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The levy will be charged as a percentage of accommodation cost, with local authorities deciding whether to introduce it.

Volunteers faced online abuse and threats after an operation near Portsmouth, with some photographs circulated alongside false accusations.

The Commons voted 286 against and 270 in favour, leaving the existing prohibition in England and Wales unchanged.

Ukrainian special forces say they struck two gas-condensate facilities in Yamal-Nenets, around 3,000km away. Russian authorities confirmed a fire at Novy Urengoy but not every element of Kyiv's account.

Lee Cheuk-yan was sentenced to seven years and Chow Hang-tung to seven years and three months for inciting subversion.

Ceremonies at Ground Zero, the Pentagon and Shanksville remembered nearly 3,000 people killed, with a seventh moment of silence added for those who later died of 9/11-related illnesses.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly asked President Donald Trump twice to strike Houthi forces. Reuters carried the Axios report but could not independently verify it.

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Ken McCallum says agencies must adapt rather than assume future adversaries repeat past methods.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement has seized the strategically important Perim Island and the mainland town of Dhubab at the southern entrance to the Red Sea.

The front-page lead needs one factual upgrade, and two cover lines are clarified for accuracy.

Energy, defence, trade and strategic cooperation dominate the agenda before the BRICS summit on 12–13 September.

Export-Import Bank financing would let Africa's only US-owned mobile operator buy American and allied network equipment.

Drone attacks killed civilians in Kyiv and in Russia's Tula region as US-backed diplomacy struggles to gain momentum.

Only seven transits were recorded on Thursday. Brent traded around $104.18 on Friday morning, heading for a weekly gain of more than 8%.

July GDP beat forecasts of no growth, with the ONS pointing to computer-programming businesses benefiting from the AI boom.

Reported internal remarks suggest OpenAI is open to coordinating the pace of frontier development with other laboratories — not a formal slowdown announcement.

A senior safety researcher has left one of the leading artificial intelligence laboratories, saying internal safeguards are not keeping pace with the speed at which the most capable systems are being deployed.

Control of the Red Sea port tightens pressure on one of the world's busiest shipping corridors, with Brent crude trading at $107.63 a barrel and insurers repricing Gulf of Aden cover.

Northern European governments say a coordinated surveillance effort disrupted an attempt to interfere with subsea communications and power links; Moscow denies involvement.

The ten-year gilt yield closed at 5.378 per cent, tightening the fiscal squeeze ahead of the autumn budget.

The European Central Bank lifted its deposit rate by a quarter point, citing renewed energy costs feeding through to core prices across the euro area.