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President Donald Trump talks of UK 'turmoil' ahead of visit 10 July 2018 Related TopicsTrump UK visit Image copyright Reuters Image caption President Trump's visit comes at a difficult time for t…
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RAF centenary: Thousands gather for flypast 10 July 2018 Related TopicsRAF at 100 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLIVE: BBC coverage as the RAF celebrates 100 years Thousands of people are gathering outside Buckingham Palace to watch a flypast of aircraft to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force. Up to 100 planes representing the RAF o…
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Theresa May to meet new-look cabinet amid Brexit turmoil 10 July 2018 Related TopicsBrexit cabinet resignations Image copyright PA Theresa May will chair her new-look cabinet this morning after a string of resignations over her Brexit strategy left her …
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Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as foreign secretary 9 July 2018 Related TopicsBrexit cabinet resignations Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been named as the new foreign secretary after Boris Johnson resigned over the prime minister's Brexit strategy. Culture Secretary Matt Hancock replaces Mr Hunt …
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Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit 9 July 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy. He is second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's e…
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9 July 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Reuters Image caption David Davis was appointed Brexit Secretary in 2016 Brexit Secretary David Davis, who has been leading negotiations to leave the EU, has resigned from the government. In h…
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8 July 2018 Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire died. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday evening after falling critically ill on 30 June. Charlie Rowley, 45, who was also exposed to the nerve agent in Amesbury, remains critically ill in hospital. Theresa May said she was "appalled and shocked" by the death, which comes after t…
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Amesbury: Two collapse near Russian spy poisoning site 4 July 2018 Related TopicsAmesbury major incident Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police have cordoned off a number of areas incl…
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Nearly 300 children under the age of 12 were arrested for carrying a weapon in London over the last three years, figures show. Metropolitan Police figures from 2015 to 2017 reveal children as young as ten being arrested in London - including arrests over serious violent crimes including rape and drug trafficking. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/nearly-300-children-under-12-have-been-arrested-for-carrying-a-weapon-in-london-a3878371.html
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World Cup 2018: Sweden 0-2 England highlights England are into the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1990 thanks to Harry Maguire and Dele Alli headers against Sweden. Gareth Southgate's side now face hosts Russia or Croatia on Wednesday in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium for a place in next Sunday's final. Maguire rose highest to thump home Ashley Young's first-half cross, the eighth of England's 10 goals at this World Cup to come from a set-piece. And Alli was unmarked to turn home Jesse Lingard's cross against a lacklustre Sweden in Samara. England keeper Jordan Pickford pulled off three fantastic saves to keep Sweden out - first turning away a …
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Trump to visit Windsor and Chequers on UK trip 6 July 2018 Image copyright EPA Image caption Melania Trump is joining her husband on the visit Do…
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China and Russia hit back at Trump tariffs 6 July 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption US lobsters are among goods subject to Chinese retaliatory tariffs …
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Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif given 10-year jail term 6 July 2018 Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Nawaz Sharif denies any wrongdoing …
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Stephen Lawrence killer David Norris has been given a £10,000 payout after he sued justice chiefs over an attack on him in jail. The 41-year-old racist thug had claimed not enough was done to protect him from fellow inmates. Justice campaigners last night spoke of their fury at the compensation after he sued the Ministry of Justice. http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/crime/stephen-lawrence-killer-david-norris-gets-%c2%a310000-compensation-payout-after-he-is-beaten-up-in-prison/ar-AAzDLTt?li=BBoPRmx&ocid=iehp
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6 July 2018 Related TopicsRussian spy poisoning Image copyright Facebook Image caption Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley fell ill on Saturday in Amesbury, Wiltshire The nerve agent that poisoned a couple near Salisbury was unlikely to have bee…
