Defence secretary insists Britain will retain its ’sovereign independence’The defence secretary Liam Fox insisted today that closer co-operation between British and French defence forces would not compromise UK sovereignty.The 50-year defence treaties are to be signed at a summit in London between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy, and will result in British and French forces [...]
Islamist cleric who radicalised Roshonara ChoudhryThe man police and friends say radicalised Roshonara Choudhry was Anwar al-Awlaki.She watched sermons by the Islamist cleric which are available on the internet, and which helped her to come to the view that she should use violence.He is the “spiritual leader” of al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula, whose sermons [...]
Two plants in the south of England would run on palm oil, a crop critics say contributes to deforestation and drives up food pricesTwo new power stations that use a fuel critics say contributes to the destruction of rainforest in south-east Asia may be built in the UK through subsidies added to customer bills.The two [...]
• Outgoing chief Eric Daniels hoping for ‘good full-year result’• 40%-taxpayer owned bank says it is reducing reliance on Bank of England funding• Lloyds has lent £35bn to businesses, aiming for a £44bn targetLloyds Banking Group remains on track to report a profit for 2010 – the first time since the banking crisis – but [...]
For a while I thought Cheam railway station had disappeared into the suburban equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. I set off blithely anticipating heading straight there from Waterloo, but I’d forgotten it’s not as simple as that. I had to be rescued at Wimbledon by a helpful Network Rail lady with a very foreign accent [...]
Staines name change would make it more likely to attract people visiting for 2012 Olympics, says local businessmanWhile the government of Kazakhstan was famously unhappy with Sacha Baron Cohen’s portrayal of the Kazakhstani journalist Borat, it presumably never considered changing the country’s name to escape the association.But the Surrey town of Staines is looking at [...]
AIG, the insurance group bailed out by the US government in 2008, has raised almost $37bn by selling its Alico life insurance subsidiary and floating its AIA unit in Asia
General Motors aims to raise about $10bn through its landmark public share offering to be launched on Tuesday, people familiar with the matter said
Leading defence contractors in Britain and France want Tuesday’s summit between David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy to boost bilateral industrial collaboration
The European Central Bank’s president warned European leaders last week that the proposed rescue system would increase borrowing costs
Britain has introduced emergency restrictions on air freight as other countries consider their response to the discovery of two bombs on board cargo jets bound for the US
Japan has condemned a visit by Dmitry Medvedev, Russian president, to a disputed group of islands seized by Moscow during the second world war
Fresh polls showed Republicans poised to take control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections that are set to underline the extent of voter anger about the US’s stuttering economic recovery.