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Roy Cohn was certainly sure of himself. At a dinner hosted by press baron Lord Beaverbrook, the New York lawyer reached over the table uninvited and, with his fingers, picked food off Sir Winston Churchill's plate. It was one of Cohn's less savoury habits - and, to add insult to injury, he informed the great man that in World War II, 'the United States saved England's ass'. But bad table manners was the least of his failings. Many who crossed the cut-throat and belligerent lawyer's path would recall the experience with a shudder. 'You knew that when you were in Cohn's presence, you were in the presence of pure evil,' said one legal contemporary. 'He was like a caged animal,' said another. 'If you opened the door, you knew he would come out and get you.'

Trump said he 'aced' cognitive tests and said all four top candidates should take them. He spoke at at town hall in Lancaster hours after working the fryer at a McDonald's in suburban Philadelphia.

The wild child granddaughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has resurfaced looking almost unrecognisable after unveiling her impressive transformation last year. Charlotte Freud stole the spotlight as she attended the The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular in London on Thursday night.  The 24-year-old flaunted her slender frame in a show-stopping sheer dress that showed plenty of skin. 

Around 87 per cent of the group's investors voted in favour of the deal at a general meeting on Monday, with 13.4 per cent voting against. Once the sale is finalised, they will receive £11.40 in cash for every share they hold, as well as a 30p per share dividend.

King Charles and Queen Camilla's brief visit to Australia on Friday will be his 16th to the country since he spent six months here as a schoolboy way back in 1966. Australians have been looking forward to it for months. If anything, there's disappointment that, because of the King's cancer treatment, it won't be a full-on royal tour and has been limited to just Sydney and the capital, Canberra. There's no doubt the royal couple are very welcome. An opinion poll commissioned by republican Rupert Murdoch's newspapers found that one in four support the monarchy, and Charles and Camilla personally, more favourably since the King succeeded our late Queen two years ago.

When you're very rich there comes a time, for some, when the prospect of making even more money is a bit boring. After all, how many luxury homes, private jets or yachts do you really need? What you really want now is power. Of course, money is power. But not the sort of power that determines or influences public policy, affects the course of world events, gets you into the room where historic decisions are taken - or even stops the traffic for your convoy of cars complete with motorcycle outriders, blue lights flashing. Political power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, much sexier than mere financial power. Almost everything and everyone is at your beck and call.

Analysts believe Rea, which is 61 per cent owned by Murdoch's News Corp, must offer at least £7billion to stand any chance of success. The company has had three proposals rejected and made a fourth offer worth £6.2billion on Friday, which is being looked at by Rightmove. Rea bosses have flown to London to appeal to Rightmove shareholders in the hope of persuading the board to come to the table for talks.

REA, the Australian homes website, a division of billionaire Rupert Murdoch's media empire, must by 5pm tomorrow make a firm offer for the FTSE 100-listed property website or step away for six months although an extension to the process may be requested. REA bosses have flown to London to make their case for their cash-and-shares £6.2bn offer, although the view is that they must pay £7bn - all in cash.

Rightmove said that it will consider the latest proposal, having already rejected three earlier bids worth £5.6billion, £5.9billion and £6.1billion. And the FTSE 100 property website group did not grant Rea's request to extend the bid deadline from 5pm on Monday. Rightmove shares rose 0.5 per cent to 668.6p, still languishing below the 781p offer price in a sign that investors do not believe an agreement will be reached.

The FTSE 100 company branded the latest 770p a share offer from Rea Group - which valued it at £6.1bn - 'unattractive' and said it 'materially undervalues' the business. The Melbourne-based business which is 61% owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's (pictured) News Corp blasted the Rightmove board.

Until quite recently, there was an unhelpful habit of UK company boards rapidly buckling when faced with overseas and private equity takeovers. There would be dire warnings from fee-hungry investment banks that failure to accept seemingly generous offers would breach fiduciary duty.

Australian property firm Rea Group, which is majority-owned by the media tycoon's News Corp, has tabled a third offer, worth £6.1bn, for the property website. Rightmove said it will 'carefully consider' the proposal having rejected two earlier bids worth £5.6bn and £5.9bn.

The Australian property listings website, whose majority owner is Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, has brought forward a new offer valuing Rightmove's shares at 770 pence each. It represents a 9.2 per cent increase on its original £5.6billion bid, which Rightmove turned down because it was too low and 'wholly opportunistic.'

The property listing site is expected to snub a £5.9billion offer from Rea this morning after rejecting a £5.6billion approach earlier this month. Rightmove has been a prime target for a takeover after its share price tumbled in the face of higher mortgage rates. But the firm, which controls more than 80 per cent of the UK listings market, has said the previous £5.6billion offer was 'opportunistic' and 'undervalued' the company.

