Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: Ireland has fallen into recessionBrexit worries hit poundUK house prices at new peakIntroduction: China’s exports up 9.5%….but imports fell againOil hit by Saudi price cuts 2.55pm BST Time for a recap. Related: Primark: UK city centres ‘not dead’ despite Covid crisis Read more
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President’s move to free Joseph Scott Pemberton condemned as ‘shameless mockery of justice’The Philippine president has pardoned a US Marine in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment for the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony.Teodoro Locsin Jr, the Read more
Live updates from the county action around the groundsCovid-19 forces abandonment of Gloucs v NorthantsDrop Tanya an email | Tweet @tjaldred 2.42pm BST It’s getting darker here as Hudson Prentice has a big swing at birthday boy Lamb for a streaky boundary through the slips. Derbys 38-4. Sussex are all Read more
Researchers call for age-specific symptom checklists as virus presents differently in childrenCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFatigue, headache and fever are the most common symptoms of coronavirus in children, with few developing a cough or losing their sense of taste or smell, researchers have found, adding to calls Read more
Russian opposition leader was poisoned using novichok and evacuated to Germany after falling ill on plane last monthThe Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been taken out of an induced coma and is responding to speech, the Germany hospital treating him has said.The Charité hospital in Berlin, which has been Read more
<p>Risk of exploitation rises with post-coronavirus economic slump, group warns </p> Via: Coronavirus slump could trigger increase in human trafficking, expert warns
<p>Prime minister told to stick to agreement, to ‘protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the single market’</p> Via: EU warns Boris Johnson's plan to tear up agreement risks 'peace' in Ireland and will result in no-deal
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