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Premier Inn owner Whitbread posted a 44% rise in half-yearly profit on Wednesday, helped by strong demand and resilient spending at its pubs and restaurants.

Last week, the group posted a marginal rise in its half-yearly adjusted operating profit, driven by steady demand for its corporate pension scheme insurance.

The half-yearly results of the top five banks and management commentary should help provide a glimpse into the near-term earnings outlook for the sector, as well as prospects for the world's second-largest economy.

The half-yearly net outflow was only the third since at least 2013 and followed an even bigger loss in the second half of 2022.

"I can announce today that four warrants were issued by the independent judges of the International Criminal Court," Karim Khan said in presenting his half-yearly report on Libya to the U.N. body.