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

More than 30 people face charges after collision between two trains that killed 57 people in February 2023 ...

Stocks slump in Asia and Europe, gold slides and investors brace for higher oil prices after US president’s threat ...

A talking balsam flower asks an elderley yakuza to weigh up a life of violence and kindness in Baku Kinoshita’s quietly contemplative tale ...

Donald Gorske has eaten nearly 36,000 Big Macs. His verdict on the new Big Arch? ‘I think the Big Mac is better’ ...

The former England forward started against Ajax but failed to make an impression and was hooked early on by Robin van Persie ...

The first time Kind starred in Nazi-spoof The Producers, he lost 30lb. Is he – and the West End – ready for his return? And why is he so worried about his old flatmate George Clooney?

Treasury modelling 25% levy on gas exports, changes to the PRRT and corporate tax tweaks but Fatih Birol says sudden changes could disincentivise investment ...

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’ ...

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

Pop culture icons and music legends are explored in a new show that has access to the BBC’s vast archive. Plus, the Guardian delivers a propulsive crime story that asks big questions of the US crimina ...

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 ...