Venezuela to continue supplying oil to US ‘indefinitely’, White House says
US to remove some sanctions to allow it to keep selling country’s supplies after laying claim to blockaded crude
‘We’re in limbo’: the garden centre ‘golden mile’ that may be lost to a new town
Crews Hill near Enfield in north London could become a victim of Labour’s ambitious housebuilding goal
UK and Ireland cinema takings on post-pandemic high as A Minecraft Movie tops 2025 box office
Video game spinoff was the highest-grossing film of the year at £56.88m as the sector continued its recovery after Covid
Surprise dip in inflation a lightbulb moment – but RBA unlikely to deliver interest rate bargains
Reserve Bank will not find any reason in the new figures to cut rates next month, but the unexpected lower rate should prevent an increase
Warner Bros Discovery tells investors to reject ‘inadequate’ $108bn Paramount bid
Board unwilling to accept hostile takeover despite $40bn guarantee from billionaire Larry Ellison
UK construction hit by worst run since global financial crisis
Output shrank for 12th month in a row in December, while housebuilding in deepest slump since 2020
Trump claims Venezuela is set for an oil boom after US attack – history points to a bumpy road ahead
From Venezuela to Libya to Iraq, removal of dictators has not always guaranteed a surge in oil production, data shows
‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives
FCA fines two former Carillion directors for misleading investors before collapse
Richard Adam and Zafar Khan knew about serious problems but failed to alert the market, UK regulator finds
Maga media stars back Trump on Venezuela … mostly: ‘It doesn’t make any sense’
Maga media used to hate US foreign intervention – now some are cheering it on
Gambling platform Polymarket not paying bets on US invasion of Venezuela
Gamblers who placed wagers totalling $10.5m angered after capture of Nicolás Maduro deemed not to qualify
Australia Post apologises for losing Aboriginal artist’s painting worth $4,000
Bobbi Lockyer says she sent the item express post with tracking as the national postal service says the search continues
The Guardian view on Trump’s raid in Caracas: oil matters, but it’s not the whole story
Editorial: The seizure of Venezuelan leader was induced by the prize of petroleum, but driven by spectacle, geopolitics and domestic politics
Trump says US companies will invest billions in Venezuelan oil production. Experts aren’t so sure
Industry insiders say US oil companies want to ‘avoid getting screwed’ and will proceed with extreme caution
The FTSE at 10,000: a missed opportunity for some marketing razzmatazz
If Rachel Reeves and the London Stock Exchange want to encourage investing, they should have milked this moment