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President Donald Trump has been lashing out at reporters, often female journalists, when confronted with questions he does not like to answer.The BBC’s Tom Bateman takes a look at what triggers these public insults, and what are the questions the president doesn’t want to be asked. Source link

Despite an Israeli court challenge to the plans by Bedouin Palestinians living in the area and Israeli peace groups, on Wednesday the Israeli housing ministry issued a tender for 1,234 of the 3,401 housing units approved by the Israeli government last August.It covers about 12 sq km (4.6 sq miles) between East Jerusalem and the settlement of Maale Adumim.At the time of their unveiling, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich – an ultranationalist and settler – said the idea of a Palestinian state was “being erased”.The deadline for bids is 19 October, just days before Israel’s general election on 27 October, making…

Rummage through Greenock’s industrial history and you will find a distinct heritage – in the 19th Century its status as a global hub for refining sugar earned it the nickname “Sugaropolis”. Thousands of ships were also built in the coastal town over a near 300-year period.More recently, the computer manufacturer IBM employed more than 5,000 people at its campus near Greenock. But the site closed completely in 2016.Indeed, in the past four years, a further 1,500 jobs have vanished. Amazon, EE and a string of other companies have gone elsewhere. Just this week, the local shipyard announced it was cutting…

Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Appropriations committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, July 21, 2026.Finn Gomez | Getty ImagesSen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, defended President Donald Trump’s energy and economic agenda on Friday during an appearance at a southwestern Ohio steel mill with Vice President JD Vance, as Republicans warn that backlash over data centers could be putting his seat in jeopardy.Husted’s comments come days after the National Republican Senatorial Committee, or NRSC, warned in a memo that data centers have become a “sleeper issue” this election cycle, as Americans increasingly worry about the…

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. Brendan McDermid | ReutersTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s debt buyback announcement this week fits into a broader pattern that can signal a forthcoming crisis, according to billionaire investor Ray Dalio.The Bridgewater Associates founder said Bessent’s plan to increase government debt purchases may portend trouble for the U.S. economy. Coupled with the Japanese government reducing its U.S. bond market exposure and surging long-dated American bond yields, Dalio said investors may want to…

Ofcom would not comment on any investigation but said it treated complaints in strict confidence and would not “publicly confirm the identities of individuals concerned”.Farage claims reporters from Sky News approached his daughter’s home while he was out of the country.Sky News says it did not interact with his daughter, and was trying to ask Farage about a £5m gift he received from cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne before he entered Parliament in July 2024.A parliamentary standards investigation into whether the gift broke any rules resumed earlier this month after Farage was re-elected as MP for Clacton following a by-election he…

Construction of a new ballroom continues at the White House on August 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump, for now, to continue construction on his controversial White House ballroom project.Chief Justice John Roberts, in an order, stayed a federal district court judge’s injunction, which had barred Trump from continuing construction while a lawsuit challenging the ballroom project played out. Roberts’ order came on the same day the injunction was scheduled to take effect.The order is an administrative stay, which could be lifted by the entire Supreme Court.Read more…

A view of a Bitcoin ATM at Northgate Mall on Feb. 5, 2026, in San Rafael, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesBitcoin’s more than 20% rally this week has sent the cryptocurrency to heights it hasn’t seen since May, but traders on prediction market platform Kalshi see it ending 2026 near current levels.Speculators estimate that bitcoin’s price at the end of 2026 will be around $75,000, based on an average of contracts on the platform. The contracts on Kalshi ask traders to place “yes” and “no” trades on whether the cryptocurrency will trade within various $5,000 ranges at midnight on Jan. 1,…

However the figures are also likely to reflect the fact that real wages across the Northern Ireland private sector were rising in 2024.The figures show that, on average, real disposable income per person in the UK rose by 3.1%, external. The lowest increase of 2.2% was in the north east of England.Northern Ireland is in the middle of the pack overall with real disposable income per person of £22,258, marginally below the north west of England.The West Midlands, Yorkshire, Wales and the north east of England all have lower disposable incomes.London is an outlier with an average disposable income of…

POWER POINTWhat I’m hearing from energy insidersGreetings from Colorado, where I had the opportunity to do a nearly hour-long chat with the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission. While most of the conversation with Andrew Ferguson was about A.I. and Big Tech, we did venture a little bit into energy vis-à-vis Europe and its energy woes.’Woes’ is the correct term. The continent has been in a constant state of nervousness since the Nord Stream pipeline was blown up in 2022.My take →  It’s incredible that we have satellites that can see into your car from thousands of miles high, but…