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Embarrassing U-turn: UK govt. forced to ditch plan to slash top rate of tax
Oct 03, 2022 10:02British Prime Minister Liz Truss has been forced to reverse plans to scrap the highest rate of income tax after the move caused rebellion among lawmakers and turmoil in the country's financial sector.
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British protesters rally against rising inflation, cost of living
Oct 02, 2022 04:07Thousands of people across the UK have held rallies to protest against the rising cost of living and inflation.
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UK facing worst rail disruption in decades as strikes resume
Oct 02, 2022 03:58Britain’s railway workers have kicked off a 24-hour strike, the biggest in decades, as walkouts resume following the mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II.
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Iran’s Intelligence Ministry: US, UK ‘directly’ involved in recent riots
Oct 01, 2022 02:37Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says the United States and the United Kingdom were “directly” involved in the recent riots across the country.
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UK PM Truss defends tax cuts despite market turmoil
Sep 30, 2022 03:44UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday defended her tax cuts policy, despite it triggering market turmoil and forcing a Bank of England intervention to prevent “material risk” to the economy.
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Iran summons France’s chargé d’affaires over interference in internal affairs
Sep 29, 2022 16:29Foreign Ministry has summoned Frances’s chargé d'affaires to Tehran to protest meddlesome measures by the French government in Iran’s domestic affairs and its stance about riots instigated by counterrevolutionary elements across the country.
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British pound hits all-time low as PM Truss is accused of gambling with economy
Sep 26, 2022 08:16The British pound has plunged to an all-time low against the dollar with investors looking for exits after the new Tory government’s fiscal plan threatened to stretch the crisis-battered country's finances to breaking point.
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Islamic Republic supporters confront MKO rioters outside Iran's embassy in UK
Sep 26, 2022 08:05Violent rioters who assembled in front of the Islamic Center of England in north-west London on Sunday faced stiff resistance from the supporters of the Islamic Republic of Iran who joined the police to foil the unruly demonstration.
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Iran summons British ambassador over London-based channels’ role in instigating riots
Sep 25, 2022 09:30The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Britain’s ambassador to Tehran to express Tehran’s protest over hostile attempts by London-base Persian-language television channels to further instigate deadly riots that have erupted in several Iranian cities over the death of a young woman, who died at the hospital a few days after collapsing at a police station in the capital Tehran.
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AUKUS sees progress in Australia getting nuclear-powered submarine
Sep 25, 2022 03:31Leaders of the US, the UK and Australia say they have made "significant progress" towards Canberra acquiring a nuclear-powered submarine.