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City heavyweight has cheered the markets by taking helm at Guinness owner, but there may be forces he cannot overcomeDiageo names former Tesco boss to lead turnaround pushOn landing a new job, nothing puts a spring in the step like knowing that news of your appointment has inflated the stock market value of your employer by more than £2bn.Dave Lewis could be forgiven for keeping that confidence-boosting figure front of […]

Marcus Decker was served with deportation order while in prison for unveiling Just Stop Oil banner over Dartford CrossingA climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for peaceful protest has won his appeal against deportation.Marcus Decker was jailed for two years and seven months for a protest in which he climbed the Queen Elizabeth Bridge over the Dartford Crossing and unveiled a Just […]

Decision reflects wider regional doubts about terms of US-drafted plan to disarm HamasPlans for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force charged with disarming Hamas inside Gaza face growing opposition after the United Arab Emirates said it would not participate because it did not yet see a clear legal framework for the force.Israel has already ruled out Turkey joining the force, and King Abdullah of Jordan has said Jordanian troops will not […]

Bureau alleges kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, EnergoatomUkraine’s anti-corruption bureau said on Monday that it was conducting a large-scale investigation into the country’s energy sector, alleging kickbacks in transactions involving the state nuclear power operator, Energoatom.The bureau, which operates independently of the government, alleged that several senior figures were involved. Ukrainian media identified one of them as Timur Mindich, a businessman and associate of Ukraine’s president, […]

Former French president, who said his three weeks in jail had been a ‘nightmare’, will serve rest of sentence outside jail pending appealNicolas Sarkozy has said he wants to “prove his innocence” after being released from prison while he appeals against his conviction for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from Libya.After 20 days in jail that he had earlier described as “gruelling” and a “nightmare”, […]

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has presented former President Soeharto with the national hero title.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Mourners received the bodies of two Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike while they were trying to reach their home.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

As Iraqis head to the polls, here is everything you need to know about the parliamentary elections.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article