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Private care investment needs monitoring, regulator says

England’s regulator warns that growing investment by large private firms in care homes for older people could threaten government plans for a universal care service, citing concerns over pricing and quality.

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US-Iran direct talks on ending war under way in Pakistan

Published On 11 Apr 202611 Apr 2026|Updated: 3 minutes agoUpdated: 3 minutes agoThe United States and Iran are holding in-person talks in Pakistan to end their six-week-old ⁠war, days after a fragile ceasefire was agreed.Face-to-face discussions between the two sides...

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Libya approves first unified budget in more than a decade

Libya shows it is ‘capable of overcoming its differences’ with rare budget deal, central bank says. Published On 11 Apr 202611 Apr 2026Libya’s rival legislative bodies have approved a unified state budget for the first time in more than a decade, in a rare moment of...

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UK shelves Chagos deal after Trump opposition

UK shelves Chagos deal after Trump opposition

"That deal should never have been on the table," she told reporters in London. "Paying £35bn to give away territory we already own, at a time when so many people in this country are dealing with the cost of living, shows [the government] were not in any way thinking...

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