LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will invest an extra 1.3 billion pounds ($1.65 billion) in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in southeast England, the government said on Monday, making it the majority shareholder in the project. The government said the funding, the largest to date, would allow early construction work to continue at the plant being …
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(Reuters) -England fly-half Owen Farrell has joined French side Racing 92 on a two-year-deal, the Top 14 club said on Monday. The move to France, effective from on July 1, potentially ends Farrell’s international career after he decided to take a break from representing his country for mental health reasons. Farrell, 32, has played 112 …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a setback to his plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda after parliament’s upper house backed a largely symbolic motion to delay ratification of a treaty aimed at overcoming a legal block. Under the Rwanda plan, which has yet to be carried …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – The leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said issues still need to be finalised in talks with the British government on the operation of post-Brexit trade rules for the region after both sides made progress since Christmas. Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government for almost two years after …
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By Johnny Cotton and Marie-Louise Gumuchian NIVELLES, Belgium/LONDON (Reuters) – Sitting at her home in the Belgian town of Nivelles, acid attack survivor and campaigner Patricia Lefranc flicks through a sleek book of pictures of her shot by British fashion photographer Rankin. In one, she holds a photo of herself before the devastating 2009 attack …
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By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – It is a close call whether the Bank of England starts trimming borrowing costs next quarter or in July-September, a Reuters poll found, with only a slim majority of economists expecting it to do so before July as inflation falls towards its target. That is a turnaround from a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday sanctioned individuals linked to Hamas, including financiers and leaders of the Palestinian militant group, saying the measures would help cut off its funding including from Iran. The move was taken in coordination with the United States. The British sanctions target Zuheir Shamlakh, a man known as Hamas’s “main money …
LONDON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to a future sovereign Palestinian state is “disappointing”, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office said on Monday, reiterating British support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden have disagreed over the future creation of an independent Palestinian state, with …
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By Alun John LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling traders are betting that sticky inflation will outweigh slowing retail sales when the Bank of England puts economic data on the scales and makes its next interest rate decisions. The pound finished the last, data-packed, week slightly stronger against the euro for a fourth successive time, and is …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight. Scotland was worst hit as gusts of over 90 miles per hour (144 km/h) led to the cancellation of all train services. Dozens of flights …
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