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Tuesday, 17 June 2025
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Donald Trump to leave G7 early after resisting joint statement on Israel-Iran conflict
 
US president urges evacuation of Tehran as he cuts short his time at leaders’ summit
 
 
Senate push to maintain ‘Salt’ cap imperils Trump’s tax bill
 
Move draws ire of House Republicans who could derail president’s legislation
 
 
Donald Trump sceptical of imposing new sanctions on Russia
 
G7 allies and US members of Congress have encouraged president to increase pressure on Moscow
 
 
How the Israel-Iran war may develop
 
If Iran is losing a conventional conflict, there is a danger that it will resort to unconventional means of retaliation
 
 
Iran’s regime fights for survival
 
Forty years after its war with Iraq, the Islamic republic faces a new existential test
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
US prosecutors charge Minnesota shooting suspect with murder
 
Killing of two people described by law enforcement as ‘the stuff of nightmares’
 
 
Hedge fund Millennium valued at $14bn in minority stake sale talks
 
Izzy Englander’s group working with Petershill Partners as it opens up to external investors for the first time
 
 
Trump Organization to launch mobile phone service and $499 golden handset
 
‘Trump Mobile’ will offer 5G service through all three major US cellular carriers
 
 
Meta introduces advertising to WhatsApp in push for new revenues
 
US tech group reverses ‘no ads’ stance at world’s most popular messaging service
 
 
Scott Galloway: ‘This is the time to fight for America’
 
The podcaster, professor and investor pulls no punches on Trump, wealth and the plight of young men
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
Metro’s ex-senior managers were responsible for accounting error, tribunal says
 
But former chief executive and finance director have their fines reduced on appeal
 
 
Mali court deals blow to Barrick Mining in dispute over gold project
 
Court appoints administrators to reopen shuttered mine against Canadian owner’s wishes
 
 
Oil price falls back as flow of crude through Strait of Hormuz unaffected
 
Traders have shrugged off escalation of Israel-Iran conflict amid lack of disruption to exports from region
 
 
Crypto group Tron to go public after US pauses probe into billionaire founder
 
Deal involving Justin Sun’s digital asset venture orchestrated by investment bank linked to Trump’s sons
 
 
Israel-Iran tensions test central banks’ appetite for rate cuts
 
Middle East hostilities likely to heighten caution as Fed and BoE prepare to meet
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
Australian shipbuilder says it would be ‘strange’ if government approves Korean takeover
 
South Korea’s Hanwha has received US clearance to increase stake in defence contractor Austal
 
 
Warner Bros to cut David Zaslav’s pay package following shareholder rebuke
 
Board to shift remuneration targets after the company splits in 2026
 
 
Eli Lilly close to buying gene-editing biotech Verve Therapeutics
 
Drugmaker nears $1.3bn deal in search for experimental medicines
 
 
Donald Trump signs executive order to implement US-UK trade deal
 
British carmakers and aerospace manufacturers poised to secure quick benefits, but steel producers await further details
 
 
Oxford Street pedestrianisation plan to go ahead, says mayor
 
Two-thirds of Londoners back removal of traffic from shopping district in a public consultation
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
How to cut Britain’s sky-high electricity prices
 
The UK needs to