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| Dear Reader,
France was blindsided by last week's announcement of a nuclear-powered submarine deal. The anger in Paris is palpable after Australia scrapped a contract signed in 2016 to enter the new AUKUS alliance with Britain and the US. As the diplomatic row between the allies deepens, we reveal how the security pact came as a bolt from the blue for Europe’s elites.
In response, French president Emmanuel Macron has withdrawn his ambassadors from Canberra and Washington. Sensing that the French are almost enjoying their anger, Daniel Hannan argues in this column that it was an act of almost comical sulkiness.
An energy crisis is looming, with a sudden rise in the price of wholesale gas. As households face bigger bills this winter, ministers are considering a range of emergency measures. Is a three-day week now on the cards? Ambrose Evans-Pritchard explains how wafer-thin gas reserves have left the British economy almost uniquely vulnerable.
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With the threat of a winter lockdown hanging over us, we spoke to leading experts about the months ahead. Here they set out three scenarios for the upcoming winter - the good, the bad and the ugly.
Finally, if you used shower gel this morning, you were washing yourself all wrong. That is, at least, according to Marina Fogle, who has disclosed that she and husband Ben have given up soap in favour of water. Read her piece in which she claims they have never felt - or smelt - better.
Chris
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