RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has ordered the arrest and production of Opposition Leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub.
Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the ATC in Rawalpindi heard the petitions for interim bail of Opposition Leader Omar Ayub in more than 10 cases dated November 24 and 26.
The court rejected the interim bail applications in these cases and ordered that Omar Ayub be arrested and brought before the court.
The ATC dismissed the bail applications due to the absence of PTI leader and his counsel.
It is worth noting that the opposition leader had filed the bail applications through lawyer Babar Awan and was on interim bail in more than 10 cases related to November 24 and 26.
J Randy Taraborrelli has already written five books on the Kennedy family but his sixth, JFK: Public, Private, Secret, is his first that’s directly about John F Kennedy, 35th US president from 1961 until his assassination in Dallas two years later.
“I have been writing about the Kennedys from Jackie’s perspective for 25 years,” Taraborrelli said, referring to Jacqueline Kennedy, the first lady who lived for another 30 years after he was shot, a figure of worldwide fascination.
Taraborrelli’s first book about the Kennedys “was Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, and that was in 2000. And then I did After Camelot, which was a lot about Jackie and her marriage to [Aristotle] Onassis,” the Greek shipping tycoon, “Camelot” the name given to the Kennedys’ apparently charmed circle, in reference to the legendary court of King Arthur.
“I also did Jackie, Janet and Lee, which was about Jackie and her mom [Janet Auchincloss] and her sister [Lee Radziwill]. Two years ago, I did Jackie: Public, Private, Secret, which was Jackie, cradle to grave. When that was successful, I thought, ‘It’s time to tell JFK’s side of the story.’”
Evidently, Kennedy books sell. So do books by Taraborrelli, whose subjects have also included Diana Ross, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Cher and Elizabeth Taylor.
John F Kennedy. Photograph: Public domain/JFK Library
For JFK, he turned to the vast Kennedy archives but also his own extensive interviews, looked at anew, and new sources including Monroe’s publicist, Patricia Newcomb, now 95, and Janet Des Rosiers Fontaine, once secretary and girlfriend to JFK’s father, Joseph Kennedy, now 100 years old.
Readers “know what they’re going to get when they read one of my books,” Taraborrelli said. “It’s not going to be … a blow-by-blow of every moment in JFK’s political history. I wanted to do more of a human portrait, something people can [use to] really sort of understand this man and like him or hate him, at least.”
Taraborrelli’s central theme is JFK’s treatment of women.
“We’ve always looked at JFK as this unconscionable cheating husband,” he said. “I wanted to maybe not defend him as much as explain him, try to get into his head and tell his side of the story. This book is really a companion to Jackie: Public, Private, Secret. When you read them both, you really get a full picture of that marriage.”
It’s a sympathetic picture. Taraborrelli’s JFK is a relentless adulterer but one who came to some realization of his weakness, through the painful consequences of his behavior, through a belatedly deepening connection to his wife, and through the trials of office.
Taraborrelli said: “The thing about JFK is that as unconscionable as his actions were, he still had a conscience, which made it even more difficult for him, because if you have no conscience, then you can just be a crappy person and you’re OK with it. It’s when you have a conscience that it causes problems for you internally.”
JFK’s behavior has certainly caused problems for his reputation. As Taraborrelli was writing, Maureen Callahan published Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, a lacerating account, ceding nothing to the trappings of glamor and power.
Taraborrelli did not read it: “If it had come out at a different time, I might have. But when books start coming out while I’m working on a book, I don’t even want to know what’s in them, because I don’t want to inadvertently repeat the same material or be in some way influenced.
“I also made a decision early on with JFK that I did not want [the book] to be a compendium of all of his affairs … an A-through-Z list of every woman he ever slept with, because these women, many of them have written books of their own, and many of them have been interviewed for books. Their stories have been told.
John and Jackie Kennedy pose with Caroline and John Jr in Hyannis Port, in August 1962. Photograph: Public domain/JFK Library
“I wanted to find women that made a difference, like Joan Lundberg actually made a difference in his life. Judith Exner made a difference, though I don’t believe anything she ever said about anything. She was there, you know. Mary Meyer made a difference. Marilyn Monroe makes a difference, historically if not personally.”
