Reuters The US central bank has announced its biggest rate hike in nearly 30 years as it ramps up its battle to bring soaring consumer prices under control. It lifted the rate the Federal Reserve charges banks to borrow by three quarters of a percentage point. The consequences will be felt in nearly every corner
Getty Images The dispute at the heart of strikes set to hit Britain’s railways this week is resolvable, an industry boss says. Steve Montgomery, chair of the Rail Delivery Group, said more talks were planned for Monday – and that management wanted to work with unions on pay increases and reform. This weekend, the RMT
Reuters Less than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose control of the French National Assembly following a strong performance by rival parties. His centrist Ensemble coalition is on course to win parliamentary elections, according to projected results. But he is set to lose dozens of seats and
Plans by the UK government to scrap parts of the post-Brexit trade deal it agreed with the EU would be “economic vandalism” on Northern Ireland, the taoiseach (Irish PM) has said. The government wants to change the Northern Ireland Protocol to make it easier for some goods to flow from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Sue Bird‘s final professional basket in her childhood home of New York rimmed around, bounced up and fell through to put a definitive end to the Seattle Storm’s 81-72 win over the New York Liberty on Sunday. Bird was playing near her home of Syosset, New York, for the final time in the regular season
Fina, swimming’s world governing body, has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women’s elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. The new policy requires transgender competitors to have completed their transition by the age of 12 in order to be able to compete in women’s
PA Media The new head of the British Army has issued a rallying cry to troops – telling them they need to be ready to face Russia on the battlefield. Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, who started the job last week, addressed all ranks and civil servants in an internal message on 16 June, seen by
Getty Images The West must prepare to continue supporting Ukraine in a war lasting for years, Nato’s chief has warned. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the costs of war were high, but the price of letting Moscow achieve its military goals was even greater. His comments came as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson also warned of
The Cup-final version of the Colorado Avalanche is proving to be the stiffest challenge the Lightning have faced yet. (Getty) The Tampa Bay Lightning have dug themselves another hole. One that, this time, they may not be able to emerge from. In Saturday’s Game 2, the Colorado Avalanche throttled the two-time defending champions, scoring three
Machinists Union Workers at an Apple store in Maryland have voted to unionise, forming the tech giant’s first retail union in the United States. The employees of the shop in Towson passed the measure 65-33, with about a dozen abstentions. After the result came in, the group tweeted: “Now we celebrate… tomorrow we keep organising.”
Kamala Khan is Marvel’s first Muslim superhero headliner, played by 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian actress Iman Vellani. She tells the BBC Asian Network’s Haroon Rashid it’s exciting to bring in “an entirely new diaspora” of fans into the MCU. “We had so many conversations, the directors and I, just incorporating so much of my real life and
Firefighters have been battling wildfires across Spain as the country faces its warmest early summer in decades. Parts of western Europe have been experiencing extreme heat under a wave of hot air that has moved north from Africa. Temperatures in both Spain and France have broken records, putting pressure on hospitals and energy grids.
Getty Images It’s not even two months since Emmanuel Macron was convincingly re-elected as president but he is already in a crunch election that could prevent him pushing through his reforms. French voters go to the polls on Sunday to decide who will control their National Assembly. Mr Macron beat the far right in April,
EPA A series of strikes set to hit the rail network next week will “punish millions of innocent people”, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said. He said commuters and pupils taking exams would be among those affected. But the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said politicians had prevented progress in talks. Strikes will take
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service The president of Ukraine has made a trip outside of the capital Kyiv to visit the southern cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa. Volodymyr Zelensky inspected damaged buildings and met soldiers, officials and health workers, his office said. Both cities are key targets for Russian forces trying to secure the Black Sea
US President Joe Biden fell off his bike as he was trying to get off it, after a ride near his beach home in the US state of Delaware. The 79-year-old leader got back to his feet and proceeded to talk with members of the public. He said he did not hurt himself, according to