• Evening Standard

    Newborn baby flown from UK to Italy in military plane for life-saving treatment

    Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni personally intervened so the child could travel, it is reported

  • BBC

    Beavers back for the 'first time in 400 years'

    Since arriving, the furry family has been hard at work felling trees and building dams.

  • Reuters

    JGB yields fall, futures rise as BOJ keeps bond buying steady

    Japanese government bond futures rose in extended trading while bond yields declined and the yen plumbed fresh 34-year lows on Friday after the Bank of Japan confirmed that its bond purchase amounts would remain unchanged for now. Investors had been primed for a tapering of bond buying by the central bank after Jiji news agency reported overnight that policymakers would consider measures to reduce purchases at the two-day policy meeting that concluded in the early Tokyo afternoon. In the end the BOJ kept its target rate unchanged as expected but issued a simplified statement that removed a reference to buying JGBs at a pace of about 6 trillion yen ($38.3 billion) per month, leaving some doubts in market participants' minds about the fate of the bond-purchase program.