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By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -Italian Matteo Berrettini regrouped from a series of squandered chances in the third set to brush aside Britain’s Andy Murray 6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3 on Friday, harnessing his powerful forehand to reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Playing in the third round in New York for the …

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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Russia on Friday scrapped a Saturday deadline to resume flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Europe, saying it had discovered a fault during maintenance, deepening Europe’s difficulties in securing fuel for winter. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline which transports gas from Russia to Germany was undergoing maintenance …

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LONDON (Reuters) – England batsman Jonny Bairstow was ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup due to an injury, while out-of-form opener Jason Roy was dropped from the squad for the tournament in Australia beginning next month. Bairstow was initially included in the selection but the England and Wales Cricket Board later said he had …

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By Sinead Cruise LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is set to release data showing around 1.1 billion pounds of small business loans ($1.27 billion) made under a COVID-19 emergency lending scheme has already been classified as suspected fraud, a source told Reuters. The previously unpublished data from Britain’s Department for Business, Energy and Industry …

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By Michel Rose, Andrew MacAskill and Andreas Rinke PARIS/LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe is anticipating the prospect of Liz Truss as Britain’s next prime minister with a mixture of irritation and unease: diplomats say that with the war in Ukraine and rampant inflation, the last thing they need is another Brexit battle. Frontrunner in a ruling …

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LONDON (Reuters) -London police arrested six individuals after the Extinction Rebellion environmental group staged a protest inside Britain’s parliament on Friday, while it was not in session, gluing themselves around the speaker’s chair. Four protesters who were present in the chambers of the House of Commons were “de-bonded” and arrested with no damage to the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Six individuals were arrested over a protest by the Extinction Rebellion environmental group inside Britain’s parliament on Friday, London police said on Friday. “A police investigation into the incident is now taking place in close liaison with our Parliamentary Security colleagues to establish the full circumstances of the incident,” police said in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The result of the British Conservative Party leadership contest will be announced at 1130 GMT on Monday, the party said on Friday. Polls have projected foreign Secretary Liz Truss will beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next prime minister. (Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Alistair Smout)

LONDON (Reuters) -More than 560 dockworkers at the Port of Liverpool, one of Britain’s largest container docks, will go on strike from Sept. 19 to Oct. 3 over pay, the Unite union said on Friday, adding to a summer of industrial unrest caused by soaring inflation. “Workers across the country are sick to death of …

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