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A bill to create a Hillsborough Law is not expected to be back in Parliament until after the summer. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy told the Commons earlier that he expected the bill to return to the House “in the coming days”, but the BBC has been told it is unlikely to go before MPs before the summer recess. Downing Street had been looking at changes to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill after campaigners raised concerns about how strongly intelligence services could be compelled to comply with a “duty of candour”.While sources suggested there had been “significant progress”, they said…
Shares of AstraZeneca fell as much as 9% after a late stage clinical trial for an experimental heart disease failed to meet its target. The medicine, Wainua, did not reach its main goal of reducing deaths and recurrent heart-related emergencies over 140 weeks compared to a placebo, the British drugmaker said in a press release early Thursday.The treatment is for a rare, life-threatening heart condition called transthyretin-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).The stock was last seen down 8.9% in London, on track for its worst day since March 2020 at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak.This is breaking news. Please refresh for…
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Unleashing the drones of war comes at a cost A heavy reliance on Reapers avoids putting more US pilots at risk, but it has also led to Iranian air defenses shooting down dozens of the hunter-killer drones. The US military had lost nearly 30 Reaper drones as of May 2026, including some destroyed on the ground by Iranian counterstrikes, according to Air & Space Forces Magazine. The Air Force acknowledged such combat losses as reducing its Reaper fleet to about 135 drones. The total US taxpayer bill for the destroyed Reapers comes to about $1 billion, according to Bloomberg. A…
Sir Keir Starmer was given a personalised revolver with live ammunition as a gift by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the Nato summit.The firearm, engraved with the prime minister’s name, was one of a series of similar gifts presented to the leader of each country who attended the event in Ankara.Sir Keir’s revolver has not been brought back to the UK and remains with British officials in Turkey.It is expected to be decommissioned before it is returned, meaning it will no longer be capable of firing live ammunition.Erdogan waived export controls on the gift but it was left in…
Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd. signage during the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The festival runs through Nov. 17. Lionel Ng | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNagi Hamiyeh, president of Temasek Global Investments, said crypto investment is “still off the table” for the company as it strives to move past a substantial loss in crypto exchange FTX. “We don’t have directly any, any investment in crypto,” Hamiyeh told CNBC’s Sri Jegarajah on Wednesday, citing regulatory uncertainty in the sector. “I can’t forecast what happens in the future, and the role that crypto is going to play in…
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Rebellions is targeting an initial public offering in South Korea in the first or second quarter of next year, the CEO told CNBC exclusively, as it looks to capitalize on massive investor interest in AI chips. Sunghyun Park, CEO of Rebellions, told CNBC that the company is leaning toward a listing on the KOSPI over the KOSDAQ.”Real revenue is now being generated. That’s why we are preparing the IPO with underwriter at J.P. Morgan and [Samsung Securities],” Park told CNBC on Wednesday.”Basically, our investors prefer the Korea market, KOSPI actually, because we are well aligned with the Korean government megaproject,…
A review of a disability benefit is not expected to make “crude proposals” on changes to claimants’ payments, the minister leading the report has said.Sir Stephen Timms told the BBC his interim review of personal independence payments (Pip) found the benefit was not “fit for purpose” and promised “fundamental change” in recommendations due in the autumn.The disability minister said the “sustainability” of spending on the benefit, which is forecast to rise to more than £41bn by 2030, was “going to be a concern as we reach these decisions”.Last year, the UK government asked Sir Stephen to review whether Pip was…
Fire at Omsk oil refinery as the region’s governor says the province came under attack from Ukrainian drones, in Omsk, Russia July 6, 2026, in this picture obtained from a social media video.ReutersUkraine’s drone attacks have been dominating headlines about its war with Russia — and upended NATO’s investment thesis.Having boosted drone production and capabilities in four years of war, Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and military assets, targeting high-profile oil refineries in major cities as part of a sustained push to cut off Russia’s energy revenues.Defense experts and strategists have described its drone campaign…