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Sale of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky to be announced this morning
The sale of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has been approved. Mr Kretinsky's company EP Group will buy the postal service's parent company International Distribution Services (IDS). The £5.3bn takeover deal had been agreed in May but was subject to a review under national security laws as Royal Mail is considered vital national infrastructure.
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Heavy damage and several injured after 'rare' Scotts Valley tornado in California
Locals of Scotts Valley, California are still reeling after an EF1 tornado touched down in the area on Saturday. Reports say it was the first tornado to ever hit Scotts Valley. Cleanup operations are underway as of Monday.
Reuters
German business activity ends year in contraction territory, PMI shows
Germany's economic downturn eased slightly in December but business activity still contracted for a sixth month running, according to a survey published on Monday. The business activity index for Germany's services sector rose to 51.0 in December from 49.3 in November, beating the forecast of 49.4. "This improvement in services is a good counterbalance to the quicker decline in manufacturing output, giving some hope that GDP might not have shrunk in the last quarter of the year," said Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank.
The Independent
Woman killed in ‘truly shocking’ triple shooting pictured as second victim fights for life
Two men, both in their 30s, were also injured in attack in Gifford Road, Harlesdon
Evening Standard
OPINION - Why is London suddenly full of homicidal cyclists?
You see it every day: cyclists ignoring red lights and pedestrian crossings and pedalling furiously on their way as if the lights don’t apply to them. A cycling colleague yesterday witnessed two cyclists colliding at right angles, having run the lights from separate directions.
The Independent
Travel warning issued as seven tourists fall sick with alcohol poisoning in Fiji
Four Australians, two Americans and a Fijian hospitalised after drinking cocktails at popular resort
The Telegraph
Woman killed in triple London shooting named
A woman who died following a triple shooting has been named as 46-year-old Michelle Sadio.
Hello!
Gary Barlow's son Daniel towers over him at football match
Gary Barlow treated his son Daniel to a day out at the football. The father-son duo headed to Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea took on Brentford.
The Canadian Press
Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes target missile warehouses in Syria, war monitor says
A UK-based war monitor says Israeli airstrikes early Monday hit missile warehouses in Syria and called it the “most violent strikes” since 2012.
HuffPost UK
Minister Urges MPs To Be Careful Over Naming Alleged Chinese Spy Involved With Prince Andrew
"It’s not something that I’d be queuing up to do," Jim McMahon said.
BBC
Close to a thousand feared dead as worst cyclone in 90 years hits French island of Mayotte
The island's leader, Francois-Xavier Bieuville, says the number killed could even reach several thousand.
Evening Standard
OPINION - Which of Prince Harry and Prince Andrew is worse? It's getting hard to tell
Query: which of the uncle-nephew pair that is Prince Andrew and Prince Harry makes the heart sink faster and sooner? The very words “close confidant of the Duke of York” on the news this morning made a nation think, “uh-oh” before we even learned that the confidant in question was a) one of Andy’s inner circle and b) associated with the Chinese Communist party and c) is now excluded from the UK (having lost his appeal in court against that judgment) as a risk to national security. Another of the Duke’s little lapses of judgment, one of a series that began, I would say, with his marriage to Sarah Ferguson in 1986.
BBC
West African military states promise visa-free travel to rival bloc
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger say they will allow free movement, as regional bloc meets to discuss their withdrawal.
Evening Standard
Israel drops 'earthquake bomb' on Syria causing huge mushroom cloud
Video shared online showed the massive explosion as Israel bombarded northwestern Syria near the city of Tartus
The Independent
ABC under fire for $15m Trump settlement as mystery drone panic confounds defense officials: Live
Network settles defamation suit ahead of trial as president-elect staffs his incoming administration
The Guardian
Alleged Chinese spy who befriended Prince Andrew is ‘tip of iceberg’, warns senior MP
UK ministers face pressure over Chinese spy scandal as MPs consider naming suspect
The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war latest: North Korean forces kill Russian troops as Putin loses ‘1,000 soldiers’ in past day
Ukrainian intelligence claimed a language barrier between Russians and North Koreans led to friendly fire
Sky video
Michelle Sadio: Woman killed in 'truly shocking' London triple shooting named
A woman who was killed in a triple shooting in northwest London has been named as 46-year-old Michelle Sadio.
The Independent
UK politics live: Labour branded ‘weak’ as MPs consider naming ‘Chinese spy’ linked to Prince Andrew
Reform UK has threatened to name the alleged Chinese spy with links to Prince Andrew in parliament
The Independent
High School Musical actor reveals fans wrote to Disney calling her casting ‘unhealthy’
KayCee Stroh underwent knee surgery and experienced a blood clot, which resulted in a 50-pound weight gain before filming hit movie

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