The British government says it could step in to challenge Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. French inflation slowed to just 1.8% in June year on year, down from 2.4% in May. And...
Defence secretary defends plan despite £4.7bn funding gap
Defence secretary Dan Jarvis has unveiled a £298bn defence investment plan which aims to reach 3.5% of GDP spending by 2035 and will create nearly 60,000 skilled defence jobs. As first reported by The i, Sky News...
Trump mocked for posting ‘tacky’ AI golden eagle on White House balcony • FRANCE 24 English
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary, Donald Trump shared what appears to be an AI-generated image of a giant golden eagle mounted on the White House’s Truman Balcony. Google detected a SynthID watermark...
Why can the UK not build enough houses?
Why can the UK not build enough houses? On the latest edition of #ThisIsWhy, Sky’s Mhari Aurora talks to the Times and Sunday Times’ deputy property editor, David Byers, about Andy Burnham’s proposed...
Mounted police patrol Ankara ahead of NATO summit
Mounted police patrolled the Turkish capital, Ankara, as authorities stepped up security preparations ahead of the NATO summit on July 7–8. Officers on horseback were deployed in the busy Kizilay district and Kugulu...
Burnham’s building bonanza might be a house of cards. This Is Why.
Every prime minister promises ambitious plans to build new homes – every prime minister in more than half a century has failed. Andy Burnham says he’ll be different. The former Manchester mayor is on the verge of...
Anti-immigration protest swells in Johannesburg
Thousands of demonstrators marched through Johannesburg during an anti-immigration protest, calling for undocumented migrants to leave the country, with fires lit in the city centre. Authorities remained on high alert...