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• PM expected to offer to fill post-Brexit EU budget hole - FT

  19-09-2017 23:39
  (Reuters) - The British government has told German Chancellor Angela Merkel to expect Prime Minister Theresa May this week to offer to fill a post-Brexit European Union budget hole of at least 20 billion euros, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The prime minister's EU adviser Oliver Robbins assured his European counterparts that May's Friday speech in Florence would include the offer, the FT reported, citing officials briefed on the discussions. (http://on.ft.com/2xbJc1I) (Reporting by Ra
  
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• Owen Jones Interviewed Alastair Campbell And Everyone's Talking About It

  19-09-2017 23:24
  In what was billed as a re-match after their clash in the pages of a glossy magazine earlier this year, columnist and darling of the Left, Owen Jones, has interviewed former Tony Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell.
  
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• Boris Johnson: I won't quit over Theresa May's Brexit speech - The Guardian

  19-09-2017 23:12 via theguardian.com
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  Boris Johnson has insisted he will not be resigning from the cabinet over Brexit but said he hoped the prime minister would avoid hitching the UK too closely to the European Union after its departure. In an interview with the Guardian in New York, the ...
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• Boris Johnson: I won't quit over Theresa May's Brexit speech

  19-09-2017 23:08
  Boris Johnson has insisted he will not be resigning from the cabinet over Brexit but said he hoped the prime minister would avoid hitching the UK too closely to the European Union after its departure.In an interview with the Guardian, the man who last year fronted the Vote Leave campaign said it was about time people heard what he had to say on Brexit and played down reports that might quit this weekend.The foreign secretary was speaking after a day of chaos and contradiction over his political
  
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• Third arrest over Parsons Green Tube terror attack

  19-09-2017 22:59
  A third man has been arrested in connection with the Parsons Green terror attack that left 30 people injured.The 25-year-old was held in a counter-terrorism raid in Newport, south Wales, shortly after 7pm on Tuesday.A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said a building in city was also being searched.
  
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• Police arrest third man in London tube attack investigation

  19-09-2017 22:36
  (Reuters) - British police said on Tuesday they made a third arrest linked to Friday's tube attack in Parsons Green, London, that injured 30 people. The arrest, of a 25-year-old man, was made in Newport, Wales, they said in a statement. A search was taking place at an address in the town. (Reporting by Rama Venkat Raman in Bengaluru; editing by John Stonestreet)
  
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• Parsons Green Bombing: 25-Year-Old Man Arrested In Newport, Wales

  19-09-2017 22:27
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Newport, Wales, in connection with the Parsons Green terror attack, Scotland Yard said.
  
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• EU's Tusk says he, UK's May to talk Brexit next Tuesday

  19-09-2017 22:18
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk said he would meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May in London next Tuesday to discuss Brexit. He made the comment in a tweet. May is due to give a speech in Florence on Friday in which she is expected to set out her vision for future ties with the European Union, before a dinner between the EU heads of state on Sept. 28 in Tallinn, Estonia. (Reporting by Julia Fioretti; editing by John Stonestreet)
  
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• Details about young refugees in UK 'inadequate', councils warn

  19-09-2017 21:14
  The backstories of young refugees arriving in Britain are still not adequately being shared with councils who go on to take responsibility for them, according to the body that represents local authorities.The chair of the Local Government Association's asylum, refugee and migration task group, David Simmonds, has told Sky News that while the vast majority of young refugees settle in well, the information that councils receive from the Home Office often fails to give them the full profile and pot
  
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• PM expects Cabinet agreement on Brexit despite Boris Johnson row

  19-09-2017 20:30
  Theresa May expects Boris Johnson to remain in her Cabinet, with the Prime Minister insisting the Foreign Secretary is "doing good work".Speaking to Sky News at the UN General Assembly in New York, Mrs May expressed confidence that the whole Cabinet will agree on her Brexit strategy as she prepares for a major speech on the UK's departure from the European Union.
  
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• Don't sweat it: Johnson denies Cabinet split

  19-09-2017 20:30
  The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson insists the Cabinet is united over Brexit.
  
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• Sean Spicer Labelled 'Modern Day Goebbels' By Actor Jason Isaacs In Brutal Emmys Takedown

  19-09-2017 20:29
  British actor Jason Isaacs has proved not every celebrity was rushing to embrace Sean Spicer, labelling Donald Trump’s former Press Secretary a “modern day Goebbels” after his appearance at the Emmys.
  
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• Boris Johnson Should Be Knighted For 'Positive' Brexit Intervention, Says Jacob Rees-Mogg

  19-09-2017 20:24
  Boris Johnson should be knighted for his Brexit intervention, Jacob Rees Mogg has said.
  
