Oil jumps to highest price since 2022 after report Trump to be briefed on new Iran options (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
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Interest rates expected to be held as uncertainty over Iran war continues (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Future base rate changes are hard to predict as analysts judge the economic impact of the Iran war.
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Meta shares slide as plan to spend billions more on AI spooks investors (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Other tech giants Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon also reported quarterly earnings on Wednesday.
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Musk accuses OpenAI lawyer of trying to 'trick' him in combative testimony (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Elon Musk was cross-examined on the third day of the trial over his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
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Four key takeaways from Jerome Powell's final rate decision as Fed chair (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
Powell's news conference after holding rates covered the US-Israel war with Iran, inflation, legal attacks, and the Fed's independence.
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The kelp producer who wants to get Americans eating seaweed (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
Marine farmer Suzie Flores also hopes the crop can revitalise the US's small fishing towns.
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A son overlooked and a jailed tycoon: Inside Samsung's succession drama (Thu, 30 Apr 2026)
The family dynasty behind Samsung is so complicated it regularly makes headline news in South Korea.
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'Numbskull, moron and too stupid': Trump and Powell's biggest clashes (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
How the US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell came to blows.
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In five charts - How UAE's exit could affect Opec's influence over the oil price (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
The BBC takes a look in charts at what the UAE's departure could mean for the oil cartel and more widely.
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Advert for £49 serum banned over 'five years younger' claim (Wed, 29 Apr 2026)
Eucerin asked 160 people to use the serum for four weeks then say how much younger they thought they looked.
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