LONDON (Reuters) -BAE Systems maintained its guidance for annual earnings to rise as much as 12% as orders for military kit continued to flow at a time of heightened geopolitical risk, benefiting Britain’s biggest defence company. BAE upgraded its forecast in August, guiding that earnings per share would grow by 10%-12% in 2023 after orders …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Asking prices for homes in Britain have fallen at their fastest pace in five years for the time of year, property website Rightmove said on Monday, underscoring how rising borrowing costs have caused a housing market slowdown. Average asking prices for homes fell by 1.7% between Oct. 8 and Nov. 4, a …
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LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led Britain in remembering the country’s war dead on Sunday, seeking to unify communities a day after a large pro-Palestinian march was marked by skirmishes between far-right counter-protesters and police. At a solemn ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial on Whitehall in central London, Charles, Sunak, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Seven people have been charged following a mass pro-Palestinian march and a far-right counter protest on Saturday when more than 140 people were arrested, the police said on Sunday. Skirmishes broke out between police and the far-right groups gathered to protest against the demonstration taking place on Armistice Day, the anniversary of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers and members of the upper house of parliament have called on the government to proscribe Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, saying it would be a step towards restoring stability to the Middle East. Proscribing the IRGC as a terrorist group would mean it would become a criminal …
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By Michael Holden and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) -More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, with police arresting over 120 people as they sought to stop far-right counter-protesters from ambushing the main rally. Skirmishes broke out between police and the far-right groups gathered to protest against the demonstration taking place on …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday offered his prayers for a critically ill British baby girl whose parents lost their legal fight last month to keep her on life support and have her transferred to the Vatican children’s hospital in Rome. Eight-month-old Indi Gregory suffers from a rare and incurable mitochondrial disease which …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, can go to trial, London’s High Court ruled on Friday. The case is just one of several Harry and his wife Meghan have filed against media organisations since 2019 over alleged breaches of privacy, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will appear on the cover of the Big Issue, the magazine sold by homeless and vulnerable people, as he marks his 75th birthday by shining a spotlight on food insecurity and waste. Charles has also authored an article for the magazine about the importance of finding ways to bridge …
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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry, singer Elton John and five other high-profile British figures can have their lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper alleging widespread unlawful behaviour heard at trial, the High Court in London ruled on Friday. Publisher Associated Newspapers (ANL) had sought at hearings in …
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