It’s a very jittery start to the week amid the Khashoggi standoff, US-China trade tensions and concern about US borrowing costs. Follow all the action live Latest: FTSE falls againEuropean stocks hit 22-month lowSummary: Losses mount as Asia reopensSaudi stocks tumble on fallout from Khashoggi disappearance UK: forecasts say economy could see worst year since crashTheresa May vulnerable as Brexit talks on knife-edge 2.55pm BST Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has frozen investment in the UK until it knows what’s happening with Brexit, according to the firm’s chairman.Leif Johansson told French newspaper Le Monde that the UK-Swedish firm has activated its contingency plans. It is now stockpiling medicines at national borders and has duplicated some of its UK operations in Sweden.We have also stopped investing in the UK. 2.41pm BST The chimes of the opening bell are ringing out across Wall Street, teeing up a fresh week’s trading. Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…