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UK’s Refusal to Allow U.S. Iran Strike Plans Sparks Diplomatic Fallout

                                                       British PM Keir Starmer and US President Donald A growing diplomatic rift has emerged between London and Washington after the United Kingdom declined a U.S. request to use RAF bases for potential military strikes on Iran. British officials reportedly argued that authorizing such operations could breach international law, prompting Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government to block access to key facilities, including RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The decision has reportedly angered President Donald Trump, who has been weighing military options amid rising tensions with Tehran. Several outlets note that the dispute has spilled into other areas of U.S.–UK cooperation, including disagreements over the future of the joint base at Diego Garcia and Trump’s withdrawal of sup...
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Bank of Canada Diverges from Fed, Signals No Rate Cuts Soon

 

The Bank of Canada has made it clear that interest rates will not be coming down anytime soon, putting it on a divergent path from the U.S. Federal Reserve, which said this week that easing could be on the timetable. 

Inflation slowed to 3.1% in October, down from a peak of more than 8% last year, but it has remained above the bank’s 2% target for 31 months. Governor Tiff Macklem said that the bank has not started discussing rate cuts yet, as it’s too early to have that discussion.

The bank is still discussing whether it has raised interest rates enough and how long they need to stay where they are.


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