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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe FTSE 250 index of medium-sized companies is also rising this morning, up 38 points (+0.2%) at 21,212 points.Lender Metro Bank are the top riser, up 8.5%, after the Sunday Times reported that it had received a takeover approach from Pollen Street Capital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/jun/16/oil-price-rise-adverse-shock-global-economy-israel-iran-inflation-petrol-business-live-news-updates Author : Graeme Wearden Publish date : 2025-06-16 07:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Officer was attending the property as part of ‘routine duties’ and was shot as they approached the house, police allegeAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Tasmanian police officer has been killed after a shooting in the state’s north-west.Police said officers attended a residential property on Allison Road in North Motton at about 11am on Monday in relation to “routine duties”. They alleged a member of the public shot an officer as they approached the house. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/16/tasmanian-police-officer-shot-dead-at-rural-property-in-states-north-west-ntwnfb Author : Caitlin Cassidy Publish date : 2025-06-16 05:04:00

Victorian woman, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder following a fatal beef wellington lunch in Leongatha in 2023. Follow liveTears, disagreements and dried mushrooms: how Erin Patterson responded over eight days in the witness boxWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom trial?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEarlier, Rogers told the jury that there were “four calculated deceptions” made by Patterson that were “at the heart of the case”:1. That Patterson “fabricated” a cancer claim as the reason for the lunch. Continue

PM is speaking in Canada ahead of the G7 after an official meeting with the country’s prime minister, Mark Carney. Follow today’s news liveCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, praised Australian firefighters who assisted the country during recent wildfires.At the opening of a face-to-face meeting with Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, in Calgary in the past few minutes, Carney thanked emergency crews who travelled to help out during the blazes in British Columbia and in northern parts of Alberta. Carney said:Australia has been very helpful to Canada through the years, and most recently, with the terrible wildfires that have been raging