Daily Briefs

Germany misses winter gas storage target, raising EU price risk

Iran says four tankers on fire after hitting mines in Hormuz

Google loses $500bn as AI fears deepen the global tech rout

Healey taxes banks and landlords to fund £100 energy handout

Healey's first Budget expected to be cautious, with big decisions deferred

Healey to cut staple tariffs and scrap carers' cliff-edge in tomorrow's Budget

Healey pledges £1bn for social housing as housebuilding slump threatens target

Healey's Budget to include £1.5bn local borrowing facility and £1bn for housing

Budget AI package trailed: £600m plus £100m biosecurity lab ahead of Wednesday

Nasdaq falls 2.6% as AI spending fears trigger flight to safety

Saudi Shaybah drone attack lifts oil as US pulls some personnel from the kingdom

Brent tops $110 as US-Iran talks stall

Chancellor rules out Capital Gains Tax rise ahead of next week's Budget

Rising yields hit property as asking-price cuts reach a 15-year high

France hit by cost of living protests as over 1,000 are arrested

Trump waives new Russia sanctions days before they were due to take effect

Data centre bonds sink as AI borrowers face a 'Darwin moment'

Global AI sell-off deepens as Kospi halts trading and Nikkei sinks 5%

Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Aramco headquarters, pushing oil higher

IMF lifts UK growth forecast but warns energy prices and rates will bite in 2027