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Chancellor John Healey has used the Budget to announce that millions of households will receive £100 this winter to help with the rise in energy costs. He will also increase tax on bank profits and has offered tax...

At least 68 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a Spanish high-speed train collided with another train south of the capital Madrid. Spain's transport minister says an "inexplicable" decision by the...

More than 60 people have died after two high-speed trains collided south of the Spanish capital, Madrid. The accident happened on the same rail line where 46 people died earlier this year. Also: with most votes counted...

Votes are still being counted in Israel's election - but with no clear winner still, the parties look to negotiate coalition deals. We'll hear from the parties vying for power and those who could be kingmaker. Also in...

India's biggest telecom giant, the Meta and Google-backed Jio Platforms, made its stock market debut on Wednesday. The UK's finance minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has revealed the government's budget plans...

Israel is having its elections and the country's longest serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for a come back and his main challenger is of Morrocan descent. Gadi Eisenkot was born in Tiberias in Israel...

BBC NI Economics and Business Editor John Campbell talks to Stephen

There is no clear winner in Israel's election, with results remaining too close to call. As votes are being counted, Benjamin Netanyahu tells supporters he wants to form a right-wing government and "remove the Iranian...

Subscription window for Africa's "People's IPO" closes today for the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria. Which has reportedly been almost three times oversubscribed, with billions of dollars' worth of orders from retail and...

Israeli exit polls suggest Gadi Eisenkot's bloc has won the largest number of seats in the general election but has fallen short of a majority. Eisenkot leads the newly formed Yashar party and is the main figure in the...

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Israelis turn out in large numbers to vote in what many view as one of the most pivotal elections in the country's history. The campaign has been shaped by the issues of democracy and security and is widely being seen...

Columnist Newton Emerson, SDLP Cllr Carl Whyte and businessman Chris Suitor talk to Nolan

If you express two ideas using 'in the same breath', you contrast them both and add weight to one. It's used to introduce a contradiction. Though the ideas are different, both could be true, but the latter idea, which...

Israel is holding its first general election since the October 7th Hamas attacks in 2023, with Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to maintain his hold on power after three years of war. Also: after his shock defeat in the...