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Man dies and girl missing amid heavy flooding in Spain and Portugal

A man has died and a girl is missing after heaving flooding hit Spain and Portugal. Storm Leonardo struck the Iberian Peninsula on Tuesday,...

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Man dies and girl missing amid heavy flooding in Spain and Portugal

Business

Interest rate cuts ‘likely’ later this year – Bank of England

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now “likely” later in the year as inflation...

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Interest rate cuts 'likely' later this year - Bank of England

Sports

MLB offseason lessons: Dodgers’ spending, Skubal rumors, more

Buster Olney Close Buster Olney ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty”...

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MLB offseason lessons: Dodgers' spending, Skubal rumors, more

Sports

2025-26 MLB free agency, trade grades: Offseason analysis

Bradford Doolittle Close Bradford Doolittle ESPN Staff Writer MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN...

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2025-26 MLB free agency, trade grades: Offseason analysis

Business

Bank of England governor holds key to ‘likely’ rate cuts ahead

The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates was short on action but strong on signals that a rate cut this spring is...

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Bank of England governor holds key to 'likely' rate cuts ahead

Savannah Guthrie makes emotional plea to mother’s captors: ‘We are ready to talk’

US TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded for the return of her mother and said the family is “ready to talk” to her captor...

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Savannah Guthrie makes emotional plea to mother's captors: 'We are ready to talk'

Politics

Starmer: Is there a future?

👉Listen to Politics at Sam and Anne’s on your podcast app👈 As the political drama over Peter Mandelson spills into the Commons – with...

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Politics

Beth Rigby: Even Starmer’s allies are unsure about his future

By my reckoning, yesterday will be remembered as perhaps the most difficult of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership yet, with even close allies telling me...

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Beth Rigby: Even Starmer's allies are unsure about his future

Politics

Mandelson-Epstein files: Keir Starmer may be facing his very own Profumo scandal

Is the Mandelson-Epstein crisis Sir Keir Starmer’s Profumo scandal? Both involved sex, call girls, lurid revelations and a police investigation. Tap here for the...

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Mandelson-Epstein files: Keir Starmer may be facing his very own Profumo scandal

Politics

Sir Keir Starmer pledges to ‘reverse devastating decline’ with £800m extra investment in 40 communities

Sir Keir Starmer is to announce a cash injection of £800m to rejuvenate the most deprived communities, which he admits have been “undermined by...

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Sir Keir Starmer pledges to 'reverse devastating decline' with £800m extra investment in 40 communities

Environment

Oil giant Shell posts weakest quarterly profit in nearly five years, keeps buybacks steady

The Shell petrol station is at 106 Old Brompton Road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, on December...

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Oil giant Shell posts weakest quarterly profit in nearly five years, keeps buybacks steady

Trump orders 700 immigration agents out of Minnesota after US citizens shot dead

Donald Trump has said he’s ordered hundreds of immigration officers to leave Minnesota – although around 2,000 will remain in the state. The pullback...

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Trump orders 700 immigration agents out of Minnesota after US citizens shot dead

World

Winter Olympics: Show respect rather than jeer the Americans, says IOC boss

Even without coming to the Winter Olympics in Italy, Donald Trump and his polarising policies and provocations are dominating, even distracting. Of all the...

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Winter Olympics: Show respect rather than jeer the Americans, says IOC boss

Savannah Guthrie makes emotional plea to mother’s captors: ‘We are ready to talk’

US TV host Savannah Guthrie has pleaded for the return of her mother and said the family is “ready to talk” to her captor...

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Environment

Oil slides in volatile trading as upcoming U.S.-Iran talks revive de-escalation hopes

Oil prices fell on Tuesday even as a massive winter storm hit crude production and affected refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Anton Petrus...

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Oil slides in volatile trading as upcoming U.S.-Iran talks revive de-escalation hopes

Sports

Sources: LHP Framber Valdez, Tigers reach 3-year, $115M deal

Feb 4, 2026, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Star left-hander Framber Valdez and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a three-year, $115...

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Sources: LHP Framber Valdez, Tigers reach 3-year, 5M deal

Sports

Tarik Skubal, Tigers make arbitration cases; ruling expected Thu.

Associated Press Feb 4, 2026, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal went to...

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Tarik Skubal, Tigers make arbitration cases; ruling expected Thu.

Sports

Mickey Lolich, 1968 World Series hero for the Tigers, dies at 85

ESPN News Services Feb 4, 2026, 12:55 PM ET DETROIT — Mickey Lolich, who had three complete-game victories for the Detroit Tigers in the...

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Mickey Lolich, 1968 World Series hero for the Tigers, dies at 85

Sports

TRO granted for Vols QB Aguilar in bid for extra eligibility

Associated Press Feb 4, 2026, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee quarterback Pavia initially sued the NCAA in November 2024...

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TRO granted for Vols QB Aguilar in bid for extra eligibility

Sports

Badgers’ Luke Fickell asked to forgo extension amid struggles

Adam RittenbergFeb 4, 2026, 07:09 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Wisconsin football...

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