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- Reuters
UK finance ministry respecting "due process" on NatWest share sale
Britain's finance ministry said it was "working through internal due process" when asked to clarify the possible impact of a July 4 election on the government's proposed retail offer in NatWest, a spokesperson told Reuters in an emailed statement on Thursday. The heavily-anticipated stock sale, a key milestone in the full privatisation of the taxpayer-backed bank, is hanging in the balance after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday Britain would be heading to the polls in less than two months. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and UK Government Investments, the agency that manages Britain's holding in NatWest, were planning the sale to jumpstart ambitions to promote wider retail ownership of UK stocks.
- The Telegraph
Israel resumes indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas
Israel’s war cabinet has instructed negotiators to resume indirect talks with Hamas over a hostage deal and ceasefire, a source confirmed to The Telegraph on Thursday.
- Evening Standard
Arsenal agree to part ways with Albert Sambi Lokonga after talks over future
Belgian impressed during loan spell with Luton