Whether JFK had an affair with Monroe is part of a conspiracy-laced legacy fueled by Kennedy’s policies and presidency, his proximity to organized crime (in part through Exner, also involved with a Chicago mobster), and his assassination, all of it fuel for a thriving publishing industry of labyrinthine what-ifs. Taraborrelli says he has no wish to join it. He deals with the assassination in a few final pages, pointedly ignoring old questions: did killer Lee Harvey Oswald act alone, what did the CIA know. Releases of government files came and went. Taraborrelli stayed focused on his man.
He thinks there was no Monroe affair – chiefly, though Jackie expressed concern, because no evidence exists. But Taraborrelli does say JFK had a previously unknown affair with Lundberg, a Californian air hostess, in the 1950s, when he was an ambitious senator from Massachusetts. It ended for Lundberg with Kennedy paying for an abortion.
Taraborrelli said: “JFK met Joan when he was on the outs with his family. Jackie had a stillbirth in 1956 and JFK did not return from a vacation to be with his wife. It took him a week to get back. And when he got back, everybody in the family, both sides of the family, wanted nothing to do with him. In fact, Jackie’s mom was so upset that she made him sleep in the servants’ quarters over the garage.
“And so he went to Los Angeles, and he met [Lundberg], and she didn’t know anything about him, other than that he was a famous senator, but she didn’t know him personally, and she didn’t know anybody in his life. And he was able to open up to her honestly and use her as sort of a pseudo-therapist to try to work out some of his issues. And he was trying to grapple with how could he have done this to his wife?”
As Callahan shows, Kennedy men doing unconscionable things to women has never been rare. JFK’s nephew, Robert F Kennedy Jr, is now US health secretary, after extensive coverage of his philandering and its tragic consequences.
Of JFK, Taraborrelli said: “At one point, Joan said to him, ‘I think that you’re a good person.’ And he said, ‘No, I’m really not.’ He did not even think he was a good man. He said he felt like he was stuck in himself and he couldn’t figure out a way to get out.”
Nor could Kennedy’s sister, Rosemary, who endured developmental difficulties and whose father arranged in 1941 “for brain surgery that went terribly wrong, turned her into an invalid, and then he institutionalized her and told the family they needed to forget she existed, and they all did, but JFK held this shame that he let this happen to the sister he loved.
John F Kennedy. Photograph: Picasa/Jacques Lowe
“In the book, you realize that if he was able to disassociate himself from his own sister, who he loved, then how was he to feel about a baby Jackie had that died, who he didn’t know? It’s like he didn’t have empathy. Jackie realized that, so she found Rosemary, the sister [JFK] had not seen in 15 years, and she encouraged him to go to and reconnect with his sister, because she knew he could not be a fully realized man, holding this dark secret and feeling ashamed.
“And so that was another building block. And then when their son Patrick died [living less than two days in August 1963] that was another building block.”
As Taraborrelli sees it, such experiences helped bring “Kennedy out of himself” on the brink of his death, “turn[ing] him into a different man, a man with good character … and so in this book, you see JFK take accountability for his mistakes. He says, ‘The way that I was was painful, and by painful, I mean shameful.’
“He also takes accountability as a president when the Bay of Pigs [the 1961 invasion of Cuba], for instance, is a disaster. It was something he inherited from [President Dwight D] Eisenhower but he didn’t blame the other administration, ‘I have to clean up that guy’s mess,’ all that stuff. JFK went to the American people and said, ‘I’m the president. This is my responsibility. I did this, and I’m sorry.’ And guess what? His approval rating went up to 85%, because people want a president who takes accountability.
“But he had to become a man who could take accountability first, and he did. That’s a great story, and I think it’s a really hopeful story to tell, especially in these days when we question what is leadership and what do we expect from our leaders.”
Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, head of US Space Command, said at the Space Symposium conference in April that space was a “warfighting domain” and that the US needed to prepare accordingly. (credit: Space Foundation)
by Christopher Stone Monday, July 14, 2025
Space is not a place where war will happen in the future, it’s a place where war is happening now! Major powers now vie for dominance in this vital warfighting domain, with China and Russia actively challenging the United States’ long-standing leadership. Evidence suggests these nations are not merely testing space weapons but are actively engaged in a low-intensity warfighting campaign to undermine US and allied interests in orbit, while preparing for further, more destructive and aggressive actions in space.
Evidence suggests China and Russia are not merely testing space weapons but are actively engaged in a low-intensity warfighting campaign to undermine US and allied interests in orbit.
