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“I think we should just let China say what it wants,” she said, adding that “Japan has the U.S. on our side.”

"Otherwise, a vacuum is left", Wain said, adding this is filled by people "whose default is to think the worst of the best intentions".

Wall Street is straining to absorb a flood of new bonds from tech companies funding their artificial intelligence investments, adding to the recent pressure in markets.

Mahmoud Qamati, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council, said that the Israeli strike was aimed at a “jihadi figure,” adding that the group would officially announce the name later.

Haldane acknowledged this "pantomime" had also happened under previous governments, adding that the "budgetary process has been degraded over many years".