Tuesday newspaper round-up: ECB bond-buying, Banks, David Cameron
The European Central Bank said it will continue to purchase debt for at least 18 months until inflation has stabilised, reported The Wall Street Journal.
US regulators vetoed the "living wills" of Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and BNP Paribas on Monday, demanding that the banks improve planning in the event of their demise, reported the Financial Times.
Prime minister David Cameron will not seek a third term in-office and has made recommendations for three potential replacements, wrote The Guardian.
White House officials have revealed that Israel spied on international negotiations surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme in 2014, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Defence secretary Michael Fallon has planned to bolster the Falkland Islands garrison in the face of further Argentinian threats, The Telegraph said.
Human waste may be "mined" for up to £500m in metals like gold, silver, copper and vanadium, according to The Times. "Gold has been identified in waste from sewage treatment plants at levels which, if found in rock, would be worth mining, according to scientists," the paper said.
Selling more than 2,000 public buildings and reducing the number of working civil servants by 20% since 2010 has saved £1.4bn of taxpayers’ money, according to The Times.