A clear sign of this shift is the rapid development and deployment of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons by China and Russia. Beginning in earnest in 2007, China demonstrated its ASAT capabilities by destroying a defunct weather satellite at an altitude of 850 kilometers, signaling its ability to target critical US space infrastructure. Since then, China has expanded its arsenal with jammers, high-powered microwave weapons, and fractional orbital bombardment systems for both nuclear and conventional strikes from orbit. These advancements enable China’s space forces for sustaining offensive operations against US space assets and attacking US terrestrial forces and the homeland from orbit.
Russia, leveraging its extensive space expertise, has also prioritized combat capabilities. Its Nudol missile system, designed to target satellites in low Earth orbit, and advanced electronic warfare systems capable of disrupting satellite communications highlight its growing, aggressive posture. In addition, there are reports that Russia is pursuing and testing in orbit systems necessary to deploy nuclear weapons in orbit. These nuclear ASATs have created great alarm in the capitals of the Western world, as it should. Despite all their denials, these developments reflect a strategy focused on achieving space superiority by deterring and/or denying adversaries access to space while safeguarding Russia’s own strategic interests.
Credible military documents from both nations underscore their strategic ambitions for victory over the United States. China’s military documents (and even scientific papers) emphasize deployment of capabilities for “killing” key disaggregated constellations like Starlink and the belief that space is the “commanding heights” needed in any high technology war with the US. Russia’s military doctrine explicitly identifies space as a warfighting domain, prioritizing anti-satellite weapons to ensure escalation dominance in space and on Earth. These statements are alarming enough, and some choose to ignore them as bluster, however their behavior and activities in space show that this is not simply a test program, but is an active low-intensity combat operation against the US.
Recent incidents illustrate active space confrontation has been ongoing for years. US Space Command reports that Chinese and Russian forces have conducted reconnaissance missions (a task that China considers “battlefield prep” activities), testing Western satellite resilience and probing vulnerabilities. In addition, senior Space Force leaders have finally acknowledged the low intensity attacks upon our critical space infrastructure, when they stated that we are under low-threshold attack “every day.” China and Russia’s development of rapid-response ASAT systems, capable of reaching every major orbital regime, suggests readiness to escalate from their active low-intensity attacks into a kinetic conflict at a time and orbital plane of their choosing.
Meanwhile, despite this reality, the US Space Force lacks sufficient numbers and types of weapons systems (non-kinetic and kinetic) to deter or counter such threats credibly in the minds of both China and Russia. This anemic defense posture leaves our critical space infrastructure vulnerable to more damaging attacks than the ones the US and its partners in commercial sector have had to endure every day for years. While the Space Force has had five years to advocate for such systems, only recently have its senior leaders finally started to call for real space warfighting capability and not just relying on the hollow promise of “taking hits” through resilience alone.
In conclusion, China and Russia are not passive players in space but active participants in a low-intensity war against the West. Their deployment of ASAT weapons, pursuit of space superiority through electronic and other low-threshold types of space warfare, and demonstration of space-to-ground and nuclear ASATs point to a concerted campaign to erode US leadership and, if the time comes, destroy America’s “soft ribs.” This silent war, fought with China and Russia holding the advantage, demands urgent action. Without significant increases in resources, weapons deployments capable of escalation dominance, matched with improvements in the defense posture of current US space capabilities, the nation risks facing the dire consequences warned of by Chinese strategists—a post-war “grave aftermath” following the war’s potential future expansion in and from orbit.
Christopher Stone is Senior Fellow for Space Deterrence at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, Washington, DC. He previously served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. His insights reflect independent analysis of space deterrence challenges and do not reflect the opinions of the Department of Defense.
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We are now just over a month away from England kicking off the must-watch event of the summer against USA at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on 22 August. Here is your round-up of all the latest news and views to get you in the mood:
1. Anne-Marie to headline opening game
Massive news has just dropped that musician Anne-Marie, known for hits 2002, Friends, and Rockabye among others, will be performing before kick-off in the opening game between England and USA in Sunderland.
The multiple BRIT Award nominee is a hugely exciting addition to what already promises to be a thrilling opening day at Rugby World Cup 2025.
“I’msoexcited to perform at the Opening Show presented by O2 and be part of this massive moment for women’s sport,” Anne-Marie said.
“Now that I’ve got a daughter of my own, it means even more to be involved in something that shows the next generation that they can do anything. I know Sunderland is going to be going crazy, and I can’t wait to be part of it!”
2. Aimee Barrett-Theron to referee RWC 2025 opening match
That opening match at the Stadium of Light will be refereed by South Africa’s Aimee Barrett-Theron, who also took charge of the opening match at Rugby World Cup 2017.
Barrett-Theron, set to be assisted by Natarsha Ganley of New Zealand and Portugal’s Maria Heitor on the night, is renowned as one of the best in the business due to her ability to keep players in check during a game.
Who could forget last year’s U20 Six Nations when she gave the captains of Wales and England a talking to, uttering the now infamous words: “I’m not mad, I’m just really disappointed.”
Here’s a look at some of her most viral conversations with players:
3. History-maker Sara Cox excited for fifth tournament
Barrett-Theron’s announcement came as World Rugby revealed the appointments for the 24 Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 pool matches. Among them is Sara Cox, who will make history by becoming the first female to referee 50 tests when she picks up the whistle for Japan’s match against Spain on 7 September.
Incredibly, it will be Cox’s fifth Rugby World Cup, and she was visibly emotional when talking about the prospect of showcasing her work in front of those nearest to her in her home city of Exeter.
“I don’t think there are very many opportunities where I’ve been able to have my family around. It’s a quite a deep one, it’s quite an emotional one,” she said. “I love that I can walk away and say to my mum ‘This is what I do’.”
4. Emily Robinson’s guide to Brighton & Hove
While Cox will be able to act as tour guide to any friends heading to Exeter, Chiefs back rower Emily Robinson has offered her insights on her own home city of Brighton & Hove.
In the latest instalment of World Rugby’s RWC 2025 Venue Guide, Robinson talks through some of her favourite places in the area for a pre-match meal or a post-match refreshment and much, much more.
Click here for all her hot tips about the area!
5. Ten lucky residents win tickets
Brighton will play host two of the biggest games of the pool stage, and to mark the occasion Brighton & Hove council had a giveaway of 10 pairs of tickets, after having first launched an appeal to find worthy recipients for the draw.
One lucky winner was Molly Field, a volunteer at the Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and Wildlife Project, a small community garden charity supporting people with learning disabilities, and she is looking forward to watching the Black Ferns take on Ireland on 7 September.
“It was so nice to know people recognise that what I do makes a difference,” she said. “It reminds me how worthwhile my work is. I’m really looking forward to the Ireland vs New Zealand match and hope it’s an exciting game!”
The council also recently asked residents to help dress the city for Rugby World Cup 2025 with a theme inspired by the Red Roses’ love of crochet.
Those not lucky enough to win tickets to RWC 2025 can still buy some by clicking here!
6. USA stepping up preparations
USA Women’s Eagles have been stepping up their preparations for #RWC2025 and are set to name their final squad on Thursday.
This past weekend a 40-player squad converged at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland ahead of the 32-player announcement later this week, with the wider squad taking part in an internal Stars vs Stripes game.
Those whose names are named in the final squad will be aiming to help right some wrongs after the disappointment of losing out to Canada in the quarter-final stage at Rugby World Cup 2021.
7. Canada’s Sophie de Goede makes her return
Sophie de Goede was part of the Canada team that beat USA in that quarter-final, contributing 10 points with the boot that day.
The Saracens star has been out of the fold for over a year due to an ACL injury, but on Saturday made her long-awaited return to international duty – and just in time for Rugby World Cup 2025.
De Goede played 22 second-half minutes as Canada registered a 33-5 victory over South Africa at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha on Saturday, their second win of the tour.
8. ‘Ilona Maher would be my pal!’
One of the players hoping to hear her name being read out is star Ilona Maher. On the recent #RWCPod25, Anne Onwusiri spoke highly of the work Maher is doing to raise the profile of rugby as well as raise awareness of body positivity and confidence.
Above all, though, Onwusiri is convinced the pair are destined to be friends.
Onwusiri said: “I feel like we’d be pals if she knew me!”
Watch the full episode from the RWC 2025 podcast on YouTube here:
9. Las Leoncitas crowned champions
The sevens circuit has long been a great breeding ground for the 15s game, and if that’s the case then Spain have plenty to smile about when it comes to the future.
Las Leoncitas were crowned champions of Rugby Europe’s U18 sevens tournament over the weekend, beating an impressive France outfit 28-17 in the final.
Spain’s senior side will be hoping for a strong showing at RWC2025, knowing the stars of the future are already on their heels to try take their places.
The winners of the 2025 Ysaÿe International Violin Competition (YIMC) have been announced. The finals took place from 7 to 9 July at the Liège Philharmonic Hall in Liège, Belgium.
Junior category players performed a study or caprice for solo violin, one virtuoso piece for solo violin and the first movement of a violin concerto. In the senior category, contestants played the first movement of either a Beethoven, Schubert or Brahms sonata; a solo violin sonata by Ysaÿe; and the first movement of a concerto from a set list.
In the junior category, Singaporean violinist Yoojun Curtis Lee won the €1,000 first prize. The €500 second prize went to South Korean Jiye Kang and the €300 third prize was won jointly by South Korean Seoyun Kim and Australian Carine Suparman.
In the senior category, Italian violinist Julian Kainrath took home the €5,000 first prize, alongside a one-year loan of a fine Italian violin from Florian Leonhard Fine Violins and a solo concerto performance at Prague’s Smetana Hall. The €2,000 second prize went to Kaho Takemoto from Japan and the €1,000 third prize went to both Wei-Lin Chen from Taiwan and Ryota Higashi from Japan. The Ysaÿe Prize was won by South Korean violinist Haewon Lim.
Originally from Singapore, 13-year-old Yoojun Curtis Lee is currently a student at The Juilliard School Pre-College in New York City. He won the Gold Award at the 2023 Singapore Raffles International Music Festival Violin Solo Competition and first prize in the second category of the 2025 Leonid Kogan International Competition for Young Violinists.
Born in Merano, Italy, 20-year-old Julian Kainrath was admitted into the class of Boris Kuschnir at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, at the age of twelve. Since 2023, he has studied with Marc Bouchkov at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège in Belgium. He has attended the Verbier Festival, where he took part in masterclasses with Pamela Frank, Donald Weilerstein and Kristóf Baráti, and he also studied with Ilya Gringolts at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and participated in the Sommerakademie Schloss Heiligenberg in Germany.
Kainrath has performed in recitals and concerto engagements across Europe and the US. Summer festival appearances include the Engadin Festival in Switzerland, Althafen Stiftung in Berlin, Tonadico Festival in Italy, Stiftskonzerte Klassik in Austria and Riviera di Ulisse Festival in Rome. In 2022 he won the International Classical Music Awards Discovery Award.
This year’s jury comprised YIMC artistic director Ashot Khachatourian, semi-final jury chairman Alexandre Feye, final jury chairman Philippe Koch, Tatiana Smouil, Kirill Troussov, Yamei Yu, Marc Bouchkov, Alissa Margulis, Anar Bramo, Kara Nam, Alexei Moshkov, Hrachya Avanesyan, Dirk Verelst, Fan Ting, Robert Stepanian and secretary of the YIMC Philippe Lehaen.
In The Best of Technique you’ll discover the top playing tips of the world’s leading string players and teachers. It’s packed full of exercises for students, plus examples from the standard repertoire to show you how to integrate the technique into your playing.
In the second volume of The Strad’s Masterclass series, soloists including James Ehnes, Jennifer Koh, Philippe Graffin, Daniel Hope and Arabella Steinbacher give their thoughts on some of the greatest works in the string repertoire. Each has annotated the sheet music with their own bowings, fingerings and comments.
The Canada Council of the Arts’ Musical Instrument Bank is 40 years old in 2025. This year’s calendar celebrates some its treasures, including four instruments by Antonio Stradivari and priceless works by Montagnana, Gagliano, Pressenda and David Tecchler.
With Windows 10 support due to end soon, many users are looking for an alternative OS, so they don’t have to purchase yet another computer. One of the best options for most people is Linux. Modern Linux distributions are user-friendly, rock-solid, and free.
If you have zero experience with Linux, you might think it’s above your skills, so you have yet to find the courage to use it. Back in 1997, when I discovered Linux, I was clueless about how it worked. When I finally installed the open-source OS, I didn’t know that it overwrote Windows, which meant I had no choice but to learn Linux.
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However, there was another option: dual-booting.
What is dual-booting?
Essentially, dual-booting means you’ll have access to two (or more, if necessary) operating systems.
For example, let’s say your computer is running Windows 10 and you want to install Linux alongside it. You would install Linux, making sure to set it up properly during the installation (more on that in a bit), such that you would have access to both operating systems (although not simultaneously).
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Once you’ve set up dual-booting, when you start (or restart) your computer, you get to select which operating system you want to use. If you have both Linux and Windows installed, you’ll be presented with those two options. Even better, when using Linux, you can also mount the Windows partitions and access the files housed within that OS.
So, why would you want this option? It’s a great way to test Linux while still having Windows available to you. Another great reason to take this approach is that you can use Linux while still having access to the Windows apps you depend on. You could boot into Linux, use it for whatever you need, and then reboot the computer, select Windows, and use whatever apps you need (if the tools aren’t available for Linux). Dual-booting is a way to get the best of both worlds.
I will add that, from my perspective, the best option for testing Linux, while retaining Windows, is to use a virtual machine manager (such as VirtualBox). However, not everyone is comfortable using virtual machines (they can be a bit intimidating). If dealing with virtual machines sounds too complicated for you, then dual-booting might be the best option.
How do you set up dual-booting?
A word of warning: I would highly recommend you test this approach on a spare machine, in case something goes sideways. You wouldn’t want to wipe your Windows partition and end up only having Linux at your disposal.
Another word of warning: before you even think about taking this approach, make sure you back up all of your important files to an external drive. You wouldn’t want to wind up losing all your data.
How you set up dual-booting will depend on a couple of things: your hardware (you need to have enough available hard drive space for a second operating system) and the OSes you have chosen.
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Some Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu) do a better job of handling dual-booting. Even so, the process is typically the same. Here’s how it works:
Create a bootable ISO for the Linux distribution you’ve chosen.
Insert the USB drive that contains the newly burned Linux distribution.
When prompted, select either the Try or Install option.
Click the installer icon found on the Linux desktop.
Walk through the first steps of the installer until you get to the Installation Type (which may be labeled as something different, depending on the Linux distribution you’re installing. For example, some distributions will call this “Disk setup”, and ZorinOS labels it “Something else”.)
When prompted, you’ll want to select the option for installing the new OS alongside the current OS. Again, this step will depend on the Linux distribution you’re installing. For instance, with Ubuntu, you’ll see an option for Install Ubuntu Alongside Windows Boot Manager.
Install Linux.
Setting up dual-booting with Ubuntu is probably the easiest of all Linux distributions.
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Once Linux is installed, reboot and choose either Linux or Windows from the boot manager.
Dual-booting isn’t for everyone, but if you need to use both Linux and Windows (especially for transitioning away from Windows 10), this approach is an option. Again, I would recommend using a tool like VirtualBox, but not everyone is comfortable using virtual machines because they can be complicated. If that sounds like you, give dual-booting a try and see what you think.
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Just use a modicum of caution when taking this approach, as you wouldn’t want to find yourself without your Windows partition, which would mean all of your data is lost.
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday ahead of key inflation figures due later on Tuesday which may offer further insights into the Federal Reserve’s potential interest rate moves.
At 4:41 a.m. ET, the 10-year Treasury yield was about one basis point lower at 4.419%, and the 30-year yield was lower by more than one basis point at 4.958%. The 2-year yield was flat at 3.9%.
One basis point is 0.01%. Yields and prices have an inverse relationship.
Economists surveyed by Reuters anticipate that headline inflation for June will pick up to 2.7% on an annual basis, up from 2.4% in May. Core inflation is also projected to increase to 3.0% from 2.8%.
“If tariffs begin to show up clearly in the US June CPI data … U.S. bond markets could sell off to reflect the higher inflation risk brought about by [U.S. President Donald] Trump’s recent tariff escalation,” Eastspring Investments analysts experts wrote in a note published Tuesday.
In comparison, a softer than expected core consumer price index number will risk leading the U.S. administration to view higher tariffs as a “costless source” of revenue to pay for some of the tax cuts in the “big beautiful bill,” the consultancy added.
Investors are also eyeing developments after White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on Sunday that the Trump administration is looking into whether it has the authority to dismiss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
“But certainly, if there’s cause, he does,” Hassett said on ABC News’ “This Week.” Although Trump has publicly stated he does not intend to fire Powell, Hassett’s remarks indicate the White House is still exploring the option.
Savers with cash in low-interest accounts will be blitzed with offers to invest their money in stocks and shares instead, under government plans.
Banks will send savers details of possible investments and there will be an advertising campaign to raise awareness, the Treasury said.
In a series of proposals by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, a scheme that encourages the provision of low-deposit mortgages for first-time buyers will also be made permanent.
Reeves is delivering two major speeches on Tuesday, as the government and chancellor aim to rebound from bruising blows on welfare and the winter fuel U-turn.
“We need to double down on our global strengths to put the UK ahead in the global race for financial businesses, creating good skilled jobs in every part of the country and helping savers’ money go further,” said Reeves, ahead of her Mansion House speech to City leaders.
The Treasury had already shelved any immediate plans to make changes to cash Individual Savings Accounts (Isas).
Savers can put up to £20,000 a year in Isas in savings and investments, to protect the returns from being taxed.
However, there is a plan in the Treasury to encourage people to invest for better returns, which would also boost growth in the UK economy.
But the value of investments in assets such as shares can go down as well as up, and savers have tended to be cautious over the risks involved. In the newly-announced Treasury proposals, there is a potential for some of the warnings to be watered down.
The Treasury said there would be a “review of risk warnings on investment products to make sure they help people to accurately judge risk levels”.
The move is part of reforms designed to boost financial services in the UK, known as the Leeds Reforms.
However, there may be concern that encouraging letters and messages from banks to encourage investing might be seized upon by fraudsters who could also send fake investment claims to new investors.
Mortgage backstop
In a speech in Leeds, the chancellor said she wanted to boost investment, and also help first-time buyers.
For some time, banks and building have had a backstop from the government to ensure they continue to give low-deposit mortgages to first-time buyers.
The chancellor said that scheme will be made permanent, a promise made in the Labour manifesto.
Some campaigners believe the chancellor is aiming at the wrong target.
“Since the scheme operates entirely behind the scenes between lenders and government, we don’t expect first-time buyers will notice any difference,” said Paula Higgins, chief executive of the Homeowners Alliance.
“This feels more like a political gesture than a practical solution to the housing crisis. If the government really wants to support first-time buyers, it should turn its attention to fixing the Lifetime Isa.”
The rules around Lifetime Isa have been criticised as failing to live up to promises for first-time buyers.
This comes after the Bank of England announced a looser cap on riskier mortgage lending, which the government says could help 36,000 more people buy a home over its first year.
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The chancellor was in Leeds outlining some of her plans
The chancellor wants to re-set from a difficult few weeks for her and the government. The bond markets moved when she made a tearful appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions and there was speculation about her future.
However, the City welcomed Sir Keir Starmer’s subsequent backing of his chancellor.
On Tuesday, share prices in London hit an all-time high, with the FTSE 100 share index rising through the 9,000 point mark for the first time in early trading.
However, there is wider concern in the City about companies being less enthusiastic over listing their shares on the London Stock Exchange.
BBC Punjabi met Singh in June at his ancestral home in Beas Pind village in Punjab state
Fauja Singh, a British-Indian man believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car in India at the age of 114.
Police say Singh was crossing a road in the village where he was born in Punjab when an unidentified vehicle hit him. Locals took him to hospital, where he died.
Singh, a global icon, set records by running marathons across multiple age categories, including when he was over 100. He began running at 89 and ran nine full marathons between 2000 and 2013, when he retired.
His running club and charity, Sikhs In The City, said its upcoming events in Ilford, east London, where he had lived since 1992, would be a celebration of his life and achievements.
The hit and run happened on Monday as the centenarian was walking in his birth village, Beas Pind, near Jalandhar.
“A search is under way, and the accused will be caught soon,” said Harvinder Singh, a top district police officer.
As news of the death broke, tributes poured in.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him an “exceptional athlete with incredible determination”.
Harmander Singh, Fauja Singh’s coach at Sikhs In The City, confirmed his death in a statement posted to the running club.
The statement said: “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our icon of humanity and powerhouse of positivity Fauja Singh has passed away in India.
“His running club and charity Sikhs In The City will be devoting all of its events until the Fauja Singh Birthday Challenge on Sunday 29 March 2026 to celebrate his life of success and achievements.
“We will be doubling the efforts to raise funds to building the Fauja Singh Clubhouse on the route in Ilford where he used to train.”
When the BBC met Singh in June in Beas Pind, he was agile and active, walking several miles every day.
“I still go for walks around the village to keep my legs strong. A person has to take care of his own body,” he said.
A torchbearer for the 2012 London Olympics, Singh clocked several milestones during his running career, including reportedly becoming the first centenarian to complete a full marathon in 2011 in Toronto.
