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Also, a week of decisions on European interest rates, British defence spending and Canadian growth legislation
Monarch addresses Canadian parliament, Poland’s knife-edge presidential election concludes and US updates on GDP
Plus, trade wars set the tone for G7 finance ministers’ gathering in Banff and M&S reports earnings
Plus, Cannes opens under the cloud of US tariffs, and Romania likely to pick an ultranationalist president in run-off election
Merz takes over as German chancellor, Vatican conclave begins and Skype waves goodbye
Voters in Canada, Australia, Singapore, Romania and the UK head to the polls, each affected by White House actions
Updates to global growth forecasts, European manufacturing in spotlight and Tesla and Alphabet report results
Plus, ECB expected to cut interest rates and milestone dates for McDonald’s
Plus, Wall Street traders poised to bail out bankers in Q1 results, and London gets a new toll crossing
US secondary tariffs to be announced, while car finance providers launch high-stakes appeal in UK Supreme Court
Plus, US-Russia talks on Ukraine, new Bundestag convenes and further details expected on China’s stimulus plans
OECD updates growth forecasts, a clutch of central banks set interest rates and the IOC picks a new Olympics president
Tariff salvo on US agricultural goods, Greenland goes to the polls and investors discover if buying Lego is still fun
Plus, ex-Barclay boss Staley seeks redress in London courts and markets await expected ECB rate cut
G7 nations gather to discuss an end to the conflict, French and UK leaders meet Trump and Hollywood hosts the Oscars
Hamas-Israel conflict reaches 500th day, and far-right AfD set to poll strongly in election for Europe’s largest economy
Plus, Mandelson becomes the UK’s man in Washington while political and business leaders debate AI developments in Paris
Trump welcomes Netanyahu to Washington, while Starmer meets EU heads in Brussels to discuss defence co-operation
World leaders gather in Poland on Holocaust memorial day, Fed and ECB make rate calls, and the Year of the Snake begins
Plus, Davos delegates seek collaboration, Belarus runs a predictable election and darts player Luke Littler turns 18
Plus, Joe Biden leaves the White House, Wall Street banks report earnings, and confidential MI5 files are made public
Plus, UK retail earnings, South Korea’s Yoon summoned to parliamentary hearing and Venezuela’s Maduro sworn in
Trump returns to the White House, Germany chooses its next chancellor and pressure on Macron
Plus, Trump chills the world’s central bankers and UK GDP figures steal Labour’s Christmas
Plus, final statements in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry and sentencing due in the Pelicot rape trial
