Press Digest: Financial Times - July 19

Harland & Wolff group

19/07/2024 04:10

July 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in
the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and
does not vouch for their accuracy.
    
    Headlines
- System outage hits house sales and payments across UK and
Europe
- UK targets more Russian-linked oil tankers with sanctions
- Keir Starmer opens door to processing asylum claims outside UK
- Meta explores stake in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica
- Titanic maker Harland & Wolff seeks fresh loan as it fights
for survival    
    
    Overview
- The Bank of England said on Thursday it had suffered a
temporary outage to its CHAPS interbank payment system, which
handles more than 360 billion pounds ($467 billion) on an
average day, but expected all transactions to be settled by the
end of the day.
- Britain added 11 new shipping sanctions under its Russia
sanctions regime related to the war in Ukraine, an official
notice showed on Thursday. 
- Britain's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, hailed European
unity on Thursday, saying deeper defence and security
cooperation would better support Ukraine while shared
intelligence could help tackle illegal migration.  
- Meta Platforms  META.O  is in talks to acquire a stake of
about 5% in EssilorLuxottica  ESLX.PA , its production partner
for Ray-Ban smart glasses. 
- Harland & Wolff  HARL.L  is in talks with Riverstone Credit
Partners over a potential 20 million pounds ($25.88 million)
extension of its existing $115 million credit facility.
    
    ($1 = 0.7727 pounds)

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