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Spain's Far-Right Vox Doubles Its Seats in Aragon Regional Vote
Date: February 9, 2026
MADRID, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Spain's far-right Vox party doubled its seats in Sunday's regional election in Aragon region, as a gamble by the governing conservative People's Party to call a snap election...
FTSE 100 up as Miners Offset NatWest Drop and Market Mulls Politics
Date: February 9, 2026
Feb 9 (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 dipped on Monday, as investors focussed on the brewing political crisis in Britain, while bank stocks came under pressure with NatWest leading declines after it agreed...
US Reaches Nuclear Deal With Armenia as Vance Pushes Peace Dividend
Date: February 9, 2026
By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan this week to push a Washington-brokered peace agreement that could transform energy and...
UK Stocks, Pound and Bonds Fall as PM Starmer Struggles With Mandelson Crisis
Date: February 9, 2026
Feb 9 (Reuters) - British government bond yields rose early on Monday as investors continued to question the political future of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, although they later eased to move more in...
Euro Zone Investor Morale Rises Sharply in February
Date: February 9, 2026
BERLIN, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The Sentix index measuring investor morale in the euro zone rose unexpectedly in February, its third consecutive monthly gain and its highest level since July 2025, a survey...
Sterling Slides on Starmer Crisis and Rate Cut Bets
Date: February 9, 2026
LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The pound dropped against the euro and slipped versus the dollar on Monday after the latest twist in the crisis engulfing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and as expectations...