Wall Street is in the red for a third consecutive day while European equities hit an 18-month low amid a slew of central bank tightening measures. Italy’s political parties hold their last rallies ahead of Sunday’s snap election. Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni says her party is ready to govern. The BoE is split with the UK government with one voting member questioning policy in tackling inflation. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is set to slash taxes in his mini-budget. And at the UN, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walks out of the Security Council over alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine by Russia forces.  

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