hello, i m with your top business stories. should one of britain s most influential newspapers be owned by the abu dhabi royal family? that s a question the uk government has been grappling with since the 169 year old daily telegraph agreed to a major investment from a uae backed firm late last year. redbird imi is backed by shekih mansour bin zayed al nahyan who also owns manchester city football club. the deal has been put on hold until later this month while uk media regulators examine it. but the man leading the bid, the former boss of cnn jeff zucker, has dismissed concerns about editorial interference by the gulf government at the telegraph and its sister magazine the spectator. speaking exclusively to our business editor simonjack, he said the deal will provide much needed investment in uk journalism. we think it is a two terrific brands that have been under invested in for a long time and is a great opportunity to export these brands, to invest in these brands, br
test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
to ferry people across the channel, it is about getting after the money of these people smugglers and it is about working hard both on the uk border and across europe. that is what driven this 36% reduction. at the same time, is that you re seeing an 80% increase. we are a positive outlier because of the actions that we have taken. so this is not about the weather, this is about the work the home office officials have been doing both domestically and with their counterparts across europe. opposition labour party says ministers are manipulating the figures. here s the shadow home secretary yvette cooper. rishi sunak s claim to have cured the asylum backlog isjust totally false. in fact, the figures are nearly 100,000 cases and they haven t even fully cleared the bit of the backlog they were targeting. our political correspondent nick eardley has been working with the bbc verify team and looking at the claims. the big claim from the government today is that it s got rid of the
are facing hardship, maybe from a workless household, refugees that have come into the country and don t have any other family support. for more stories from across the uk headed to the bbc news website. you re live with bbc news. the boss of mcdonald s said the fast food giant is seeing a meaningful hit to its business because customers in the middle east and elsewhere are boycotting the chain for its perceived support of israel. with more, here s the bbc s michelle fleury in new york. some major western brands have been hit by grassroots unplanned boycott because of their stance on the israel palestine conflict. this includes mcdonald s. the burger king became a target after photos and videos on social media showed franchise stores in israel giving thousands of e mail to members of the israeli military. that led to calls for boycott of the brand
bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. oh, dear! kezia is 17 months old. she s thriving. when she was born, times were tough for her mother, alice. so when her midwife delivered a special basket full of items, it meant the world. it was such a relief to not have to worry how i was going to afford everything, that she had somewhere safe to sleep, but also that so much care and thought had gone into putting this basket together. the moses project began life in 2016 on a kitchen table. run by a local church, it s grown and grown. this year it s provided 200 moses baskets packed full of essentials from baby grows to toiletries and some little luxuries, too. we support families that are facing hardship, maybe from a workless household, refugees that have come into the country and don t have any other family support. for more stories from across the uk headed to the bbc news website.