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Our top stories. The share price of US Steel fell by more than 17%

after reports emerged that President Joe Biden was preparing to block the steelmakers

takeover by Nippon Steel, a Japanese firm.

The White House said that it had not yet received a recommendation from America's inbound investment watchdog,

which for months has been reviewing the $15 billion deal.

Mr Biden and Comler Harris, the Vice President, have said the firm should remain American owned.

U.S. Steel warned that the deal's collapse would cost jobs and raise serious questions about whether the firm

would stay headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Job openings in America unexpectedly fell to their lowest level since January 2021.

There were 7.7 million vacancies in July, down from 7.9 million in June.

Layoffs also rose slightly.

The Department of Labor's new figures

increased pressure on the Federal Reserve

to cut interest rates in September after lower than expected payroll figures for July

suggested that the economy was slowing.

A long-awaited report said the Grenfell Tower Fire in London that killed 72 people in 2017 was a result of, quote, decades of failure.

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