2026 • Apr 17
Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins forced out over Mandelson vetting row
Keir Starmer understood to have lost confidence in official over decision to override security vetting failure
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2026 • Apr 17
Finance leaders warn over Mythos as UK banks prepare to use powerful Anthropic AI tool
Release of new Claude model, so far limited to US firms, will expand to British institutions in coming daysBritish banks will be given access in the next week to a powerful AI tool that was
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2026 • Apr 17
Minister defends Starmer amid Mandelson revelations, saying vetting decision ‘utterly unacceptable’ – UK politics live
Darren Jones says he has ordered an urgent review into news that the Foreign Office ignored security vetting advice
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2026 • Apr 17
Middle East crisis live: UN chief calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be ‘fully’ respected as it comes into effect
António Guterres welcomes truce and says he hopes halt in fighting will ‘pave the way for negotiations’In case you’re just joining us, here are the latest developments in the Middle East to
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2026 • Apr 17
Ben Roberts-Smith released from prison on bail after being charged with five counts of war crime murder
Former SAS corporal granted bail ahead of potential trial on charges relating to alleged killing of civilians in Afghanistan
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2026 • Apr 17
Albanese’s visits to key allies have borne early fruits of fuel and fertiliser but ‘resilience’ is on the budget agenda
The prime minister has weathered the crises – for now – and there is a growing recognition that Australia is too vulnerable to world events
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2026 • Apr 17
Fuel prices fall despite Geelong refinery blaze as Albanese says facility production has slipped by 40%
Prime minister says Corio refinery fire will not push Australia into stage 3 restrictions, despite reduced production of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel
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2026 • Apr 17
Ukraine war briefing: €90bn EU loan for Ukraine to be released in second quarter
EU economy commissioner says Iran war is feeding Russia’s war machine; Trump condemns massive strikes on Ukraine. What we know on day 1,513The EU expects to start releasing a new €90
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2026 • Apr 17
US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret
Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groupsMicrosoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide t
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2026 • Apr 17
Weather tracker: hail covers parts of Tunisia and Algeria like snow
Accumulations of up to 3cm deep reported as severe thunderstorms also bring heavy downpours to central Italy Severe thunderstorms have affected the Mediterranean this week. On Monday,
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2026 • Apr 16
Trump nominates Dr Erica Schwartz, ex-deputy surgeon general, as CDC director
Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast GuardDonald Trump has selected Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Con
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2026 • Apr 16
Next chief Simon Wolfson paid record £7.4m – and could get far more this year
‘Sustained outperformance’ merits pay rise, says company after it ups profit guidance to £1.2bn for year to January 2027The Next chief executive, Simon Wolfson, took home more than £7m last
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