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Countries agree to record release of emergency oil reserves as prices surge 6 hours ago ShareSave Mitchell LabiakBusiness reporter ShareSave Getty Images Dozens of countries have agreed to release a record amount of oil from their emergency reserves to try to tackle supply shortages and soaring prices. All 32 of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) […]
More support as heating oil costs 'double' 6 hours ago ShareSave Peter Davison,Local Democracy Reporting Serviceand Kirsten Robertson,Wiltshire ShareSave BBC Mike Blacker is reliant on heating oil at his home and says costs have doubled in a couple of weeks Farmers and residents say they are concerned after heating oil costs have "doubled" since the […]
How high could UK petrol and diesel prices go? 6 hours ago ShareSave Faarea MasudBusiness reporter ShareSave Getty Images Motorists in the UK are facing higher fuel costs as the US-Israel war with Iran continues. Wholesale oil and gas prices have surged since the conflict began on 28 February, with the production and transportation of […]
'Even under missiles we carry on living' – how young Iranians are coping with war 6 hours ago ShareSave Ghoncheh HabibiazadBBC Persian ShareSave BBC Parts of Tehran are covered in snow, days after black rain fell on the capital Snow fell in parts of Tehran on Tuesday night, blanketing the Iranian capital with a layer […]
Bowen: Trump has called for an Iran uprising but the lessons from Iraq in 1991 loom large 5 hours ago ShareSave Jeremy BowenInternational editor ShareSave Getty Images US military vehicles during the 1991 military operation to drive Iraqi troops out of Kuwait I know what can happen when an American president calls for an uprising […]
Carney inches closer to majority, as fourth MP defects to Liberals 3 hours ago ShareSave Jessica Murphy,Canada digital editor, Torontoand Nadine Yousif,Senior Canada reporter ShareSave Getty Images Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals have inched closer to a majority in the Canadian parliament as a fourth MP defected to join the party. Lori Idlout, a member […]
Three brothers arrested after explosion at US embassy in Oslo 4 hours ago ShareSave Olivia Ireland ShareSave Reuters Sunday's explosion caused minor damage and nobody was injured, the authorities say Three brothers have been arrested in Norway linked to an explosion outside the US embassy in the capital, Oslo, on Sunday. The authorities believe the […]
A 'weirdly rushed' appointment – and other key takeaways from Mandelson files 3 hours ago ShareSave Joshua NevettPolitical reporter ShareSave PA Media Government documents running to 147 pages have revealed new details about the appointment of Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US and the fallout from his sacking last year. It's the […]
New US ambassador to South Africa summoned over 'undiplomatic remarks' 32 minutes ago ShareSave Ed HabershonJohannesburg ShareSave Getty Images Bozell's comments about a contentious racial issue have been criticised as ''undiplomatic''by the government The South African government has summoned the new US ambassador after he made what they called "undiplomatic" comments about an anti-apartheid chant. […]
Boy, 15, arrested after girl is stabbed at school 3 hours ago ShareSave Lewis Adamsand Neve Gordon-Farleigh,Norfolk ShareSave Newsquest/SWNS A boy was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy after a teenage girl was stabbed at a secondary school. The victim was taken to hospital with […]
