Conservative HQ is claiming the Tory vote share in two upcoming by-elections could halve to around 30%, based on telephone canvassing data over recent days. The resignation of two Tory MPs have triggered by-elections this Thursday in Tamworth, Staffordshire and Mid Bedfordshire, with the party fighting hard to hold on to both. Party officials say
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President Joe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday, amid fears about the war with Hamas expanding into a larger conflict. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News alerts on a smartphone or tablet via
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Government exhibit in Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial Source: SDNY In afternoon testimony on Monday, former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh told a Manhattan jury about two one-on-one meetings he held with Sam Bankman-Fried last year to discuss the dire state of the crypto firm’s finances. Singh, who joined sister hedge fund Alameda Research in 2017
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Donald Trump is suing a private investigations firm over “shocking and scandalous” claims that he engaged in “perverted sexual acts” in Russia. The former US president is suing Orbis Business Intelligence, a London-based company co-founded by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, over a dossier containing rumours about him that caused a storm before his 2017 presidential
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The Guardian has not renewed its cartoonist’s contract after he claimed his artwork depicting the Israeli prime minister was “spiked”. Steve Bell’s cartoon showed Benjamin Netanyahu preparing to operate on his own stomach wearing boxing gloves, where an outline of the Gaza Strip could be seen with the caption “residents of Gaza, get out now”.
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Two people have been shot dead in central Brussels, according to Belgian media reports. It is being reported that both victims were wearing Swedish football shirts, ahead of the country’s Euro qualifier match against Belgium this evening in the capital. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please
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The world’s biggest stablecoin, tether, saw more than $10 billion in redemptions in May, fueling fears of a 2008-style “bank run.” Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Tether froze 32 virtual wallets linked to crypto-funded terrorism and warfare in Israel and Ukraine, according to a media release published on Monday. Tether, which issues the
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