Major Ukrainian drone strike cripples Moscow oil refinery
June 19, 2026
Ukraine has intensified its drone campaign against Russian refineries, with a strike on Moscow’s Gazprom Neft refinery damaging a primary processing
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Andy Burnham’s Makerfield by‑election win threatens to upend UK Labour leadership
June 19, 2026
The Makerfield by‑election on 17 June, triggered by a Labour MP’s retirement, could return Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to Parliament and set
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the fragile US‑Iran peace deal
June 19, 2026
A 14‑point memorandum has extended the US‑Iran ceasefire and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, allowing a handful of tankers to transit
Tech giants deepen commitment to carbon-removal coalition Frontier
June 18, 2026
Frontier, the carbon-removal purchasing coalition formed by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify and others, has announced an additional $915 million in funding, bringing
‘Strong’ El Niño forecast intensifies food, energy and climate risk warnings
June 17, 2026
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology has declared that El Niño is underway in the tropical Pacific and could intensify into one of
High energy costs pushing UK manufacturers toward insolvency and offshoring – Make UK
June 16, 2026
A Make UK survey of industrial companies has found that energy prices in Britain are twice the continental European average and
Why oil flows may take months to normalise despite the Hormuz deal
June 15, 2026
Physical bottlenecks remain: shipping lanes must be cleared of mines and debris; tankers are in the wrong place; and production facilities
Government launches new Sustainable Farming Incentive to support biodiversity
June 15, 2026
England’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) will open for applications on 30 June 2026 for small farms and those without existing
Peace deal reopens Strait of Hormuz, sends stock markets soaring
June 15, 2026
Oil prices plunged and stock markets rallied after the US and Iran announced a draft peace deal that includes reopening the
UK consortium plans ‘world’s largest’ direct air capture plant in Teesside
June 12, 2026
Progressive Energy, Mission Zero Technologies and Airhive have teamed up to build the UK’s first commercial direct air capture (DAC) facility
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