Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 17 Feb 2015
EUROZONE TALKS WITH GREECE FAILTalks between Greece and its creditors in the eurozone have collapsed, with an official saying the austerity conditions imposed on Greece are “unacceptable”. The news heightens fears that the country is headed for a disruptive exit from the euro. Greece has asked to be allowed to water down austerity. UKRAINE: BOTH...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 16 Feb 2015
EGYPT BOMBS I.S TARGETS IN LIBYAEgypt has bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya after the Sunni extremist group posted a video purporting to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts, impoverished labourers taken prisoner because of their Christianity. This is the first time Egypt has publicly acknowledged carrying out air strikes in Libya....
The Business: Monday February 16 2015
Company news, markets and financial talking points, available from 8am Monday to Friday ED BALLS TARGETS CASH-IN-HAND JOBS Ed Balls is launching an offensive on tax dodging cash-in-hand workers, says The Times. The shadow chancellor has told householders to get a receipt for every low-cost cash job by a gardener, cleaner or handyman because it is...
Week in pictures: 8 – 14 February
Sunday, February 15, 2015 – 6:30am Description: LILLE, TUESDAY: Police detain a Femen activist after she jumped in front of a car taking Dominique Strauss-Kahn to court. The former International Monetary Fund chief is on trial for “aggravated pimping”. Credits: Philippe Huguen Description: LAS VEGAS, TUESDAY: The 12-storey...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 15 Feb 2015
DANISH POLICE KILL SHOOTING SUSPECTPolice in Copenhagen say they have shot dead a man they believe was behind two deadly attacks hours earlier. Officers said CCTV indicated the man was responsible for an attack at a cafe on and another at a synagogue just hours later that happened just two miles apart. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 13 Feb 2015
LABOUR: WE’LL TAKE BACK BANK BONUSESShadow chancellor Ed Balls has said that under a Labour government bankers would be expected to repay bonuses received as long ago as ten years if found guilty of misconduct. The current limit is seven years but Balls said that was “too weak”. The Tories said nobody would trust a word Balls said. UKRAINE...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 12 Feb 2015
UKRAINE TALKS LAST THROUGH THE NIGHTTalks aimed at settling the crisis in Ukraine held by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko, with the participation of the French and German leaders, have lasted through the night. Few details have emerged but one Ukrainian aide posted on Facebook that it was a “battle of nerves”....
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 11 Feb 2015
WHISTLE-BLOWERS IN NHS TO BE PROTECTEDHealth secretary Jeremy Hunt is to announce sweeping reforms today which will protect NHS employees who decide to speak out about problems in the service after a review by Sir Robert Francis found that poor care at failing hospitals went undetected for years because staff were afraid to blow the whistle....
Ukraine crisis: Minsk summit ‘last chance’ for peace
Credits: Johannes Simon/GettyAlt Text: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Vice President Joe Biden Leaders to meet for peace talks in Belarus, while Washington debates sending arms to the Ukrainian military One-Minute Read Monday, February 9, 2015 – 9:54am Leaders from Germany, France, Russia...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 9 Feb 2015
MERKEL IN US FOR TALKS ON UKRAINEGerman chancellor Angela Merkel is in Washington today to share a plan to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine, devised by Germany and France, with Barack Obama. Under pressure to get tough, the US is considering sending arms to the Ukraine government but Merkel is known to oppose this. FILES SHOW HSBC...
