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Ofcom urged to investigate GB News Trump interview over accuracy concerns

Britain’s broadcasting regulator is under mounting pressure to investigate a GB News interview with Donald Trump, after critics claimed the channel failed to challenge a series of misleading and inaccurate assertions made by the US president. The interview, aired in November and billed by GB News as a “world exclusive sit-down”, featured Trump repeating long-disputed claims that human-induced climate change is “a hoax”, alongside assertions that London contains police “no-go areas” governed by “sharia law”....

Political ignorance of business is stunting UK growth, warns Iceland boss

A lack of commercial understanding inside government is making it harder for companies to operate and is actively holding back economic growth, according to the boss of Iceland. Richard Walker, executive chairman of the frozen food retailer and a newly appointed Labour peer, has warned that too many politicians fail to grasp how businesses actually function — particularly those operating on tight margins and employing thousands of people across the country. “I’ve met a lot...

Billionaires added a record $2.2tn to global wealth in 2025

The world’s richest individuals accumulated a record $2.2 trillion (£1.7 trillion) in additional wealth during 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for around a quarter of the gains. The surge pushed the combined net worth of the world’s 500 wealthiest people to $11.9 trillion, fuelled by booming equity markets, a rally in cryptocurrencies and metals, and renewed investor optimism following Donald Trump’s election victory in 2024. While wealth creation...

ITV backs Joe Wicks with £3m investment in the body coach app

ITV has agreed to invest up to £3 million in Joe Wicks’s health and fitness platform The Body Coach, deepening the broadcaster’s push into digital consumer brands. The deal has been struck through ITV’s AdVentures Invest fund and will see The Body Coach advertise across ITV’s linear channels and its streaming platform ITVX, giving the app access to one of the UK’s largest broadcast audiences. Wicks launched The Body Coach app in late 2020, building...

One pub a day closed permanently across England and Wales in 2025

One pub a day closed permanently across England and Wales during 2025, underlining the mounting pressure facing Britain’s hospitality sector as rising costs continue to bite. Analysis of government data shows that 366 pubs were either demolished or converted for alternative uses in the year to December, equating to an average of one irreversible closure every 24 hours. The figures, analysed by property tax specialists Ryan, show the total number of pubs in England and...

DOJ outlines 10 ‘wins’ under Trump, says agency restored after Biden era

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday outlined a list of its accomplishments during President Donald Trump’s first year back in office, arguing that the agency has ended the political weaponization it says existed under the Biden administration. The DOJ claimed in a statement posted on X that it has ‘turned around’ the agency, restoring fairness and law enforcement priorities. ‘Instead of keeping Americans safe, the Biden DOJ weaponized its power against political opponents: conservatives,...

Venezuela arrests more Americans as Trump ramps up pressure on Maduro: report

The number of American citizens arrested and held in Venezuela has risen in recent months, according to a new report. Several Americans have been detained by Venezuelan security forces as the Trump administration stepped up efforts to isolate President Nicolás Maduro, including sanctions enforcement and an expanded military presence in the Caribbean, The New York Times reported. A U.S. official familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the outlet that while some...

Treasury targets oil traders, tankers accused of helping Maduro evade U.S. sanctions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Wednesday sanctioned four companies operating in Venezuela’s oil sector and identified four oil tankers as blocked property, saying the move targets oil traders involved in alleged sanctions-evasion that helps finance Nicolás Maduro’s regime. Treasury said the vessels, some described as part of a ‘shadow fleet’ serving Venezuela, ‘continue to provide financial resources that fuel Maduro’s illegitimate narco-terrorist regime’ in Tuesday’s press release. ‘President Trump has been clear: We...

DOJ says lawyers working ‘around the clock’ to prep Epstein files for release after missed deadline

Officials with the Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday they are working relentlessly over the holidays to review and redact troves of documents in the Epstein files, prior to their mandated public release. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released a statement on X noting Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers from Main Justice, FBI, SDFL and SDNY are ‘working around the clock’ through Christmas and New Years to review documents, ensuring sensitive victim information is redacted from...

Trump slams Walz and Newsom as ‘Crooked Governors,’ asserting their states are awash with fraud

President Donald Trump claimed that California and Minnesota are both rife with fraud, slamming the two states and their respective governors as ‘Crooked.’ ‘There is more FRAUD in California than there is in Minnesota, if that is even possible. When you add in Election Fraud, then they are tied for first. Two Crooked Governors, two Crooked States!’ the president asserted in the post on Wednesday, referring to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Minnesota Gov. Tim...