PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - Feb 16

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Headlines

- Prince Andrew settles lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein accuser https://on.ft.com/3oR92S2 - UK acted unlawfully in appointing Dido Harding to key COVID role, judges rule https://on.ft.com/3uScX52

- UK Home Office demands Big Tech block ‘legal but harmful’ posts https://on.ft.com/34HFtvz - Rising energy costs push eurozone trade deficit to 13-year high https://on.ft.com/34CVeUF

Overview - Britain's Prince Andrew has settled a U.S. lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was 17.

- The UK government's appointments of Dido Harding and Mike Coupe to senior emergency healthcare jobs was unlawful the High Court ruled on Tuesday. - The UK Home office is pushing for radical new powers to require web corporations to proactively monitor "legal nut harmful" user content.

- Surging energy prices have taken a toll on the eurozone economy alongwith a jump in Chinese imports to drive the trade deficit to a 13-year high in December. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)