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First of two 1,600-tonne boring machines drilling the 4.5 miles from Old Oak Common station switched on in LondonMinisters have pledged that a redeveloped Euston HS2 station will be big enough to “serve the nation” as tunnelling began for the last miles of high-speed railway into central London.Excavating the 4.5-mile tunnels from Old Oak Common in west London is expected to take between 12 and 18 months – although details […]

Critics say government concealing true cost of deal ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’Ministers are under growing pressure to end the “secrecy” around the UK’s deal with the US over the cost of medicines, which critics claim is “a Trump shakedown of the NHS”.MPs from Labour and several opposition parties want the government to publish its impact assessment of the agreement it reached last […]

Claudia Sheinbaum denied move was response to pressure from the US, after Trump said ‘zero’ oil would go to CubaMexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba, the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted the decision was “sovereign” and not the response to pressure from the US.Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island’s biggest oil […]

Regional politics at the fore after Bangladesh ousted from the T20 World Cup in India.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article