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• Labour NEC paves way for potential leftwing leadership candidates

  19-09-2017 20:15
  When Jeremy Corbyn stood for the party leadership in 2015 he struggled to secure enough nominations.Jeremy Corbyn has secured a significant victory after Labour’s ruling body agreed to proposed changes that will make it easier for a leftwing candidate to run for the party leadership.The national executive committee accepted a compromise deal on the so-called McDonnell amendment, named after the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, who is in favour of reducing the number of MPs needed to nomi
  
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• Scottish and Welsh leaders seek to ward off Westminster 'hijack' of powers

  19-09-2017 20:02
  Carwyn Jones and Nicola Sturgeon called on the UK government to work with – not against – the devolved nations.The Scottish and Welsh first ministers have attempted to increase the pressure on the UK government over Brexit by jointly publishing a series of amendments to the EU withdrawal bill.Nicola Sturgeon and Carwyn Jones are working together to try to fight off what they see as a bid by Westminster to grab powers that will be returning following Brexit.
  
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• Dutch government budget surplus seen in 2017-2018

  19-09-2017 19:49
  The Dutch government expects to post a budget surplus this year and next, as the economy of the Netherlands continues to grow at its fastest pace in a decade, a leading forecaster said on Tuesday.The positive outlook accompanied the caretaker government's 2018 budget, which included spending increases for teachers' wages, cyber security and policies to lift the income of pensioners and low wage earners.Economic growth will reach 3.3 percent in 2017 and 2.5 percent in 2018, the Netherlands Bureau
  
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• Britain must honour its debt to Caribbean islands | Letters

  19-09-2017 19:44 via theguardian.com
  Till Bruckner calls on UK to remember its slave history, Linda McAvon on the importance of EU aid, while Alasdair Macdonald wants HMS Ocean to become a disaster relief vesselThe small Caribbean island-nation of Dominica has been hit by the second natural disaster in two years (Report, 19 September). In 2015, tropical storm Erika wiped out an estimated 90% of the country’s GDP. Hurricane Maria caused similar devastation. No country can cope alone with the aftermath of two natural disasters
  
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• Corbyn’s backers must learn to be tolerant | Letters

  19-09-2017 19:43
  Jeremy Corbyn: Tony Blair resisted calls to deselect him.Paul Mason should think carefully before advocating deselection of Labour MPs who are not from the very left of the party, and not completely enthusiastic about some of Jeremy Corbyn’s views (G2, 19 September).When Tony Blair was prime minister he resisted moves to deselect Corbyn, who repeatedly criticised the government and disobeyed the party whips.
  
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• Donald Trump's UN Speech And 7 Astounding Contradictions

  19-09-2017 19:25
  Tuesday was a huge day for the President of the United States as he addressed for the first time, the hallowed ground of the United Nations General Assembly.
  
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• Hurricane Maria: Why are so many cyclones hitting the Caribbean and US?

  19-09-2017 19:06
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• Donald Trump's 'Rocket Man' Comment About Kim Jong-Un Launches An Arsenal Of Memes

  19-09-2017 19:06
  Americans on Tuesday mused that it would be a “long, long time before other countries respect this nation again”, after Trump branded North Korea dictator, Kim John-Un a “rocket man”.
  
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• If Vince Cable is the Lib Dems' saviour, they don't seem entirely convinced | John Crace

  19-09-2017 18:46
  Vince Cable gives his speech in Bournemouth.Four days at a Liberal Democrat conference can feel like three days too many.Come the buildup to the leader’s closing speech, even the most committed Lib Dems were beginning to look a bit vacant.
  
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• 5 Passengers Share Their Holiday Nightmares Caused By Ryanair Cancellations

  19-09-2017 18:46
  Budget airline Ryanair is cancelling up to 50 flights a day for the next six weeks after it “messed up” the planning of pilot holidays.
  
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• Has The Answer To Climate Change Been Right Under Our Noses All The Time?

  19-09-2017 18:42
  As a new research paper published this week argues, whatever our hope for technological fixes, we are not going to avoid climate catastrophe without helping ordinary people make better use of the oldest social tool of all - our voices.
  
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• Tunisia Leads The Muslim World On Women's Rights

  19-09-2017 18:39
  'They said that we're not Muslim,' said Malek Kadri, a young engineer living in Tunis.
  
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• Freshers' Week: Returning To Uni As A Mature Student

  19-09-2017 18:22
  Parents up and down the country are waving goodbye to their offspring as they set off for university this week, beginning a new life of study and independence.
  
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• The Violence In Myanmar Yet Again Highlights The Inability Of The International Community To Address Conflict

  19-09-2017 18:20
  The shocking escalation of violence of the Myanmar army directed at the Rohingya population in that country yet again highlights an inability of the international community to prevent and address repression and conflict.
  
