Current news at the front? Two rude fools about to hug! (8)
I believe the answer is:
undertow
'current' is the definition.
(I know that undertow is a type of undercurrent)
'news at the front? two rude fools about to hug' is the wordplay.
'at the front?' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'at the front' mean this).
'fools about' is an anagram indicator.
'to hug' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are hugged).
The first letter of 'news' is 'n'.
'two'+'rude'='tworude'
'tworude' with letters rearranged gives 'udertow'.
'n' put inside 'udertow' is 'UNDERTOW'.
(Other definitions for undertow that I've seen before include "Submarine movement" , "Current below surface fo sea" , "Current threat" , "Wet round (anag.)" , "Current beneath ocean surface" .)