Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

The wealth of the world’s billionaires grew by $2tn (£1.64tn) last year, three times faster than in 2023, amounting to $5.7bn (£4.7bn) a day, according to a report by Oxfam.

The latest inequality report from the charity reveals that the world is now on track to have five trillionaires within a decade, a change from last year’s forecast of one trillionaire within 10 years .

Regional inequality means annual pay in the capital almost £20,000 higher than in the lowest-paid places in UK

The average London worker could quit their job in August and still be paid what an average worker in Burnley would make in a year, according to a report highlighting Britain’s stark regional pay divide.

Calling on the government to close regional pay divisions and increase economic growth, the Centre for Cities said the average annual wage for an employee in London was almost £20,000 higher than in the lowest-paid places in the UK.

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• Shaun Murphy beats Kyren Wilson 10-7
• Murphy credits coach Peter Ebdon for triumph

Shaun Murphy claimed Masters success for a second time after a superb 10-7 victory over Kyren Wilson in Sunday’s thrilling final at Alexandra Palace.

Murphy had been irresistible all week and produced only the sixth maximum break in the tournament’s history in his semi-final win over Mark Allen. A day later it was followed by four more centuries in a high-quality and tense final, in which Wilson fought back from a four-frame deficit to trail 8-7 before Murphy held his nerve as he deservedly triumphed 10 years after his maiden Masters crown.

• Australian Open star had refused to speak with Nine’s presenters
• Veteran broadcaster acknowledges he ‘let down’ Serbian fans

Tony Jones has issued an apology to Novak Djokovic after comments the veteran broadcaster made at the Australian Open led to the Serbian tennis star boycotting Channel Nine’s coverage of the tournament.

Djokovic opted not to give a customary on-court interview after beating Jiri Lehecka on Sunday to move into this year’s quarter-finals, before revealing he would not speak to the host broadcaster until he received an apology from Jones.

A vulnerable son. A hostile takeover. Clunes’ Welsh farmer has quite enough on his plate – and that’s before the drug gangs force him to pick up his firearm

Over the last few weeks, ITV has been heavily trailing Out There with a teaser that positions it as a cross between Happy Valley, Countryfile and the Liam Neeson revenge thriller Taken. Martin Clunes plays Nathan Williams, a Welsh farmer whose vulnerable son Johnny is manipulated into becoming part of a county lines drug-running operation. It is soaked in an Ozark-blue wash of colour, and in its opening moments looks set to emerge as a bleak slice of nasty rural noir.

But beneath the topsoil, Out There is far more steady-handed than you might have anticipated, if, like me, you had been quite looking forward to watching Doc Martin do his best “I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you” impersonation. Nathan is a sole parent, following the death of his French wife Sabine a couple of years earlier. Their daughter has already left the family farm to move to Europe, unable to cope in the aftermath of her mother’s death, but Johnny (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) is 15 and still at school, where he is neglecting his usual activities to the extent that Nathan is called in for a chat with the teachers. Instead of being athletic, Johnny now spends most of his time in his bedroom playing video games. During the first episode, the family drama is turned up, while the criminal undercurrents bubble away, biding their time, before they begin to nudge out into the open.

The England midfielder Ella Toone scored a hat-trick as Manchester United recorded their first away win away at Manchester City, in a derby that was defined by an error-strewn display from the young City goalkeeper Khiara Keating.

The lively match was at odds with the standout theme of Manchester ­United’s season so far – clean sheets but not enough goals of their own. On Sunday they took greater risks and were rewarded aplenty as they moved above their sloppy neighbours and into third in the table.

Freeland casts herself as ‘battle tested leader’ and most capable of negotiating with an unpredictable White House

• Who could replace Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal party?

Chrystia Freeland has warned of the “existential risk” to Canada posed by Donald Trump, casting herself as a “battle tested leader with the scars to prove it” during the formal launch of her bid to be the country’s next prime minister.

Freeland, who has presented herself as the figure most capable of negotiating with a protectionist and unpredictable White House, held her formal campaign launch the day before the incoming president’s inauguration and pledged “dollar to dollar” retaliation for any tariffs that would amount to the “largest trade blow the US has ever endured”.

Experts say fire weather likely to return as firefighters make progress containing wildfires and Trump plans trip to state

As firefighters in Los Angeles made progress on Sunday containing wildfires that have destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods, forecasters warned that fire weather is likely to return on Monday.

Donald Trump told NBC news he plans to travel to California to inspect the damage after his inauguration, “probably, at the end of the week”. California governor Gavin Newsom had initially invited the president-elect to visit more than a week ago, even as Trump attacked him on social media and spread misinformation about the state’s Democratic leadership response to the fires.