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Oil prices rose by more than 4% as Israeli troops moved into Lebanon and Iran launched missiles on IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesAs Israeli troops moved into Lebanon and Iran launched a missile attack

Exclusive: groups fear government may resurrect Tory plan for mass algorithmic surveillance of bank accountsUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters have been warned not to resurrect Conservative plans to tackle welfare fraud by launching mass

Henry Staunton tells inquiry Post Office and government ‘dragged their feet’ on compensation for Horizon IT failuresThe former chair of the Post Office has told a public inquiry there was no interest at all in

Government urged to use power to control companies such as Thames Water and reform the industryThames Water and other failing water companies should be placed into special administration to allow the government to tackle much-needed

Strike – first by port workers on US east coast since 1977 – threatens to shut down ports from Maine to TexasSome of the busiest ports in the US were braced for crippling disruption after