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• May reminds Trump of transatlantic ties with Churchill-era gift

  03-06-2019 23:34
  Prime Minister Theresa May will present U.S. President Donald Trump with a reminder of close Anglo-American ties on Tuesday, marking his state visit to Britain with a copy of a 1941 charter that helped define the post-World War Two global order.After a day of royal pageantry on Monday, the trip turns to the political relationship between Britain and its closest ally as May hosts Trump at her Downing Street residence seeking to affirm the so-called "special relationship" in light of Brexit.May wi
  
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• May to hail ‘great partnership’ with US as Trump visits No 10

  03-06-2019 23:30
  President tweets that ‘big Trade Deal is possible once UK gets rid of the shackles’. Theresa May will insist the relationship between the US and the UK is “a great partnership, but one I believe we can make greater still” as she hosts Donald Trump in Downing Street on Tuesday, in one of her final acts as Conservative leader. With just days to go until she resigns as leader of her party, the prime minister and her husband, Philip May, will welcome the outspoken president f
  
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• Labour could speed up plans to reveal details of UK property owners

  03-06-2019 23:30
  Proposals to tackle money laundering target offshore firms with premises in Britain Labour could accelerate plans to reveal the owners of offshore companies holding UK property and publish details of land owned by trusts to tackle money laundering.A recent analysis by campaign group Global Witness found more than 87,000 properties in England and Wales were owned by companies registered in tax havens. Continue reading...
  
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• Kate steps out in white ruffled Alexander McQueen gown for state banquet

  03-06-2019 23:28
  First Lady Melania Trump was also in white - wearing a Dior Haute Couture ivory silk crepe gown.
  
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• 41-gun salutes and a Twitter tirade: Donald Trump arrives in UK

  03-06-2019 23:27
  US president attends Buckingham Palace banquet after starting state visit with angry tweets Follow all the latest on Trump’s visit with our live blogDonald Trump breezed into Britain by launching an attack on London’s mayor and berating so-called fake news before being honoured with a glittering banquet hosted by the Queen.Buckingham Palace provided the sumptuous backdrop for the US president, who had long desired the endorsement of an official state visit, and took the opportunity t
  
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• Donald Trump praises Queen’s ‘spirit of dignity’

  03-06-2019 23:25
  The Queen celebrated the special relationship between the UK and its closest ally.
  
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• Pakistan ride ebb and flow to leave Root and Buttler harbouring regrets | Andy Bull

  03-06-2019 23:14
  As dust settled, England fans tried to figure out how team had managed to score two superb centuries and lose by 14 runsThe mood turned with the weather at Trent Bridge. It ebbed and flowed all day just like the sun that kept coming and going in and out of the low clouds rolling over the ground.When it was all over, it wasn’t a sense of familiar disappointment or forlorn dejection that finally settled over the place but some sort of dizzy confusion, a delirious bewilderment, as thousands o
  
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• German police investigate murder of CDU politician Walter Lübcke

  03-06-2019 23:03
  Senior figure in Angela Merkel’s party was shot in the head at close range, say policeA local politician from Angela Merkel’s party was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head, German police said on Monday.With no weapon found at the scene and no discharge residues on the dead man’s body, investigators appear to have ruled out suicide and are investigating intentional homicide. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump feasts on Windsor lamb and strawberry sable at banquet

  03-06-2019 22:59
  Some 170 guests are joining the Queen and other members of the royal family in the palace ballroom.
  
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• Arrested journalists say criminal investigation has been dropped

  03-06-2019 22:58
  Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested last August over the alleged theft of a police watchdog document.
  
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• Trump state banquet: The Queen and Donald Trump's speeches IN FULL

  03-06-2019 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE QUEEN is hosting US President Donald Trump this evening in a state banquet at Buckingham Palace. Here’s what they said in their speeches.
  
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• Donald Trump UK visit live: President joins royals for state banquet

  03-06-2019 22:49
  The US President is in the UK for a state visit and D-Day anniversary commemorations.
  
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• What is Sidecar? Now you can use your iPad as a screen for your Mac - TrustedReviews

  03-06-2019 22:39 via trustedreviews.com
  What is Sidecar? Now you can use your iPad as a screen for your Mac  TrustedReviewsApple might wave goodbye to Dashboard in macOS Catalina  EngadgetHere's how iPhone and iPad syncing will work in macOS Catalina  TechRadarNew macOS Catalina: Release date and features  Macworld UKIs Apple dumbing down our Macs by putting iPhone apps on them?  TechRadarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Australian musicians band together to invest in solar farms

  03-06-2019 22:26
  Exclusive: Midnight Oil, Cloud Control, Vance Joy and Regurgitator join FEAT., a new platform encouraging their industry to back sustainabilityIn the spring of 2017, immediately after the release of the Australian band Cloud Control’s third album, Zone, the band’s keyboard player, Heidi Lenffer, was contemplating what their upcoming tour would cost. But this time she wasn’t just thinking about the money; she was thinking about emissions. Independent bands are used to running on
  
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• State banquet guests served English sparkling wine

  03-06-2019 22:22
  Donald Trump would not be drinking - he is teetotal.
  
