The Latest Breaking News from Rupert Murdoch

Nine staff ask managing director of publishing if Mike Sneesby failed to ‘face the music’ after announcing job cuts. Plus: Andrew Probyn unloads on ABC

Polling stations opened at 7am, with voting taking place until 10pm on Thursday night

After six weeks, general election campaigning has come to an end and Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have made their final pitches to the country

After years of critical coverage, tabloid backs Labour for first election since 2005, saying: ‘It is time for a change’

Leaving it as late as editorially possible, the Sun has endorsed Labour. With an election day front page saying it’s “time for a change”, the Murdoch-owned tabloid says the Conservatives “have become a divided rabble, more interested in fighting themselves than running the country”.

The paper has previously backed the Tories since 2009

Simon Roberts says consumer caution ‘not surprising given everything households have been through in the cost of living crisis’

Service offers more than 20,000 films and TV shows on-demand to compete with popular streaming platforms

But he didn’t foresee that lies, conspiracy theories and misinformation would ride the internet as easily as truth and transparency

French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire corporate raider has orchestrated an alliance of bitter right-wing rivals in…

Last year saw Charles and Camilla top the list following the King’s coronation