The US-led military bloc has decried “coercive use of energy” after the Russian-German pipeline was damaged Damage caused to gas pipelines linking Russia directly to Germany was most likely caused by “deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage,” NATO said on Thursday.

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House purchases have dropped as British banks withdraw mortgage offers amid rising borrowing costs, the outlet reports House sales in the UK are in steady decline after the country’s banks started actively pulling mortgage products in response to mounting interest rates, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.