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This op-ed questions the Federal Reserve's quarter-point rate increase under Kevin Warsh, arguing that moderating core inflation and supply-side factors make the move hard to justify. It warns that higher credit costs could harm small businesses and working families while doing little to address energy-driven inflation.
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A nonpublic Russian government roadmap for 2024-2026 outlines sweeping cooperation with Iran across alternative financial channels, nuclear projects, energy, aviation components, and transportation routes to the Persian Gulf. The document, marked for official use and approved in September 2024, assigns Russian ministries, agencies, and state companies projects with deadlines through 2026.
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The article previews a Supreme Court case over climate litigation in which local governments seek to hold energy companies liable under state tort law. It frames these suits as a costly free-for-all threatening the energy sector and suggests the Supreme Court can stop them.
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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey calls for a temporary 10p-per-litre cut in fuel duty until Christmas, along with other cost-of-living measures such as lower bus and rail fares and VAT changes for electric vehicle charging. The article reports the projected £2bn cost, Davey's claim that the cut would be self-funding, and Labour's response that the government has already acted on fuel duty.
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Families of 9/11 victims and some senators are moving to block or extract concessions from a Saudi civilian nuclear cooperation agreement negotiated with the Trump administration. They point to Saudi nationals among the hijackers and unresolved claims of Saudi complicity, while Riyadh denies wrongdoing and the White House defends its transparency record.
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Two people died in a large Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region and an oil refinery, according to Russian authorities, during Russia's parliamentary elections. Russia said it downed more than 1,600 drones since Saturday, while Ukrainian strikes have reduced Russian oil refining capacity. Ukraine did not comment on the attacks.
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Saudi Arabia said Yemen's Houthi rebels attempted a ballistic missile attack on Riyadh, which was intercepted, amid an escalation in regional fighting. The report also covers Iran's conditions for ending the war, U.S. claims about oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz, and related diplomatic and military developments.
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The article argues that Ed Miliband’s Net Zero agenda and reliance on Chinese renewable-energy technology create a dangerous national-security dependency on Beijing. It portrays Miliband as putting climate goals ahead of protecting Britain from Chinese espionage, coercion, and supply-chain control.
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The article reports claims from security sources that Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is weak on China because the UK relies heavily on Chinese solar panels for Net Zero targets. It cites warnings from a former MI6 chief and criticism from Tony Blair to frame Miliband's climate agenda as a security and economic liability.
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A gossip column leads with a local planning fight over a 108-battery energy storage facility on the Neston Park estate in Wiltshire, with residents voicing opposition. It then runs several unrelated celebrity and society briefs.
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Kemi Badenoch argues that Labour's tax and energy policies are driving wealthy entrepreneurs and business figures out of Britain, warning that lost tax revenue and jobs will hit ordinary families. She contrasts Labour's alleged hostility to wealth creation with Conservative plans to cut taxes, boost North Sea oil and gas, and revive business investment.
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Global diesel supplies are under strain as wars in the Middle East and Ukraine disrupt refinery exports from key regions. U.S. diesel prices have surged past $6 a gallon, rattling governments and causing shortages in parts of Brazil, Libya, and Africa.