PRESS DIGEST-British Business - January 9

Reuters01-09

PRESS DIGEST-British Business - January 9

Jan 9 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The Times

Glencore GLEN.L said late on Thursday it was in preliminary discussions with Rio Tinto RIO.L about a possible combination of some or all of their businesses, which could include an all-share merger between the two companies.
Britain's most senior military chief has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the Ministry of Defence is short of 28 billion pounds ($37.62 billion) over the next four years despite plans to boost spending.

The Guardian

Two oil tankers under US sanctions are sailing east through the Channel towards Russia, prompting speculation over whether the US and the UK would be willing to seize further vessels linked to Moscow.

The Telegraph

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he had asked media regulator Ofcom for "all options to be on the table" after it emerged that child sexual abuse images had been generated using X's AI chatbot, Grok.

Sky News

The owner of The Very Group, one of Britain's biggest online shopping platforms, is to launcha 2-billion-pound ($2.69 billion) auction of the company.

($1 = 0.7444 pounds)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)

((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com))

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