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Trump and Vance will work with their transition team to organise the handover from President Biden’s outgoing administration. They will identify their policy priorities, start vetting the candidates who will take up key roles in the new administration, and prepare to take over the functions of government. At his victory rally, Trump hinted that the...

There’s fear in some quarters of another Donald Trump presidency but will the economics be that bad? Not a single vote has been counted but the policies of a possible second Trump presidency have already influenced financial markets. The cost of US and UK borrowing – measured through 10-year revenue-raising instruments called bonds – has...

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power. The first Black woman to lead a major British political party, Badenoch (pronounced BADE-enock) defeated rival lawmaker Robert Jenrick in a vote of almost 100,000 members of the right-of-center...

The King and Queen have said they are “utterly heartbroken” by the loss of life in Spain, where the number of people killed by floods has reached at least 211. King Charles wrote to Spain’s King Felipe offering his condolences for the “tragic loss of so many lives” following what has been described as Spain’s...

Friday, 1 November 2024 Leadership of the UK’s STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme has transitioned to UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. Ian Chapman (left) and Paul Methven (Image UKIFS) The establishment of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) as a new delivery body for...

Thursday, 31 October 2024 Key decisions on which small modular reactor technologies to select and on a Final Investment Decision on Sizewell C will be taken in spring 2025, according to timelines set out in the government’s Budget documents. (Image: Composite of the bidders’ SMR images) There are currently four technology providers on the final shortlist for...

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has said it makes no sense to play this weekend after the catastrophic floods. Valencia versus Real Madrid, and Villarreal versus Rayo Vallecano are among several games postponed this weekend “What is happening is very hard; it is very moving to see the people who went out on the streets...

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A public health emergency declared by the World Health Organisation remains in place over a new outbreak of mpox in some African nations, with several cases now reported outside of the continent...

Criticism of the Israeli government and calls for tolerance and a commitment to a two-state solution were the major themes of an event in London on Sunday organised by the left-leaning Israeli newspaper Haaretz. The conference, titled Israel After October 7th: Allied or Alone?, featured speakers from across Israeli and UK politics, academia and media....