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EPATaiwan deployed fighter jets in response to China's military maneuvers China launched new military exercises off the coast of Taiwan on Monday in what it called “punishment” for a speech by its President William Lai in which he pledged to “resist annexation ” or “the encroachment on our sovereignty”.China claims the self-ruled island of Taiwan as its own and its President Xi Jinping has vowed to take it back by force if necessary. Taiwan said it detected 34 military ships and 125 aircraft in formation around the island on Monday.Maps published by Chinese state media showed its forces were positioned…

Getty ImagesSome of the world's biggest companies have expressed confidence in the UK economy ahead of the government's first international investment summit in London.More than a dozen business leaders have signed a letter in The Times, arguing that greater stability has increased the UK's attractiveness.At the conference, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will promise to scrap regulations that “unnecessarily dampen investment”.However, the government faces a balancing act ahead of the budget in two weeks, having already signaled that some taxes would rise.On Sunday, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds did not rule out an increase in the national insurance rate paid by…

BbcUn homme à qui des fraudeurs ont volé 165 000 £ sur son compte professionnel Revolut a déclaré à BBC Panorama qu'il pensait que les mesures de sécurité de l'entreprise n'avaient pas réussi à empêcher le vol.Il affirme que les criminels ont réussi à contourner le processus de vérification d'identité pour accéder à son compte.Jusqu’à présent, Revolut a refusé de rembourser cet argent.La BBC a découvert que Revolut avait été citée dans plus de rapports de fraude au cours du dernier exercice financier que n'importe quelle grande banque.La société de monnaie électronique – qui n’a pas encore obtenu le statut…

BBCIn China, people are following the US elections with keen interest and some anxiety. They fear that whoever wins the White House could impact many aspects of life – at home and abroad.“None of us want to see a war,” Mr. Xiang says, as the music in the park reaches a crescendo and a nearby dancer elegantly twirls his partner.He came to Rita Park to learn dancing with other seniors. They gather regularly here, just a few hundred meters from the Beijing home of the American ambassador to China.Along with new dance moves, the impending US elections are also on…

BBC hindiPrakash Sharma has been mining diamonds for 50 years“I feel sick if I don't look for diamonds. It's like a drug.Prakash Sharma, 67, talks about diamonds with a passion that has defined his life for the past five decades.A diamond hunter in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, he spends most of his day in the mines of Panna district.Panna is one of the most backward regions of the country: its residents face poverty, water scarcity and unemployment. But it is also where most of India's diamond reserves are located and remains a top destination for diamond hunters.While…

BbcUn mardi matin de septembre, un garçon de 10 ans s'approchait des portes d'une école japonaise à Shenzhen, dans le sud de la Chine, lorsqu'un étranger s'est approché et l'a poignardé.Il est mort des suites de ses blessures. Cet assassinat a choqué le Japon et la Chine et déclenché une fureur diplomatique.Le gouvernement japonais a déclaré qu'il pensait que ce qui s'était passé était motivé par la xénophobie, le ministre des Affaires étrangères du pays attribuant l'attaque à des publications « malveillantes et anti-japonaises » sur les réseaux sociaux.Les commentateurs en ligne ont noté que le meurtre s'était produit à…

BBCGeorgia has become a hub for international used carsGeorgia, a small nation in the South Caucasus, has become a multibillion-dollar hub for the international used car market. The vehicles mostly come from the United States and many appear to end up in Russia.In the dusty suburb of Rustavi, an industrial town 20 km southeast of the Georgian capital Tbilisi, there is a large area of ​​open-air parking lots.The size of more than 40 football fields, it houses thousands of vehicles for sale.You can find just about any automobile you want: Mercedes, Porsche, Jaguar, Toyota and, more recently, Tesla. They are…

Elon Musk's SpaceX has successfully completed a world-first test, returning part of its spacecraft to its launch pad. That means the company's plan to develop a fully reusable, rapidly deployable rocket is moving that much closer.BBC science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explores why this “incredibly difficult” operation poses a major challenge for future exploration and what environmental concerns people may have about it. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the US government body that approves all flights, previously said there would be no launch until November, after reviewing the company's permits. Since last month, the agency and Elon Musk have feuded publicly…

A £1 billion investment in an Essex port will go ahead, despite a row over comments made about owner P&O Ferries, the business secretary has said.It has been suggested that DP World could shelve the project after Transport Secretary Louise Haigh branded P&O Ferries a “rogue operator”.But Jonathan Reynolds told BBC DP World that the London Gateway port expansion project “is going to go ahead”. The row had threatened to overshadow a major government summit opening on Monday, at which ministers want to showcase investment in the UK. But DP World will now attend the International Investment Summit, where the…

The cost of borrowing to buy a home is “unlikely” to return to the low levels seen over the past decade, the boss of the UK’s biggest mortgage lender has said.Charlie Nunn, chief executive of Lloyds bank, said the bank expected mortgage rates to fall, but not to the near-zero rates they were in the 2010s.The rate charged on new fixed-rate mortgage transactions has increased in recent years due to an increase in interest rates to try to slow the surge in prices, triggered by the Covid pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. And although they have fallen…