UK will set ‘high trust bar’ for future Chinese investment after British Steel rescue, minister says – AP News

  1. UK will set 'high trust bar' for future Chinese investment after British Steel rescue, minister says  AP News
  2. British Steel: Government 'confident' it can secure materials to keep Scunthorpe plant furnaces burning  BBC
  3. Why has the government rescued British Steel - and why is there a race to keep furnaces burning?  Sky News
  4. No 10 ‘confident’ on securing supplies to keep Scunthorpe furnaces burning – UK politics live  The Guardian
  5. China no longer welcome in UK steel sector, minister says  Reuters
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China no longer welcome in UK steel sector, minister says – Reuters

  1. China no longer welcome in UK steel sector, minister says  Reuters
  2. UK takes control of British Steel under emergency powers  BBC
  3. UK will set 'high trust bar' for future Chinese investment after British Steel rescue, minister says  AP News
  4. British government takes over running of UK’s last major steel plant from Chinese owner Jingye  CNN
  5. ‘I have spent my life in this corner of Lincolnshire and witnessed how such job losses affect every part of a community’  The Guardian
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The far-reaching effects of Trump’s tariffs on low-income people, explained – Vox

  1. The far-reaching effects of Trump’s tariffs on low-income people, explained  Vox
  2. Opinion | Trump’s Tariff Pause Is Less Than Meets the Eye  The New York Times
  3. Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from the People's Republic of China  The White House (.gov)
  4. Trump’s tariffs: A simple illustrated guide to 15 economic terms to know  Al Jazeera
  5. There’s No Coming Back From Trump’s Tariff Disaster  The Atlantic
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With Iran talks, Trump could achieve a triple win – Responsible Statecraft

  1. With Iran talks, Trump could achieve a triple win  Responsible Statecraft
  2. Iran and US envoys hold 1st negotiation over Tehran's nuclear program, and talk face-to-face  AP News
  3. Trump team holds 'constructive' face-to-face nuclear talks with Iran, will meet again next weekend  Fox News
  4. What to know about the start of negotiations between Iran and the U.S. under Trump  PBS
  5. Iran, US hold 'positive' talks in Oman, agree to resume next week  Reuters
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Labour MPs push for Foreign Office to recognise Palestinian statehood

Emily Thornberry calls for UK to join France, as Emmanuel Macron says June UN conference must be decisive moment

The Foreign Office is under pressure from Labour MPs to recognise a Palestinian state if Emmanuel Macron, the French president, presses ahead with plans to recognise Palestine at an international conference set for June.

France is co-chairing the conference at the UN in New York alongside Saudi Arabia, and Macron has said the conference must be a decisive moment.

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