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• Trump UK visit: Queen hails 'common values' that 'unite' US and UK in banquet speech

  03-06-2019 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE QUEEN toasted the “common values” and “shared interests” that unite the USA and UK at the State Banquet in Buckingham Palace this evening, reminding President Donald Trump of his own particular connection to the United Kingdom.
  
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• Trump state banquet in pictures: Pictures from Buckingham Palace banquet

  03-06-2019 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  DONALD TRUMP has sat down to dinner at Buckingham Palace for a lavish dinner hosted by The Queen. This is Trump’s Buckingham Palace banquet in pictures.
  
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• Emily Thornberry ROLLS EYES when quizzed over Trump's tweet on Khan - 'How DARE he!'

  03-06-2019 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  SHADOW Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry rolled her eyes at Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan when questioned over US President Donald Trump’s criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
  
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• Lamb, stuffing and Sheeran: What's on the menu for Trump's state banquet

  03-06-2019 22:05
  Lamb and stuffing and a vintage Churchill port are on the menu at the state banquet for Donald Trump - and the musical accompaniment includes Ed Sheeran.The US president has arrived at Buckingham Palace alongside wife Melania for the highlight of their three-day UK visit, ready to enjoy a lavish meal and entertainment alongside some other high-profile guests.Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a
  
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• Trump state banquet: What's on the menu?

  03-06-2019 22:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  DONALD TRUMP is at Buckingham Palace for a magnificent banquet hosted by the Queen. So what’s on the menu?
  
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• WWDC 2019: Apple unveils new iOS, iPad OS, macOS and Mac Pro

  03-06-2019 21:45
  The iTunes app is dead, your iPhone will be faster and the $5,999 Mac Pro becomes firm’s most expensive computer Apple has announced that the iPhone is going to get faster with iOS 13, the iTunes app is dead on the Mac with the new macOS 10.15 Catalina, and the iPad is getting its own operating system.On stage at the firm’s annual developer conference in San Jose McEnery Convention Center, California, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook unveiled the next versions of iOS, iPad OS, watchOS, mac
  
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• Cricket World Cup: Buttler and Root tons in vain as Pakistan stun England

  03-06-2019 21:45
  • Pakistan 348-8; England 334-9. Pakistan win by 14 runs
  • Wahab Riaz grabs three wickets as run chase falls shortSo they cannot chase absolutely anything. Even after an immaculate hundred from Joe Root and a typically majestic one from Jos Buttler, England were beaten by a wonderfully tenacious Pakistan, oblivious to the torments they experienced here against West Indies three days ago.Pakistan, reinforcing their reputation for producing tales of the unexpected, won a thrilling encoun
  
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• Hammond tells contenders to say how they will avoid being ‘May Mk 2’

  03-06-2019 21:44
  Chancellor's biting intervention comes as front-runner Boris Johnson launches his campaign.
  
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• Apple kills off iTunes after 18 years

  03-06-2019 21:41
  The media player's key features are to be split between Apple's Music, TV and Podcast apps.
  
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• In Numbers: State banquet for Donald Trump

  03-06-2019 21:31
  More than 1,000 glasses will be used during the evening event at Buckingham Palace.
  
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• Trump family mingles with royalty at state banquet

  03-06-2019 21:30
  The Queen sits at the head of the table.
  
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• The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken review – an instant appetite-ruiner

  03-06-2019 21:30
  Just in time for Trump’s UK visit, Channel 4’s Dispatches looked at the food standard implications of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US. It wasn’t a pretty sightDonald Trump has come to Britain, and in honour of his state visit, Channel 4 devoted half an hour to something equally toxic that may soon follow in his wake: an invading army of chlorinated chickens.In Dispatches: The Truth About Chlorinated Chicken, the presenter Kate Quilton travelled to the United States to inve
  
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• Philip Hammond accused of being blind to scale of UK poverty

  03-06-2019 21:25
  John McDonnell says chancellor who dismissed UN report is insulated from austerity by his wealth. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has been accused of being blind to the scale of poverty in the UK after he dismissed a UN report that found the government’s austerity programme had caused misery for many Britons. The report by the UN’s rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, said 14 million people in the UK live in poverty and 1.5 million are destitute. It claimed
  
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• Spain urges more EU aid to help Morocco tackle migration

