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Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro slammed for eating ‘Salt Bae’ steak amid food crisis
Venezuela’s President facing a furious backlash at home over the last foreign trip he made, when he stopped in Istanbul to dine on a sumptuous steak dinner with a celebrity chef.
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BAE Systems cuts 2,000 jobs
Almost 2,000 jobs are to be cut at the UK’s biggest defence contractor BAE Systems, in what’s being described by unions as a “bitter blow” for manufacturing. The company, which is facing a lack of orders for its Typhoon jet, claims the restructuring will result in a “sharper, competitive edge”. Labour says the move will…
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BAE cuts 1,800 jobs and ends shipbuilding in Portsmouth
As BAE scales down operations in Portsmouth, news of an end to shipbuilding at the historic yard is greeted with dismay by unions. Hundreds more jobs in Scotland are also to be cut.
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BAE’s £28bn European merger fails to take off
A proposed merger between Britain’s BAE Systems and Europe’s EADS has been called off after opposition from the German government, a spokesman for EADS has said.
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Clock ticking for BAE and EADS merger
There’s nothing like a deadline to focus the mind. But when it comes to the creation of a European defence supergiant, we may find there are deadlines, and deadlines.
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Critical BAE talks ahead of 10 October merger deadline
Britain, France and Germany are trying to rescue a proposed £28bn merger between EADS and BAE Systems, plagued by shareholder criticism and concerns about security, jobs and state involvement.
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Former army chief: ‘think long about EADS/BAE merger’
Former head of British armed forces Sir Mike Jackson says Britain should think ‘long and strategically’ about the proposed merger of EADS and BAE Systems.
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EADS and BAE merger a step closer
The proposed mega merger between British weapons manufacturer BAE and the European aviation giant EADS moves closer.
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More than 600 UK jobs could go at BAE Systems
BAE says the plans could mean the closure of its plant in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as well as up to 280 at other sites in England and Wales.
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BAE’s £1.6bn Saudi deal reprieves 250 manufacturing jobs
British defence giant BAE Systems secures a £1.6bn deal with Saudi Arabia that will safeguard more than 240 jobs that were under threat at its Yorkshire factory.
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BAE job cuts hit Brough’s elite workforce
With BAE Systems announcing plans to shed 900 jobs at its Brough plant, the town – for nearly a century a centre for aircraft manufacture in Humberside – faces hard times ahead.
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BAE Systems to cut almost 3,000 UK jobs
As BAE Systems announces several thousand job losses at a number of its UK locations, a defence economist tells Channel 4 News government spending cuts are to blame.
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Thousands of job losses at BAE systems
Defence company BAE Systems makes almost 3,000 workers redundant due to slower than expected sales of the Eurofighter jet plane.
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FactCheck: why is US decision to give cluster munitions to Ukraine controversial?
US President Joe Biden has announced the country will supply cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its fight against Russian forces. FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: is Clinton right that there have been 135 mass shootings in the US in 2023?
The figures aren’t clear cut.
