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UK net migration has biggest fall on record after Brexit vote
Net migration to the UK fell by the largest amount since records began in the year following the Brexit vote, official figures show.
Trump lashes out at May over criticism of anti-Muslim retweets
US President Donald Trump has rebuked UK PM Theresa May after she criticised his social media posting of anti-Muslim videos from Britain First leader Jayda Fransen.
Donald Trump shares anti-Muslim videos from Britain First leader
US President Donald Trump has retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos from the leader of far-right party Britain First Jayda Fransen.
North Korea claims new ballistic missile can strike anywhere in US
North Korean officials have claimed that the ballistic missile it launched on Tuesday has the capability of striking any part of the United States.
Lord Burns nominated as new Ofcom chairman
Terry Burns, the former Treasury mandarin and Channel 4 chairman, has been chosen as the government's preferred new chair of media and telecoms regulator Ofcom.
Sterling boosted by potential €50bn Brexit bill
News that the UK has agreed to cough up a potential €50bn as part of a Brexit settlement to the EU saw the pound boosted on Wednesday, after reversing early losses the day before.
BoE's Cunliffe says Brexit poses huge uncertainty
The deputy governor of the Bank of England said there was huge uncertainty over the economic effects of Brexit as he underlined the BoE's view that Britain’s banks would be able to withstand a disorderly departure from the EU.
North Korea fires ballistic missile
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea off Japan, breaking a two-month lull.
UK and EU reach agreement on EU divorce bill, report says
Westminster has reached an agreement with Brussels, in principle, on its so-called Brexit 'divorce bill', according to the Daily Telegraph.
Ireland's deputy PM Frances Fitzgerald resigns
Ireland narrowly avoided an election that held the potential to throw a spanner in the works of crucial Brexit negotiations after the country's Deputy Prime Minister Frances Fitzgerald chose to step down from her role, putting an end to a political impasse that began a week earlier.
Corbyn 'bigger threat' to business than Brexit, claims Morgan Stanley
Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister in a general election would cause more damage to UK business than Brexit, a report from US investment bank Morgan Stanley has said.
FX round-up: South African rand snaps back, cable traders eye talks on Irish border
The South African rand left some traders with a bit of 'whip-saw' as the currency jumped back even after Standard&Poor's downgraded the nation's long-term sovereign debt rating by one notch to BB, or 'junk'.
Merkel calls SDP to negotiating table for 'Grand Coalition'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the Social Democratic Party (SDP) back to the negotiating table on Monday as she looked to them for help in securing a stable government.
EU backs Irish calls for more Brexit border progress, foreign minister says
Ireland’s foreign minister Simon Coveney has said the UK government will have to make further concessions on the Irish border issue before it could progress to the next stage of talks with the EU over Brexit.
Transport Police investigating incident at Oxford Street Tube
Police are asking people in the vicinity of the Oxford Circus Tube station to take cover inside buildings.
S&P raises 2018 Brent oil price assumption to $55 a barrel
Analysts at S&P Global raised their expectations for Brent crude oil in 2018 to $55 a barrel on Friday.
Extremists kill 115 people in attack on Egyptian mosque
At least 115 people have been killed with dozens more wounded when extremists carried out a devastating attack on a mosque in the Egyptian town of Bir al-Abed located on the Sinai peninsula.
New Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa pledges economic revival
Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Friday, two weeks after being sacked as vice-President by since-deposed leader Robert Mugabe, and made an immediate appeal to overseas investors to revive the economy.
Hammond announces new rules to combat online VAT fraud
Under a renewed government crackdown on fraud, online retailers like Amazon and eBay would be required to monitor transactions through their website in order to stop scams where foreign companies warehoused goods in the UK and then sold them, VAT free.
PM May to offer 'clarity' on Brexit divorce bill in push for trade talks
In a bid to move Brexit negotiations onto trade and a transition deal, Theresa May will tell European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday that the UK is prepared to surrender to some of Brussels' demands regarding the Brexit divorce bill.