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• Senator presses NBA exec about league's 'cozy relationship' with China: 'American people deserve transparency'

  06-05-2025 23:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., pressed NBA executive Bill Koenig Tuesday about the league’s ties to China, a highly debated topic for some time. Representatives from most of the big professional sports leagues were at the Capitol Tuesday to discuss media rights, broadcasting and streaming services across the industry.During the hearing, Blackburn posed a few questions to Koenig, the NBA’s president of global content & media distribution, specifically about how the league ha
  
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• Lawmakers react to Newark airport chaos: ‘Your family deserves to know you’ll be safe'

  06-05-2025 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Lawmakers spoke out to Fox News Digital on Tuesday as chaos ensued at one of the nation’s busiest airports."Our team has reached out to the FAA to get answers on what steps they’re taking to resolve this situation," said Sen. Andy Kim, a Democrat on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee who also represents the Garden State, where the airport is located."Your family deserves to know that when you fly, you’ll be safe and you’ll get there on time. We&rsqu
  
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• Canadian journalist mocks Americans, says they can be 'convinced of anything' under Trump

  06-05-2025 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Canadian journalist and author Stephen Marche mocked Americans Tuesday by claiming they could be "convinced of anything" after warning that President Donald Trump could lead the U.S. into a war with Canada.Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the first time since Carney’s April 28 election on Tuesday. During the meeting at the White House, Carney brought up and dismissed Trump’s interest in Canada becoming a U.S. state, saying that the country won’t be for sal
  
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• Trump names Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to FIFA World Cup task force

  06-05-2025 23:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was appointed executive director of the White House task force for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Tuesday. President Donald Trump made the announcement in a TruthSocial post Tuesday after holding the first official meeting with the task force. Members of his cabinet and FIFA President Gianni Infantino were also in attendance. "I am proud to announce the appointment of Andrew Giuliani as the Executive Director of the Preside
  
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• Dangerous fungus could spread to parts of US, researchers claim

  06-05-2025 23:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Some researchers are sounding the alarm about a potentially deadly fungus that could spread throughout parts of the U.S., Europe and Asia.The study article, which was published in pre-print (not yet peer-reviewed) in Research Square, claims that "rising global temperatures" could lead to severe infections of Aspergillus, a fungal mold that thrives in warm, damp climates.The resulting infection — called Aspergillosis — can impact humans, livestock and plants, the researchers wrote.DAN
  
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• India launches strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan

  06-05-2025 22:57 via foxnews.com
  
  India said it attacked "terrorist infrastructure" in neighboring Pakistan on Wednesday in two of its occupied territories, killing at least one child and wounding two other people in what Pakistan has called a "blatant act of war."The Indian armed forces launched "Operation Sindoor," which targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed, the Press Information Bureau of India said in a
  
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• Shedeur Sanders fan files $100M lawsuit against NFL for shocking draft slide, alleging racial discrimination

  06-05-2025 22:47 via foxnews.com
  
  Shedeur Sanders' fall from projected first overall pick to 144th in this year's NFL Draft stunned countless NFL fans, and one fan was so shocked he is taking legal action. An anonymous fan of the quarterback has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the NFL over the fall.The plaintiff is a self-identified Georgia native and fan of Sanders' college team, the University of Colorado. The lawsuit alleged leaked statements that Sanders "tanked interviews," "wasn't prepared" and was "too cocky," d
  
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• Daycare in wealthy enclave shutters after housing fugitive child predator arrested by ICE: report

  06-05-2025 22:42 via foxnews.com
  
  A home daycare in Cape Cod has shuttered its doors after local news revealed a fugitive illegal immigrant from Brazil, who was wanted for child rape in his home country, was living there.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO) Boston arrested Andre Tiago Lucas, wanted for the rape of a 13-year-old child in Brazil, in Bourne in October of last year."It's absolutely disgusting and shameful, and it never should have happened, but it doesn't shoc
  
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• DOGE Committee to hold hearing on trans athletes in women's sports, congressman reveals

  06-05-2025 22:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., announced the DOGE Committee, the House subcommittee focused on delivering government efficiency, will hold a hearing on keeping men out of women’s sports. Burchett posted a video to his X account explaining important initiatives this week, leading with this hearing. "We’re seeing how crazy that’s gotten with Riley Gaines and the rest of the crew that really put it out to the public," Burchett said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE
  
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• Man crashes car into Jennifer Aniston’s gate at LA home, suspect arrested

