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...Parkinson’s patients who took the diabetes drug lixisenatide saw no worsening of their motor symptoms after a one-year trial, according to a paper published yesterday in The New England Journal of Medicine...
...More banking news: New York Community Bank will raise more than $1bn in a deal led by the investment firm of former US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin. 2....
...The Bank of England governor has signalled that markets are right to expect more than one interest rate cut this year, saying he is increasingly confident inflation is heading towards target....
...Middle East editor Andrew England has this briefing....
...England’s greenbelt: The sacrosanct land around cities is at the centre of a politically fraught debate about the UK’s housing shortage....
...After visiting Bahrain, where the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet is stationed, the defence secretary will stop aboard the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier, currently in the eastern Mediterranean, and also travel...
...Former Salesforce chief executive Bret Taylor will lead the new-look board as chair. Former US Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers has also been drafted in to provide experience....
...Israel-Hamas war: US secretary of state Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East to push for a deal to secure a temporary pause in fighting and the release of hostages held by Hamas....
...Iran’s navy said it acted on court orders in retaliation for “oil theft by the US regime”....
...On the face of it, praising Thatcher seems an odd way for Labour to try to win back 50 red wall seats in the Midlands and north of England....
...Grant Shapps, the defence secretary, said the Royal Navy task group, RAF operations and Britain’s “wider military support” was an “undeniable display of the UK’s resolve to ensure Hamas’s terrorist campaign...
...UK defence secretary Grant Shapps said on Monday that Britain was willing to take “direct action” against the Iranian-aligned group to “deter threats to freedom of navigation in the Red Sea”....
...in England....
...The two biggest faces of that debate in 2006 were Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary, whose baby the policy was, and John Reid, her predecessor as health secretary and then the home secretary....
...Richard Tice, leader of Reform, said Anderson would be a “no nonsense” champion for the red wall, the swath of traditionally Labour-voting constituencies in the Midlands and north of England, many of which...
...But the agency, which is known as the R&AW, suspected Khan of sheltering extremists in Europe and waited for him to leave England on a trip to his hometown before it struck....
...But Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite union, was scathing....
...Bailey sees signs of ‘upturn’ | The Bank of England said its latest forecasts pointed to a “somewhat stronger growth story” ahead, as governor Andrew Bailey played down the significance of upcoming data...
...Andrew Bailey, Bank of England governor, said Darling was “a dedicated public servant in the very best sense” who “steered the British economy ably during a time of great uncertainty”....
...Labour has overturned large Tory majorities to win two by-elections in England, in a relief to Keir Starmer following a challenging fortnight....
...This was down to the political leadership of Blair and Gordon Brown — and their first Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2002, Clare Short, who brought the lives of the world’s...
...US secretary of state Antony Blinken held talks with Qatar’s prime minister on Friday as part of a tour of the region. Qatar is a US ally which also hosts Hamas’s political office....
...and defence secretary Grant Shapps both witnessing the embarrassing flop in January....
...In the coming years, the company will become even more dominant. BAE will build a new generation of attack submarines for the Royal Navy, with deliveries starting in the 2030s....
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