#BREAKING The UK government's 30-year bond yield has returned above 5%
#UPDATE The #BankofEngland confirmed it would end emergency markets intervention on Friday. Its exceptional purchasing of long-dated UK government bonds began at the end of September to quell market turmoil triggered by a debt-fuelled budget under administration of PM Liz Truss.
The #BankofEngland on Wednesday insisted it would end emergency buying of UK bonds by the weekend but sent markets into further frenzy as economic uncertainty grips Britain. u.afp.com/iUwJ
The pound rallied and UK government bond yields rose Wednesday, with the Bank of England accused of fuelling markets uncertainty. u.afp.com/iUsh
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
#BREAKING Nord Stream leaks are 'international terrorism': Putin
#UPDATE "There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism...," said Putin on Wednesday about the leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines between Russia and Europe, which would benefit the United States, Poland and Ukraine.
#BREAKING Putin calls oil price cap 'threat to billions of people' & 'ball in EU camp' on restarting Nord Stream deliveries
#BREAKING Myanmar junta jails Aung San Suu Kyi for 6 years for corruption: source
#UPDATE A Myanmar court has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said
It takes the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years
Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to another six years in prison for corruption, taking her total jail time to 26 years
Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since last year's coup, and was transferred from house arrest to prison in June
Hopes were fading Tuesday of finding alive any of the 56 people missing after a devastating landslide swept through a Venezuelan town with 36 confirmed deaths to date u.afp.com/i3vh
#BREAKING Maduro says Venezuela landslide toll expected to pass 100
#UPDATE Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the death toll from a devastating landslide is expected to reach 100
"Thirty-nine bodies have already been recovered," he said on state TV, adding that 56 people were still missing