  06-05-2025 22:33 via foxnews.com
  
  A man has been arrested after he rammed his car into the front gate of Jennifer Aniston’s home on Monday, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed with Fox News Digital. Authorities identified the suspect as 48-year-old Jimmy Wayne Carwyle. He’s been booked for felony vandalism. The "Friends" star was home at the time of the crash, according to the Associated Press via KABC-TV.NICOLE KIDMAN, KEITH URBAN'S LA HOME BROKEN INTO, RANSACKED: POLICEWest Los Angeles officers re
  
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• IOC replaces Olympic great Gary Hall Jr's 10 medals that were destroyed in Los Angeles wildfires

  06-05-2025 22:26 via foxnews.com
  
  Gary Hall Jr.’s Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires. On Monday, he was awarded 10 replica medals at IOC headquarters to replace the ones he lost.Like most of Hall’s belongings, the original medals burned four months ago at his home in the Pacific Palisades."I’ll do a better job of taking care of these," Hall said jokingly.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe 50-year-old received a new set of five gold medals, three silvers and two bronze meda
  
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• Sudan to cut ties with United Arab Emirates over alleged RSF support

  06-05-2025 22:02 via theguardian.com
  UAE insists it does not provide arms to paramilitary group as Sudanese ambassador recalledSudan’s security and defence council has declared that it will break diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates over its alleged backing of the paramilitary Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.During a televised speech on Tuesday, Sudan’s defence minister, Yassin Ibrahim, said Sudan was “severing diplomatic relations with the UAE” and recalling its ambassador, claiming the Gulf nat
  
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• Identity of second man illegally deported to El Salvador prison revealed

  06-05-2025 20:29 via theguardian.com
  Daniel Lozano-Camargo, 20, was deported in March in violation of a legal settlement over his asylum applicationThe identity of a second man illegally deported from the US by the Trump administration in defiance of a court order and now in detention in El Salvador has been revealed.Daniel Lozano-Camargo, a 20-year-old Venezuelan, was deported to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot terrorism confinement facility in March under the White House’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, Politico r
  
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• U.S. intelligence agencies contradict Trump's Tren de Aragua claims

  06-05-2025 20:14 via nbcnews.com
  
  A declassified memo states Venzuela's government is not orchestrating the gang's operations in the U.S., undercutting Trump's rationale for deporting migrants to El Salvador.
  
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• Rwandan talks with US over deported migrants are chance to expand its influence

  06-05-2025 20:12 via theguardian.com
  African country looks to position itself as a useful option for countries’ anti-migration policiesUS politics live – latest updatesTalks between Rwanda and the US to host deported migrants are the latest move by the African country to position itself as a useful option for the anti-migration policies of allied governments.Previous high-profile attempts, however, including with the UK, Israel and Denmark, failed after becoming beset by controversy. Continue reading...
  
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• Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban

  06-05-2025 20:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The blanket ban, expanding on a similar policy Trump proposed in his first term, has been blocked nationwide by lower courts.
  
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• Smoke cam: Live look at the Vatican's chimney during the conclave

  06-05-2025 19:49 via nbcnews.com
  Watch a live feed of the Sistine Chapel's chimney as the conclave of Catholic cardinals meets in Vatican City to choose the next pope. When the new pope is chosen, white smoke will pour out from the chapel's chimney, while black smoke means the cardinals will be holding another vote.
  
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• Delivery delays and empty shelves at Co-op after cyber attack

  06-05-2025 17:25 via bbc.com
  
  The retailer says "sustained malicious attempts by hackers" is affecting its IT systems.
  
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• UK and India agree trade deal after three years of talks

  06-05-2025 17:21 via bbc.com
  
  The deal will improve access for UK whisky and cars to the Indian market, and cut taxes on India's clothing and footwear exports.
  
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• Germany's Merz wins vote for chancellor after surviving historic defeat

  06-05-2025 17:17 via bbc.com
  
  Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt.
  
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• Israel attacks main airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa

  06-05-2025 17:09 via bbc.com
  
  Three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a military air base were hit, reports say.
  
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• King and Queen unveil Coronation portraits

  06-05-2025 16:55 via bbc.com
  
  The two portraits will be on display at the gallery until they are moved to Buckingham Palace in June.
  
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• Poppies pour across Tower of London to mark VE Day

  06-05-2025 16:39 via bbc.com
  
  The ceramic flowers have been positioned to resemble a cascading "wound" at the heart of the castle.
  
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• Online orders still paused and spaces on shelves – what we know about the M&S cyber chaos

  06-05-2025 16:38 via bbc.com
  
  Online orders paused, food items missing from shelves - here's what we know about the chaos at M&S.
  
