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Drinks and snacks giant PepsiCo has bought Israel’s fizzy drink maker SodaStream for $3.2bn (£2.5bn). PepsiCo, which owns brands including Tropicana, Walkers and Doritos, said it had agreed to acquire all of SodaStream’s outstanding shares at $144 (£112) each.This represents a 32% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price.PepsiCo chairman and chief executive Indra Nooyi described the companies as “an inspired match”.She said SodaStream’s products, which are marketed as a healthy alternative to sugary drinks, fit in with the US firm’s goal of “making more nutritious products while limiting our environmental footprint”.”Together, we can advance our shared vision of…

One of the women left critically injured after a “horrific” street attack in London has been named as Ania Gos. S&P Global issued a statement expressing its “deepest sympathies” to Ms Gos and her mother, who police said were “fighting for their lives” after being taken to a south London hospital on Sunday.The Metropolitan Police said the women were aged 30 and 64, adding they were violently assaulted by what they believe may have been a hammer in Eltham, south east London. Image: Police believe a hammer may have been used in the assault Joe Xuereb, 27, was later arrested…

A suspected terrorist has been shot dead after attempting to attack officers with a large knife at a police station in Barcelona. The man is said to have shouted “Allah is great” as he lunged at his targets, having gained entry to the station shortly before 6am by repeatedly pressing the buzzer at the security door and speaking to those inside over an intercom.Regional police chief Rafel Comes has confirmed detectives are treating the attack as a terrorist incident. Image: The attacker was quickly shot by police No injuries have been reported, with Mr Comes adding that the officer who…

Staff at Gatwick Airport have had to write information about flight departures on whiteboards after a technical issue means screens have failed. Photos posted on social media showed people crowding around the boards to find out the latest on their flights.Staff could also be seen rubbing out information as it changed to update it with black and red marker pens.The screen failure is affecting both the North and South terminals at the airport.Gatwick Airport tweeted: “We are sorry, but due to an IT issue our flight information is not displaying correctly. Please use the temporary flight boards in the departure…

After almost a decade of tough austerity measures, Greece can financially “stand on its own feet” after receiving tens of billions of euros to help it fix its economy and banking sector. The country has now successfully completed its third and final bailout programme to end a debt crisis that nearly resulted in it leaving the single currency at the height of the catastrophe.The European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund loaned Greece a total of €289bn (£259bn) in three programmes, in 2010, 2012 and 2015.The last bailout – a three-year European Stability Mechanism (ESM) programme…

Luxury handbag maker Mulberry has issued a profit warning after the collapse of House of Fraser into administration, shortly before it was bought by Sports Direct. Mulberry, which operates 21 House of Fraser concessions, said it was expecting to take a £3m hit for exceptional costs in its next trading update for the six months to 30 September.It comes days after administrators revealed the department store owed £484m to creditors before its collapse – including £2.4m to Mulberry.Mulberry shares fell by 30% in opening trading on Monday following the profit warning.They recovered slightly later on in the morning, but were…

A British woman has been pulled out of the sea alive 10 hours after falling from a cruise ship off the coast of Croatia. The unnamed woman was taken to hospital in the town of Pula on Sunday.She fell from the Norwegian Star cruise ship, about 95km (60m) off Croatia’s coast shortly before midnight Saturday.A Croatian rescue ship was scrambled and found her swimming Sunday morning not far from where she was believed to have fallen.The ship’s captain, Lovro Oreskovic, said that she was exhausted.He said that “we were extremely happy for saving a human life”.A Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson…

About 840 bridges across France are at risk of collapsing, an audit commissioned by the government has warned. The audit found a third of the country’s 12,000 state-maintained bridges need repairs.It said 7% – or about 840 – bridges are so badly damaged they are at “risk of collapse” in coming years and may be closed down.The names of bridges were not mentioned in the report.Lack of funding was to blame, but also “insufficient technical staff” to maintain them, said the report, which was submitted to the minister of transport last month and has been published by newspaper Journal du…

The FBI has listed a Scottish man as one of its “most wanted” for his involvement in a precious metals fraud scheme. James Alexander Ward, who is also known as Jamie D Ward, is thought to have been on the run since 2012.He was charged with “wire fraud” in 2012 over alleged crimes committed in Florida between 2007 and 2010.He is accused of running a firm called Kastle & Hawk Inc, which took some $400,000 (£310,000) from people hoping to invest in gold, silver and platinum. But he is alleged to have pocketed the cash and spent it on himself.Originally…

One of the UK’s biggest stationery retailers is asking some of its landlords ‎for a three-year rent holiday in the latest restructuring plan forced on the industry by soaring costs and weak sales. Sky News has learnt that Office Outlet will launch a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) on Monday that will involve closing just a handful of its 100 stores but impose massive rent haircuts on most of its estate.The plan, on which landlords are understood to have been briefed last week, will be among the most radical launched this year.Carpetright, Homebase, Mothercare, New Look and the restaurant chain Prezzo…