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• Watch: Theresa May tries to get involved in a Mexican wave at the Stade de France

  13-06-2017 23:11
  
  It was a little delayed…
  
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• Another embarrassing flutter for the PM

  13-06-2017 22:50
  
  Theresa May's papers blow away at the start of an outdoor joint news conference with France's Emmanuel Macron.
  
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• Macron meets May and says UK can 'always' change its mind on Brexit

  13-06-2017 22:47
  The door is "always open" for the UK to change its mind about Brexit, the French President has declared as he met Theresa May.Emmanuel Macron appeared to hold out the prospect of allowing Britain to re-enter the EU as the pair held a joint news conference in the garden of the Elysee Palace in Paris.It comes as the UK's Brexit strategy has been thrown into doubt by the shock election result, with pressure on Mrs May from factions within and outside her party to water down her threat to withdraw B
  
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• Entente cordiale? Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron watch the football – in pictures

  13-06-2017 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  After talks at the Élysée Palace, the two leaders saw England take on France in a football friendly honouring victims of extremist attacks in both countriesContinue reading...
  
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• Don't Look Back In Anger sung in Paris in honour of the Manchester and London attack victims

  13-06-2017 22:28
  
  After, players stood together around the centre circle to sing their national anthems together.
  
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• Google and Facebook face penalties if they don't stop online hate

  13-06-2017 22:22
  
  Theresa May with interior minister Gérard Collomb and President Macron (left) before the France v England match outside Paris.Technology companies such as Google and Facebook must do more to curb the “poisonous propaganda” that fuels terror attacks such as the atrocities in London and Manchester, the prime minister has said, launching a UK-French pact to explore new ways to curb the spread of online hate.
  
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• Diane Abbott reveals illness and hits out at 'vicious' Tory campaign

  13-06-2017 22:20
  
  Diane Abbott, who boosted her majority in Hackney by 11,000.Diane Abbott has accused the Conservative party of unleashing the most vicious and negative general election campaign in her memory, expressing her disappointment that a female prime minister had singled her out as a national target.As the Conservative party angrily dismissed her criticisms of their campaign, Abbott insisted that she was managing her condition and felt ready to return to work.
  
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• Video shows women with meat cleaver and knife raiding post office

  13-06-2017 22:07
  
  Footage has emerged of two female robbers wielding a knife and a meat cleaver as they raided a post office.The pair used a milk crate to jam open the shutters of the shop in Kings Heath, Birmingham, before one of them lunged forward and slashed her meat cleaver towards a cashier.CCTV footage shows the pair jumping over the cashier's desk and threatening staff to open the tills.
  
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• Women armed with knives raid Post Office

  13-06-2017 22:00
  
  CCTV shows a West Midlands Post Office being robbed by two women wielding knives.
  
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• Pay to sway: report reveals how easy it is to manipulate elections with fake news

  13-06-2017 21:58
  
  The Trend Micro report shines a light on how easy it has become for cyber propaganda to produce real-world outcomes.Political campaigns can manipulate elections by spending as little as $400,000 on fake news and propaganda, according to a new report that analyzes the costs of swaying public opinion through the spread of misinformation online.The report from Trend Micro, a cybersecurity firm, said it also costs just $55,000 to discredit a journalist and $200,000 to instigate a street protest base
  
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• 'Permanent campaign mode': Jeremy Corbyn lays plans for Labour victory

  13-06-2017 21:45
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has told buoyant Labour MPs that he will visit at least 65 Conservative marginal seats in preparation for the possible collapse of the Tory minority government and urged them to be a “government in waiting”.The Labour leader said Theresa May’s premiership had no mandate or legitimacy at the first meeting of the parliamentary party since Thursday’s election, and was praised by a succession of speakers for cutting the Tories’ majority.The scenes took pla
  
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• Norway or no way? Can Efta fix it for Brexit Britain? | Letters

