Daily briefing Saturday 22nd August

0:00This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwCWC. Staying competitive means getting ahead, not just keeping up. So how do business leaders cut through the noise and focus on what really matters? PwC takes you further with tech, from optimising the systems that put your data to work, to scaling AI from proof of concept to competitive edge. PwC helps you meet tomorrow's tech demands, so you can compete at a speed that rewrites the rules. Discover more at pwc.co.uk. This is Times Radio's Daily Briefing on Saturday the 22nd of August. TikTok has agreed to pay$400 million to the United States in one of the largest child privacy settlements.

0:45The short video app and its parent company ByteDance were accused of violating online privacy legislation, which requires services aimed at those under the age of 13 to obtain parental consent to collect personal information. The criminal investigation into whether Lord Mandleton passed on confidential information to Jeffrey Epstein is believed to be close to collapse. Scotland Yard detectives believe they will need to access unredacted Epstein files if they are to charge Mandelson with misconduct in public office. Times Radio's political reporter Ali Razamanji says the US Department of Justice appears unlikely to release them.

1:23The evidence they have was that Mandelson, during his period as business secretary in 2010, during the Eurozone bailout, did email saying it's almost complete, the Eurozone bailout of£500 billion. So there's a lot of evidence here, but it's clearly without the context and without the use of the DOJ's evidence here, it's quite difficult for them to go on and prosecute this. Government officials are planning to restart a review into whether Prince Harry and his family require armed police protection, costing millions of pounds. The Times has learned a decision on their security arrangements is not expected to be made before they move back to the UK next week.

1:59Simon Morgan is a former Royal Clothes Protection Officer. He says the situation is complicated by their status as non-working royals who will be involved in high-profile media events. As high net worth individuals, they will be doing certain things and you have to put in a security process around that to allow them to go about their ordinary everyday lives, which includes, you know, certainly that first day at school is going to be very much an anxious situation as parents, but he's going to be extremely anxious for the security team and everybody else involved. Sixteen people are now known to have died after a Russian drone attack on a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Krivyryk.

2:39President Zelensky said a second drone hit the building in his home city 30 minutes after the first, targeting emergency workers. He described it as a cowardly and cynical attack. The over 65s and women who are pregnant are among those being advised not to eat runny or undercooked eggs in cafes and restaurants because of a growing outbreak of salmonella. The Food Standards Agency says imported eggs are thought to be behind the outbreak, although British eggs bought from supermarkets remain safe to eat. And the Premier League champions Arsenal began their title defence with a 3-0 win against newly promoted Coventry City.

3:15And in a warning for the rest of the Premier League, the Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said there is still much room for improvement. We just focus on what we have to do, which is to perform at this level or higher. I think there was still a margin for improvement in many areas, but for the stage of the season that we are in with the two competitive matches that we've played, overall I think there was a lot of positives. The England defender Esri Conce was paraded to the crowd before kick-off, just hours after completing a£55m transfer from Aston Villa. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

3:58This episode of the Times Radio News Briefing is sponsored by PwC. AI is everywhere. In the news, in our hands, but return on investment, not so much. So how do you get beyond the hype and deliver AI that powers reinvention and growth across your business? Strong foundations unlock AI's potential. That's why PwC takes you further with tech. strengthening the data quality, processes and workflows that shape how well AI performs. PwC turns innovation into implementation so you can accelerate from experiment to scale. Discover more at pwc.co.uk. Hi, I'm Jack Gravici, Kramer host of The Best One Yet.

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