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The news as booleans and numbers, with no opinions. Every ten minutes The BANN reads the world's news feeds, gathers the articles about the same event, and breaks it down into checkable claims: what is so, and what was counted.
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Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia were described as the deadliest attack on a Gulf Arab state since the Iran war began. The attacks heightened concerns that the United States could become directly involved in another regional conflict.
Miatta Fahnbulleh has been tasked with finding more than £2bn in savings from the energy department’s budget.
Andy Burnham said the government could consider options from current arrangements to rejoining the EU and will urge MPs to pursue closer ties and a better deal. A TMG poll found 49% support rejoining, while a petition for re-entry passed 111,000 signatures.
China announced sanctions against Paraguay’s communications minister and Belize’s foreign minister over their countries’ diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The measures include asset freezes, visa restrictions and bans on transactions with the ministers.
Countries maintaining formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan
AllegedFunding inflation-related pressures and the pledge to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 would require tax rises or benefit cuts of about £35bn, according to the IFS.
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast, according to South Korea’s military. South Korea said one missile flew more than 900km from the Pyongyang area.
One missile flew more than 900 km from the Pyongyang area.
The governing body of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures will consider abandoning leap seconds at a meeting in Versailles. The leading proposal would allow UTC to drift from Earth's rotation and eventually introduce a leap hour.
Leap seconds have been added to clocks 27 times since their introduction in 1972.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told his Saudi counterpart that Iran was ready to help facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The call followed a Houthi attack on Riyadh airport that the article says killed 12 people and wounded 300.
People killed in the Riyadh airport attack