Covid isolation laws set to end in England

Initial results show Social Democrats beating the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Bank of England cuts its key rate to 4%, the fifth reduction since August last year.

The home secretary’s call follows the murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met officer Wayne Couzens.

The US and UK leaders shared a call after Russia too suggested a diplomatic solution was still possible.

The response is seen as neither an explicit rejection nor clear acceptance of the proposal, but US envoy Steve...