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Nasa astronauts ordered to prepare for evacuation during space station air leak repair

Nasa has been working with its Moscow-based counterpart Roscosmos

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Space station astronauts stood ready to evacuate during air leak repairs

Nasa told five members to take refuge in a docked spacecraft in case they needed to escape quickly from the orbiting laboratory.

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Home mortgage approvals jump to 15-month high, figures show

The Bank of England said in its Money and Credit report that 65,945 mortgage approvals for house purchases were recorded in April.

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Aukus nations to produce cutting-edge underwater drone kit

Defence Secretary John Healey announced the project alongside his US counterpart Pete Hegseth and Australian deputy prime minister Richard Marles.

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Any deal with Iran is ‘going to be president’s decision’ – Scott Bessent

The sign of progress came as the fragile truce in the three-month conflict was shaken after the US and Iran traded fresh strikes

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Milburn backs Blair’s criticism of policies affecting entry-level jobs

The author of a review of youth unemployment suggested the current Government should rethink an uplift in the minimum wage.

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Amber health warning extended as temperatures soar

The hottest May temperature could be broken again on Tuesday with highs of 35C forecast, although thunderstorms could provide some relief.

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Heat to rise to possible record-breaking highs over rest of bank holiday weekend

The UK saw the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday.

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‘Free flowing traffic at Dover’ after queues on hot bank holiday weekend

Holidaymakers got stuck in hours-long queues earlier on the hottest day of the year so far.

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Brighton beach deaths: Family of London sisters reveal mother also died by drowning

Family also hit out at conspiracy theories were fuelled by an image of the sisters circulated by police that was created by artificial intelligence

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EasyJet boss says airline is ‘not seeing any disruption to fuel supply’

Some airlines have cut schedules in recent weeks amid a spike in jet fuel prices.

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Easyjet issues summer holiday fuel supply update as fall in bookings blamed on Iran war

EasyJet said it intends to ‘operate the full summer schedule on sale’ despite fears of disruption due to fuel supply

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Deal with Iran must see Strait of Hormuz ‘open immediately’, says Trump

While the president claimed he is ‘in no hurry’, he warned the US would ‘do some things that are a little bit nasty’ if talks failed.

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Government hails trade deal with Gulf states ‘worth £3.7bn a year’ to UK economy

The UK has become the first G7 country to strike a free trade deal with the bloc of six Gulf states.

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Cooper warns Hormuz blockade risks sending world ‘sleepwalking into food crisis’

Yvette Cooper told an aid conference in London that the global south was paying the biggest price of the war between Iran and the US and Israel.

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Terror threat level raised to ‘severe’ after Golders Green attack

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood urged people to be ‘vigilant’.

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Oil prices race to highest level since 2022 over fears of Iran war escalation

The cost of benchmark Brent crude soared past 126 US dollars (£94) a barrel at one stage on reports the US is preparing to relaunch strikes on Iran.

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Bank of England poised to hold interest rates steady despite inflation rise

But experts have said a hike could remain on the horizon if the conflict continues to put pressure on UK inflation.

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‘Watershed moment’ as smoking ban becomes law

Rishi Sunak, who introduced the legislation during his tenure at Number 10, said that the Tobacco and Vapes Act will save thousands of lives.

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Starmer tells Britons ‘don’t panic’ over impact of Iran war

Sir Keir Starmer said the Government was working to mitigate the impacts of the Middle East crisis on the economy and the supply of goods.

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Starmer warns Iran war could put holidays and food shopping habits under threat

Sir Keir Starmer told Britons not to panic over the economic impact of the Iran war

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Price pressures could last for eight months after Iran war ends, minister warns

Darren Jones said the conflict will likely continue to raise prices for energy, food and flight tickets in the coming months.

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‘Have less fancy conferences and get in a boat’, Hegseth tells UK and allies

The US defence secretary dismissed efforts being led by Britain and France over the future security of the Strait of Hormuz as ‘silly’.

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Bank of England set to hold interest rates despite Iran war pushing up inflation

Economists have however suggested that continued inflationary pressure could lead to a rate hike in the summer.

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Fallout from Iran war is ‘major new threat to foreign aid’

There are growing concerns that the economic fallout from the current conflict in the Middle East will push Gulf nations – who collectively provided more humanitarian aid than the US last year – turning away from foreign assistance

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