Newspaper review: Hillary Clinton's emails and Uber ruling By BBC News

Staff Published duration 29 October 2016

With the headline "new FBI inquiry stuns voters in America", the Times says the reopening of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails has "sent a shockwave through the US election campaign".

The paper says, despite polls showing increasing support for Donald Trump, he had urgently needed what it calls an "October shock" to improve his chances.

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"FBI returns to 'Watergate' of Hillary emails" is the headline for the Daily Mirror, after Mr Trump described Mrs Clinton's use of a private email server as a scandal "worse than Watergate".

Brexit battles

"Fury at plot to ignore EU vote," declares the front of the Daily Express . It says Tony Blair provoked widespread anger with his comments on the BBC and in an article in the New European urging EU supporters to "mobilise and organise" to block Brexit.

"Tony's phoney war on Brexit" is the headline in the Sun . It says "no-one embodies the EU's contempt for the general public more than PM-turned-Brussels apologist Tony Blair".

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The Daily Mail says Apple has been accused of using Brexit to squeeze more money out of its British customers. Prices on some of its older computer models are rising by up to £500 as the value of the pound has fallen.

Parking lot

"Uber drivers triumph in rights battle" is the main story for the Guardian following a landmark ruling it says could have an impact on hundreds of thousands of jobs in the UK.

It believes it could force a rethink of the business model in which companies use apps and the internet to put customers and workers together.

The paper's editorial welcomes the ruling: "What is clear is that ducking out of paying benefits is not a fair route to profits."

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Data issued by the government, which it said proved every day of school missed damaged results, was analysed by academics, who separated authorised holidays from absences linked to illness or exclusion.

And finally, if you have ever balked at the cost of parking, how does $620,000 sound?

The FT Weekend reports that is what one space in Hong Kong has sold for, making it one of the most expensive in the world.