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U.K. Government Set To Approve Takeover Of Inmarsat

The U.K. government is set to approve the takeover of British satellite company Inmarsat Plc (ISAT.L) after the officials found the deal would not result in any competition or national security concerns.

Inmarsat’s $3.4 billion acquisition by a consortium of private equity investors and pension funds was announced in March. In July, the U.K. government moved to intervene in the transaction to check its national security impact.

Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, announced Wednesday that she is proposing to accept statutory undertakings set out by the parties involved in the proposed acquisition of Inmarsat by consortium Connect Bidco Limited.

Morgan said she considers undertakings offered by Inmarsat and Connect Bidco to mitigate national-security risks are appropriate. Further, the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority found no competition issues arising from the deal.

The consortium was formed by Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus LLC, along with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.

Lamborghini launches Huracan EVO Spyder at ₹4.1 crore

Super luxury sports car manufacturer Lamborghini has introduced Huracan EVO Spyder in India at an ex-showroom price of ₹4.1 crore. The company on Thursday also opened a new showroom in Mumbai.

This open top car has joined its coupe counterpart Huracan EVO which was launched earlier this year.

With a dry weight of 1542 kgs, it accelerates from 0 to 100 km in 3.1 seconds and 0 to 200 km in 9.3 seconds. Breaking from 100 km per hour to 0 is achieved in 32.2 meters.

“The Huracan has received a positive response from the India market since we announced the launch earlier this year. We have seen an increase in the number of supercar aficionados in India which reflects the demand of the Lamborghini range,” said Sharad Agarwal, Head, Lamborghini India.

He said the company has not been impacted by the slowdown as the customers was different. The market size of this segment with cars priced over ₹2.5 crore each is about 300 cars a year.

Last year the company started delivering Urus, the super SUV which has been accepted well in this market. In one year of its launch the company has sold 50 units of Urus indicating its popularity, Mr Agarwal said.

He said last year the company sold 45 cars and this year the target is to sell close to 60 cars.

GZERO VIDEO: Impact of US sanctions on Iran

NEW YORK (GZERO MEDIA) – Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour talks about the impact of US sanctions on Iran and why Iranians supported the 2015 nuclear deal.

“The Iranian people want to be South Korea, not North Korea,” he tells American foreign policy expert Ian Bremmer.

This video is made available to The Straits Times under a partnership with GZERO Media, a subsidiary of the Eurasia Group.

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Gunman kills 2 after trying to attack German synagogue

Police take one person into custody while local media reports the attacker has a far-right background.

Two people have been killed after a gunman opened fire outside a synagogue in Germany.

Worshippers were marking Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

A suspect is in police custody.

The attack has raised concerns about the rise of far-right and neo-Nazi sentiment in Germany.

Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from Halle, Germany.

There will be a euro zone budget, Germany's Scholz says

BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Euro zone countries will put in place a joint budget to boost economic reforms, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told a news conference at a meeting of euro finance ministers in Luxemburg in Thursday, calling the agreement a “breakthrough”.

“We will have a euro zone budget. It will be linked to financial means which the (EU) budget allows for reforms and allowing our countries to modernise,” he said.

He added that the budget would be implemented gradually over the coming years, if euro zone country leaders share the political ambition to do so.

GZERO VIDEO: Why US faces challenges in dealing with Iran

NEW YORK (GZERO MEDIA) – Mr Karim Sadjadpour, one of the world’s foremost Iran experts and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the rise of democracy in Iran.

He tells American foreign policy expert Ian Bremmer that the regime is “willing to kill en masse” to stay in power, and discusses the challenges the US administration faces in dealing with Iran.

This video is made available to The Straits Times under a partnership with GZERO Media, a subsidiary of the Eurasia Group.