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European officials not part of discussions as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns his country will not recognise peace deals made without Ukrainian participationSee all our Ukraine war coverageBack when Europe was still looking to America with hope, and not despair and confusion, a US musical perfectly captured the nature of the conversations we are going to see today:No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in the room where it happensWhen you got skin in the game, you stay in

Unemployment rate unchanged in December, while vacancies continue to fall in latest quarterUK pay growth rose in December and unemployment remained unchanged despite warnings from business that Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget would lead to job losses.Figures from the Office for National Statistics show annual growth in total average weekly earnings rose by 6% in the three months to December, up from 5.6% in November and above a 5.9% forecast made by City economists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/18/uk-pay-growth-rises-despite-job-loss-warnings-after-rachel-reeves-budget Author : Richard Partington Economics correspondent Publish date : 2025-02-18 07:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Exclusive: More than 200 civil society groups say governments have failed to prevent planes from being used to violate international lawMore than 200 organisations worldwide have called on nations involved in producing F-35 fighter jets to “immediately halt all arms transfers to Israel” amid fears they have failed to prevent the planes from being used to violate international law.The letter, signed by 232 civil society organisations, was sent on Monday to government ministers in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, the US and the UK as the war in Gaza reached 500 days. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/18/campaigners-urge-f-35-fighter-jet-producing-nations-to-stop-supplying-israel

A household with a $750,000 loan will see their monthly repayments reduce by $115 if their bank adjusts its mortgage rate accordinglyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank has cut the cash rate to 4.1% with a quarter-point reduction, offering a reprieve to indebted households buffeted by years of high living costs and heavy mortgage repayments.The decrease is the first since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, and has arrived just in time for the Labor government to campaign on its economic credentials before an