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IAG says leisure holidays main driver of resurgence while business travel continues to recover Airline revenues at British Airways’ owner have returned to pre-Covid levels, the group has announced, as it increased its profit forecasts despite a summer of disruption. Higher fares drove IAG’s revenues for the last quarter above €7.3bn, despite the cap on flying imposed at its main base, London Heathrow airport, and the continued closure of key routes to Asia. Continue reading… ​IAG says leisure holidays main driver of resurgence while business travel continues to recoverAirline revenues at British Airways’ owner have returned to pre-Covid levels, the…

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Labour leader says people already paying the price for government mistakes, with cuts and tax rises ahead UK politics live – latest news updates Severe spending cuts and tax rises are due to be imposed by Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt within weeks because ministers “crashed the economy”, Keir Starmer has said as he renewed calls for a general election. The Labour leader said people were already “paying the price” for government mistakes, after reports that a buffer in the public finances could be created by trying to claw back £50bn – significantly greater than the expected £35bn fiscal black…

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Arsenal defender Pablo Marí opens up about Italy stabbing Spanish footballer Pablo Marí – who is on loan from Premier League club Arsenal – has said he was “lucky” despite being stabbed in a supermarket near Milan. Local media reports that one person, a cashier at the supermarket was killed and at least five others injured – some of which are seriously injured. The footballer is preparing to undergo surgery on his back muscles that have been injured due to the stabbing. Local media reports a man started attacking people in Assago, and he was detained by customers before the…

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EU commissioner says platform must ‘fly by our rules’ as UK minister raises concerns over content moderation Senior politicians have warned Elon Musk over content moderation on Twitter, with the EU stressing the platform will “fly by our rules” and a UK minister expressing concerns over hate speech under the billionaire’s ownership. The EU’s internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, wrote on the platform on Friday that “in Europe, the bird will fly by our rules”, in response to Musk’s earlier tweet saying “the bird is freed” in apparent confirmation that he had bought the business. The EU is introducing the…

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