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Mortgage rates cut below 4% as competition picks up

13 Feb 2025
Major lenders Santander and Barclays have introduced mortgage deals below 4%, signalling increased competition in the sector. These offers follow expectations that the Bank of England will continue to cut interest rates, allowing lenders to lower…

Victims furious after CofE rejects full independent safeguarding

13 Feb 2025
Sexual abuse survivors have reacted with anger and disappointment after the Church of England's General Synod rejected a move to full independent safeguarding, instead opting for a partially independent model. Survivors had urged the Church to…

Ukraine: Hegseth defends Trump’s phone call to Putin

13 Feb 2025
US secretary of state Pete Hegseth has defended Donald Trump’s push for peace talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine, insisting it was not a betrayal of Kyiv. Speaking before a NATO meeting in Brussels, Hegseth emphasised…

Sweden: woman sentenced for war crimes against Yazidis

13 Feb 2025
Lina Ishaq, a 52-year-old Swedish woman, has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for genocide and war crimes against Yazidis in Syria. She enslaved three Yazidi women and six children in Raqqa between 2014 and…