(Reuters) – Britain’s BAE Systems has won an $8.8 billion contract to maintain and operate a U.S. Army ammunition plant in Tennessee, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said on Tuesday. The DoD said the contract was awarded for 10 years, from Jan. 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2033, to produce explosives, maintain and operate …
By Shashwat Chauhan and Shubham Batra (Reuters) -Britain’s FTSE 100 closed flat on Tuesday as gains in aerospace and defence stocks were offset by losses in construction and materials, while soft domestic wages data fuelled optimism that Bank of England would keep interest rates unchanged this week. The blue-chip FTSE 100 hit a eight-week high …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -The British minister at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai flew back to London to vote on Tuesday on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, a move campaigners said sent a damaging message about Britain’s priorities at a crucial time for climate talks. Graham Stuart, Minister of State …
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By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) – Britain proposed boosting Northern Ireland’s strained budget on Monday on condition that the region’s power-sharing government is restored, but most local parties said London’s latest bid to end a near two-year stalemate falls short of what is required. Northern Ireland has been without a government since the Democratic Unionist …
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(Reuters) -The UK’s water regulator on Tuesday said it has reached the next stage of enforcement cases related to a 2021 probe into non-permitted sewage discharges by water firms. Water companies have been accused of releasing wastewater directly into rivers, watercourses and the sea during heavy rain or storms to stop pipes becoming overloaded. The …
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(Reuters) – Everton will continue to advertise charity foodbanks on their scoreboard at Goodison Park in response to visiting fans’ ‘poverty chanting’ after “Feed the Scousers” was heard during the 2-0 Premier League win over Chelsea on Sunday. Insulting chants also including “Sign On”, referring to applying for unemployment benefit, have been aimed at Everton …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – An Austrian man carried out “hostile reconnaissance” against a London-based television station critical of Iran’s government to collect information which could have been used in an attack on the channel, prosecutors told a London court on Monday. Just hours after flying in from Austria in February, Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev is …
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LONDON (Reuters) – American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys delivered a surprise performance at one of London’s main train stations on Monday, playing on a black piano once gifted to the building by Elton John. The 15-time Grammy award-winning musician performed four songs, including smash hit ‘Empire State of Mind’, ‘If I Ain’t Got You’ and ‘No …
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By Sachin Ravikumar and Ali Kucukgocmen LONDON/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Once Marion Parks found out she needed intensive dental work, the 55-year-old decided her best course of action was to leave her small English village to have implants — in Istanbul. Parks is one of thousands of British people going abroad for dentistry. Where once they …
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By Sarah Young and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended Britain’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, telling an official inquiry he did not recognise testimony describing a dysfunctional government and saying his hospitality scheme was supported at the time. The inquiry is examining Britain’s response to the pandemic which killed …
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