UK unemployment hits 5.2%, highest rate for nearly five years

All 1,287 Betfred shops could disappear from the UK High Street if Chancellor Rachel Reeves hikes taxes on gambling firms, the company’s co-founder and chairman has told the BBC. Fred Done, who set up Betfred in 1967 with his brother, said a closure of that size would put 7,500 jobs at risk. The billionaire businessman…

Rappi’s success signals a bigger change happening in Colombia – the country has shaken off its dangerous reputation, especially since the 2016 Peace Accord. It has become a magnate not only for tourists, but also immigrants moving to destinations such as Medellín and Bogotá from the likes of the US, Canada and the UK.

The war has seen large oil and gas facilities attacked and it has effectively closed a key shipping channel, the Strait of Hormuz, which runs close to the Iranian coast. One fifth of the world’s oil passes through here, so the disruption has sent global oil prices soaring, and the price of diesel has followed.