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British journalist Martin Bashir, who is being investigated over how he obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana, is stepping down from his role as the BBC's religion editor, the corporation said Friday.

British police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 80 people in London last month said there are grounds to suspect that corporate manslaughter may have been committed by the local council, the BBC reported on Thursday.

A British corporate investigator imprisoned in China for nearly two years has said he was "harassed" for a confession, the BBC reported today, in a claim immediately denied by the Chinese foreign ministry.

The chief of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reportedly received death threats after his decision to sack the network's popular motoring-show host Jeremy Clarkson, forcing the Scotland Yard to investigate the claims.

Chinese authorities have indicted British and American investigators hired by GlaxoSmithKline on charges of illegally obtaining and selling private information, state media reported Monday, as the Briton blamed the pharmaceutical company for misleading and using him.

British national Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng, a US citizen, are charged with illegally obtaining private information on Chinese citizens, the official news agency Xinhua reported, citing unnamed prosecutor sources.

British national Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng, an American citizen, will on August 7 face charges of illegally obtaining personal information, a family friend who asked not to be identified told AFP.

The move is based on the claim by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a US based group of about 160 journalists, to have possessed secret records of 2.5 lakh individuals and entities from more than 170 countries relating to black money.

British lawmakers on Tuesday recalled Rupert Murdoch to testify after a tape recording emerged of the media tycoon slamming the police investigation into alleged phone hacking and bribery by his journalists.

Google Inc faced angry questions on Thursday from British lawmakers investigating its tax affairs and whether it had misled parliament in testimony last year, adding fuel to a debate on taxation that has risen to the top of the UK political agenda.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investigating the potential of manufacturing cars in India, company sources said, as the British luxury carmaker looks to build on its growth in emerging markets with the help of Indian parent Tata Motors.

The interest rate rigging scandal at Barclays claimed its third high-profile victim late on Tuesday when chief operative officer Jerry Del Missier resigned with immediate effect. Earlier in the day, chief executive Bob Diamond had also quit. Barclays was fined $453 million by US and British authorities, becoming the first bank to settle in an inves...

Four more global banks are being investigated for the alleged financial market manipulation that led to fines of $453 million against Barclays Bank, British Treasury chief George Osborne said Thursday

British journalist Martin Bashir, who is being investigated over how he obtained an explosive 1995 interview with Princess Diana, is stepping down from his role as the BBC's religion editor, the corporation said Friday.

British police investigating the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 80 people in London last month said there are grounds to suspect that corporate manslaughter may have been committed by the local council, the BBC reported on Thursday.

A British corporate investigator imprisoned in China for nearly two years has said he was "harassed" for a confession, the BBC reported today, in a claim immediately denied by the Chinese foreign ministry.

The chief of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reportedly received death threats after his decision to sack the network's popular motoring-show host Jeremy Clarkson, forcing the Scotland Yard to investigate the claims.

Chinese authorities have indicted British and American investigators hired by GlaxoSmithKline on charges of illegally obtaining and selling private information, state media reported Monday, as the Briton blamed the pharmaceutical company for misleading and using him.

British national Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng, a US citizen, are charged with illegally obtaining private information on Chinese citizens, the official news agency Xinhua reported, citing unnamed prosecutor sources.

British national Peter Humphrey and his wife Yu Yingzeng, an American citizen, will on August 7 face charges of illegally obtaining personal information, a family friend who asked not to be identified told AFP.

The move is based on the claim by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a US based group of about 160 journalists, to have possessed secret records of 2.5 lakh individuals and entities from more than 170 countries relating to black money.

British lawmakers on Tuesday recalled Rupert Murdoch to testify after a tape recording emerged of the media tycoon slamming the police investigation into alleged phone hacking and bribery by his journalists.

Google Inc faced angry questions on Thursday from British lawmakers investigating its tax affairs and whether it had misled parliament in testimony last year, adding fuel to a debate on taxation that has risen to the top of the UK political agenda.

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investigating the potential of manufacturing cars in India, company sources said, as the British luxury carmaker looks to build on its growth in emerging markets with the help of Indian parent Tata Motors.

The interest rate rigging scandal at Barclays claimed its third high-profile victim late on Tuesday when chief operative officer Jerry Del Missier resigned with immediate effect. Earlier in the day, chief executive Bob Diamond had also quit. Barclays was fined $453 million by US and British authorities, becoming the first bank to settle in an inves...

Four more global banks are being investigated for the alleged financial market manipulation that led to fines of $453 million against Barclays Bank, British Treasury chief George Osborne said Thursday