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Facebook removes fake accounts targeting UK politics linked to Iran
Facebook has taken down hundreds of fake accounts, groups and pages which were targeting British politics, in what MPs have warned is just the “tip of the iceberg”. An investigation by the social network said it had identified around 650 accounts linked to Iran, posing as grassroots campaigners or news organisations, sharing posts on issues like…
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Author Noam Cohen: ‘Drive for profit changing tech companies’ goal’
Mitchell Baker, co-founder of the Mozilla Foundation, and author Noam Cohen discuss Elon Musk and the tech industry.
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Tesla shares rebound amid Elon Musk’s public battle with short sellers
Investors betting on a fall in the share price at electric car firm Tesla have made more than a billion dollars over the last two weeks, as shares in the firm fell by almost a fifth.
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Foreign Secretary Hunt urges EU to impose further sanctions on Russia
In Washington, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been urging Europe to follow America’s lead, imposing further sanctions on Russia. Mr Hunt accused Moscow of “malign behaviour” around the world, but Russia’s Foreign Minister claimed Britain was being arrogant by trying to tell Europe what to do when it’s on the verge of leaving the EU altogether.
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Raab and Barnier hopeful on EU withdrawal agreement
The Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Europe’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier say they’re hopeful that a withdrawal agreement can be struck “well before the end of the year”. After talks in Brussels, Mr Barnier said negotiations would continue without a break in order to bridge the remaining differences between the two sides.
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Scrap immigration targets to guarantee migrant workers, Chancellor urged
On a visit to Coventry, the Chancellor said it showed the economy had “recovered sharply” – but weaker international demand for British goods means manufacturing has continued to slide.
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Thousands of holiday-makers grounded by Ryanair strikes
Thousands of holidaymakers have had their plans thrown into chaos – after hundreds of Ryanair flights had to be cancelled because of strikes by pilots in five countries.
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House of Fraser bought by Sports Direct for £90m
. The ailing department store chain had gone into administration. But barely an hour later – there was a new £90m deal to keep it in business
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Homebase closes 80 stores putting 1,000 jobs at risk
Another big-name casualty on the British high street now, with the loss-making DIY chain Homebase set to announce the closure of up to 80 stores
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Dover custom checks could be suspended in event of Brexit gridlock
Amid warnings that places like Dover could be plunged into gridlock after Brexit, the department which will deal with the impact is under fire for “lack of detail” on how customs will cope. That’s according to a confidential report by HM customs seen by this programme, along with correspondence from one of its Brexit freight…
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City watchdog will take no action against RBS over mistreatment of small businesses
Senior managers at the Royal Bank of Scotland will not face any disciplinary action over the mistreatment of small businesses left struggling after the financial crisis. The bank’s controversial Global Restructuring Group has been accused of deliberately driving small firms into the ground so it could sell off their assets on the cheap. Furious business…
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Commuting chaos continues, despite timetable changes
There’s been commuting chaos for train passengers in the North West of England. Northern Rail put back services axed in a shake-up in May – only for many of them to fail to run this morning. It promises to bring back other cancelled services by the autumn, but mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has…
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Arron Banks denies allegation of bribery over mining interest
In part two of our investigation into Arron Banks’ mining interests in Southern Africa, Channel 4 News details the transfer of thousands of pounds to a Lesotho cabinet minister and the subsequent issuing of a mining licence.
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Economist Andrew Lilico on Brexit: ‘No deal would mean brief period of considerable disruption’
Madeleina Kay is an ambassador for the Young European Movement, Andrew Lilico is executive director of the analysis firm, Europe Economics, and Chris Philp is a Conservative MP.
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What a no-deal Brexit could mean
The EU has urged all member states and stakeholders to prepare for the doomsday scenario that Britain crashes out of Europe without a Brexit deal. There are all sorts of warnings about what that could mean, from hundreds of thousands of job losses to plummeting investment and huge border delays. We look at what the…