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The government is looking at ways to financially support the companies in Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) supply chain. JLR halted car production at the end of August after a cyber attack forced it to shut down its IT networks. Its factories remain suspended until next month at the earliest. Fears are growing that some suppliers,…

BBC The course attracts both typical early 20s students and French government spies on day release University professor Xavier Crettiez admits that he doesn’t know the real names of many of the students on his course. This is a highly unusual state of affairs in the world of academia, but Prof Crettiez’s work is far…

South Korean companies will be “very hesitant” about investing in the US following a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in the state of Georgia last week, President Lee Jae-myung has said. More than 300 South Koreans who were arrested in the raid are due to return home on Friday. Their departure had been…

Last December, Warner Bros agreed to a takeover offer from Netflix for some of its assets. But Paramount, which is backed by tech billionaire Larry Ellison and led by his son David, made a rival offer as it looks to transform itself into a Hollywood heavyweight. But it had been rebuffed by Warner Bros.

Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor BBC Listen to this article Christmas is a time when families get together if they can – and, until this year, the Murdochs were no different. With members of the media dynasty spread across the globe, full family gatherings were rare, although in 2008, according to biographer Michael Wolff, the…