How bad could it get? America’s ugly election

Apple

removed 

Epic Games’s

access to its app store in a

dispute over the fees that Apple

levies. It had already removed

“Fortnite”, Epic’s most popular

game. Deleting the firm’s ac-

count means its other games

are also unavailable; iPhone

users who have installed “Fort-

nite” can continue to play, but

not with Android or 

pc

gamers.

People claiming that “Fortnite”

is already on their iPhone are

selling their devices for

thousands of dollars online. 

Pomp and circumstance

Britain’s public broadcaster,

the 

bbc

, did a 

u

-turn and will

allow the lyrics to “Rule, Bri-

tannia!” and “Land of Hope and

Glory” to be sung on the last

night of a popular festival of

music that it broadcasts. The

decision to rearrange the patri-

otic songs without words was

criticised for being soppy and

woke. Restoring them is a wise

move by Tim Davie, the 

bbc

’s

new boss, as he negotiates

funding with the government.

It reportedly wants the 

bbc

,

which is funded by a house-

hold television-tax, to look for

alternative sources of revenue.