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A pair of Wall Street banking giants has hired lawyers to represent them in the escalating battle for the future of Thames Water. 

Farmers could blockade ports or cause food shortages by refusing to supply their produce if the government doesn't listen to calls to rethink inheritance tax changes made in the budget,…

An Irish man is suspected of killing a 31-year-old US nurse during an "intimate encounter" at his Budapest flat before dumping her body in woodland, according to police. 

Azerbaijan has to increase its gas production because of "commitments" to meet EU demand, its key official has implied, as it prepares to open the COP29 climate talks in Baku. 

The King led the nation's Remembrance Sunday commemorations as he laid a wreath at the Cenotaph during a two-minute silence. 

British cycling legend Sir Mark Cavendish said he "couldn't have wished for a better send-off" as he won the final race of his career. 

The UK is ready to fight a war, the head of the armed forces has insisted, after the defence secretary recently suggested the military is not prepared for a conflict. 

At least 10 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a bar in central Mexico, local officials say. 

A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee has been sacked after telling staff not to help hurricane survivors who displayed signs at their homes supporting Donald Trump. 

Azerbaijan, a major oil and gas producer accused of serious human rights abuses, is "perfectly suited" to host a critical global climate summit, according to its man in charge.