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US economy grew at 4.3% rate in third quarter

Figure surpasses expectations after growth boosted by consumer spending

Katie Martin speaks to Robert Armstrong

Emboldened by political victories at home and facing high US tariffs, PM is preparing to embark on ‘big bang’ overhaul

Our listeners write in with queries about Venezuela, prediction markets and more

Unsurprisingly, something

Revelations suggest then-prince made arrangements to meet young women during a trip funded from official travel budgets

Ministers raise the assets threshold at which the levy will be payable to £2.5mn after backlash from rural areas

Industrial metal has passed $12,000 a tonne as rally continues

US trade representative holds off increasing tariffs until 2027

Spending limits for 2025 extended into new year but officials warn new budget is needed to finance investments

Newly released DoJ documents point to deep ties between influential men and late sex offender

Consumer spending drove higher growth in the third quarter

Cocoa prices have not been this low in two years

European Commission plans additional checks and stricter rules to shore up ailing industry

Swiftly retracted comments ran counter to Trump administration’s policies

BlackRock and shipping group MSC consider walking away from talks

Shakhmurat Mutalip has countered offer from Shukhrat Ibragimov for stake in miner

The only album Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks recorded as a duo is more than just a rock curio

A comedic take on the mid-century infidelity novels of Updike and Cheever uses a split timeline to ask potent questions about modern marriage

Strikes kill several people and leave some regions in the dark as winter temperatures drop

St Mary’s in a relatively poor part of the Irish capital only had a ‘pro’, or temporary, designation

Evie Henderson, founder of The Yellow World, on motherhood and grief

Airline plans to appeal against competition authority’s ‘bizarre’ and ‘unsound’ ruling

Also in today’s newsletter: ByteDance’s AI spending spree, and private credit firms snap up consumer debt