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The Guardian view on Andrew Bailey’s aggression: whatever traders think is true becomes fact

Editorial: Balance of payments, interest rates, unemployment and inflation determine short-term currency prices, but they are dwarfed by foreign exchange speculation

The Guardian - UK

UK Hands Indian Ocean Islands To Mauritius But Keeps Key US Military Base

Britain on Thursday said it would give up sovereignty of a remote Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius but will maintain there a strategic military base that it shares with the United States, in what US President Joe Biden described as a "historic agreement".

International Business Times

UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal securing Diego Garcia military base

The UK agreed on Thursday to renounce sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, but agreed a deal with Mauritius to secure the future of a UK-US military base on the island of Diego Garcia.

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A timeline of the UK’s history with the Chagos Islands

The UK has agreed to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius after decades of diplomatic dispute

The Guardian - UK

Easing Inflation Lifts Profit At UK Supermarket Tesco

Supermarket group Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said Thursday that net profit gained in its first half as cost pressures eased for consumers and companies.

International Business Times

Britain To Give Up Sovereignty Of Chagos Islands To Mauritius

Britain agrees to cede Chagos Islands to Mauritius, allowing displaced residents to return while retaining control of Diego Garcia military base. Agreement...

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US ambassador on falling in love with London, soft power and exclusive view of Shepard Fairey Shoreditch mural

Jane Hartley also tells in exclusive interview how she sees London as a ‘kinder, gentler’ New York

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Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute

Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressure

The Guardian - UK

Glasgow building named on list of Britain's 30 'most beautiful'

A Glasgow building has been named on a list of the 30 most beautiful in Britain.

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Jon Sopel: I’ve seen the Republicans up close and Britain’s Tories aren’t like them — they’re a unique brand of special

I am sitting writing this in a corner of the Birmingham ICC, a conference centre and concert venue as though designed by Max Escher with a confusing array of staircases going everywhere and nowhere, it seems. But that is not what strikes me as odd. More, I am struck by…

Evening Standard

Magazine: McLaren’s remarkable F1 and Indy double

McLaren’s incredible 1974 season, in which it won both the F1 title and Indianapolis 500, takes centre stage in this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (3 October).Winning the F1 world championship and the Indy 500 are two of the biggest achievements in motorsport and only a handful of teams and…

Autosport

The Tories are deluded to think they’ll be back in power in 2029. Here are three economic reasons why

Labour’s squandering of its political capital has given hope to the right. But Britain’s voters want a leftwing agenda, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Whether it’s Trump or Harris in office, Starmer will need an incredible US ambassador. Here’s my vote

Escapist and trivialising solutions are the Johnson and Truss legacy – but that won’t do now. The stakes are too high, the world too volatile, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

One million people in England vape despite never having smoked regularly, study finds

Researchers suggest stricter regulation as one in 10 people in Britain aged 16 or over now use e-cigarettes

The Guardian - UK

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One of the UK's 'most wanted men' jailed over running global drug smuggling ring

ONE of the UK’s most wanted men who plotted to smuggle £76 million of cocaine into Britain from Ecuador in consignments of bananas has been…

The Independent UK

One of UK’s most wanted men, known as Iceman, jailed for cocaine banana plot

James Stevenson, 59, known as The Iceman, pleaded guilty mid-trial at the High Court in Glasgow

The Independent UK

Windrush pioneer Alford Gardner dies aged 98

Born in Jamaica, Mr Gardner settled in Britain in 1948 after distinguished Royal Air Force service

The Independent UK

Watch: Starmer speaks from Brussels in bid to reset Britain’s relationship with the EU

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer spoke in Brussels on Wednesday, 2 October, to kick off his bid to reset Britain’s relationship with the European Union.

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International Business Times

Britain's Starmer In Brussels To Flesh Out EU 'Reset' Pledge

Keir Starmer arrived in Brussels on Wednesday on his first visit as British prime minister, looking to build on a promised "reset" of relations with the European Union after the rancour of Brexit.

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch says Britain must not be ‘a sponge for migrants’

Badenoch takes hard line stance on migration to try to get leadership challenge back on track

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Israel vows retaliation against Iran; Walz and Vance face off; and Britain’s richest woman

The unprecedented Iranian salvo came less than 24 hours after Israel ordered the largest ground invasion of southern Lebanon in a generation

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan to strike optimistic tone on HS2 Euston link as he urges more transport investment

‘When London builds, Britain benefits’, Mr Khan to tell ministers

The Guardian - UK

The ultimate gambler? How Denise Coates became Britain’s richest woman

She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. With a family fortune of £7.5bn, she pays her taxes and donates to charity. But is there a wider human cost to her huge success?

The Independent UK

Tory contenders dip into Blair’s playbook with ‘New Conservative Party’ revamp plan

Just as Tony Blair invented ‘New Labour’ to take his party back to power, two of the four Tory leadership candidates will today explain why a ‘New Conservative Party’ is needed

The Independent UK

Buckingham Palace says Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child

Britain’s Princess Beatrice is pregnant with her second child

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