The UK is facing a cost of living crisis that has exacerbated already stifling disparity and austerity. Now people are mobilizing to demand the government bail out the poor, not the rich.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 1600 GMT, May 18, 2022.

French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen have gone head-to-head in their only televised debate over Muslim women scarves, ties with Russia, and economic policy.

Britain's economy slowed more sharply than expected in February, reflecting a hit to car production from component shortages, storm disruption and reduced health spending as households braced for a tighter cost-of-living squeeze.

Nearly half of UK’s Muslim population will struggle to provide enough food for their families to break their fast during Ramadan, the UK-based charity said.

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not giving enough help to poorer households as the country heads for its biggest drop in living standards since at least the 1950s.