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Rishi Sunak says India trade deal is ‘not a given’ as he arrives in Delhi for G20 summit

Rishi Sunak has sounded a cautious note about the prospects of signing Britain’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal, saying it is “not a given”. Speaking...

Business

Blow for green energy plans as no firms bid for offshore wind contracts

The government’s green energy plans have been dealt a blow after firms snubbed an auction for contracts to run new offshore wind sites, sparking...

World

Hong Kong flooded by heaviest rainfall in almost 140 years as black rainstorm warning issued

Record-breaking rainfall in Hong Kong has caused widespread flooding – shutting schools and businesses and turning streets into rivers. On Thursday night it experienced...

Sports

Witness reported incident that led to Urías’ arrest

ESPN News Services Sep 7, 2023, 07:25 PM ET LOS ANGELES — 1 Related Urías posted $50,000 bail and was released early Monday. He...

Sports

Reports: Betts hurts foot, but X-rays negative

Sep 7, 2023, 10:55 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts left LoanDepot Park in Miami on crutches after fouling a ball...

World

A warning shot: One city in the Himalayas shows why climate change is a top priority at the G20

In the foothills of the Himalayas is Shimla – once the summer capital of the British Raj, known as the Queen of the Hills....

US Open: Climate activists interrupt women’s semi-final and glue their shoes to the ground

Climate activists have interrupted the women’s semi-final at the US Open. The protesters were wearing shirts that said End Fossil Fuels – and began...

Danny Masterson: That 70’s Show actor given 30 years to life in prison for raping two women

Actor Danny Masterson has been given a jail sentence of 30 years to life for raping two women 20 years ago. Masterson, best known...

Business

Number of Britons worried about the cost of housing hits record levels

About 80% of mortgage holders and renters are now worried about rising housing costs, according to a poll. Which? said the figure was the...

Business

A trade deal between the UK and India isn’t guaranteed any time soon – and this is why

With his heritage and large extended family in the country, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will receive a warmer welcome than most of the other...

Business

Ministers ‘blind’ to rising levels of fraud after billions lost during COVID, MPs say

MPs have accused ministers of “flying blind” and “shrugging their shoulders” at the scale of fraud – which has quadrupled since the start of the...

Business

Pensions triple lock adds £11bn a year to public spending – report

The triple lock for state pensions has led to an extra £11bn being spent on the benefit per year, new research has shown. A...

Technology

Ukraine rips Elon Musk for disrupting sneak attack on Russian fleet with Starlink cutoff

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, looks on as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to...

Sports

UNC WR Walker denied appeal, ineligible for ’23

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2023, 04:10 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. North...

Sports

Source: KU QB Daniels expected to play vs. Illini

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 7, 2023, 12:28 PM ET Kansas star quarterback Jalon Daniels is expected to play against Illinois on Friday night after missing...

Mark Dickey: Seriously ill man trapped in cave appears in new video 3,000ft underground

A trapped caver awaiting rescue after becoming seriously ill more than 3,000ft underground has appeared in a new video saying he had been “close...

Technology

Senate confirms Anna Gomez to FCC, breaking yearslong deadlock at the agency

Anna Gomez during a confirmation hearing for the FCC. Source: U.S. Senate The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Democrat Anna Gomez to the Federal...

Sports

A football player, a killing and the elusive search for justice

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Warning:...

Politics

Daniel Abed Khalife: Wandsworth prison – where fugitive escaped from – ‘really needs closing’, says chief inspector

The jail from which terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife escaped “really needs closing ultimately”, the chief inspector of prisons has said. Speaking to Sky...

Primodos campaigners accuse government of ‘bullying and intimidation’ over legal demand

For nearly 50 years campaigners have fought for recognition that a pregnancy test drug called Primodos, given to them by their GPs, damaged babies...