  03-06-2019 21:11
  Spain has asked the European Union to increase the financial aid allocated to Morocco to help it counter illegal migration flows, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Monday.“Morocco is helping us," Borrel told a news conference during a visit to Rabat, adding that such aid should not be considered as a gift to the North African country as the pressure of illegal migration grew in the Western Mediterranean.The EU promised last year to give 140 million euros ($160 million) in bord
  
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• Naked protesters condemn nipple censorship at Facebook headquarters

  03-06-2019 21:09
  Demonstrators cover bodies with stickers to ensure nipples on display are ‘male’, in line with Facebook policySome were hairy. Some were pointy. Some were dark brown, some a pale pink. But the hundreds of nipples on display in front of Facebook’s New York City headquarters on Sunday were technically “male”, despite some being on female protesters.More than 100 people lay nude on the sidewalk to call for a change to the company’s censorship policies. The action
  
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• Lies pave the way for anti-abortion laws. To defeat the laws we must fight the lies | Rebecca Solnit

  03-06-2019 21:07
  A wave of new laws banning and restricting abortion could not have been passed without misleading the public about what abortion actually is
  Anti-abortion laws are built on anti-abortion lies. Lies about things like who has abortions, how abortions work, how women’s bodies work and how fetuses develop. The lies pave the way for the laws.There are the old lies, like the ones suggesting that the women having abortions are careless hussies (51% of abortions are to women who were using contrac
  
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• The Audience review – Theresa May joins conveyor belt of PMs meeting the Queen

  03-06-2019 21:00
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  Updated to include Brexit, Peter Morgan’s 2013 drama about the Queen’s off-the-record conversations with her prime ministers seems underpoweredPeter Morgan’s play about the Queen’s weekly off-the-record meetings with various prime ministers during her reign was first staged in 2013. David Cameron was in his first term and Britain was firmly inside the EU. Two years later, Downing Street’s political dramas had moved on and Morgan made sure a Wes
  
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• Boris Johnson Building Big Lead Among MPs As Tory Leadership Race Hots Up

  03-06-2019 21:00
  Boris Johnson is way out in front of the Tory leadership race, with more thandouble the number of Tory MPs set to back him compared to his nearestBrexiteer rivals, his allies have told HuffPost UK
  
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• Trump praises ‘ENTIRE Royal Family’ despite Meghan and Kate SNUB – ‘Have been fantastic!’

  03-06-2019 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  DONALD TRUMP has praised the “entire Royal Family” for welcoming him to the UK on the first day of his state visit, despite not being greeted by the Duchess of Sussex or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
  
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• AstraZeneca searches for successor to Chairman Johansson - Sky News

  03-06-2019 20:38
  AstraZeneca's board is in the early stages of planning for an eventual replacement for Johansson, who has chaired the company for seven years, according to the report.There was no scheduled timetable in place yet for Johansson's departure, Sky News reported, citing sources.
  
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• Kevin Spacey in surprise appearance at sexual assault case hearing

  03-06-2019 20:36
  Spacey, 59, accused of groping young man in Nantucket barActor pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery chargeWearing a gray suit and glasses, Kevin Spacey appeared on Monday at a Massachusetts courthouse where a judge was set to hold a hearing in the case accusing the disgraced actor of groping a young man at a Nantucket bar in 2016.Spacey sat at a table alongside his lawyers, occasionally whispering in the ear of lead attorney Alan Jackson. He did not answer reporters’ question
  
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• Apple introduces period tracking and iOS dark mode

  03-06-2019 20:29
  The technology giant has been making announcements at its annual developer conference.
  
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• Yes, it's me, President Trump, visiting some third-world hellhole | John Crace

  03-06-2019 20:28
  Am welcomed by the Queen in London England. Where can you get a decent burger in this Buckingham place?Get dropped at Air Force One shortly after nine on Sunday night. Settle down to watch some gorilla YouTube videos, before going to sleep on the couch. As usual Melania has taken the main bedroom and locked me out. Wake up to find it’s nearly 9am and we’re about to land. That means we must have been in the air for 12 hours. I hadn’t realised Europe was so far away. An aide expl
  
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• Yes, it's me, President Trump, visiting some third-world hellhole

  03-06-2019 20:28
  Am welcomed by the Queen in London England. Where can you get a decent burger in this Buckingham place?. Get dropped at Air Force One shortly after nine on Sunday night. Settle down to watch some gorilla YouTube videos, before going to sleep on the couch. As usual Melania has taken the main bedroom and locked me out. Wake up to find it’s nearly 9am and we’re about to land. That means we must have been in the air for 12 hours. I hadn’t realised Europe was so far away. An aide ex
  
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• iOS 13: Apple launches faster iPhone software with more privacy

  03-06-2019 20:26
  Update opens apps twice as fast, includes Sign in with Apple to protect personal dataWWDC Apple developer conference keynote – live!Apple’s latest next version of its iPhone software, iOS 13, will speed up phones, the company has claimed, saying apps will launch up to twice as fast.“Nothing is more important to our iPhone users than performance,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, while announcing the new software on Monday
  
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• 'A State Visit Legitimises Him': Anti-Trump Protestors In Brixton On Why They're Angry

  03-06-2019 20:26
  Some fifty Brixton Against Trump supporters congregated in Windrush Square, inBrixton to make banners and placards ahead of a mass demonstration takingplace in central London on Tuesday
  
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• Trump ‘ALREADY TALKING’ about Brexit trade deal but urges UK to first ‘remove EU SHACKLES

  03-06-2019 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  DONALD TRUMP has promised a “big trade deal” is possible with the UK once Britain frees itself of the EU “shackles”.
  
