News Headlines - 01 August 2014
▽BBC News - Argentina default: Judge Griesa urges new negotiations
Negotiations between Argentina and its creditors should be resumed urgently, US judge Thomas Griesa has said.
Investors holding Argentine bonds and lawyers for the government attended a hearing in New York for the first time since Argentina defied an order to pay.
▽Judge: Microsoft must handover data stored overseas to US authorities
A US court on Thursday rejected Microsoft’s plea to dismiss US prosecutors’ warrant to handover email data from an overseas server.
▽Airlines divided over crossing Iraq after MH17 crash - FT.com
British Airways and Etihad Airways are among those continuing to fly passenger jets over Iraq, while Air France and Virgin Atlantic have stopped doing so. Emirates Airline also plans to halt the practice while Qantas, which has been passing over, is reviewing its stance.
▽Eastbourne Pier fire may have been arson attack, say police - The Independent
A fire which destroyed a dome-shaped amusement arcade on the 144-year-old Eastbourne Pier may have been an arson attack, according to police.
It was initially suspected that an electrical fault caused the blaze on the Grade II listed Victorian monument in East Sussex, but detectives said they are now treating the fire as “suspicious”.
Frank Lampard is set to make a sensational return to English football with Manchester City.
Lampard, 36, left Chelsea after 13 years this summer and joined City’s US team New York City FC last week. But it is understood that the England midfielder is now ready to sign a six-month loan deal with the Premier League champions.