  13-06-2017 21:06
  
  Erna Solberg, Norway’s prime minister, is welcomed by Antonio Tajani, president of the European parliament, in Brussels. ‘It is simplistic to see Norway’s relationship with the EU as harmonious,’ writes Michael Gold.In your Brexit policy editor’s account of the “rapidly emerging consensus” in favour of the “Norway” route to leaving the EU while remaining in the single market via membership of the European Free Trade Association (which allows
  
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• Brexit may be the will of the people, but it comes at a cost | Letters

  13-06-2017 21:05
  
  Italian philosopher and politician Antonio Gramsci. ‘Even Jeremy Corbyn’s critics accept that his swift and unambiguous decision to proceed with Brexit ensured Labour’s credibility,’ writes Nick Wright.While politicians of all parties understandably profess respect for the result of last year’s EU referendum, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the most viable and widely supported option for Brexit is one in which the UK remains in the customs union and has th
  
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• Ways forward after a hung parliament | Letters

  13-06-2017 21:04
  
  Let Theresa May go on formally with her minority government, weak as it is (May: ‘I got us into this mess, I’m going to get us out of it’, 13 June).Domestic legislation should be initiated by any party and then voted on in the Commons, which will represent a return to our tradition of parliamentary democracy.For Brexit: set up a bipartisan committee to sketch out some “soft” Brexit ideas, probably accepting the customs union and free movement.
  
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• Antiviral therapy is effective in fighting hepatitis C | Letters

  13-06-2017 21:03
  
  The Cochrane review that you highlight analysed clinical trials, which are by nature short term, where the sole purpose was to evaluate the virological efficacy of new antiviral drugs.The trials were neither designed, nor powered, to assess mortality, so it is hardly surprising that the Cochrane review was unable to identify any impact on mortality.Regulatory authorities and clinicians all recognise that clearing hepatitis C virus reduces mortality.
  
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• Owner of the Sun forced to hand over invoices before new hacking trial

  13-06-2017 20:49
  
  The owner of the Sun has been ordered to hand over thousands of invoices relating to the use of private investigators by the newspaper and its former sister title, the News of the World, before a new hacking trial later this year.Mr Justice Mann made a judgment on Tuesday that News Group, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, must disclose invoices from between 2000 and 2010 for the use of private investigators that have been found to have connections with phone hacking and unlawfully obtain
  
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• Hotter weather heads for the UK - 30C highs predicted

  13-06-2017 20:37
  Britain will be basking in tropical weather this weekend, with temperatures set to reach 30C (86F) in parts.Warmer weather is set to arrive on Wednesday after making its way to the UK from the Azores.Sky weather presenter Kirsty McCabe predicts the mercury will rise into the mid to high-20s for many areas and could top 30C in central and southern Britain by the weekend.
  
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• Murder of Angela Wrightson by teenage girls 'could not have been prevented'

  13-06-2017 20:28
  Two teenage girls who murdered a vulnerable alcoholic were known to social services for running away, drinking and being sexually active, a report has found.The girls, aged 13 and 14, killed Angela Wrightson after a five-hour ordeal at her Hartlepool home in December 2014.Reviews into the case have concluded that the 39-year-old's murder could not have been prevented as there was "no suggestion" the teenagers were going to engage in serious violence.
  
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• John Major: Tory-DUP deal risks jeopardising Northern Ireland peace

  13-06-2017 20:14
  
  Lord Major says May should try to run a minority government as the deal with the DUP could prove detrimental to Northern Ireland and beyond.Theresa May has been warned by Sir John Major that striking a deal with the Democratic Unionist party could put the “fragile peace” in Northern Ireland at risk.The former Conservative prime minister said a deal with Arlene Foster’s party could risk alienating armed republicans and loyalists, and cause resentment in other parts of the UK if
  
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• Families expected to be allowed to keep benefits after Manchester attack

