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As the IMF raises its forecasts for both growth and inflation, Rachel Reeves admits the economy feels ‘stuck’.

As the IMF raises its forecasts for both growth and inflation, Rachel Reeves admits the economy feels ‘stuck’. Also today: the government approves what's said to be the UK's largest solar farm. We'll have the latest from the Middle East, where hostage families continue to await the return of dead relatives, and Hamas and rival armed groups fight for influence in Gaza. Plus, the Parthenon in Athens is free of scaffolding for the first time in decades.

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