Russia moves to block WhatsApp in messaging app crackdown

Japanese stocks have hit a record high after the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) named Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, positioning the pro-business politician to be Japan’s next prime minister. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index closed 4.75% higher on Monday, ending the day above 47,000 for the first time. Takaichi, who has held…

Fiona Irving,South East environment correspondentand Craig Buchan,South East BBC South East Water chief executive David Hinton has faced calls to resign over supply issues The boss of South East Water has said the company is too dependant on individual facilities after a six-day supply failure affected thousands of people in Kent. About 24,000 properties in…

Jennifer McKiernanPolitical reporter Laura Kuenssberg presses Rachel Reeves on whether the public was misled before Budget Chancellor Rachel Reeves has rejected claims she misled the public about the nation’s finances in the run-up to her Budget. Reeves was challenged on the BBC to explain why she had repeatedly warned about a downgrade to the UK’s…

Speaking after the company’s record results, Woodburn, who has run BAE since 2017, said: “In a new era of defence spending, driven by escalating security challenges, we’re well-positioned to provide both the advanced conventional systems and disruptive technologies needed to protect the nations we serve now and into the future.”

Two separate emails, which appear to be from Sulayem, revealed he had an Irish and Uzbek girlfriend. In 2017, he boasts “This my new 22 years old Uzbek” to Epstein. Epstein corrects him and appears to make a comment about her age: “According to her passport she is now 23, old”.