King Charles ‘tried to check on wellbeing of explorer Ranulph Fiennes’

Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer

HONG KONG — Oil prices spiked with bond yields Monday as Donald Trump's rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day truce stoked inflation concerns, while stocks were mixed as traders look ahead to the release of key US data. Tehran last week set out a plan at the UN General Assembly for a halt in hostilities that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened, which would ease a crippling supply crisis that has jacked up costs around the world. The waterway is key to the world's energy supply and is now central to the conflict between the US and Iran, particularly with Houthis seizing Yemen's entire Red Sea coast, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a vital shipping lane. However, the US president told reporters outside the White House "I reject their proposal". Still, he told Axios that he expects negotiations to resume. "They want to make a deal, but it is not the deal that I want to make," he told the news platform. "It is what we would have maybe agreed to a year ago." "They overplayed their hand," Trump added, in the interview published Sunday. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Axi

Nepal Himlung avalanche toll rises to four, 12 still missing

Nepal Himlung avalanche toll rises to four, 12 still missing

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King Charles ‘tried to check on wellbeing of explorer Ranulph Fiennes’

King Charles was said to be ‘most concerned’ over the welfare of the explorer

TfL to run London bus routes for first time in 17 years

Route 6 between Willesden and Victoria station will be the first service to operate under Buses for London

Trump ‘asked China’s president’ if he wanted to buy US weapons

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Strictly star announced as Sara Cox replacement on BBC Radio 2 Drivetime

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