Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as shares in easyJet and TUI rallyLatest: FTSE 250 at highest level since October 2018Holiday firms: Book now!Businesses demand Brexit progressFull story: Short-term growth policies risk new financial crisisIntroduction: Anxiety over global slowdown hits Asian stocks 2.54pm BST Newsflash: UK chancellor Read more
Trump will meet Moon Jae-in day after Kim Jong-un vowed to deliver ‘serious blow’ to hostile countriesSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 2.54pm BST Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has won her first Iowa endorsement, from a major state Democratic activist.Jean Hessburg, a former Iowa Democratic Read more
Assange arrested following the withdrawal of asylum by the Ecuadorian governmentKey dates in the WikiLeaks founder’s case The Guardian view on Assange: it would be wrong to extradite himFull story: Assange arrested after taking refuge for seven years 2.53pm BST District Judge Michael Snow finds Julian Assange guilty of failing Read more
Live updates as prime minister prepares to address parliament after agreeing extension of Britain’s EU membership Via: Brexit news – live: Furious Tory MPs demand Theresa May resign over 'abject surrender' as she faces Commons onslaught over latest delay to EU departure
Australian first entered embassy in London’s Knightsbridge in 2012 Via: Julian Assange: Timeline of his years in London Ecuadorean embassy, from Nigel Farage to Pamela Anderson
Dramatic video shows pale and dishevelled 47-year-old dragged from building by seven police officers Via: Julian Assange: Watch the moment Wikileaks founder arrested at Ecuadorian embassy
PM will only quit when withdrawal agreement is approved, downplays effect of long delay Via: Brexit: EU leaders agree delay until end of October as May blames MPs for stopping UK departure
Ecuador removes WikiLeaks founder’s political asylum and suspends citizenship Via: Julian Assange arrested on behalf of US for extradition, UK police say
PM launches Coalition’s campaign, parliament is prorogued, Bill Shorten responds with ‘fair go’ promise. All the day’s events, live 2.59am BST Bill Shorten:The election has been called. Today, the case to vote Labor is we will deliver more jobs, better health and education. Take real action on climate change and Read more
Follow all the latest as the prime minister hears the EU’s decision on a delay to BrexitMay signals she would accept EU offer of longer Brexit delayTories resigned to long Brexit delay but warn against customs unionEU summit – Mid evening summary 2.58am BST #EU27 & UK have agreed a Read more