Criminal charges against News Corp still on the UK agenda

El Niño strengthens but a warm Indian Ocean - The 2015 El Niño is now the strongest El Niño since 1997–98. ... Most international climate models surveyed by the Bureau of Meteorology indicate the tropical Pacific will continue to warm, with the largest anomalies occurring later in the year. Typically, El Niño peaks during the late austral spring or early summer, and weakens during late summer to autumn. The 2015 event has, so far, been following a normal El Niño life cycle.

CPS mulls corporate criminal charge against News UK as Rebekah Brooks set to head up News Corp in London - News UK could face corporate criminal charges after the  Metropolitan Police has handed a "full file" of evidence to prosecutors relating to hacking at News of the World. ... The corporate prosecution of News UK relates to evidence gathered by detectives from Operation Weeting, which stretches back to 2011 and investigated illegal voicemail interceptions at the tabloid. ... Confirming they had passed on the file, the Met Police said: "On July 23, following the investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World, detectives from Operation Weeting submitted a file to the CPS for their consideration. The decision whether to prosecute lies with the director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders.

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