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• Second Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer arrives days after delay announced

  06-05-2025 16:35 via bbc.com
  
  After pushing the much-anticipated sequel into 2026, developer Rockstar gives fans a new glimpse of the game.
  
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• Mark Gordon to represent himself in court, baby death retrial told

  06-05-2025 16:03 via bbc.com
  
  Mark Gordon and Constance Marten deny the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria.
  
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• Labour MPs' rage over election results simmers on

  06-05-2025 15:52 via bbc.com
  
  Anger over the party's drubbing in last week's local elections has not dissipated over the weekend.
  
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• Rebekah Vardy must pay £1.4m of Coleen Rooney's 'Wagatha' legal costs

  06-05-2025 15:45 via bbc.com
  
  A judge says the ruling is "the end of a long and unhappy road" for Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy.
  
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• UK business activity falls for the first time since October 2023 as trade tensions hurt economy, and car sales slide – business live

  06-05-2025 15:43 via theguardian.com
  Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBarbie maker raises prices due to Trump tariffs as Ford warns of $1.5bn costTrump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told
  Car sales across the UK fell by over 10% last month, compared to a year ago.New industry data shows that 120,331 new vehicles were registered in April, 10.4% fewer than in April 2024.In what is traditionally a quieter month following the March plate change, volumes we
  
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• No 10 rules out reversing cuts to winter fuel payments – UK politics live

  06-05-2025 15:42 via theguardian.com
  Downing Street says government will not reverse decision despite pressure from leftwingIn his interviews this morning Wes Streeting, who is seen as a Blairite, said that if the Labour government did not deliver change for voters, it would be out. (See 9.08am.) According to Politico, at a conference in Los Angeles yesterday, Tony Blair made the same argument himself. Talking about progressive parties generally, he said.If you end up just being the managers of the status quo and the status quo isn
  
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• German parliament votes again on Merz’s bid to be chancellor after humiliating first round – Europe live

  06-05-2025 15:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Man expected to lead country is first postwar candidate to lose first voting round, described as ‘complete catastrophe’Merz suffers shock defeat in German parliament vote for chancellorFor what it’s worth, multiple German media are now suggesting that there won’t be another round of voting today – exactly because Merz and his team worry about the risk of another hugely embarrassing defeat.Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Bild and Stern’s Julias Betschka all say
  
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• Trump to host Canada’s Carney amid tariff trade war – US politics live

  06-05-2025 15:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Newly elected PM had warned Canadians that Trump wanted to ‘break us, so that America can own us’Trump and Carney to meet in closely-watched encounterA group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according to a letter seen by Reuters.The six senators – Chris Van Hollen, Dick Durbin, Jeff Merkley, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Peter Welch &
  
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• Why did Friedrich Merz suffer shock defeat in Bundestag and what’s next for Germany?

  06-05-2025 15:34 via theguardian.com
  
  After suffering surprise defeat in a vote that was expected to be a formality, the way out for Germany seems further awayFriedrich Merz has suffered a humiliating defeat in the Bundestag after failing to secure the majority required to confirm him as Germany’s next chancellor.This is the first time this has happened in Germany’s postwar history, and it is a huge personal embarrassment for Merz, who has repeatedly declared that with his government “Germany is back” and rea
  
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• No 10 resists growing calls within Labour for winter fuel rethink

  06-05-2025 15:33 via bbc.com
  
  Calls to abandon cuts to the pensions top-up have grown in the wake of local election losses last week.
  
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• Gaza ‘to be entirely destroyed’ and people to leave ‘in great numbers’, claims far-right Israeli minister – Middle East crisis live

  06-05-2025 15:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Bezalel Smotrich tells gathering at West Bank settlement that Palestinians ‘will start to leave in great numbers to third countries’China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”.“We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said.The government of the Israeli prime mini
  
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• Raducanu set-up 'working well' but jigsaw not complete

  06-05-2025 15:32 via bbc.com
  
  Britain's Emma Raducanu believes her current coaching arrangement is working well but knows she will soon need to "figure another solution out".
  
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• Protesters arrested while demanding University of Washington cut ties with Boeing

  06-05-2025 15:32 via theguardian.com
  Group says aerospace company has military contracts which ‘are used by Israel in their US-funded genocide of Palestinian people’More than two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on Monday night at the University of Washington in Seattle after they occupied an engineering building and set dumpsters on fire.The protest group, called Super UW, occupied the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building to demand that the university sever its ties with Boeing, as the aerospace company
  
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• ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed,’ Israeli minister says

  06-05-2025 15:28 via theguardian.com
  Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’ – raising fears of ethnic cleansing Middle East crisis – live updatesAn Israeli government minister has vowed that “Gaza will be entirely destroyed” as a result of an Israeli military victory, and that its Palestinian population will “leave in great numbers to third countries”, raising fears that the occupied territory is to be ethnically cleansed.The declaration on
  
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• UK and India agree trade deal after three years of negotiations

  06-05-2025 15:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Deal could help UK industries hit by Trump tariffs, as ministers say it will add £4.8bn a year to economy by 2040UK politics live – latest updatesBritain and India have agreed a long-desired trade deal that ministers said would add £4.8bn a year to the UK economy by 2040.The agreement, which was finalised on Tuesday after more than three years of negotiations under successive governments, has long been touted as one of the biggest prizes of Brexit. Continue reading...
  
