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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T17:18:48.000Z",
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    "Major retailer with over 100 stores closes multiple shops with more to be shut down - full list",
    "Major supermarket to shut 229 stores in England next week for 24 hours",
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    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nWestern stock markets climbed on Monday as the Middle East conflict entered its fifth week, with investors responding to continued geopolitical developments and energy market pressures.\n\nThe Dtse 100 advanced 1.1 per cent during early afternoon trading in London, while Germany's DAX and France's CAC 40 each rose approximately 0.5 per cent.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe pan-European STOXX 600 gained 0.6 per cent.\n\nAcross the Atlantic, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both increased by 0.9 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed roughly 0.8 per cent.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAsian markets, however, moved in the opposite direction overnight amid concerns that elevated crude oil prices could weigh on economic growth.\n\nThe weekend saw Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launch strikes against Israel, contributing to the downturn across Asian bourses.\n\nSterling fell 0.5 per cent against the dollar to 1.3187.\n\nMeanwhile, US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Tehran on Monday, calling for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz while outlining ongoing negotiations with what he described as a changed Iranian leadership.\n\nMr Trump said: \"The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran.\"\n\nHe also warned that failure to reach an agreement could result in the destruction of Iran’s power generation facilities, oil wells and Kharg Island, with desalination plants also potentially targeted.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe said these assets had been deliberately left untouched up to this point.\n\nMr Trump said any such action would be in response to American soldiers killed during what he described as the former regime’s \"47 year Reign of Terror\".\n\nIran responded by threatening expanded retaliatory strikes against universities and the residences of American and Israeli officials.\n\nThe Pentagon has ordered 10,000 troops trained in seizing and holding territory to deploy to the region.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Major retailer with over 100 stores closes multiple shops with more to be shut down - full list\n  * Major supermarket to shut 229 stores in England next week for 24 hours\n  * Britain's unemployment capital revealed as nearly 40 per cent claim benefits\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAround 3,500 personnel arrived on Friday, including approximately 2,200 marines.\n\nA further 2,200 marines are currently en route.\n\nThousands of soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have also received deployment orders.\n\nHebe Chen, senior market analyst at Vantage Global Prime, said: \"Markets spent a month pricing a short, contained conflict, that wishful optimism has now broken with the Houthis' entry over the weekend.\n\n\"The playbook is being rewritten from this week as prolonged war risk becomes increasingly credible.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nFinance ministers, energy ministers and central bank governors from G7 nations are holding a virtual emergency meeting on Monday, marking the fourth such gathering since the conflict began.\n\nDowning Street said the session aims to hear directly from businesses and explore coordinated responses between Government and the private sector.\n\nIran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is expected to dominate discussions due to its impact on oil and gas shipments as well as fertiliser and commodity supplies.\n\nMajor General Richard Cantrill, the UK’s maritime operations commander, is expected to brief attendees on the regional situation.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Ftse and Wall Street stocks rally as Donald Trump confirms 'serious discussions' with new Iranian regime"
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