US charges ex-FBI chief James Comey with leaking national defence information
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Lula is re-elected Brazil’s president in knife-edge election
Victory of 80-year-old leftist over Flávio Bolsonaro is blow to Trump’s aim of greater US influence in Latin America
Trump offers $1mn reward for tips leading to election fraud conviction
US president offers payout days before midterm vote that will shape balance of power in Congress
A day in Benjamin Netanyahu’s heartland
Many in Sderot, a city hit by Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack, remain firmly behind the prime minister ahead of the election
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US voters and Trump’s overflowing swamp
America’s affordability crisis and corruption are now treated as two sides of the same coin
Number of UK businesses in financial distress ‘at two-decade high’
Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budget Business live – latest updates The number of UK businesses in financial distress has hit its highest level in more than two decades, as…
Poundland close to collapse as new directors head for exit
The directors recruited to steer Poundland through its emergency sale process less than two weeks ago are on the brink of resigning, heightening the risk that one of Britain's biggest discount retailers will collapse within days, risking thousands…
HSBC profits surge 32%, sparking fresh calls for bank taxes in the budget – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news UK shop price inflation ‘highest since 2024’ as retailers struggle to limit price rises HSBC was also quizzed about the impact of last week’s Google Cloud outage. CFO Pam Kaur says: “We do…
Will the Budget pass Burnham's Makerfield test?
People in the prime minister's constituency say rising costs are squeezing household finances.
Budget hopes for struggling first-time buyers
Aspiring homeowners say rent, rising costs and house prices are delaying plans to buy.
Budget 2026: 'Surrey is a lovely place - but it can be stressful'
Ahead of the Budget, residents tell BBC Radio Surrey their experiences of the cost-of living crisis.
Donald Trump's biggest economic problem looks strangely familiar
Donald Trump heads into the US midterm elections with an issue similar to his political foe Joe Biden.
What did Elizabeth Holmes actually do? – video
Elizabeth Holmes’ story is at the centre of what’s now being hailed as one of the best documentaries ever made, You Can See Everything. Ahead of the film’s Australian release next month, Guardian Australia’s Achol Arok gets you up to speed Continue…
France must appease protesters without extra spending, says finance minister
Roland Lescure says government can come up with creative solutions without widening budget deficit
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Beware the political cost of economic insecurity
Interest rates are a blunt tool in the fight against the rising price of essential items
The winners and losers of the weight-loss economy
People on GLP-1s are spending their money differently. Some sectors will benefit, others must adapt or die
Inside Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch
Remote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian businessman close to Vladimir Putin
HSBC quarterly profits surge 32% amid cost cutting
Operating expenses drop as Europe’s biggest bank plans share buyback of up to $1bn
Global markets rise as AI trade regains steam
Asia follows Wall Street higher in wake of Anthropic’s long-awaited IPO filing
UK shop price inflation ‘highest since 2024’ as retailers struggle to limit price rises
British Retail Consortium says ‘dam is starting to break on the huge wave of costs’ being kept from consumers Shop price inflation has risen to the highest level in two and a half years, according to the British Retail Consortium, which warned that…
Meta plans $95bn stock offering to help cover AI expansion
Tech firm announces two-part fundraising after Elon Musk warns hundreds of AI startups face collapse Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has announced plans for $95bn (£71bn) of fundraising to cover its AI expenditure, even as Elon Musk warned that funding for…
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After decades of ultra-cheap money, the cost of borrowing in Japan is rising
Lula’s stunning comeback meets fiscal reality
Brazil’s president must now rein in spending and build a broad coalition
What makes Andy Burnham think we can rejoin the EU? | Politics Weekly
Andy Burnham claims revising Brexit would ‘bring people together’. The PM wants to look again at issues like free movement, but rules out joining the euro or Schengen. Would rejoining the EU bring up old wounds and risk further division? Plus, as…
‘Bold but sane’: what we learnt from Anthropic’s 240,000-word IPO filing
Prospectus details AI lab’s ‘mission’, $800bn data centre commitments and extraordinary governance structure