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Cambridge-educated lecturer in Islamic Studies at Melbourne University has been in prison in Tehran for almost a year The Australian government has identified the third person revealed this week to be in detention in prison in Iran as a Melbourne academic who has published work on the 2011 Arab insurgencies …

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including reaction to Mario Draghi’s latest parcel to save the eurozone economy 8.11 am BST Boom! The newest member of the ECB’s governing council has proceeded public with its deep concern over Draghi’s stimulus package. Essentially it was the question about …

Flights operate as normal after climate activists’ blocked by signal-jamming technology’ Two people have been arrested as protesters “ve tried to” fly drones near Heathrow to highlight the role air travel plays in the escalate climate emergency. Activists attempted to launch the first monotone at about 3am within the airport’s …

London has been shaped by its railways, ever since the Metropolitan opened as the world’s first underground cable in 1863. As the network developed, old stations, passageways, enterings, passageways and rods were left behind Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground, photos by Toby Madden and Andy Davies, is published by …

The UK ranks among the most unequal commonwealths in Europe and many people feel they are not sharing in the country’s wealth Income inequality has risen aggressively since the 1970 s in most advanced economies various regions of the world, and has been blamed for increasingly polarised politics. Thomas Piketty: …

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news US and China to restart trade talksMeeting is provided for in early OctoberChinese stocks jump 1% 8.13 am BST The changes of a US-China trade deal anytime soon are thin, tells Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior sell psychoanalyst at London Capital Group. She …

University applications made by black students more likely to be investigated for fraud The university admissions clearing home Ucas has ordered investigation into the cases after discovering that its process for investigating fraud was far more likely to demand proof of claims from black applicants than white-hot ones. Figures obtained …

THE heartbroken family of tragic schoolboy Lucas Dobson have paid tribute to their” little boy”- after the six-year-old was swept to his death on a fishing trip with his dad. Cousin Chloee Martin said ” one collision is all it takes” after little Lucas was drowned in Kent’s River Stour …

While jobs struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, pastors are busy with commemorating coins Britain is battle-ready for no-deal Brexit, that’s the content. Downing Street gave every department 72 hours last week to present watertight crash-out designs and woe betide any whose thoughts blow a fuse later, Dominic …

David Lammy MP says’ chilling’ figures divulge abuse of power by authorities Hundreds of people evicted from the UK were restrained by a variety of techniques including shackles, the Guardian has learned. There were 447 cases where one or more forms of restraint was an opportunity between April 2018 and …