  13-06-2017 20:10
  
  Government intends to avoid row after 7/7 London bombing when some of those receiving compensation had benefits cut.Grieving families that receive money from an £11m fund for victims of the Manchester Arena bombing will not have their benefits slashed, the government is expected to announce.The rule change is set to ensure that injured survivors, and the relatives of the 22 victims who died, will not have their benefit payments cut if they receive financial support from the We Love Manches
  
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• Watch: Teammates go wild as England U21 player nutmegged by Polish child

  13-06-2017 19:59
  
  It’s the reaction that makes it…
  
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• 'Partner in crime'

  13-06-2017 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For two young teenagers the night of 8 December 2014 began like many others. But by the next morning they were murderers.
  
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• May jokes while Corbyn gloats in good humour

  13-06-2017 19:30
  
  After the re-election of John Bercow as Speaker, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn reflect amusingly on the recent General Election.
  
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• Giddy atmosphere in the Commons after election may not last

  13-06-2017 19:28
  
  After such an unexpected election result, the Commons was in a giddy mood.Conservative MPs appear to be in a more forgiving mood, however, after the Prime Minister's "May-a-culpa" at the 1922 Committee the previous evening.For the past two years, most Labour MPs have sat sullenly, silently and grim-faced during the Labour leader's often-plodding performances at Prime Minister's Questions and other big set-piece debates.
  
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• Watch: Jeremy Corbyn uses Theresa May's most infamous campaign soundbites against her in the Commons

  13-06-2017 19:04
  
  No, it’s not the one about fields of wheat…
  
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• UK Muslim convert Jack Letts detained by Kurdish forces – reports

  13-06-2017 18:57
  
  Jack Letts told reporters last year he no longer supported Islamic State.A British Muslim convert dubbed “Jihadi Jack”, who is suspected of joining Islamic State, has reportedly been detained by Kurdish forces in Syria.Jack Letts, 21, travelled to Syria in 2014 but last year told reporters he was not “currently” a militant and no longer supported Islamic State.
  
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• How wrong was the polling?

  13-06-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opinion polls were not a good guide to the election result, but were they very wrong?
  
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• EU leaders frustrated by UK’s uncertain approach to Brexit

  13-06-2017 18:49
  
  EU Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt says ‘it’s unclear if UK government will stick to the line they announced’.European frustration over Britain’s muddled approach to Brexit boiled over on Tuesday amid fears that a post-election retreat from hard Brexit by the UK government could deepen the chaotic start to talks.Despite some fresh progress on procedural talks, formal negotiations are still due to start in a matter of days with little clear indication of whether the UK
  
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• 'Significant progress' in Theresa May's talks with the DUP

  13-06-2017 18:32
  Talks between Theresa May and the Democratic Unionist Party over a confidence and supply deal to prop up the Conservative Government have been "constructive", Downing Street has said.Sky's Ireland Correspondent David Blevins reports that DUP leader Arlene Foster is not returning to Belfast on Tuesday as planned, which could suggest a deal is not far away.One source close to the DUP talks said an agreement "should be wrapped up within 24 hours".
  
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• Mhairi Black just retweeted a tweet from her parody account and it's really quite funny

  13-06-2017 18:18
  
  The SNP politician is the youngest in the House of Commons.
  
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• Angela Wrightson killing by two girls 'could not have been predicted'

  13-06-2017 18:09
  
  Angela Wrightson was battered her to death with household objects in a five-hour ordeal at her home in Hartlepool.Social workers could not have predicted that two teenage girls would torture and murder a vulnerable woman, despite the girls and their victim being known to social services, a series of investigations have found.The killers, a 13- and 14-year-old who posed for Snapchat selfies while putting Angela Wrightson through a five-hour ordeal, were already known for absconding, drinking and
  
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• Terminally ill baby Charlie Gard must be kept on life support

  13-06-2017 18:04
  Terminally ill baby Charlie Gard should be kept on life support until at least next Monday, European judges have ruled.The parents of 10-month-old Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, would like him to be treated with a trial therapy called nucleoside in the United States.Chris Gard and Connie Yates, from Bedfont in West London, have asked judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to examine the case after exhausting all legal avenues in the UK.
  
