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Gideon Amos

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  • Aug 23

    UK government plans to grant 13 regional mayors powers to overrule local planning decisions

    Ministers will allow English regional mayors to greenlight developments exceeding 150 homes or 30 metres in height, aligning 13 combined authorities with powers already held in London.

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Drones sink ships off Bulgaria

Drone strikes widen war risks as Europe tightens politics and markets punish France

The war around Ukraine spilled further into commercial shipping, while Kyiv braced for a larger Russian aerial assault and Yemen's Red Sea fighting intensified. In Europe, governments tried to harden institutions against both security threats and market pressure, with France becoming the week's financial worry.

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    Hezbollah labels the 2023 Hamas attack a legitimate act, while global leaders condemn the cruelty and terror of the events on the third anniversary.

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The ageing Union's economy

French yields near 5% with Moulin ruling out ECB help, plus a Commission corporate-levy proposal, add new fiscal and revenue-policy elements to the thread.

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