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A new government energy bill relief plan will act as the equivalent of the price freeze in place for households, Jacob Rees-Mogg announced in the final moments. Support in the form of a discount will be automatically applied to gas and electricity bills between 1 October and 31 March. Allowed wholesale prices are expected to …

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Business energy bills to be capped under BBC government plan Government to pick up half the tab for Kidderminster Shuttle business energy bills The pound, inflation, rates and energy bills… what next? TiM Podcast That’s Money Government announces energy price cap for Northern Ireland homes Barrhead News Government outlines plans to help reduce energy bills …

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Live Putin speech: ‘I’m not fooling about nukes’, says Russian leader as he announces partial mobilization The Telegraph Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin’s speech on ‘votes’ in occupied regions postponed, Russian media say, as reported by The Guardian Vladimir Putin announces ‘partial mobilization’ in escalating Ukraine war Evening Standard President Putin says he’s not bluffing and …

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A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office, apparently in protest against next week’s state funeral for the country’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe. The man, who has not been identified, was initially unconscious and suffered burns all over his body after the incident in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, less …

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Vladimir Putin is expected to deliver a national address later, his first since ordering his troops into Ukraine in February. There had been speculation in the Russian media that he would speak to the Russians on Tuesday evening, but that did not happen and no reason was given. It comes after separatist leaders in four …

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The names of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, whose name is spelled simply as ‘Philip’, have been inscribed on a new headstone, joining their mother and father in the chapel of Windsor Castle where she was buried on Monday. The Queen was laid to rest alongside the Duke of Edinburgh in a private evening …

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Taiwan is “proud” of its efforts to help Ukraine in the country’s fight to defend itself, President Tsai Ing-wen told a conference in New York. Ukraine’s plight has won broad sympathy in Taiwan, where many see parallels between Ukraine’s plight and the threat the Taipei government says it faces from China, which it considers the …

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Adnan Syed gets a new trial Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast series Serial, walked out of court to applause after a Maryland judge overturned his murder conviction and ordered his release after more than 23 years behind bars. Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated the 41-year-old’s conviction and granted him a …

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Liz Truss has admitted that her tax cuts will initially benefit the rich more than the poor. Speaking in New York, where she is on her first trip abroad as prime minister, she denied cutting taxes was “unfair” because it would help grow the economy, which would benefit everyone in the society Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng …

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