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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including the latest UK jobs report and the Bank of England's interest rate decision Tesco's UK sales growth has more than halved as it said the conflict in the Middle East had created "ongoing uncertainty for many households", knocking its shares in early trading. The UK's biggest retailer said comparable sales rose 1.8% to 13.4bn in the three months to the end of May, below both the 4.2% reported in the previous quarter...
Policymakers at the Bank of England have held rates steady since late last year, as the war in the Middle East pushed up energy prices.
The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions.
It came as the FTSE 100 firm revealed a weaker-than-expected increase in sales for the past three months.
Donald Trump has agreed a peace plan with Iran to end hostilities. The memorandum of understanding was signed at the Palace of Versailles shortly before a dinner hosted by the French president. Trump has suggested that if he had not struck a deal, the strait of Hormuz would never have opened, triggering a 'worldwide depression' Trump signs Iran peace plan, claiming deal averts worldwide depression' Middle East crisis live updates Continue reading...
American travelers in the Middle East are being warned that security conditions remain volatile, even as Washington and Tehran move toward an agreement aimed at easing the crisis.
Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 1,005 Palestinians since a ceasefire was reached between Israel and the militant group Hamas last October...
UK's biggest retailer reports better figures than expected by City analysts and is cheered by strong online sales Business live latest updates Tesco's UK sales growth has more than halved as it said the conflict in the Middle East had created "ongoing uncertainty for many households". The UK's biggest retailer said comparable sales rose 1.8% to 13.4bn in the three months to the end of May, below both the 4.2% reported in the previous quarter and the 2.3% growth City analysts...
The retailer revealed that total sales increased by 1% to 16.8 billion over the 13 weeks to May 30, compared with a year earlier.
Drop will put pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates despite peace deal in Iran war Business live latest updates Unemployment fell and wages increased in April, official figures showed, putting pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates despite a peace deal in the Middle East. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed unemployment slipped to 4.9% in the three months to April from 5% in the three months to March. Continue reading...
Sellers of luxury villas have wiped tens of millions of pounds off asking prices, with sales down 19% in May from the previous month Property sales in Dubai have fallen "off a cliff", a leading market watcher has said, after war in the Middle East forced a dramatic slowdown in one of the world's most expensive real estate markets. Sales in the city dropped 19% in May compared with the previous month, accelerating from a 4% drop in April, the researcher ValuStrat found. Continue reading...
Chief Iranian negotiator says key waterway will not return to prewar conditions' after 60-day window; both sides sign memorandum of understanding extending truce Reaction: Donald Trump's Iran deal met with anger, relief and incredulity Analysis: Trump's Iran deal is result of unrealistic ambitions for an untenable war Welcome to our continuing live coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. The US and Iran have released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to...
The US president told the G7 that he would go back to bombing' if a full agreement was not struck within 60 days...
Asian stocks steady and oil prices dip as investors assess progress toward ending war in Middle East...
This blog is now closed see our full report on the latest in the Middle East crisis Trump also addressed media reports of a leaked US-Iran deal (see post at 11:57 ), denying claims it includes a $300bn reconstruction fund for Tehran. "We're not putting up 10 cents," he said. "We are not investing and we do not have a fund." It's not final. It's a memorandum of understanding, and if I don't like it, we'll go back to shooting at them , dropping bombs on their head...
Trump has said he will resume bombing after 60 days if talks on Iran's nuclear programme do not progress...
This liveblog is closed. For the latest on the Middle East crisis, follow our new liveblog here. Sign up for the Breaking News US email Donald Trump also denied (again) that the memorandum of understanding includes a $300bn fund for Iran , and denied that he had asked the Gulf states to commit funding. "It's false," Trump told reporters as he sat alongside Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . "You can invest if you want. What am I going to do, say no one is ever allowed to invest?...
The Bank last cut interest rates in December but upheaval in the Middle East has stalled any further reductions.
PBS Newshour - 15 hours 31 min agoTo assess the U.S.-Iranian agreement, Amna Nawaz spoke with Alan Eyre and Miad Maleki. Eyre was part of the Obama administration's negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal and is now at the Middle East Institute. Maleki was born and raised in Iran and is now at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
US entered war with maximalist goals and exits it with pragmatic decision to end conflict despite political cost Middle East crisis live updates As the adage goes: no plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy. Donald Trump entered the war with Iran with maximalist goals: eliminating the country's nuclear programme, destroying its ballistic missile programme and ending its support for regional military groups including Hezbollah and Hamas. Continue reading...
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday morning welcomed the new deal between the U.S. and Iran ending the war between the two countries and said he hoped for bolstered "mutual trust, security, and stability in the Middle East." "I welcome with satisfaction the reaching of an agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States...
Details of 14-point MOU revealed as senior US officials claim major win' despite significant concessions to Tehran Middle East crisis live updates The Trump administration has released the text of its 14-point agreement with Iran, claiming it delivered a "major win" for the United States even as it made significant political and financial concessions to Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz and prevent a "worldwide depression". In extraordinary remarks on Wednesday, Donald Trump...
In a long-winded press conference at the summit, the US president also claimed he had prevented a nuclear holocaust'...
US central bank makes decision in first meeting under new chair and Trump appointee Kevin Warsh The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for the fourth time this year after its first meeting under new chair, Kevin Warsh, a Donald Trump appointee who has taken over the central bank during a tumultuous time for the US economy. "Economic activity is expanding at a solid pace despite elevated uncertainty that owes, in part, to the conflict in the Middle East," the Fed's open...
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