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Anglo American said De Beers is "to be divested or demerged" as part of a radical portfolio simplification, with CEO Duncan Wanblad saying he expected a sale to complete by the end of 2025 - a timeline the diamond market's slump has since pushed well past.

King Charles III officially opened the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a 25km deep sewer built to stop billions of litres of sewage overflowing into the Thames each year.

De Beers Group said it intends to close Lightbox, the lab-grown diamond jewellery brand it launched in 2018, after wholesale lab-grown prices fell 90% and diverged sharply from natural diamonds.

The UK consumer group Which? began a 12-day liability trial at the Competition Appeal Tribunal over claims that Qualcomm's licensing practices inflated what 29 million Britons paid for Apple and Samsung phones.

Which? and Qualcomm signed a 'drop hands' settlement ending its UK class action, valued at about GBP 482.5 million, with no money for consumers, and jointly asked the Competition Appeal Tribunal to approve it.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal approved a settlement that ends Which?'s GBP 480 million class action against Qualcomm with no payment, finding the claim no longer had a realistic prospect of success.