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Posted onIn issuing the probe into the deal, Nandy said: “The public interest considerations concerned are the need for a sufficient plurality of views in each UK market for news media; and, the need for a sufficient plurality of persons with control of media enterprises serving every different UK audience.”
CIA director had two-hour meeting with new Venezuelan leader in Caracas
Posted onReuters CIA director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday “at President Trump’s direction,” a US official has said. The two-hour meeting was aimed at building trust and communication following the US seizure of Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro almost two weeks ago. Ratcliffe and Rodríguez discussed potential economic collaboration…
World Economic Forum boss Borge Brende quits after review of Jeffrey Epstein links
Posted onAs the world inches back to a pre-WW2 order, the ‘middle powers’ face a grave new challenge With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a “rupture” with the post-WW2 order. 25 Jan 2026
Thames Water rescue plan attacked by excluded bidders
Posted onSimon JackBusiness editor Reuters A rescue proposal by lenders to Thames Water has been criticised by other potential bidders, frustrated to have been frozen out of talks on the future of the UK’s biggest water utility. Thames Water is running out of money and is living on an emergency lifeline from the group of lenders…
Trump touts upbeat message on cost of living as Americans feel the pinch
Posted onDanielle Kayeand Natalie Sherman Watch: Trump claims “prices are coming down” at a rally in Pennsylvania President Donald Trump has told a campaign-style rally that consumer prices are falling “tremendously”, as he seeks to allay voter anxiety about the cost of living in the US. In a speech at a casino in the battleground state…
How can working parents get 30 hours of free childcare?
Posted onGetty Images Working parents of children aged between nine months and four years old in England now have access to 30 hours a week of childcare during term time. Ministers say 530,000 more children are benefiting from government-funded childcare since the free hours scheme expansion began. But there are continuing concerns about the number of…
