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NEW LAW HOLDS BIG COMPANIES LIABLE FOR FRAUD – Failure to prevent’ offence brings unlimited fines Large companies could now face unlimited fines and criminal prosecution if they fail to prevent fraud carried out by their staff, agents, or subsidiaries under a major new corporate offence that comes into force today. The “failure to prevent fraud” law means organisations will be held criminally liable if someone associated with the company commits fraud intended to benefit the firm. Examples include dishonest sales tactics, concealing vital information from customers or investors, and market manipulation. To defend themselves, companies will have to prove…

TICKETLESS TRAIN TRAVEL TRIAL LAUNCHES IN EAST MIDLANDS – The app uses GPS to automatically charge passengers best fare A new ticketless train travel system that charges passengers based on their location is being trialled in the East Midlands, in a move that could transform the way people pay for rail journeys. From Monday, East Midlands Railway (EMR) will begin testing the location-based technology with up to 1,000 passengers travelling between Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and stations along the route. The app, called Digital Pay As You Go, uses GPS tracking on passengers’ smartphones to log journeys and then automatically charges…

MORE THAN 800 DEAD AFTER EARTHQUAKE – Rescuers are searching for survivors after 6.0-magnitude quake hits Jalalabad, Afghanistan  More than 800 people were killed and over 2,800 injured in one of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes, authorities said on Monday (September 1), as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from rubble being combed for survivors. Footage filmed at what was said to be Nangarhar Airport showed a helicopter carrying casualties landing on the runway and soldiers with stretchers and gurneys rushing to help. The disaster will further stretch the resources of the South Asian nation already grappling with…

GPS SYSTEM FOR EU CHIEF’S PLANE JAMMED- EU Says It Suspects Russian Interference  A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been hit by radar jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, an EU spokesperson says. The GPS navigation system of the plane was disabled externally according to the EU, forcing a landing at the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv using paper maps. EU Commission spokesperson Arianna Podestà said the GPS system of the plane to Bulgaria was jammed.

TRUMP SAYS HE WILL ORDER VOTER ID REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY VOTE – Trump pledged to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will issue an executive order to require voter identification from every voter. “Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Also, No Mail-In Voting, Except For Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Military,” he added. Trump has long questioned the U.S. electoral system and stands on his belief…

EU CHIEF TOURS BELARUS BORDER- The EU chief says  member states sharing border with Belarus will receive more funding European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Poland’s border with Belarus on Sunday (August 31) to express solidarity with Poland as a frontline state facing hybrid attacks. Speaking alongside Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk during the border visit, Von der Leyen said the proposed budget for the European Union from 2028-2034 aims to triple the budget for migration and border management “Member states with a direct border with Russia and Belarus will receive additional European funding, because I want to…

SHANGHAI CORPORATION SUMMIT BEGINS IN CHINA- Xi said the SCO has set a model for a new type of international relations Chinese President Xi Jinping today welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders from Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia in Tianjin as they arrived for the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. China will work with all parties in the SCO to take the regional security forum to a new level, Xi told leaders. The SCO has set a model for a new type of international…

PRE-BUDGET LIFT FOR RACHEL REEVES-UK Business confidence rises Confidence among UK businesses has grown despite anxiety about the state of the economy, in a rare slice of positive news for the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in the run up to her autumn budget An August poll of UK companies by Lloyds Bank showed that improved sentiment among manufacturers and retailers helped push overall optimism within UK plc up by two percentage points, with 54% of companies now feeling confident in the current environment. It marked the fourth consecutive monthly increase in overall business sentiment, according to the Lloyds business barometer, driven…

UK GOVT APPEALS COURT RULING FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS- Alleging that closure of hotels would put pressure on the system to house asylum seekers  The British government has argued that a court ruling requiring asylum seekers to be temporarily evicted from a hotel risks sparking further chaotic protests outside the residences housing them, as it has appealed against the decision. Last week, the High Court in London granted a temporary injunction to stop asylum seekers from being housed in the Bell Hotel in Epping, about 20 miles northeast of London in the county of Essex. The hotel owners and the British…

E3 MOVE TO REIMPOSE UN SANCTIONS ON IRAN – France, UK & Germany impose measures on Iran over nuclear breach A move by the E3 group of France, Britain and Germany to trigger a 30-day process to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran should not be acted on by the Security Council because it has no legal bearing, according to Russia’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy. Russia and China finalised their draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Thursday, said diplomats, that would extend the 2015 Iran nuclear deal for six months and urge all parties to immediately resume negotiations. The…