David Rhodes to report to Rebekah Brooks as group seeks to challenge BBC’s broadcast dominance

Shortly before his departure as FT editor, Lionel Barber was granted a rare interview with Angela Merkel, whose period in office is nearing its end. In conversation with Marc Filippino, Mr Barber offers his thoughts on the German chancellor as she battles to keep the flag of multilateralism flying in an increasingly unilateralist world.

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There’s a chronic paradox at the heart of stablecoin-based payment systems that will render them cost-prohibitive.

Shares in brokerage firm drop overnight after it discloses payments to clearing houses

Online broker is revamping its charging structure

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has underlined the need for greater multilateral cooperation, including the need to improve the global trading system, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said on 7 May. Speaking at a webinar hosted by the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning, DDG Wolff said trade will play an important role in Africa’s economic recovery from the crisis, particularly through increased intra-African trade.

The mindset that allows Colin Wayne to push forward in times of crisis.

The broadcaster, 54, and his co-host, 49, poked fun at the feud between the two This Morning presenters during Wednesday's edition of the show, as they branded their interaction 'awkward.'

The four-man, 4km event is one of Team GB's most successful in any Olympic sport - they won gold at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. Veteran Ed Clancy was the only ever-present in those teams. 

Earlier this week, and ahead of VE Day today, Sophie Wessex, 55, Prince Edward, 56, and Princess Anne, all telephoned several veterans to learn about their experiences in the war.

Prince William, 37, and Kate Middleton, 38, made a video call to residents of an East Sussex care home on Wednesday. They giggled as the WWII veterans shared their VE Day memories.

North Carolina teacher Emma Ogle was arrested on Halloween night and charged with a sex act with a student, indecent liberties with a student and a crime against nature.

Massachusetts couple David, 102, and Muriel, 97, Cohen died within hours of each other Friday after 78 years of marriage.

Researchers from Poland's Institute of National Remembrance pieced together the layout of the Preventive Security Police Camp for Polish Youth in Lodz, where hundreds of children died.

Heartwarming photographs show former UK servicemen in their uniforms and medals as they watched planes including Spitfires, Hurricanes and the Red Arrows roared overhead.

Maggie Rogers proved she had more than just metaphorical star power on her side as she graced the red carpet during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles.

Breakfast radio host David Lutteral, 43, who spent New Year's with the Olympic swimmer at Marriott Resort Momi Bay, said their trip was 'destroyed' by a brief lovers' tiff.

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: Two days before another dramatic US Open exit, Roger Federer was talking up the chances of him being competitive in the Grand Slams into his forties.

Edinson Cavani has been linked with South American clubs such as Boca Juniors recently, but his mother Berta Gomez insists that he still wants to play club football in Europe.

Joe Schmidt has suffered a World Cup injury blow with veteran flanker Seán O'Brien ruled out of the tournament in Japan with a hip injury. His set for six months on the sidelines.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The 77-year-old is very well-connected in racing circles and has good relationships with key figures at ITV, where he was first employed as a pundit in 1971.

These interactive maps show where people are being treated for the disease, how many patients are infected and which cities are most at risk.

Navy veteran Ken Benbow, 94, made an appearance on GMB to commemorate V.E. Day when he broke down in tears after praising his 'wonderful' carer Kia for the 'marvellous' life he has had.

The veteran, who gave his name as David, pleaded with officials to give him just 30 minutes of isolated time outside, fearing he may kill himself if locked in for longer.

The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass 'hot enough to melt cars' to the ground.

Footage from the Queen's visit to the Haig Housing development in South London reveals how Her Majesty, 93, told off a schoolboy who had given her a rousing welcome with his classmates.

Tempy Pattinson, 5, from Darlington, County Durham, and Simon Brown, 38, from Leeds, were introduced by Help for Heroes after she began fundraising to 'give back' to soldiers.

EXCLUSIVE: The veteran had been paying his respects at a war memorial before moving on to Harehills Labour Club, where staff told him to remove his beret to comply with their policy.

Our book critic tests your knowledge of the best boosk released in 2019, with this fun, challenging literary quiz

I finally caved and sent David a light, friendly text. We should all be reaching out, shouldn't we?

After her wartime novel The Postmistress, Sarah Blake returns with a multi-generational saga about the toxic legacy of guilt among a New York banking dynasty.

At the start of this slim, intensely absorbing novel about life after shattering loss, a woman loses her bearings in France. She has no interest in the country.

Feeling worried about climate change has now been recognised as a legitimate mental health issue.

Set after the death of Victorian explorer David Livingstone, Petina Gappah's novel is part of a trend for putting history's supposed bit-part players centre-stage.

A woman comes across a ten-year-old boy alone in a forest car park on a freezing New Year's Day

Barry's Costa-winning novel Days Without End told the story of Thomas, who flees the Irish famine and ends up fighting in the American Civil War

Evie Wyld's powerful, intensely absorbing third novel is haunted by ghosts

The relationship between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen, for whom he wrote So Long, Marianne among others, has already been told on film.

Hold on - wasn't Anne Tyler going to retire? This is her third outing since 2015's A Spool Of Blue Thread, supposedly her final novel

Five months after the death of her alcoholic mother, sales assistant Ava is hit by a car

Lancashire: a neglected space caught between the twin poles of tourist magnets the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales - two places, incidentally, that are also richly imagined in literature.

Greenwell's exquisitely written debut, What Belongs To You, followed an aspiring poet who moves from Kentucky to Bulgaria

Like the titular mammal, this is a curiosity: part 21st-century political satire, part unexpectedly affecting 19th-century love story.

A library for rejected manuscripts established by a book-loving loner in a sleepy Breton town becomes the talk of literary Paris

Dr. Gerald Newmark, 91, joined the Civil Rights marches in Selma led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Army veteran was inspired to go after watching Bloody Sunday on TV 53 years ago.

Army veteran Dr. Gerald Newmark, who joined Dr Martin Luther King Jr to participate in the final Selma march in 1965, passed away last month at age 91. He left a final love letter for his wife, Deborah

Richmond County narcotics investigator Cecil Ridley, 51 (left), was shot dead during a confrontation with convicted felon Alvin Hester Jr, 24 (pictured right in 2017) in Augusta.

NYC-based Robby Leonardi received overnight fame when he launched an awesome Super Mario-inspired interactive resume website on October 10, 2013. He does graphic design, animation, illustration and even programming, and wanted a unique resume so it would stand out from the crowd. Image Source Imagine a resume where a brightly-dressed cartoon character standing in front of bright blue sky runs across grassy hills, and showcases his talent, like a Mario game? Who won’t love that? Made using HTML, CSS and Javascript, the website uses JQuery and JQuery UI for the animations. Leonardi says he avoided Flash since he wanted his website on Apple mobile devices too. Image Source Since the resume was picked up by social media, Leonardi had won a slew of awards for his work. Disclaimer: Don’t try

The unemployment rate for US veterans jumped to 11.7% last month as over 1 million former service members found themselves out of work.In April, as the coronavirus shuttered businesses across the country, the US unemployment rate climbed to 14.7%, with the loss of 20.5 million jobs.During the coronavirus pandemic, the US veteran community has seen over 10,000 coronavirus cases and over 800 related deaths.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.As the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on the US economy, more than 1 million veterans found themselves without a job in April as the unemployment rate for this group rose to 11.7%, Military Times first reported, citing information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics out Friday.The rise in veteran unemployment, which was only

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY WILL KELLEHER: For players like Richard Wigglesworth nearing the end of their contracts, lockdown life has left them in limbo over what happens next.