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Nov 26, 2025 - World

King Charles III formally stripped his younger brother's titles over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Nov 26, 2025 - World

European Commission president says Russia still sees Europe ‘in terms of spheres of influence’, just as it did in conference to reorganise continent after second world warIn case you missed it, US president Donald Trump defended his peace envoy Steve Witkoff overnight after Bloomberg reported that he allegedly advised Putin’s aide Ushakov on how to speak with Trump and conduct the talks.Trump did not appear too bothered by it, though. Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameLast night the Treasury announced increases to the the national living wage (NLW) and the national minimum wage (NMW), which is for younger workers. It was another of the budget announcements released early. Here are the figures from the Treasury.From 1 April 2026, the NLW will rise by 4.1% to £12.71 per hour for eligible workers aged 21 and over. This will increase the gross annual earnings of a full-time worker on the NLW by £900, benefiting around 2.4m low-paid workers.The NMW rate for 18–20-year-olds will also increase by 8.5% to £10.85 per hour, narrowing the gap with the NLW. This will mean an annual earnings increase of £1,500 for a full-time worker, and marks further progress towards the government’s goal of phasing out 18-20 wage bands and establishing a single adult rate.The latest rise in the national living wage – while small compared to recent history – will nonetheless deliver a welcome wage boost to more than two million workers and their families.Younger workers are set for an even bigger pay rises – but these steep increases risk causing more harm than good if they put firms off hiring and push up NEET [not in employment, education or training] rates.It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget of broken promises?”A number of tractors were seen driving through Westminster early on Wednesday, with police stopping around 20 of them in the vicinity.This included a farmer dressed as Father Christmas, his tractor carrying a large spruce tree and bearing a sign that read “Farmer Christmas – the naughty list: Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, Diane Abbott, Angela Rayner & the BBC”. Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

America's H-1B visa programme is once again in hot water after an economist accused the system of fraud, alleging that the Chennai district in India obtained more than twice the total number of visas allowed nationwide.

Nov 26, 2025 - World

Despite recent efforts and White House optimism, recent negotiations have failed to secure a breakthrough on key issuesDonald Trump said he would send special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss developing proposals to end the Ukraine war, but despite White House optimism there was little sign of progress on core sticking points.The US president said negotiations had left “only a few remaining points of disagreement” but there was no breakthrough on the issues of territorial control and security guarantees and he dampened expectations of immediate peace summits. Continue reading...