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• Just Why Are Asian Names 'Too Confusing' For The British Museum?

  19-09-2017 18:20
  When you have a name that perhaps sounds a little different - unusual, perhaps - some might ask: "How is that pronounced?", comment: "Oh, that's lovely", or even: "What does your name mean?
  
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• May says foreign minister Johnson "doing good work"

  19-09-2017 18:00
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May backed her foreign minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday after reports he could quit over her Brexit strategy, Sky News reported. Sky news reporter Beth Rigby said on Twitter that, when asked whether Johnson should be sacked, May said: "Boris is doing good work as Foreign Secretary." May also said she was confident of getting her whole senior team of ministers to back her Brexit strategy, which she is due to lay out at a specially convened cabine
  
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• Britain's M1 motorway partially closed after suspicious object discovered

  19-09-2017 17:54
  Part of Britain's M1 motorway was closed on Tuesday after what police described as a suspicious object which appeared to be "some form of chemical" was found under a bridge.The object was discovered at around 0630 GMT and prompted police to close the motorway in both directions between Milton Keynes and Northampton in central England.Thames Valley Police said bomb disposal experts had examined the object and found it had no explosive element.
  
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• Head of anti-Brexit party appeals for help to stop EU exit

  19-09-2017 17:25
  By William JamesLONDON (Reuters) - Calling himself a "proud saboteur" of the Brexit process, Britain's Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable on Tuesday appealed to opponents in all parties to put aside differences and fight a divorce from the European Union.The fourth-largest party with 12 representatives in the 650-seat parliament, the Liberal Democrats are hoping to become the lightning rod for any rise in anti-Brexit sentiment as Prime Minister Theresa May's government edges closer to leaving t
  
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• Fox News commentator files lawsuit saying she was raped by Charles Payne

  19-09-2017 17:02
  Fox News has been hit with another lawsuit after Scottie Nell Hughes, a political commentator, alleged she was raped by host Charles Payne and that the broadcaster subsequently blacklisted her as a guest.Hughes alleged that Payne “pressured his way” into her hotel room in New York in July 2013 for a “private discussion” and then sexually assaulted and raped her.
  
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• North Koreans Forced Out Of Kuwait And Qatar Amid Visa Clampdown

  19-09-2017 16:51
  North Koreans will start leaving Qatar and Kuwait after the Gulf Arab states announced they would stop renewing visas.
  
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• Theft at burnt London tower adds to police's gruelling work

  19-09-2017 16:39
  By Estelle ShirbonLONDON (Reuters) - Already facing the grim task of sifting through debris to find human remains at Grenfell Tower, the London social housing block where a fire killed about 80 people, police are now also having to investigate suspected thefts from survivors' apartments.Home to a poor, multi-ethnic community within one of London's richest boroughs, Grenfell Tower was gutted by the blaze which rapidly engulfed the whole building in the middle of the night on June 14.The tragedy h
  
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• Donald Trump Threatens To 'Totally Destroy North Korea' In Speech To United Nations Leaders

  19-09-2017 16:39
  Donald Trump has said if North Korea does not abandon it’s nuclear weapons program he will have “no option but to totally destroy” the country.In a fiery speech to the United Nations general Assembly in New York the President referred to Kim Jong-Un as “rocket man” and said he “is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime”.Loud murmurs filled the green-marbled UN General Assembly hall when Trump issued his sternest warning yet to North Korea, w
  
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• Seven Migration Moments That Changed Britain

  19-09-2017 16:32
  There have been many attempts to analyse and explain the reasons why 52% of Britons voted to leave the European Union in June 2016.
  
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• Send us your questions for Philip Pullman

  19-09-2017 16:29 via theguardian.com
  The Observer New Review offers you the chance to put your questions to the master storytellerNext month sees the publication of Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage, the long-awaited first volume of The Book of Dust, an epic fantasy trilogy intended to stand alongside his bestselling series, His Dark Materials.Pullman devotees have waited 17 years for him to return to the magical world of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, which have together sold more than 17.5m copies
  
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• Lib Dems will not succeed as reverse Ukip, says Vince Cable

  19-09-2017 16:07
  Sir Vince Cable has said the Liberal Democrats will not succeed as a one-issue “reverse Ukip” party, pledging that they will develop radical proposals for economic reforms including taxes on second homes and changes to tuition fees.The new Lib Dem leader attempted to put clear water between his leadership and the two years under his predecessor Tim Farron, declaring he wanted to re-establish the Lib Dems as a serious party of government, in his closing address to their autumn confere
  
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• Lib Dems will not succeed as 'reverse Ukip', says Vince Cable

