BBC News Paramount Skydance and rival Warner Bros Discovery have agreed to pause their $110bn (£82.8bn) merger until June 2027 while a judge weighs upon a legal challenge against the tie-up. The pause follows lawsuits from 12 US states and the Writers Guild of America (WGA), who argue the deal would harm competition and lead […]
BBC News A sickening injury to England’s Gabriel Langton overshadowed his team’s silver medal in the men’s team gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The 19-year-old, from the City of Birmingham Gymnastics Club, needed lengthy treatment on the mat after a horrible fall in the final rotation of the evening at The Arena. […]
BBC News A wildfire near Madrid is “beyond the capacity” of firefighters to contain, Spanish officials have warned, after three fires west of the capital merged into a single blaze. Spain’s government has declared a national emergency after blazes spun out of control in several areas close to Madrid, prompting the evacuation of at least […]
BBC News Police Scotland has declared a major incident as emergency services continue to tackle a wildfire which has been burning in the Cairngorms National Park for 10 days. The force said it followed “a significant change in weather conditions” which has increased the risk of fire spreading towards the village of Nethy Bridge. All […]
BBC News Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as chief prosecutor for alleged sexual misconduct. Elected the ICC’s third prosecutor in 2021, Khan was suspended last month. The decision to removehim was passed with 82 votes in favour. The court’s oversight body found in June he had committed […]
BBC News A 25-year-old law student has appeared in court charged over a bomb which was discovered in a car in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. Isobella Perrie Sullivan, from Abbeylands Park in Clane, County Kildare, was charged with the possession of explosives. It was alleged she was driving a car which was […]
BBC News Donald Trump says the US will launch an investigation into the European Union and threatened a fresh tariff over fines handed to some of the biggest American tech companies. It comes days after the European Commission fined Google €890m ($1bn) for operating in a way that squeezed out competitors to its services. In […]
