Rises in petrol, diesel and airfares pushed UK inflation up to its highest level in five months in the year to August.

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates, but that will put policymakers on a collision course with President Trump. Michael Sneyd of BNP Paribas says the Fed needs to show its independence.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots during her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg