The Health Ministry said 45,028 people have been killed and 106,962 have been wounded since the start of the war in October 2023.

James Maddison struck twice to help Spurs claim a first win in six ahead of Thursday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final tie.

Businesses said increases in the cost of employing people plus falling confidence were making it harder to recruit new staff.

Authorities in Mayotte fear hundreds and possibly thousands of people have died in Cyclone Chido, although the official death toll stands at 14.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the Government had secured a raft of legally-binding commitments with Mr Kretinsky’s EP Group.

Stephen Cottrell is due to take on many of the soon-to-step-down Archbishop of Canterbury’s official functions temporarily from early next month.