  19-09-2017 16:07
  Sir Vince Cable makes his keynote speech at his party’s conference at the Bournemouth International Centre.Sir Vince Cable has said the Liberal Democrats will not succeed as a one-issue “reverse Ukip” party, instead pledging that they will develop radical proposals for economic reforms including taxes on second homes and reforming tuition fees.The new Lib Dem leader attempted to put clear water between his leadership and the two years under his predecessor Tim Farron, declaring
  
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• Boris Johnson could resign if Theresa May opts for 'Swiss-style' Brexit

  19-09-2017 16:03
  Speculation about Boris Johnson’s future has been rife since his Daily Telegraph article published on Saturday.Boris Johnson could resign if Theresa May signals she will pursue a “Swiss-style” Brexit, even though he is publicly denying that he will walk away from the cabinet.
  
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• Who's driving Brexit - Theresa or Boris?

  19-09-2017 16:00
  Boris Johnson has been accused of back-seat driving Brexit talks, prompting the PM to say the process is "run from the front".
  
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• Boris Johnson denies plan to quit over Brexit differences with PM

  19-09-2017 15:58
  Boris Johnson has dismissed suggestions he might resign in protest of the Government's Brexit strategy.The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Mr Johnson is prepared to walk out of the Cabinet if the Prime Minister concedes too much to Brussels when she delivers a major speech in Florence on Friday.
  
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• UK fashion chain French Connection racks up narrower loss

  19-09-2017 15:38
  (Reuters) - British fashion retailer French Connection Group Plcreported a narrower operating loss for the first half and said it was making progress in its attempt to return to profitability.The owner of the Toast, French Connection and Great Plains brands has been struggling to fend off competition from fast-fashion rivals, such as ASOSand Inditex'sZara.British billionaire Mike Ashley's Sports Direct Internationalcurrently holds a 27.04 percent stake in French Connection and is the second-larg
  
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• London's Leadenhall market briefly evacuated after reports of suspect package

  19-09-2017 15:32
  Leadenhall market in London's financial district was briefly evacuated on Tuesday after reports of a suspicious package in the area.City of London Police said a cordon had been put in place around the ornate arcade, home to bars and shops and close to the Lloyd's of London insurance building.
  
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• Foreign secretary Johnson says he will not resign - Sky

  19-09-2017 15:24
  Britain's foreign secretary Boris Johnson said he was not going to resign, when questioned on Tuesday following reports that he could quit before the weekend if his Brexit demands were not met by Prime Minister Theresa May.May is due to make a speech on Brexit on Friday and the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that close friends of Johnson believe he will have no choice but to walk away if she advocates permanently paying for access to the EU's single market.Speaking in New York, Johnson was a
  
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• How do you feel 20 years since Wales voted for devolution?

  19-09-2017 15:15
  Wales voted for a devolved government 20 years ago this week after the publication of a white paper entitled A Voice for Wales, one of the first actions of Tony Blair’s Labour government.In an interview with the Guardian to mark the anniversary, the first minister, Carwyn Jones, said he believed Wales was now more successful and confident than two decades ago.Warning that a hard Brexit would challenge devolution as well as the union, Jones said: “As someone who wants the UK to stay t
  
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• Rio takes up boxing and challenges Joshua

  19-09-2017 15:00
  The former England captain wants to become a professional pugilist and says the training has helped him cope with his wife's death.
  
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• British police say suspect package in London's Holborn was false alarm

  19-09-2017 14:56
  LONDON (Reuters) - British police said reports of a suspicious package near Holborn, central London, had turned out to be a false alarm. Pictures on Twitter had shown several police cars and officers in the cordoned-off street, but a spokeswoman later said the operation had been stood down. Britain's threat level is currently set to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely, and 30 people were injured last Friday when a bomb on a train apparently failed to fully detonate. (Reporting by Kate Hol
  
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• Rio Ferdinand swaps football boots for boxing gloves

  19-09-2017 14:53
  Former England defender Rio Ferdinand has announced he is re-training as a professional boxer.Ferdinand has enlisted the help of Richie Woodhall, a former WBC super-middleweight champion who has worked with Britain's Olympic team, to make the transformation, with his journey set to be filmed for a documentary.Ferdinand, who has lost his mum and wife to cancer in the last two years, was approached about making the switch by Betfair.
  
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• Grenfell Tower fire death toll may be lower than first feared, police say

  19-09-2017 14:41
  Fewer people may have died in the Grenfell Tower fire than previously feared, police have said.Sky News has identified 60 people, including a stillborn baby, who are confirmed to have died.Commander Stuart Cundy said the original figure "may come down a little but" due to investigations since the deadly blaze.
  
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