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Monday, 04 January 2021

The Guardian

• US aircraft carrier stays in Gulf after Pentagon claims Iranian 'threats' against TrumpPentagon reverses decision to pull USS Nimitz out of Persian Gulf after recent threats issued by Iranian leaders. The United States has reversed a decision to bring an aircraft carrier home from the Persian Gulf, with the Pentagon saying that due to 'recent threats' by Iran the USS Nimitz would stay in position. The Nimitz has been patrolling Gulf waters since late November. In a statement issued on 31 December the acting US defence secretary, Christopher C Miller, had ordered the vessel to transit directly home to complete a nearly 10-month deployment.

The Herald

• Ex-Ferguson Marine shipyard bosses damaging lost orders and "highly irregular" actions of Scots ministersFORMER management of the shipyard at the centre of Scotland’s ferry-building fiasco have said ministers have lost millions of pounds of valuable orders – projects with “huge opportunities lost” – while condemning “highly irregular” actions which created a secret pathway to nationalisation.

Times Online

• £100 million Brexit boost to revive UK fishing fleet [Subscription]Ministers are preparing the details of a £100 million package to rebuild Britain’s fishing fleet, enabling it to take on new quotas as they are relinquished by the European Union.

Birmingham Post

• Stena Line boss 'relatively positive' on Day One of Brexit but says true test yet to comeHead of UK Port Authorities at Stena Line Ian Davies says smooth start as handful of trucks turned away