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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5cae/live/985a2c50-cd20-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Watch: Zelensky says US military intelligence sharing “works now” US special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin after Ukraine’s leader said American intelligence sharing about deadly Russian strikes “works now”. Kyiv had accused the US of recently withholding such intelligence, causing Ukrainians to lose their lives…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/18fe/live/5bca92c0-ccb7-11f1-a64c-550be9e3c66b.jpg”] Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool/EPA/Shutterstock US President Donald Trump is facing another legal challenge on tariffs after the group that successfully sued over his so-called “liberation day” import taxes filed a new lawsuit over the latest Canadian levies. The White House imposed a 50% levy on some $20bn of Canadian goods after trade talks…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a809/live/7672aa70-cc8c-11f1-bed8-c51b95c602ec.png”] Specsavers Dame Mary and Douglas Perkins founded Specsavers in 1984 Specsavers’ founders have been given a lifetime award for their role in “transforming access to optical and audiology care”. The multinational company was started in Guernsey by Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins on a table-tennis table in their spare bedroom in 1984.…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e724/live/38a0e260-cc6f-11f1-baeb-8d65d4bcd7ab.jpg”] Cotswold District Council The Romans would conceal the tablets and believed that they would remain effective for as long as they stayed hidden A rare set of Roman ‘curse’ stone tablets are going on show in the UK for the first time. Visitors to the Corinium Museum in Cirencester will have the…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/7ac8/live/b29c3c60-cc8b-11f1-bed8-c51b95c602ec.jpg”] Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Unite union has hit out at a plan by NatWest to reduce the rights of 30,000 of its employees to work from home. NatWest says it is moving to a hybrid approach where workers will be required to attend the office at least two days…