KEY POINTS May 2019 was the last time that German 10-year yields were above zero. The ECB is currently behind on its normalization path, compared to the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. But surging inflation

The Prime Minister is alleged to have broken his own rules on self-isolation in March 2020 - just days before he was diagnosed with Covid and nearly died Coughing Boris Johnson refused to isolate just before he was diagnos

The Prime Minister will face high noon with his own MPs at PMQs over Downing Street parties as the threat of a no confidence 'pork pie plot' looms - and minister James Heappey said only that he shouldn't quit '

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry put a request to the Queen about their living arrangements after their wedding in May 2018, but Her Majesty turned them down for a specific reason Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live in a bea

KEY POINTS The airport slot usage requirement, set by the European Commission, has sparked controversy and anger at a time of growing international concern over climate change and the carbon emissions created by the avi

Boris Johnson apologised to MPs for attending a Downing Street lockdown bash but later told Tories 'this time we’re taking hits for something we don’t deserve' Boris Johnson attended the event in No

It’s exactly two years since Prince Harry faced the Queen, Prince Charles and Prince William to negotiate his and Meghan Markle’s exit from the Royal Family in what has become known as the Sandringham Summit. Here

Boris Johnson's authority has been weakened following a series of political crises. Here we look at who could succeed him in a future leadership contest Boris Johnson is battling for his political future (Image: Ge

A Ukrainian navy sailor is seen on board an armoured gunboat during a short voyage near a base of the Ukrainian Naval Forces in the Azov Sea port of Berdyansk, Ukraine January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Anastasia Vlasova VIENNA

A general view of a largely deserted Dutch urban centre is seen as the country enters into its third day of lockdown, in Den Bosch, Netherlands December 21, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw AMSTERDAM, Jan 13 (Reuter

KEY POINTS Erdogan last month revealed a new rescue plan to bolster the currency without raising rates, which many economists criticized as unsustainable. The Turkish president continues to brush aside concerns, sayin

KEY POINTS The commission, the EU’s executive arm, was accused of trying to minimize scrutiny by presenting its long-delayed “sustainable finance taxonomy” rules in a draft proposal at 10 p.m. on New Y

The Prime Minister has refused to back another lockdown, despite daily cases soaring to 218,724 Boris Johnson has refused to back new lockdown curbs, saying England will "ride out the Omicron wave" sweeping Brita

Tony Blair’s former defence secretary Geoff Hoon has expanded on his allegations that he was told to burn a secret Iraq memo stating that the war could be illegal, it is reported There have been 600,000 signature

More than 26 energy suppliers have gone bust since prices started to spike in September. Nearly four million customers have been affected. More than two dozen energy suppliers have collapsed since September Business

KEY POINTS More than 1 in 100 people in the Paris region have tested positive in the past week, according to the regional health service. Most new infections are linked to the omicron variant, which government experts

(Image: Getty Images) Mr Johnson is expected to fold under the pressure of senior Tory rebels and potentially delay any announcement of new measures until next week. Boris Johnson today is not expected to announce a

A money changer counts Turkish lira banknotes at a currency exchange office in Ankara, Turkey September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan Lira had strongest week on record last week Gains driven by interventions

She left home in London aged 15 for the promise of paradise, instead she found "hell, hell on Earth". Begum rejects accusations that she carried out atrocities as part of IS as "all completely false". S

The coronavirus strain may cause less symptomatic cases (Image: Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning) The new Delta variant strain AY.4.2 now accounts for around 12% of cases in the UK, according to a recent study, and is though

Three members of Palestine Action have scaled the Solvay factory in Wrexham (Image: Palestine Action) Campaigners for Palestine Action have climbed onto the roof of a Solvay chemical factory in Wrexham, Wales in protes

GETTY IMAGES MPs will debate new details of the government's social care cap later, which charities have warned will hit poorer people the hardest. The government published an amendment to its plans last week, s

The funeral service for Sir David Amess will take place on Monday | GEETY IMAGES Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told how several members of his cabinet broke down in tears when they learned of the death of Sir David

Last Saturday saw more people rescued from small boats off the coast of Kent | PA MEDIA The almost daily sight of migrants jumping out of an inflatable onto a beach below Kent's iconic white cliffs is now, we are t

Tory MP Sir Geoffrey Cox is a former Attorney General (Image: PA) The former Attorney General - who is not accused of breaking the rules - cast proxy votes in Parliament while in the British Virgin Islands, where he wa

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer slammed the PM for 'cowering and hiding away' instead of clearing up his mess and apologising to the public for his handling of the sleaze scandal Just days after sparking fury by &sh

Theresa May, Sir Geoffrey Cox, Sir John Redwood and Fiona Bruce are among the MPs with staggering incomes from consultancy roles, book deals and speeches The resignation of former Tory minister Owen Paterson has thrown the

Poland has warned of a possible "armed" escalation on its border with Belarus, fearing its neighbour may try to provoke an incident with hundreds of migrants seeking to cross into the EU. Extra troops have been d

The increasing number of crossings "facilitated by violent criminal gangs profiting from misery" has prompted calls for the UK to provide safer and more secure routes for people wishing to reach the country.

KEY POINTS Policymakers have intimated that a hike is imminent, but the nine-member MPC will need to determine whether to tighten policy this week or wait until its mid-December meeting. Markets are uncertain about th