July 17, 2025
Fixed Assets

Moment British gang backed by Russian terrorists Wagner Group film themselves setting fire to London warehouse in bid to destroy vital equipment bound for Ukraine

This is the moment a gang of British men recruited as guns for hire by Russia’s Wagner mercenary group firebombed a warehouse as part of a chilling sabotage campaign. Nii Kojo Mensah, 23, Jakeem Barrington Rose, 23, and Ugnius Asmena, 20, were today convicted over the arson attack in Leyton, east London that caused £1million of damage.

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Gold Investing

A Double-Whammy Of Politics And Science Knocks Gold

Politics and science have combined to wipe $225 an ounce off the price of gold in three weeks with worse to come if peace takes hold in war zones and if an experiment in man-made gold moves out of its laboratory phase. The fall from a peak of $3433 an ounce on April 22 to

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Fixed Assets

Attacked on both sides: Putin launches major drone strike on Kyiv after Donald Trump blasted Zelensky for ‘harming peace negotiations’ and told him to give up land to Russia

Putin has launched a large scale drone attack on Kyiv that has killed at least nine people and injured another 70, including six children, Ukrainian officials say. Russia‘s overnight combined missile and drone attack triggered fires, smashed buildings and buried residents under rubble in the Ukrainian capital. At least 45 drones were detected, the Kyiv

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Donald Trump’s new peace plan for Ukraine revealed after he promised to end conflict in ‘a day’

Donald Trump will allow Vladimir Putin to keep almost all the territory he has seized from Ukraine under the terms of a proposed peace deal. Putin would be required to freeze the current front line, allowing him to keep most of his gains – though, the country would be required to give up two small areas

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Financial Assets

EU should use frozen Russian assets to boost defense, Spain says

(Bloomberg) — Spain proposed setting up a new defense fund to provide non-refundable grants to beef up Europe’s defense lines and provide support for Ukraine using Russia’s immobilized central bank assets. Most Read from Bloomberg Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo urged his European Union counterparts Saturday to create such a temporary instrument to finance large-scale European-wide

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Putin gives Trump BLESSING to make land grab for Greenland as raging Vlad warns Nato his troops ready for war in Arctic

What were the main points of Zelensky’s post-summit press conference? Volodymyr Zelensky had a lot to say at today’s press conference following the Ukraine summit in Paris — striking a careful balance between gratitude, frustration, and strategic messaging. Here are the key takeaways: Macron, Starmer and the West speeding up the path to peace “We

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Trump says ‘contract’ being drafted on ‘dividing up’ land in Ukraine war

President Trump said “contracts” are being negotiated to divide up land as part of a final deal ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and reiterated that a ceasefire could come “pretty soon.” “They are fighting against each other,” Trump told reporters Friday in the White House. “I think we’re going to have ceasefire on a lot

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Tangible Assets

British Shares Rebound Amid Ceasefire Hopes and Corporate Gains

On Wednesday, British shares rebounded following a selloff triggered by Kyiv’s readiness to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal with Russia, offering hope amid geopolitical tensions. The FTSE 100 index rose by 0.6% at 1127 GMT, recovering from its worst session in nearly two months the previous day. The U.S. decision to resume military support

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Fixed Assets

The Dodds one out: Public think UK spends too MUCH on foreign aid after cash went to prawn farms in Bangladesh and ‘inclusion’ in the Congo as minister quits

Annaliese Dodds quit the Government today with a broadside at Sir Keir Starmer over his plan to use foreign aid money to re-arm Britain. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced that defence spending will be increasing to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027, with a view to it hitting 3 per cent in

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Intangible Assets

Oil Prices Jump on U.S. Inventory Dip

Crude oil prices reversed a decline from the start of this week, moving higher after the American Petroleum Institute reported the first weekly decline in inventories in over a month. If the inventory dip gets confirmed today by the Energy Information Administration, the price rise will likely extend towards the end of the week. At

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