UK economic growth forecast cut for this year

Criticism of ICE practices has intensified in recent weeks since the shooting of 37-year-old Pretti, the second fatal shooting of a US citizen since immigration agents began surging several cities across the US, acting on the Trump administration’s drive to increase deportations of illegal immigrants.

Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images A customer shops at a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, US. The Trump administration on Thursday announced frameworks for trade deals with four Latin American countries, which senior officials said will include tariff relief on coffee and bananas. The Trump administration on Thursday said import taxes on…

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.

Angie BrownEdinburgh and East reporter BBC There were flight cancellations and delays following the outage Passengers are experiencing delays and cancellations after an air traffic control outage led to the suspension of flights to and from Edinburgh Airport. Services resumed at 10:40 after flights were grounded for about two hours, with some passengers reporting being…