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UK HOUSE PRICES HIT RECORD HIGH IN AUGUST – Market shows resilience despite economic uncertainty UK house prices rose for the third month in a row in August, pushing the average property price to an all-time high as confidence steadily returns to the housing market. Prices increased by 0.3% last month – building on July’s 0.4% rise and June’s 0.1% lift – taking the average UK home value to £299,331, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. The increase far outpaced the 0.1% growth predicted by economists. On an annual basis, house price growth slowed slightly to 2.2%, down…

TECH LEADERS PRAISE TRUMP – U.S President hosts White House dinner focusing on AI & Innovation President Trump hosted a high-profile dinner last night with more than two dozen of the country’s most powerful technology executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, and Sam Altman. The event, which was moved to the White House State Dining Room due to weather, saw industry leaders praise the administration’s stance on artificial intelligence and business. During the dinner, executives highlighted major investments in U.S. infrastructure and manufacturing, with Meta’s founder Mark Zuckerberg estimating that his company and its peers would pour more…

PUTIN SAYS GAS PIPELINE IS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT- Putin says the new gas pipeline is one of the largest energy projects in the world Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the planned new Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to China was a “mutually beneficial project” and the price of the gas would be based on a market formula similar to the one for Russian supplies to Europe. Russia proposed the route years ago, but the plan has gained urgency as it looks to Beijing as a customer in the place of Europe. Russia and China signed a binding…

TRAIN PASSENGERS AT ST PANCRAS TO FACE ‘NO QUEUES’- Eurostar says new EU border checks will start next month  UK train passengers at London St Pancras will face “no queues” from the introduction of new EU border checks next month, Eurostar said. The Channel Tunnel train operator insisted it is fully prepared for the launch of the Entry Exist System (EES) on October 12. Concerns have been raised for a number of years that EES will lead to long delays for UK travellers needing to complete EU border checks at St Pancras station, the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel’s Folkestone…

ILLEGAL MIGRANT GUILTY OF SEX ASSAULT ON TEEN- Judge Williams says the defendant would be sentenced on 23 September. An Ethiopian Illegal migrant has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl days after he had sought asylum in Britain, in a case that triggered protests at hotels housing migrants. A Chelmsford Magistrate’ Court  judge  convicted Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu of two counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted sexual assault, one count of inciting a girl to engage in sexual activity and one count of harassment without violence. Prosecutors said Kebatu, 41, had arrived in…

FLORIDA TO END ALL VACCINE MANDATES-The State Surgeon-General says all vaccines is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery Florida is set to end all vaccine mandates, including for students to attend schools, as announced by the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo . Ladapo, along with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, cast the issue of vaccination as one of personal choice. Ladapo said during a press conference in Tampa  that every last one of the vaccines is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery. “Who am I as a government or anyone else, or who am I as a man standing…

POLICE INVESTIGATES LISBON CRASH -European leaders post condolences after Lisbon funicular crash  Police today started investigations into the funicular railway car in Lisbon where at least 15 people died and 18 were injured. The Gloria funicular railway car, which is popular with tourists and is one of Lisbon’s symbols, derailed and crashed on Wednesday, as reported by an emergency medical service. Authorities have reportedly said some foreign nationals were among the dead with five people gravely injured. The Gloria line transports around three million people annually, according to the town hall.  Its two cars, each capable of carrying around 40…

SIX CHARGED WITH TERRORISM  – Over support for Palestine Action Six people have been charged with terrorism offences in connection with supporting banned group Palestine Action. The offences relate to allegedly arranging public demonstrations in London, Manchester and Cardiff, as well as managing 13 Zoom meetings, between July and August in support of the proscribed group, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Timothy Crosland, 55, from Southwark, south-east London, Patrick Friend, 26, of Grange in Edinburgh, Gwen Harrison, 48, from Kendal, Cumbria, David Nixon, 39, from Barnsley in South Yorkshire, Dawn Manners, 56, from Hackney, east London, and Melanie Griffith, 62,…

THAMES WATER’S RESCUE PLAN – Customers are set to pay more but get less UK customers could soon be paying more for less if a group of creditors gets the go-ahead for Thames Water’s proposed rescue plan. The consortium, calling itself London & Valley Water, revealed the outline of its business plan and it says it wants to use about £20.5 billion of consumer cash to shore up the company’s core operations. But here’s the catch: that huge sum would actually deliver fewer projects than the deal already approved by the water regulator, Ofwat. People close to the creditors argue…

GOOGLE MUST PAY $425 MILLION IN CLASS ACTION OVER PRIVACY – The users had been seeking more than $31 billion in damages A federal jury determined that Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account. The verdict comes after a trial in the federal court in San Francisco over allegations that Google over an eight-year period accessed users’ mobile devices to collect, save, and use their data, violating privacy assurances under its Web & App Activity setting. The users…