By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter A new £365m venue is set to become the biggest indoor arena in the UK as it opens in Manchester. Co-op Live, a giant black box next to Manchester City’s football ground, has a capacity of 23,500 and aims to attract more major events from London. After a
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By Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent The latest round in the region’s most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now. Israel still has not officially acknowledged that the attack in Iran in the early hours of Friday morning was its doing. Meanwhile, Iran’s military and political leaders have downplayed, dismissed and even mocked that
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Getty Images By Andy Verity BBC News The founders of a key European interest rate benchmark have said its accuracy could be affected as result of a “deep misunderstanding” by English courts. Euribor underpins trillions of euros in loans and tracks the rate banks pay to borrow cash from each other. The Court of Appeal
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nada Tawfik BBC News, at the courthouse in New York A man set himself on fire Friday outside the courthouse in Manhattan where former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial is being held. After dousing himself in
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Lancashire Police have said they are reviewing information about allegations against suspended Tory MP Mark Menzies. Labour wrote to police on Friday morning calling for an investigation. The MP has been accused of misusing Tory funds and abusing his position after allegedly asking an activist for money to pay off “bad people”. He has had
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Getty Images By Anthony Zurcher BBC News, Washington After months of delay, the US House of Representatives appears poised to hold a vote on tens of billions of dollars in American military aid for Ukraine and Israel this weekend. Both measures have vocal opponents in Congress, however, and their hopes of passage have hinged on
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Reuters By Oscar Bentley BBC Political Research Unit The number of MPs who have said they will leave Parliament at the next general election has reached 100. Conservative Tim Loughton, who has represented East Worthing and Shoreham since 1997, became the 100th MP to announce he was leaving the Commons. Most – 63 in all
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