’s biggest carmaker said Thursday that its supervisory board had approved its Future Plan 2030, comprising 12 initiatives that would result in the “most strategically profound transformation program” in the group’s 89-year history. This includes cutting around 50,000 positions, including management…

U.K. energy exploration and production company EnQuest is interested in buying BP’s oil and gas interests in the North Sea, its CEO Amjad Bseisu told CNBC on Thursday.BP announced on July 31 that it had launched a process to sell its U.K. North Sea business.Speaking with CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe,” Bseisu said there is still a “tremendous opportunity” in the U.K. oil and gas sector.Asked directly if EnQuest — which operates mainly in the U.K. Continental Shelf region — is interested in BP’s assets in the region, Bseisu said “yes.””There’s only a handful of companies left, so there’s only a…

Argentine President Javier Milei speaks during the Madrid Forum, where conservative leaders from Latin America have gathered, in Santiago, Chile on September 3, 2026.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesArgentina’s President Javier Milei has ramped up a long-running dispute over the Falkland Islands, reasserting the country’s claims over the self-governing British overseas territory and threatening to impose sanctions on oil companies working off the archipelago.In a nationally televised speech, Milei said overnight that Argentina would “need to recover” the islands, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas, calling on the country to “not stand idly by” and “show a united front to the…

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Two senior Reform UK officials have left their roles after a Channel 4 News report into the party’s funding.Nigel Farage’s senior aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy James Orr have both stood down pending the outcome of an internal investigation, the party said. A Reform UK spokesman said: “The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice. “No further comment will be made while the investigation is ongoing.” Source link