RIYADH (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Monday she was confident a trade deal with Gulf countries can be done quickly after she had ‘really good’ meetings in Riyadh about an agreement that could help her plan to speed up economic growth. “I am really confident we can get that deal over the …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Arsenal enjoyed a serene Sunday as they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 and title rivals Manchester City lost by the same margin at Aston Villa to leave the north London club four points clear at the top of the table on Sunday. Champions Liverpool’s 3-2 defeat at Brentford on Saturday gave …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British officials said on Sunday they had arrested Hadush Kebatu, a migrant sex offender whose offences led to weeks of protests and who was mistakenly released from prison, in north London after a nearly three-day manhunt and would deport him. Kebatu was sentenced in September to a 12-month term for sexual assaults of …
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By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -After a 22-year wait it was a huge anti-climax for England’s rugby league fans on Saturday as their team were blown away 26-6 by Australia, who underlined their position as the sport’s superpower with a totally dominant Wembley display. Since England triumphed in 1970, Australia have won 13 successive series …
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By Alistair Smout and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s governing Labour Party on Saturday said Lucy Powell had won a vote of members to become the party’s deputy leader, a victory for a candidate whom Prime Minister Keir Starmer sacked as a government minister last month. Powell defeated education minister Bridget Phillipson by a 54-46 …
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By Alistair Smout and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine’s European allies said frozen Russian assets needed to be used quickly to fund support for Kyiv, one of several measures discussed in London talks on Friday to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted “Coalition of the Willing” talks in London …
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By Rohith Nair (Reuters) -Sheffield Wednesday have been deducted 12 points after a court filing on Friday showed the second-tier side filed for administration amid mounting financial issues at one of England’s oldest surviving football clubs. The English Football League had previously charged the Championship club in June with multiple breaches of regulations after they …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The ringleader of an arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses in London last year was on Friday jailed for 17 years for what prosecutors described as “a sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage on UK soil”. Dylan Earl, 21, admitted aggravated arson over the 2024 blaze which targeted companies delivering satellite equipment from Elon …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A Sudanese national has been found guilty of murdering a 27-year-old woman working at a hotel housing asylum seekers in central England where he had been staying, British prosecutors said on Friday. In October last year Deng Chol Majek, 19, followed Rhiannon Whyte to a railway station after she had finished her shift …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A Colombian national who murdered two men in west London and transported parts of their dismembered bodies in suitcases to southwest England was sentenced on Friday to 42 years in prison. Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, was convicted in July of killing Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, at their flat in July …
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