Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.

Trump suggests new talks with Iran to begin on Monday

US President Donald Trump has said new talks with Iran will begin on Monday, after calling off what he said would have been "massive" strikes on the country.

"They knew the extent of the attack because they saw it forming," he told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday. "We're talking to them in the form of a negotiation. It begins tomorrow afternoon."

In an earlier post on Truth Social, Trump said he had been asked by Iran and US allies in the Middle East to "hold off" on any attack as the "perimeters" of a deal had been agreed.

Read more on the BBC website.

Firefighters spend second night tackling blaze at landfill site

Firefighters have spent a second night tackling a blaze at a landfill site near Peterhead, though the response has been scaled back.

Crews were called to Stoneyhill Quarry near Longhaven village at about 14:15 on Saturday, initially sending six vehicles and two specialist resources.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said four appliances remained at the scene on Monday morning, being assisted by a digger to move waste.

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Santander and TSB staff brace for job cuts after merger

Fears over job cuts are looming at Santander as unions start preparing for redundancies in the wake of the bank’s £2.65 billion acquisition of TSB.

Staff representatives have launched negotiations over how to fairly evaluate employees working in similar roles as they await news on how many jobs will be axed, sources told The Times.

TSB and Santander have different metrics for assessing the performance of their staff and it is understood that unions at both banks are in talks about how to create a fair system for evaluating individuals in the redundancy process.

Read more in The Times.

Apple faces $32bn lawsuit over biometric data on iPhones

Apple faces a $32.5 billion lawsuit for allegedly collecting biometric information from users of its iPhone photos app.

As many as 6.5 million consumers in the US state of Illinois could seek $5,000 each in damages from Apple in a class-action suit for illegally collecting their biometric information through a facial-recognition feature without proper notice, consent or retention policies. 

The group of claimants allege Apple collected their biometric data without consent in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, a state law passed in 2008 owing to concerns about how emerging technology was increasingly collecting and using biometric identifiers such as retina or iris scans, fingerprints, voiceprints or faceprints that are biologically unique to an individual.

Get the full story in The Times.

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