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Inflation continues to rage in Western Europe, with monthly consumer prices soaring by over 14% in the UK and more than 10% in Germany, according to a Nikkei report. Some retailers have been hiking prices out of proportion with their underlying costs, it claimed.

British soldiers have arrived as reinforcements for the KFOR peacekeeping mission Some 200 British soldiers landed in Kosovo on Friday to reinforce the NATO contingent in the breakaway Serbian province, following last month’s incident involving ethnic Albanian police. A Turkish general will assume command of the force next week.