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• Tom Watson urges Tories to reject DUP plan to abolish TV licence fee

  13-06-2017 18:01
  
  Tom Watson is urging culture secretary Karen Bradley to reject DUP manifesto pledge.Labour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has called on the Conservatives to guarantee that they will reject the Democratic Unionist party’s pledge to scrap the BBC licence fee in talks to secure a parliamentary deal.Watson, who is also shadow culture secretary, has written to his counterpart Karen Bradley calling for her to “fight hard” to make sure that the DUP’s election pledge is not o
  
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• Medway youth jail rated inadequate by Ofsted inspectors

  13-06-2017 17:44
  
  The management of Medway secure training centre was taken over Her Majesty’s prison and probation service last July.A scandal-hit youth jail has been rated inadequate with a quarter of its children saying they feel unsafe despite its management being taken back into the public sector, inspectors have found.An Ofsted inspection report on Medway secure training centre published on Tuesday reveals young inmates have even been able to watch sexually explicit content on television and managers
  
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• Gang members who used axe and swords to murder and injure rivals face jail

  13-06-2017 17:33
  Members of a street gang killed a rival with an axe and sliced the fingers off another with a machete.The group attacked the opposing faction with an array of weapons including swords and hatchets in a car park in south London.The killing was the result of a "power struggle" within a gang called the Tooting Boys, between the Elders and the Youngers, the Old Bailey heard.
  
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• You thought it was over, but Covfefe could actually become a law

  13-06-2017 17:23
  
  A Democrat has proposed the Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically for Engagement Act to preserve @realDonaldTrump’s tweets.
  
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• Trump made his cabinet say nice things about him and long live the parodies

  13-06-2017 16:51
  
  A completely bizarre meeting.
  
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• The nation is infatuated with Jeremy Corbyn's youngest son

  13-06-2017 16:44
  
  Many also think he’s a spitting image of a certain Hollywood star.
  
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• Open University jobs at risk in £100m 'root and branch' overhaul

  13-06-2017 16:38
  
  An Open University maths lecture on the BBC when it first began to broadcast in 1971.Staff at the Open University are preparing for job losses as part of a radical overhaul to try to secure the institution’s financial future.The OU vice-chancellor, Peter Horrocks, told staff on Tuesday that a “root and branch review” of every aspect of the university’s operations was being launched to achieve savings of £100m from the annual budget of £420m, the bulk of which
  
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• Conservative-DUP talks progressing well, says Arlene Foster

  13-06-2017 16:07
  
  The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, and MP Nigel Dodds arrive at 10 Downing Street.Talks on an informal coalition between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionists have progressed well, the leader of the Northern Irish party has said following talks at Downing Street.The positive words in a tweet from Arlene Foster came as the former prime minister, Sir John Major, warned Theresa May against making a parliamentary deal with the DUP, saying it could risk Northern Ireland’s peace process and
  
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• What does unity mean to you? Share your experiences

  13-06-2017 15:37
  
  Ahead of the Great Get Together this weekend, for a few days journalists, politicians and broadcasters from opposing sides are uniting in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox.As part of a series of events taking place across the country between 16- 18 June, communities will be organising street parties and coming together in support of the message of national unity.Whether it’s in memory of Jo Cox or a story of people with opposing views coming together, we’d like to hear from you.
  
