The Guardian Culture

From The West Wing to Blackadder: the best fictional prime ministers on TV

The UK sure loves speculation about prime ministers. So here’s some more! But who makes the finest – Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Jane Horrocks or Alan B’Stard?As the UK gets ready to have its seventh prime minister in 10 years, how long before a revolving door is installed at 10 Downing Street? As social media wags have pointed out, this is likely the first time in history that the UK has been looking for a new prime minister, James Bond and Time Lord at the same time.With the tribute film Rik M

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Financial Times

Heatwave shows we are marinating in a crisis of our own making

Political inaction in the battle against climate change is costly and getting costlier

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Financial Times

Qatar says US-Iran hotline essential to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed says Gulf state will resume normal LNG production within weeks

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Financial Times

UK business rejects call to set maximum workplace temperature as heatwave deepens

Three unions say more than 1,000 people have signed up to stage a walkout on hottest day of year with a high of 39C forecast

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Financial Times

Venezuela to reveal $240bn debt pile in world’s largest restructuring

Caracas to disclose it has much more borrowing than expected after overthrow of Maduro

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Financial Times

The rise and fall of US hegemony

On the eve of its 250th birthday, America and the world order it created are in crisis

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Financial Times

The decade that made Andy Burnham

What 10 years covering the Manchester mayor’s many reinventions taught me about the man who wants to lead Britain

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Financial Times

To cool or not to cool: French politicians draw battle lines over aircon

As heatwave intensifies, far-right champions air conditioning while the left calls for renovations and green spaces

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Financial Times

How HSBC ended up at the centre of a $330mn embezzlement scandal

The lender’s Swiss unit is under formal investigation over whether it helped Lebanese central bank boss’s alleged scheme

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Bloomberg Markets

Double, Double Toil and Bubble Trouble

This probably isn’t when it bursts, but there’s room for plenty of over-leveraged damage.

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Financial Times

US defence groups to meet Trump as missile production struggles

The administration is seeking to rebuild conventional weapons stockpiles while regearing for modern warfare

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NY Times World

On the Front Lines of Myanmar’s Forgotten War

Our Times correspondent, Hannah Beech, travels to the center of the armed resistance movement in Myanmar and meets rebel fighters who are outgunned and undermanned after years of fighting in a civil war.

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Bloomberg Markets

New Hedge Funds Are Using AI Bots to Rival Industry Giants

Advances in artificial intelligence are leveling the field for fund managers, making it easier for boutique firms to compete with big macro and bond investors.

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BBC World

Congress passes war powers measure for first time, rebuking Trump's war with Iran

The resolution is largely symbolic, but it adds to pressure on the White House to end the conflict once and for all.

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Bloomberg Markets

China's Premier Li Says Beijing Remains Committed to Openness

Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivered a special address at the Summer Davos forum in Dalian on Wednesday. He said Beijing will continue to expand domestic demand and accelerate the large-scale application of new technologies. Bloomberg's Minmin Low reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

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The Guardian

Artist accused of winning prize with ‘imitation’ won Australian award with piece ‘influenced’ by Basquiat

Jane Allan’s winning Darling portrait prize painting has raised eyebrows after her Doyles art award piece was compared to artist Nicholas HardingAn Australian painter was “clearly influenced” by New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a major prize-winning work, according to the National Portrait Gallery, after she was accused of winning a separate $20,000 prize with “an imitation” of a Nicholas Harding piece.The National Portrait Gallery has declined to comment further on the marked similaritie

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Bloomberg Markets

China’s Independent Oil Refiners Slash Runs to Nine-Year Low

China’s independent oil refiners have slashed operating rates to a nine-year low, highlighting the lingering impact of the US-Iran war on the leading importer of Tehran’s crude.

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BBC Sport

Ancelotti's quest to end Brazil's 24-year wait for World Cup glory

BBC Scotland's Andy Burke looks at Carlo Ancelotti and his mission at Brazil before their final Group C game against Scotland.

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BBC Politics

Burnham likely to replace Reeves if he becomes PM

Rachel Reeves would be offered a more junior cabinet role, the BBC understands.

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Bloomberg Markets

Copper Holds Losses as Dollar and Hawkish Fed Pressure Metals

Copper and industrial metals largely held Tuesday’s slump as a stronger dollar and the Federal Reserve’s hawkish stance weighed on the demand outlook.

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