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Natalie Fleet says she has stepped down as safeguarding minister after finding the role “overwhelmingly triggering”, telling the BBC that it was making her ill.The Labour MP, who was groomed and raped as a teenager, added she told the team of new Prime Minister Andy Burnham that she “sadly couldn’t stay” in the job.Fleet described it as the “bravest thing I’ve ever done” and offered her support to her successor.She was appointed to the role on 12 May this year following the resignation of Jess Phillips, who said opportunities for progress had been “stalled and delayed” under the leadership of…
A Mercedes-Benz logo is displayed on a used vehicle for sale at a dealership on November 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA.Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Senate Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at toughing a ban on Chinese automakers from the U.S. market, even as Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that it could unintentionally bar Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the country.Cruz said during the committee’s markup of the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026 that the bill’s 15% Chinese ownership threshold would cover Mercedes-Benz because two Chinese investors collectively own nearly 20% of…
Paramount-Warner Bros deal gets EU approval with conditions Source link
The price hikes this year aren’t that much in the grand scheme, but Samsung’s foldables were already very expensive. The Ultra and Flip are only $100 more than their 2025 counterparts, but foldables were already seeing price bumps even before the RAMpocalypse. A $1,200 price tag will make the Flip 8 a tough sell when Motorola has Razr phones for hundreds less, even if they aren’t as fast. At $2,100, the Z Fold 8 Ultra will be the most spendy foldable in most markets, but anyone who’s going to spend $2,000 on one can probably justify another $100. Preorders are…
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresidents and other federal officials would be banned from issuing or sponsoring cryptocurrency and other digital assets under newly updated legislation the Senate is considering.Republicans on Wednesday updated a measure already under consideration — known as the Clarity Act, major legislation to govern the broader digital asset market. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., the bill’s lead sponsor, provided CNBC with the bill text, which now includes the first limits on how presidents may profit off of crypto.The bill would tap the Department of…
OpenAI Ceo Sam Altman speaks to journalists after meeting with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty ImagesOpenAI said that its artificial intelligence models were behind an “unprecedented cyber incident” that affected the open-source developer platform Hugging Face, rattling researchers across the industry. The company said a combination of its models GPT‑5.6 Sol and a more capable model that has not yet been released escaped a sandboxed testing environment, accessed the internet and exploited a vulnerability to gain access to Hugging Face’s systems. The model was…
Deutsche Boerse reports 12% profit rise in second quarter Source link
Tesla is set to announce second-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, three weeks after reporting a 25% year-over-year increase in vehicle deliveries. Here’s what Wall Street expects, according to estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:Earnings per share: 51 cents expectedRevenue: $25.71 billion expectedTesla’s earnings report lands in the midst of a steep decline in its stock price, which is down about 10% this month and 16% for the year. That slide has coincided with a drop in SpaceX, Elon Musk’s other trillion-dollar company, which held a record market debut in June and has lost almost 40% of its value…
‘It’s going to help us’ – public respond to bus fare cut. Source link
Google parent Alphabet reports fiscal second-quarter results after the bell. Here’s what analysts are expecting, according to LSEG.Earnings per share: $2.89Revenue: $116.9 billion estimatedGoogle’s earnings mark the first major test this earnings season for the ballooning capital expenditures trade fueling the artificial intelligence revolution.In recent months, technology giants have poured billions into building new data center infrastructure to keep pace with skyrocketing demand for compute. But those massive investments have started to raise questions over the sustainability of long-term demand. Consensus estimates from FactSet expect $187.1 billion in capex this year for Alphabet. Google’s AI pipeline is also top of…