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• Tributes paid to two riders killed in motorcycle race

  06-05-2025 15:22 via bbc.com
  
  The motorsport community pays tribute to two riders who died after a crash during a motorbike race at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
  
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• Tributes paid to two riders killed in 11-bike British Supersport Championship crash

  06-05-2025 15:22 via bbc.com
  
  The motorsport community pays tribute to two riders who died after a crash during a motorbike race at Oulton Park in Cheshire.
  
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• Real trying to sign Alexander-Arnold in time for Club World Cup

  06-05-2025 15:18 via bbc.com
  
  Real Madrid are aiming to complete the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool before the start of the Club World Cup.
  
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• WATCH: View from cockpit as Red Arrows fly over London

  06-05-2025 15:05
  Britain's Red Arrows released footage of their flypast over London, part of the celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.
  
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• Ronaldo's son gets first Portugal Under-15s call-up

  06-05-2025 14:57 via bbc.com
  
  Cristiano's Ronaldo's eldest son is called up to the Portugal Under-15 squad for the first time.
  
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• Welsh Labour first minister says she is ‘losing patience’ with Starmer’s policies

  06-05-2025 14:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Eluned Morgan says her government will move ‘to the left’ and urges UK Labour to reconsider budget cutsUK politics live – latest updatesThe Welsh first minister and leader of the Welsh Labour party has said she is “losing patience” with UK Labour and made it clear she is “tacking to the left” as she tries to counter a growing threat from Reform UK and Plaid Cymru.Eluned Morgan told the Guardian she wanted Keir Starmer to rethink policy changes on welfare
  
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• Friedrich Merz suffers shock defeat in German parliament vote for chancellor

  06-05-2025 14:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Man expected to lead country is first postwar candidate to lose first voting round, described as ‘complete catastrophe’Europe live – latest updatesGermany’s presumed next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has suffered a humiliating setback on his path to power by failing to secure the necessary majority in the Bundestag lower house of parliament to be elected.The ballot on Tuesday was the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a candidate has lost the first round of
  
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• Federal judge says Democrat’s North Carolina election win must stand

  06-05-2025 14:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican Jefferson Griffin had sought to throw out votes for Democrat Allison Riggs in supreme court electionDisputed ballots in the still unresolved 2024 race for a North Carolina supreme court seat must remain in the final count, a federal judge ruled late on Monday, a decision that if upheld would result in an electoral victory for the Democratic incumbent, Allison Riggs.US District Judge Richard Myers agreed with Riggs and others who argued it would be a violation of the US constitution to
  
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• Rihanna and A$AP Rocky reveal they are expecting third child at Met Gala

  06-05-2025 14:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Barbadian singer/actor appeared at fashion event visibly pregnant, with Rocky saying: ‘It feels amazing, you know’At a historic edition of the Met Gala with tons of news-making moments, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky once again stole the show.The power couple is expecting their third child, the rapper A$AP Rocky revealed. Continue reading...
  
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• Glamour trumps politics as ‘black style’ honoured at Met Gala

  06-05-2025 14:05 via theguardian.com
  Kamala Harris snuck in back door leaving fashion icons at forefront as New York’s party of the year ran with the theme ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’The party of the year had the potential to be a political firecracker. New York’s ultimate see-and-be-seen event, the Met Gala, was also the launch of Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, a fashion exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum honouring the subversive power of black style and the role of dandyism in expanding ideals
  
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• Baking a deal? Hovis and Kingsmill owners in talks about historic merger

  06-05-2025 14:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Associated British Foods’ sale of Allied Bakeries would bring together two of the UK’s biggest breadmakersBusiness live – latest updatesThe owners of Hovis and Kingsmill have entered talks that could lead to two of the UK’s biggest bread brands merging amid “challenging” market conditions.After weekend reports, Associated British Foods (ABF), which owns the Kingsmill parent Allied Bakeries as well as the budget clothing chain Primark, confirmed it was in negot
  
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