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• Higher proportion of pupils fail to get top choice of secondary school

  13-06-2017 15:36
  
  In some London boroughs, only just over half of applicants got their top choice of school.The proportion of pupils who failed to get into their top choice of secondary school in England increased this year as a result of growing demand for places, according to official government figures.Around one in six 11-year-olds (16.5%) did not get their first preference – up from 15.9% last year – as secondary schools struggled to accommodate the highest number of applications in almost a deca
  
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• May's obsession with ECJ over Brexit 'daft', says former senior judge

  13-06-2017 15:06
  
  A top EU law expert says the PM, Theresa May, does not understand the European court of justice.One of Britain’s most eminent legal experts has condemned Theresa May as ignorant of European law, as he warned the government risked “careering towards disaster” over Brexit.Prof Sir David Edward, a former judge at the European court of justice, said the government had made a mistake in making the ECJ a red line in Brexit negotiations.
  
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• RSPCA in turmoil as chief executive Jeremy Cooper quits after 15 months

  13-06-2017 14:45
  The chief executive of the RSPCA has resigned after little more than a year in the post, leaving the world's oldest animal welfare charity in turmoil.Jeremy Cooper was appointed to the £150,000 a year role last April, promising to restore the charity's damaged reputation, but has left before implementing a five-year recovery plan aimed at creating a "modern, transparent and efficient organisation".Mr Cooper had promised that, under him, the organisation would "make friends and influence pe
  
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• Call for Northern Irish political parties to be forced to declare donors

  13-06-2017 14:27
  
  The Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, has said disclosure about party donors would encourage confidence in the political system.The government is under pressure from Labour and the Social Democratic and Labour party to deliver a pre-election pledge to force Northern Irish political parties to declare their donors.It comes as Theresa May prepares to strike a deal with the Democratic Unionist party that will allow her to remain as prime minister and propel the 10 loyalist MPs into a p
  
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• London Bridge victims' families hear how they died at inquest

  13-06-2017 14:09
  
  A mother has heard how her daughter was brutally stabbed to death in the London Bridge terror attack, as the inquests of the victims were formally opened.Australian nanny Sara Zelenak, 21, died after one of the attackers stabbed her in the neck she was while enjoying a night out at Borough Market.Southwark Coroner's Court heard how eight victims were murdered on 3 June when three attackers ploughed into pedestrians on London Bridge before going on a stabbing spree in Borough Market.
  
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• Ed Miliband and Iain Duncan Smith to guest-host Jeremy Vine Show

  13-06-2017 13:47
  Iain Duncan Smith, left, and Ed Miliband are both former leaders of their political parties.The fformer Labour and Tory leaders Ed Miliband and Iain Duncan Smith are to be guest presenters on The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2.Miliband, who in April appeared on the Channel 4 chatshow The Last Leg performing a tongue-in-cheek cover of A-ha’s 1980s hit Take on Me, will present the 12-2pm radio programme for a week from 19 June.
  
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• Borough trader: 'We've got to carry on'

  13-06-2017 13:40
  
  Trader Paul Wheeler returns to his stall, but tells Sky News: "If [the attack] had been at midday it could have been a lot worse".
  
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• Liquidators appointed to wind up BHS buyer Chappell's business

  13-06-2017 13:38
  Sky News has learnt that Milner Boardman and Duff & Phelps have been appointed as joint liquidators to Retail Acquisitions Limited (RAL), which was set up by the former bankrupt, Dominic Chappell.The joint appointment was approved by the Official Receiver on Monday, according to insiders.Mr Chappell, who took millions of pounds out of BHS during roughly 13 months of ownership, had fought to avoid RAL being wound up.
  
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• Australia v Brazil: international friendly – live!

  13-06-2017 13:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from the Socceroos’ final pre-Confederations Cup outingGet in touch with Paul on email or via Twitter @PFConnolly 12.38pm BST70 min: Coutinho is substituted after a fine shift. Willian takes his place. 12.36pm BST66 min: Phil Withall writes in to ask whether the game is as entertaining as a warm trifle or actually a decent match? Hmm. The Aussies are trying, and all, but the game is being played a slow pace, and it’s being dictated by Brazil who are keeping possession we
  
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