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LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday that the world would be a safer place following the United States’ killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. “The world will be a safer place following the US’s successful operation against Ayman al-Zawihiri,” Truss said on Twitter. (Reporting by Muvija M; …

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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – A man arrested with a crossbow at Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home on Christmas Day last year has been charged with having a weapon with intent to “alarm her Majesty” under Britain’s Treason Act, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, from Southampton in southern England, …

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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s record-breaking heatwave last month saw England and Wales register https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/weekending22july2022 nearly 1,700 extra deaths in just one week, early data shows, while Portugal and Spain counted another 1,700. The figures, which will likely change as records are updated, give the first indication of heat-related deaths when temperatures from …

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By Amna Karimi and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Britain’s biggest sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion said on Tuesday French businessman and former B&Q executive Regis Schultz would become its chief executive officer, filling the top position after eight years. The FTSE 100 group in May ousted long-time executive chairman Peter Cowgill due to issues with internal …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The frontrunner to become British prime minister, Liz Truss, said she would scrap plans to restrict multi-buy deals on food and drink high in fat, salt, or sugar and would not impose any new levies on unhealthy food. Britain already taxes sugar in soft drinks, and in May delayed until October next …

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(Reuters) – Lender Virgin Money UK raised its margin forecast, helped by higher interest rates and as credit card spending remained above pre-pandemic levels. Successive rate hikes by the Bank of England and pent-up demand for travel have boosted profits for lenders, enabling them to make more money on borrowing, despite rampant inflation posing a …

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(Reuters) -A.G. Barr on Tuesday forecast a 19% rise in first-half like-for-like revenue, powered by steady demand for its cocktail mixes and fizzy drinks during summer and a recovery in demand for its out-of-home products. The company benefited from greater at-home consumption of food and drinks during the pandemic, which has stayed strong as it …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose in July at the slowest monthly pace in a year and the market is likely to slow further as the cost-of-living squeeze tightens and the Bank of England keeps on raising interest rates, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday. House prices last month were 0.1% higher than in …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s bid to become Britain’s next prime minister got a major boost on Monday when she received the backing of a lawmaker she narrowly defeated to make it to the final two candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson. Junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt was the last contender to be …

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