Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as mortgage approvals for UK house purchases fell to 56,200 in May ...

UK telecoms group’s 50/50 venture ends more than 18-month search for a buyer of its international operations ...

Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary reached record temperatures of more than 40C on Sunday ...

Subsidiary of FTSE 250 company says Coffee Studio’s ‘Eat Drink Work’ phrase too similar to trademark ...

Max Verstappen of Red Bull said he expects the Silverstone race to be ‘a tough one … You barely have battery. It’s just constantly flat’ ...

Wimbledon gets under way with the men’s world No 1 and defending champion, Jannik Sinner, opening proceedings on Centre Court ...

New York City mayor says Democratic candidates he endorsed speak to people struggling to make ends meet ...

Parcels of goods worth under €150 will no longer enjoy ‘de minimis’ exemption, exploited by platforms such as Temu and Shein ...

Entertainment arm split from mobile and broadband in move that raises questions over future of Sky News ...

Pugnacious speech invokes Trump’s ‘vanity projects’ to makeover Washington and the ‘brazen, blatant corruption’ ...

Punchlines on president’s thwarted bid to have building named after him come thick and fast at Washington DC gala ...

Tehran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait amid efforts to open strait of Hormuz without Iran’s direct oversight ...