• Reuters

    EU should revisit bank and insurer capital rules, Macron says

    French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for a revision of how Europe applies minimum capital rules to banks and insurers so that they are not too risk-averse and Europe is put at an economic disadvantage. The Basel Committee of banking regulators from around the world is facing pushback from banks in the United States in particular on the final leg of Basel III post-financial crisis bank capital reforms to prevent bailouts of struggling lenders by taxpayers.

  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-US, 17 other countries urge Hamas to release hostages, end Gaza crisis

    The United States and 17 other countries on Thursday issued an appeal for Hamas to release sick, elderly and wounded hostages as a pathway to end the crisis in Gaza. "We call for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza now for over 200 days," a statement by the countries said, in what a senior U.S. official called an extraordinary display of unanimity. The 18 countries all have citizens held by Hamas six months after the Palestinian militant group launched its Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel and killed 1,200 people.

  • The Telegraph

    Laurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000 after calling two people paedophiles on Twitter

    Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay a total of £180,000 in damages to two people he referred to as paedophiles on social media after losing a High Court libel battle.