Met Police officer cleared after Tasering girl, 10
A girl who threatened her mother with garden shears was Tasered twice by PC Jonathan Broadhead. Source: BBC News
Government intervenes in Abu Dhabi’s bid to buy Telegraph
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, best known in the UK for his ownership of Manchester City football club, has thrown his considerable financial heft behind RedBird IMI, the investment consortium looking to take control of the Telegraph and the Spectator. Source: BBC News
Former Chancellor Alistair Darling dies aged 70
Tributes from all sides to former Labour chancellor who steered the UK through 2008’s economic crisis. Source: BBC News
BBC News chief: Newsnight cuts reflect changing habits
More than 30 jobs are closing at Newsnight as part of a string of changes to save money. Source: BBC News
Dean Sullivan: Brookside actor dies aged 68
The actor, who played Jimmy Corkhill in the TV soap, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018. Source: BBC News
Elon Musk launches profane attack on X advertisers
The billionaire accuses firms of trying to blackmail him with ad dollars, claiming they will kill X. Source: BBC News
The Papers: 'Nightmare' at A&E and 'India murder plot'
Air pollution, Rwanda’s agreement with the UK over migrants and events in Gaza also feature on the front pages of Thursday’s newspapers. Source: BBC News
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100
Over the years, however, Kissinger was also subject to scathing criticism from those who accused him of putting rivalry with the Soviet Union over human rights and supporting repressive regimes across the world, including Augusto Pinochet’s regime in Chile. Source: BBC News
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
Royal Navy vessels will work alongside members of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), which includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Though they’ve conducted exercises together in the past this will be the first time the JEF has conducted a joint operation. Source: BBC News
US says it foiled alleged plot to assassinate Sikh activist in New York
The suspect tried to pay a hitman to kill an American member of a Sikh separatist group, prosecutors say. Source: BBC News