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• Caster Semenya able to run medication-free for now as Swiss court floors IAAF

  03-06-2019 20:14
  • Swiss court tells IAAF to suspend testosterone regulations
  • Semenya can compete in 800m without medication to 25 JuneCaster Semenya is once again free to run the 800m without having to take medication – at least for the time being – after the Swiss supreme federal court ordered the IAAF to suspend its testosterone regulations for her with immediate effect.The surprise news – which completely blindsided athletics’ governing body – means that the Olympic
  
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• The England triumph of 2009 that will fire their Women’s World Cup hopes | Suzanne Wrack

  03-06-2019 20:13
  Four members of Phil Neville’s squad won the Under-19 Euros 10 years ago. They believe that could prove crucial in FranceLucy Bronze recalls a goal from a decade ago as if it were yesterday. “I remember both the goals that we scored in the final,” she says. “The one that Toni Duggan scored – it went: pass, pass, pass, Jade Moore had a chance to score but it wasn’t quite on, so she slipped it to the side to Toni for a tap in.”Duggan was 17, it was her bir
  
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• Johanna Konta profits in Paris from coach’s powers of persuasion

  03-06-2019 20:10
  Dimitri Zavialoff and the British No 1 have thrived mutually since getting together in OctoberThere is probably more job security in bomb disposal than there is in coaching tennis players but Dimitri Zavialoff, Johanna Konta’s third mentor in two years, is sanguine about his employment situation.Konta, who plays Sloane Stephens in the French Open quarter-finals on Tuesday, plainly trusts Zavialoff and they have thrived mutually since getting together in October. Continue reading...
  
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• Andy Woodward: a 1970s murder and the shocking twist to my Barry Bennell story

  03-06-2019 20:10
  The footballer tells for the first time how a relative of Barry Bennell cast a grim shadow over his family, years before the paedophile coach began abusing him On the night before we were due to meet, Andy Woodward took himself away to spend some time alone. He wasn’t feeling great, was the truth. He wanted to find a bit of peace and he wanted to be in a place where he could remember a time in his life when everything felt so much more innocent.His old primary school was pulled down a few
  
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• All the New Features Coming to iOS 13 - Gizmodo UK

  03-06-2019 20:08 via gizmodo.co.uk
  All the New Features Coming to iOS 13  Gizmodo UKiPadOS: A First Look at Apple's Vision for the Future of Its Tablets  Gizmodo UKPSA: You Cannot Install iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 Beta Using the Config File Trick  iphonehacks.comApple WWDC 2019: iOS 13 dark mode, iPadOS, the Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR and all that Apple announced  CNETApple WWDC 2019 live: All the news and updates from today's keynote  Wired.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Swedish court rejects request to detain Julian Assange

  03-06-2019 20:06
  Ruling prevents prosecutors from applying immediately for extradition warrantAn attempt to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden has suffered a setback after a court in Uppsala said he did not need to be detained.The ruling by the district court prevents Swedish prosecutors from applying immediately for an extradition warrant for Assange to face an allegation of rape dating back to 2010. Assange denies the accusation. Continue reading...
  
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• Don't be Theresa May mark two, Hammond tells Tory candidates

  03-06-2019 20:03
  Philip Hammond said not delivering Brexit would not be an ‘acceptable outcome’. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PAThe Tory leadership hopefuls need to explain how they stop themselves becoming “Theresa May mark two” stuck in a Brexit impasse, Philip Hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer, has warned. Hammond sounded a disparaging note about the prime minister as he told the candidates they needed to show how they would be different from the current occupant of No 10. Most of
  
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• Liverpool to play December ‘test’ match in Qatar for 2022 World Cup

  03-06-2019 19:56
  • Liverpool head for Gulf in Club World Cup• Qatar’s facilities to be given World Cup dry runFifa has awarded Qatar the next two Club World Cups, for this December when Liverpool will represent Europe as champions, and 2020. Both will be “tests” for the World Cup being held in the Gulf state in 2022.Explaining the decision on behalf of the Fifa council following their meeting before Wednesday’s annual congress in Paris, Victor Montagliani, the president of the C
  
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