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Iran’s supreme leader urges Europe to do more to support 2015 nuclear deal

The company is seeking an equity valuation of as much as €9 billion

Beijing Letter: Exhibitions, operas and films celebrate Mao Zedong’s crowning glory

Choppy sessions across Europe see early gains give way to sell-off in defensive stocks

UK-focused stocks in demand in Dublin as Irish shares join European rally

Deal will be largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company

Anti-smokers want Beijing rules adopted nationwide but tobacco lobby is strong

Shares up but market reacts to expectations of ‘regulatory hiccups’

Paddy Power Betfair makes successful debut on Dublin and London markets

Deal between countries worth up to $15bn

Companies have hired banks to evaluate deal - sources

No word of showdown with former security czar Zhou Yongkang

UN peacekeepers among the casualties as Uganda called upon to urgently mediate

Number who died now placed at 2500 according to president Aquino

Station to be located at Hinkley Point in south-west England

Government hands a multi-billion deal to France’s EDF Energy

Xi Jinping sees fighting graft as central to Party survival

Anti-graft move also sees ‘Brother Watch’ get 14 years in jail

President Xi’s anti-corruption drive turns to former head of major state company