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Two-child benefit cap: Yvette Cooper refuses to say if she backs Labour’s decision to keep controversial policy

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she supports Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap, amid growing party divisions...

Politics

Boris Johnson criticised by Lords committee for appointing too many peers

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...

Sports

Fisher: Petrino will make A&M better on offense

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee...

Business

How Harry Styles, Elton John and Glastonbury boosted UK music tourism – but expert has word of warning

Music tourism generated £6.6bn of spending in the UK in 2022, attracting more than 14 million international and domestic tourists to live events, a...

Sports

Northwestern four-star LB Glover enters portal

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2023, 06:52 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern freshman...

UK picking apart Russian army vehicles captured in Ukraine to learn their secrets

The UK is picking apart Russian armoured vehicles captured in Ukraine to learn more about how to defend against any future attack, Britain’s military...

Sports

Truex Jr. earns first Cup win at New Hampshire

Associated Press Jul 17, 2023, 03:45 PM ET LOUDON, N.H. — Martin Truex Jr. had just chewed up the competition to win at the...

Metropolitan Police to use counter-terrorism tactics to catch 100 worst sex predators targeting women in London

Metropolitan Police officers are using counter-terrorism tactics to catch some of the worst predators targeting women on the streets of London. The force is...

World

Wildfires tear through towns in Greece as thousands flee seaside resorts

Two large wildfires have torn through coastal towns in Greece, as the country prepares for a second heatwave. Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires...

Politics

Government wins latest battle with Lords over Illegal Migration Bill

The government has managed to fight off the latest challenge from the House of Lords seeking to change its Illegal Migration Bill. In a...

Politics

Two-child benefit cap: Yvette Cooper refuses to say if she backs Labour’s decision to keep controversial policy

Labour’s Yvette Cooper has refused to say if she supports Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap, amid growing party divisions...

Politics

Boris Johnson criticised by Lords committee for appointing too many peers

Boris Johnson has been criticised for the swelling size of the House of Lords and an imbalance in the political make-up of the upper...

Politics

Bibby Stockholm: MP demands safety reports on asylum barge as it nears Dorset dock

A Tory MP has demanded to see safety reports for a barge that the government plans to use to house asylum seekers. The Bibby...

World

Stuart Ramsay in Myanmar: What leaders don’t want the world to see

Sky’s chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay and his team have witnessed the deadly realities of a civil war, which Myanmar’s leaders claim isn’t happening. ...

Search continues for missing baby boy and two-year-old sister swept away in US flash floods

A desperate search is ongoing for two young siblings who were swept away with their mother and grandmother during flash flooding near the US...

Environment

Nothing can keep tech down. Here’s how that affects our thinking about stocks

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key...

Politics

Bibby Stockholm: Barge set to house asylum seekers pictured on its way to Dorset

A barge which will house 500 asylum seekers is on the move, with the first residents expected to board later this month. The barge...

Technology

Elizabeth Warren urges SEC to investigate Tesla over Twitter ties, corporate governance

Electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets with French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire on the sidelines of the...

Technology

U.S. lawmakers extend social media investigation to Meta’s Threads

Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, center, and ranking member Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., conduct the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the “Report of Special Counsel...

Technology

India will account for 20% of Apple’s user growth over the next five years, Morgan Stanley estimates

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., right, reacts to a customer carrying a Macintosh SE during the opening of the new Apple...