Friday’s jackpot of an estimated £208 million would be the largest prize the UK has seen, National Lottery operator Allwyn said. Here are the 10 biggest UK lottery wins to date – all from EuroMillions draws – and what some of the winners did with their fortunes. – Anonymous, £195,707,000 A UK ticket-holder scooped a

In the hours before Israeli warplanes carried out attacks on Iran tonight, raising fresh fears of all-out war in the region, President Donald Trump made clear it was an outcome he hoped to avoid. “I don’t want them going in because, I mean, that would blow it,” he said, referring to his diplomatic efforts to

Loading Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory, told this masthead: “1200 jets and 16 years of operational experience for the type … doesn’t mean there’s no chance of a design flaw, but given many millions of hours [of flying], that kind of thing usually gets uncovered.” “Besides, video footage of the take-off seems to

Shares of AGNC Investment (AGNC 0.91%) have fallen more than 10% from their peak earlier this year. The stock currently trades at less than $10 per share. That slump has driven up its dividend yield to more than 15%, which is over 10 times higher than the S&P 500‘s (^GSPC 0.38%) dividend yield (less than

The crash of London-bound Air India flight 171 in Ahmedabad dominates the Friday headlines. The Sun leads with the “miracle Brit in seat 11A”, the seat of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a father from Leicester who was the only survivor of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash which killed all the other 241 passengers and crew on

Matt Murphy & Joshua Cheetham BBC Verify BBC What exactly happened to Flight AI171 between Ahmedabad and London Gatwick on Thursday afternoon will only be revealed by a detailed investigation, but the moments after take-off can be the most challenging in aviation. Indian investigators will be joined by experts from the US and UK in

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During a live-streamed press conference on Thursday, Trump called California’s clean air rules “a disaster for this country” and touted his actions as a “rescue of the U.S. auto industry from destruction.” Representatives of the petroleum industry applauded the administration’s move. “Today’s historic signing is critical for protecting U.S. families, manufacturing workers, and our national