People shop in a supermarket in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Feb. 20, 2025. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Consumers are certain to face higher sticker prices as businesses prepare to pass on rising costs from tariffs onto buyers, according to EY-Parthenon chief economist Gregory Daco. In an EY survey…
A cross-party group of MPs has written to Keir Starmer expressing “deep concern” about cuts to the UK’s aid budget, as ministers brace for a potentially stormy debate on Foreign Office spending on Wednesday. The international development committee warned of the damage the cuts may cause in a letter to the prime minister written by…
The attorney general of Florida has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after the pair were able to fly into the state last week despite facing trial in Romania on charges of rape, sex with a minor, people trafficking and money laundering. James Uthmeier, appointed to be the state attorney…
For the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day the Cenotaph will be draped in union flags and there will be a military procession and flypast as well as a new installation of about 30,000 ceramic poppies at the Tower of London, it has been announced. Four days of commemorations will begin on the bank…
The largest theme park in Wales has closed with immediate effect after nearly 40 years, its owner has announced. Oakwood Theme Park, in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, announced on Tuesday that it will shut. Aspro Parks, the owner and operator of Oakwood Theme Park, said it had reached the “difficult decision” due to financial challenges caused…
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Western Australia after an alleged threat, which alluded to a terrorist massacre, was made online against a recently opened Sydney mosque. The comment on the place of worship’s Instagram page threatened to “Christchurch 2.0” the mosque at Edmondson Park in the city’s west, an apparent reference to the…
Trump to defend trade war in major address to Congress tonight Jason Miller, a top adviser to Donald Trump, says the president will defend his trade war to Americans when he speaks to a joint session of Congress tonight. “I would say that he’s going to lean into it and he’s going to talk about…
The Associated Press amended its complaint against the Trump administration on Monday, including in its epigraph a punchy quote from an anonymous White House adviser: “The AP and the White House Correspondents Association wanted to f–k around. Now it’s finding out time.” The unnamed White House adviser’s quote came about during an exchange on 25…
The prospective partners in Germany’s next government have said they will seek to loosen rules on running up debt to allow for higher defence spending. They said they will also seek to set up a huge €500bn ($533bn ) fund to finance spending on Germany’s infrastructure over the next 10 years. Centre-right election winner Friedrich…
A 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in south London on Tuesday afternoon, the Metropolitan police have said. Police were called at 3.21pm to reports of a shooting on Paradise Road near Stockwell tube station. Paramedics from the London ambulance service and the air ambulance travelled to the scene but the boy was pronounced…
