Fatih Birol says effect on energy markets of Iran bombings and closure of Hormuz strait not initially understood by world leaders ...

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Reform, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens are all banking on big gains and nationwide repercussions ...

In what is beginning to look like a fragmented five-party system, small swings carry outsized political consequences ...

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Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible ...

Though the majority of the president’s base backs the war, a schism has developed among Trump-touting media stars ...

It isn’t only climbers who get misty-eyed about the awe-inspiring mountains and ancient pinewoods of Britain’s first national nature reserve, created 75 years ago ...

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ...

British PM to chair Monday meeting including chancellor and Bank of England head on fallout from Iran war; International Energy Agency chief says it will release more stockpiled oil ‘if necessary’ ...

While Labour braces for a rout that could see off Starmer, a rising drive to keep out Farage is complicating expectations ...

Off Duty revisits the conviction of Alexander Villa, raising troubling questions about how it was built ...