Brexit: Technology-based customs system ‘could cost £20bn’
The technology-based system could cost more than the UK contributes as an EU member, MPs are told. BBC News – Business
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Italy president names novice Giuseppe Conte as populist PM
The president names political novice Giuseppe Conte as prime minister in a bid to end 11 weeks of deadlock. BBC News – Europe
Trump lawyer ‘paid by Ukraine’ to arrange White House talks
Michael Cohen took at least $ 400,000 to arrange a meeting between Ukraine leader and Trump, sources tell BBC. BBC News – US & Canada
Russian spy poisoning: Yulia Skripal hopes to return to Russia
The daughter of an ex-Russian spy poisoned in Salisbury tells Reuters she is taking “one day at a time”. BBC News – UK
Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: Patients ‘taken to church’
Two of the three patients who were taken from the treatment centre for prayers have died. BBC News – Africa
M&S to close 100 stores by 2022
The retail giant speeds up the pace of closures that it says are “vital for the future of M&S”. BBC News – Business