Tiwa Adebayo

The posts are linked to a counterfeit BBC News article claiming the two came to blows on popular political panel show Question Time.

But that confrontation never happened.

Yet the posts have quotes attributed to Farage, criticising Bailey over the cost of living and promoting AI-powered investment platforms.

They also include links to an app called a Nocturex.

According to the BOE governor, this incident is the latest in a spate of fake adverts impersonating central banks.

A reform official said the party had reported the adverts, but declined to say whether that was to X or to a UK regulator.

In London, Tiwa Adebayo, Bloomberg Radio.

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Oil prices have risen by around 5% as fresh Israeli and Iranian strikes pile pressure on what appears to now be a ceasefire in name only.

Iran has launched a new wave of attacks just hours after firing ballistic missiles at Israel.

Israel has responded with strikes on military targets across western and central Iran.

The Islamic Republic's semi-official Fars news agency reports that Israel also struck a petrochemical company in a fresh offensive over the past few hours.

The renewed hostilities follow Hezbollah attacks on targets in northern Israel over the weekend, which prompted an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs.

Honor Ant is Bloomberg's managing editor for the Middle East and North Africa.

The renewed escalation comes after Axios reported that US President Trump had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge him to refrain from retaliatory strikes.

Separately, the US President says the Israeli leader will have to accept any deal the US reaches with Iran.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Trump said, I call the shots.

European leaders are calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine, allowing for talks about a lasting peace deal.

Britain, Germany and France made the intervention after a meeting with Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky in London, hosted by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.