UK to ban foreign state ownership of newspapers

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Foreign governments will be banned from owning UK newspapers and news magazines, the government has said.

The move follows concern about the potential takeover of the Daily Telegraph and Spectator by a group backed by the United Arab Emirates.

Labour has indicated it will back the change, which will be in an amendment to a new law being debated next week.

The government said the legislation would "deliver additional protections for a free press".