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Keir Starmer has said Rishi Sunak must immediately begin a formal investigation into whether Suella Braverman broke the ministerial code, and that the UK home secretary should leave her job if it finds that she did. Sunak should ask his adviser on ministerial interests, Sir Laurie Magnus, to launch an immediately inquiry into whether Braverman broke rules by asking Home Office civil servants for special treatment after she was caught breaking the speed limit, the Labour leader said. “The prime minister needs to launch an investigation into this. I think he’s said he’s going to see his ethics adviser today, to have a…

Rishi Sunak has warned Vladimir Putin that western leaders are “not going away” as they gathered at the G7 summit in Japan, with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, preparing to fly in to meet them. At a teahouse in Shukkeien garden in Hiroshima on Friday, the prime minister told Sky News: “Russia needs to know that we and other countries remain steadfast in our resolve to support Ukraine, not just in the here and now with the resources it needs to protect itself, but for the long term as well.” He told ITV: “They can’t just outlast us in this conflict.…

Mauricio Pochettino’s latest manager job has been confirmed, but it’s not the one everyone was expecting. The former Tottenham manager is understood to be putting the finishing touches on a three-year deal to become Chelsea’s next head coach, with an official announcement expected imminently. It will be Pochettino’s first return to management since his sacking by Paris Saint-Germain at the end of last season… or so we thought. In a surprise announcement, Pochettino has agreed to manage the World XI side against England at Soccer Aid. Stamford Bridge will have to wait, as Old Trafford is due to host the charity match for Unicef on…

Newly released WhatsApp messages and emails between Tory donors and the former health secretary Matt Hancock reveal the extent of ministerial access they enjoyed when government Covid contracts were being awarded. Two major donors to the Conservatives, Mustafa Mohammed and Mohamed Amersi, had direct access to Hancock, and used it to promote companies offering Covid services with which they were involved. Amersi also had a phone meeting with James Bethell, a health minister at the time, in which he put forward projects with which he was connected. Both Mohammed and Amersi said they made no financial gain from the contacts and that…

For Newcastle the equation is simple; win one of their remaining two games and Tyneside’s 20-year exile from the Champions League will be over. The celebrations could well begin on Monday night when Leicester travel here but, should Aston Villa triumph at Liverpool, might be triggered as early as Saturday. On this evidence though, a few of Eddie Howe’s players could be almost too tired to party. The indefatigable Lewis Dunk and Jason Steele excepted, much the same could be said of Roberto De Zerbi’s evidently fatigued team as they aim to take Brighton into Europe for the first time.…

Nationwide will pay £340m directly into customer accounts for the first time, after a jump in deposits and higher interest rates drove annual profits up 40% to record highs. Britain’s biggest building society has tended to use profits to offer better rates on savings, loans and mortgages for its members but on Friday it launched an inaugural programme that will distribute funds directly to customers, akin to shareholder payouts made by banks. Eligible customers will receive about £100 directly into their accounts in June. It comes as Nationwide reported a 40% jump in annual pre-tax profits to £2.2bn – a…

The boss of Burberry has complained that the UK is at a “competitive disadvantage for global shoppers” which had held back sales in its home market after the government ditched a VAT tax break for tourists. Jonathan Akeroyd, the chief executive of the luxury British brand which is best known for its signature check and raincoats, said sales to tourists had risen 19% in the UK in the three months to April but they had more than doubled in Paris and were up 43% in Milan. He said total sales rose 28% in the UK for the year, as locals and visitors…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Norway’s King Harald V, who was released from a hospital earlier this week, appeared Wednesday on the royal castle’s balcony to salute the thousands of children marching by as the Scandinavian country celebrated its Constitution Day. Cheering and shouting, waving blue-white-red Norwegian flags, kindergarten and school students marched in front of the royal palace where Harald, 86, and his wife, Queen Sonja, sat and waved back to the vast crowd, many of whom wore traditional costumes. Elsewhere in Oslo, the chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, who was visiting his Norwegian counterpart, stood on another balcony and waved…

NEW YORK—Johnson & Johnson has set aside $400 million to resolve U.S. state consumer protection actions as part of its broader $8.9 billion effort to settle claims that its Baby Powder and other talc products cause cancer. J&J subsidiary LTL Management filed a bankruptcy plan in New Jersey late on Monday that details how the company intends to pay different types of cancer victims in a bankruptcy settlement. J&J has said that its talc products are safe and do not cause cancer. It is attempting for a second time to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits in bankruptcy and prevent new…

Rishi Sunak has arrived in Tokyo to announce a new defence partnership with Japan and support £18bn of private business deals, ahead of the G7 summit aimed at addressing the threats of Russia and China. Before the gathering of world leaders in Hiroshima on Friday, Sunak is meeting Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, to discuss more defence cooperation in the face of China’s increasing belligerence towards Taiwan. They will unveil a pact, the Hiroshima accord, which involves a duty to consult each other on some military decisions and further exercises in the Indo-Pacific by the Carrier Strike Group, a Royal Navy unit.…