Russia’s central bank surprised markets by keeping its key interest rate at 21%

Republicans in America’s House of Representatives reached a new spending deal that would avert a government shutdown.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index, fell by over 1,100 points, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates but signalled fewer reductions next year.

Ukraine claimed responsibility for the explosion in Moscow that killed General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s nuclear-protection forces.

Olaf Scholz, Germany’s chancellor, lost a confidence vote.

Britain and America reported having “contact” with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, one of the groups that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though both consider it a terrorist organisation.

TikTok failed to win a temporary reprieve from a law requiring it to divest in America

Sam Altman, OpenAI’s boss, will reportedly donate $1m to Donald Trump’s inauguration events

The European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, from 3.25% to 3%.

A leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that led the offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria, vowed to pursue those responsible for torture and killings under the dictatorship, ruling out any possibility of pardons.