However, his claim of being the world’s oldest marathon runner was not recognised by Guinness World Records as he could not show a birth certificate from 1911. The BBC reported at the time that Singh’s British passport showed his date of birth as being 1 April 1911, and that he had a letter from the Queen congratulating him on his 100th birthday.
His trainer, Harmander Singh, said that birth certificates were not made in India at the time Singh was born.
Guinness World Records officials said they would have loved “to give him the record”, but that they could only “accept official birth documents created in the year of the birth”.
As a young boy growing up in Punjab, Singh was teased by people in his village as his legs were weak and he could not walk properly until the age of five.
“But the same boy, once mocked for his weakness, went on to make history,” he told BBC Punjabi in June.
Before he turned 40, Singh, a farmer, had lived through the turbulence of both the World Wars and experienced the trauma of Partition.
“In my youth, I didn’t even know the word ‘marathon’ existed,” Singh told BBC Punjabi. “I never went to school, nor was I involved in any kind of sports. I was a farmer and spent most of my life in the fields.”
He first took to running to cope with grief.
After the death of his wife Gian Kaur in the early 1990s, he moved to London to live with his eldest son Sukhjinder. But during a visit to India, he witnessed his younger son Kuldeep’s death in an accident which left him devastated.
Overtaken by grief, Singh would spend hours sitting near the spot where his son had been cremated. Concerned villagers advised his family to take him back to the UK.
Back in Ilford in London, during one of his visits to the gurdwara, Singh met a group of elderly men who would go on runs together. He also met Harmander Singh, who would go on to become his coach.
“Had I not met Harmander Singh, I wouldn’t have got into marathon running,” he said in June.
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Singh’s blue-and-white running shoes which have his name on them
Singh made his debut at the London Marathon in 2000, a month shy of turning 89. He participated through a Golden Bond entry – a system where charities pre-purchase a fixed number of spots for a fee. He chose to run for BLISS, a charity that supports premature infants. His tagline: “Oldest running for the youngest! May they live as long as him.”
Singh says that before the run, he was told by event officials that he could only wear a patka (headgear worn by many Sikh boys and men) and not a turban.
“I refused to run without my turban. Eventually, the organisers allowed me to run with it, and for me, that’s my biggest achievement,” he said.
He finished the race in six hours and 54 minutes, marking the beginning of a remarkable journey.
By his third successive appearance at the London marathon, he had shaved off nine minutes from his previous best.
In 2003, at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, he bettered his timing by an astonishing one hour and five minutes, completing the race in five hours and 40 minutes.
“I don’t remember my timings; it is my coach, Harmander Singh, who keeps the record of all my timings. But whatever I have achieved is all because of his training, and I sincerely followed his schedule,” Singh said in June.
“In London, he used to make me run uphill, and because of that, I kept on improving,” he added. “Almost after every training session in London, I used to go to the gurdwara, where my diet was taken care of. Everyone there motivated me to run long distances.”
Singh shot to international fame in 2003 when Adidas signed him for their Nothing Is Impossible advertising campaign which also featured legends such as Muhammad Ali.
In 2005, he was invited by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan to participate in the inaugural Lahore Marathon. A year later, in 2006, he received a special invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to visit Buckingham Palace.
Among the many mementos and certificates displayed at Singh’s home in Punjab is a framed photograph of him with the Queen.
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Mementoes and certificates on the wall at Singh’s house in Punjab
He continued to compete in marathons well into his 100s and earned the nickname “Turbaned Tornado”. Most of his earnings from endorsements went directly to charitable foundations.
“I was the same Fauja Singh before I entered the world of running – but running gave my life a mission and brought me global recognition,” he recalled.
In 2013, he participated in his last long-distance competitive race in Hong Kong, completing a 10km run in one hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds.
He credited his health and longevity to a simple lifestyle and disciplined diet.
“Eating less, running more, and staying happy – that is the secret behind my longevity. This is my message to everyone,” he said in June.
In his final years, Singh divided his time between India, where his younger son lives, and the UK.
When the BBC met him in June, he was hoping to visit London again soon to meet his family and coach.
British MP Preet Kaur Gill shared a photo of herself with him on X, writing: “A truly inspiring man. His discipline, simple living, and deep humility left a lasting mark on me.”
Jas Athwal MP said Singh “inspired millions across the world”. He wrote on X: “His spirit and legacy of resilience will run on forever.”
