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Inside the world of Ukraine’s private arms dealers
The number of military vehicles sold by private dealers in the UK to Ukraine have soared since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion last year.
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Interest rates rise to 3% as Bank of England warns of long recession
People are already struggling with soaring costs and a tax burden, the highest since World War Two. Now the Bank of England is preparing us all for years of economic pain. Yet today it responded with the biggest interest rates rise for 30 years. The Bank said it had no choice because it needed to…
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FactCheck: Truss claims she introduced world’s toughest sanctions on Russia
Does the data back up her claim?
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Cryogenic Noah’s Ark: how a frozen biobank could save animal species
Many pet owners may wish they could clone their beloved pets. And the idea isn’t science fiction – if you have the money.
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Sanctions for Russian banks and oligarchs after Ukraine invasion
Governments across the world are preparing to unleash their toughest sanctions yet against Moscow, designed to cause maximum pain to the Russian economy.
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Climate protesters target banks ahead of COP26
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined protesters outside a leading bank in the City of London. It was part of Day of Action protests in 26 countries around the world demanding that financial institutions stop supporting fossil fuels. Campaigners are also raising questions about the government’s commitment to wider climate objectives when it comes…
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Coronavirus cases pass 100,000 across world, UK cases rise by 48 to 163
Across the world the number of coronavirus cases has now topped one hundred thousand.
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‘Widespread misconception food bank users are spongers,’ says Nobel laureate economist Esther Duflo
The economist Esther Duflo was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for her work on identifying the causes of poverty in the developing world – and finding solutions.
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UK finance chief warns of no-deal Brexit ‘catastrophe’ for banking industry
A no-deal Brexit would create a “1930s-style contraction” according to the head of UK Finance, which represents banks and financial services.
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Long Read: The Arron Banks allegations
The full Channel 4 News investigation into the man who bankrolled Brexit – and his African diamond mine empire.
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Arron Banks denies allegation of bribery over mining interest
In part two of our investigation into Arron Banks’ mining interests in Southern Africa, Channel 4 News details the transfer of thousands of pounds to a Lesotho cabinet minister and the subsequent issuing of a mining licence.
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Exclusive: Court documents claim new Arron Banks links with Russia
Documents filed in a South African court by Arron Banks’ former business partner allege he sought funds from Russians.
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Pigeons: the secret heroes of World War I honoured in art installation
It’s a work of art on an unprecedented scale, an airborne installation rising at dusk above the River Thames. Fifteen hundred LED-lit pigeons released into the skies over east London in homage to the crucial role the birds played during the First World War. We went to an abandoned driving range on the banks of…
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FactCheck: how many bankers were jailed for their part in the financial crisis?
It’s ten years since the financial crisis. How many people have been prosecuted for their part?
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Banksy in Bethlehem
It’s billed as the hotel with “the worst view in the world”. The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem opened its doors today, packed with art works by Banksy.
