The UK is planning a package of emergency measures to boost housebuilding in London that could be announced as soon as Thursday.

The suspects, men aged 44, 45, and 48, were arrested by the Metropolitan police at addresses in central and west London. Searches at the addresses are ongoing.

President Trump suggested Tuesday that London officials want to "go to sharia law," a comment London Mayor Sadiq Khan's office called "bigoted" and "appalling."

House prices in London suffered their first drop since July 2024, according to data released Wednesday by the Office for National Statistics.

Britain on Wednesday sanctioned what it said were Balkan-based criminal gangs producing forged documents used in human trafficking, and several others involved in financing such illegal migration.

Apple abused its dominant position by charging app developers unfair commissions, a London tribunal ruled on Thursday, in a blow which could leave the U.S. tech company

The UK used to be among the top five global venues for IPOs but now ranks 23rd behind Mexico and Oman. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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