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Podcast: The News Meeting
Episode: Why has Apple pulled a data protection tool and will Germany stand up to Trump?
Description: Germany’s Friedrich Merz has vowed to secure “independence” from the United States following his party’s victory in parliamentary elections. In 2023 the Crown Prosecution Service found black people are 16 times more likely than white people to face prosecution under joint enterprise laws, so why is a review only happening now? For the first time, Apple has agreed to withdraw its highest-level data security tool from UK customers after the government demanded access to user data for security reasons.Giles Whittell is joined by ITV News presenter Charlene White, plus Tortoise’s...