Rupert Murdoch smiled and looked confident on the way into court in Reno, Nevada, for the second day of the legal battle over the future of News Corp, which he wants controlled by his son Lachlan.

Rupert Murdoch (left) smiled and looked confident on the way into court in Reno, Nevada, for the second day of the legal battle over the future of News Corp, which he wants controlled by his son Lachlan (pictured left with his father). Murdoch's other three eldest children looked stony faced as they arrived but Elisabeth, 55, managed a brief smile. She and her siblings Prudence, 65, and James, 51, (pictured together right) are facing off against Lachlan and their father for control of his media empire.

Lawyers for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, 93, (left, with his wife Elena Zhukova) argued behind closed doors in a Reno, Nevada, courtroom that he should hand control of his empire to his oldest son Lachlan, 53, (center, with his wife Sarah) and not have it shared with his other children Prudence, 65, (inset) Elisabeth, 55, (right) and James, 51.

On a flying visit to Scotland in the last week of the referendum ­campaign, Rupert Murdoch entertained the prospect of the Scottish edition of The Sun ­supporting a Yes vote, just as it had supported the SNP at previous ­general elections. Reports suggest the media magnate was genuinely conflicted. Much to the anger of some of his activists, Alex Salmond had ­cultivated a positive relationship with ­Murdoch, like former Labour leader and Prime Minister, Tony Blair , had. Salmond was desperate for an endorsement, knowing that the polls were narrowing and triumph within reach at last. Murdoch's intervention could have a ­massive impact on the future of the ­campaign and of the country. The inspiration for his final decision came from two unexpected directions.

Top brass at Rea, where Murdoch owns a majority stake, are understood to be considering another approach for the property listings platform. Another bid could come as early as this week, sources close to the situation added, with Rea's bankers at Deutsche Bank keen to find a way of getting a deal over the line. Analysts believe a bid of nearer £6 billion is needed to win over Rightmove, which controls more than 80 per cent of the UK listings market.

In recent years, the UK market has been struggling to keep up with its competitors and has suffered due to its lack of high-quality tech stocks as US-based firms have seen meteoric gains.

Britain's biggest property listings website confirmed it received an offer valuing its shares at 705 pence each, a 27 per cent premium to its share price on the final day before REA's bid became public. REA is an online real estate advertising firm headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, whose largest shareholder is Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

He may have dubbed his plan 'Project Harmony'. But to anyone observing the high-noon showdown about to unfold between Rupert Murdoch and his four oldest children in a dusty court in Nevada, the nickname looks optimistic. The 93-year-old tycoon and his offspring are set to square off in a secret legal battle in the desert city of Reno. At the heart of the case is one question - whether or not Murdoch can successfully change the terms of a confidential family trust in order to hand control of his sprawling media empire to his oldest son Lachlan, 53, whose Right-wing politics closely mirror his father's. Murdoch, in his twilight years, is mounting perhaps his most shocking takeover yet: a move that some have suggested would make Logan Roy - the foul-mouthed, domineering mogul of TV drama Succession - blush. Following an initial 'status conference' last night, the full hearing will begin next Monday.

Listed UK companies have become prime takeover targets in recent years, with foreign buyers eyeing potential bargains trading on the London Stock Exchange. Online property market Rightmove is the latest FTSE 100 constituent to grab the headlines after Rupert Murdoch's real-estate firm REA Group announced it was mulling a takeover offer for the British firm .

Head down and under an umbrella at Winchester Coroner's Court yesterday (main picture), the 59-year-old broadcaster would face a grilling on his presenting style and in particular his controversial treatment of Steve Dymond, 63. Mr Dymond (top image) killed himself one week after filming for the programme in May 2019 and his death halted Mr Kyle's eponymous talk show and sent the shock-jock-host's career into freefall. At the peak of his fame, the Jeremy Kyle Show was watched by more than 1million people each day - an incredible achievement for the former M&S worker and salesman whose big break came in local radio. Today the thrice-married father-of-six, whose youngest daughter is just a few months old, is a host on Rupert Murdoch's TalkTV, which in 2024 had shows viewed by as few as 11,000 people. He has also admitted some close celebrity friends had 'disappeared' in the aftermath of Mr Dymond's death - and the money will have dried up to, despite a £1million payoff from ITV. Kyle's personal life has seen him make headlines over the years. He married his first wife Kirsty Rowley (inset) in 1989 but they split soon afterwards. He met second wife Carla Germaine (top right) when she entered a competition to marry a stranger on Birmingham radio station BRMB. In 2015 they split after 13 years of marriage. Kyle became engaged to Vicky Burton (bottom right), the former nanny of his children. They tied the knot in 2021 in Windsor. He has six children.