UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 hours agoThe 6bn bond yields drama unfolding behind the headlines
Rising UK gilt yields increase government borrowing costs and may force cuts to spending amid political and global economic pressures.
France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent. But Paris is expected to use the two-day Africa Forward Summit, which it is co-hosting, to push a new Africa policy that focuses more on English-speaking countries and offers what it calls a partnership of equals.