The British government said on Tuesday that it is likely to challenge Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially complicating the finalization of the $110 billion merger.

A man whose biological mother was forced to give him up for adoption said the government's apology was "far too late". Reg Barker, 66, from Mildenhall, Suffolk, found out he was adopted aged 18 and later learned that his mother from Bristol had been forced to give him up by hospital staff.

The British government will make a formal apology on Thursday for separating tens of thousands of unmarried mothers from their babies, a practice that lasted for decades until the 1970s.

Thousands of women were coerced into giving their children up for adoption while cut off from their families, made to feel ashamed and subjected to “harsh and isolated” conditions, exploitation and ab...