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• Donald Trump backtracks on May comments and meets Queen – as it happened

  13-07-2018 23:44
  President’s first official visit to UK off to shaky start after president said Theresa May’s Brexit plan would ‘kill’ trade deal with USTrump: soft Brexit will ‘kill’ UK’s chances of US trade dealTrump hails Boris Johnson as future PM and attacks Sadiq KhanHow are you marking Trump’s visit? Share your story 10.21pm BST That’s all from us this evening – thanks for reading. You can read our full round-up of the day’s news – an
  
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• Donald Trump: US-UK trade deal 'absolutely possible'

  13-07-2018 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The president speaks warmly about Theresa May hours after his comments attacking her Brexit plans emerged.
  
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• Trump switches tack on Brexit in bid to repair ties

  13-07-2018 19:39 via ft.com
  After attacking May in interview, US president insists ‘whatever you do is OK with me’
  
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• Disrupter-in-chief brings turmoil on European trip

  13-07-2018 19:25 via ft.com
  After turbulent Nato summit, Trump launches unprecedented intervention in UK politics
  
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• Brexit chaos puts Conservatives on the edge of a breakdown

  13-07-2018 19:10 via ft.com
  Following a week of upheaval in Westminster, it is not clear if May’s government will survive — or if any exit deal can pass parliament
  
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• Protesters march against Trump's UK visit

  13-07-2018 18:51 via ft.com
  Tens of thousands take to capital's streets on second day of trip
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: It's not Trump's business who's PM

  13-07-2018 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour leader criticises the US president's remarks and addresses protesters in Trafalgar Square.
  
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• Donald Trump on best behaviour during UK business banquet

  13-07-2018 18:46 via ft.com
  US president strikes tone in stark contrast to attacks in Sun interview
  
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• Donald Trump on best behaviour during business banquet

  13-07-2018 18:46 via ft.com
  US president strikes tone in stark contrast to attacks in Sun interview
  
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• Violence in Northern Ireland puts pressure on Good Friday pact

  13-07-2018 18:24 via ft.com
  Worst disorder in Derry for years amid political vacuum and Brexit tensions
  
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• Corbyn: Trump's Khan attack 'unacceptable'

  13-07-2018 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says US President Donald Trump's criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan is "completely unacceptable".
  
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• Donald Trump visits the UK, in pictures

  13-07-2018 18:20 via ft.com
  President meets UK prime minister Theresa May as protesters descend on central London
  
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• Trump: I didn't criticise Theresa May to The Sun

  13-07-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president spars with the Sun reporter who interviewed him about Theresa May and Brexit.
  
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• Reality Check: A UK/US trade deal?

  13-07-2018 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Donald Trump has made several claims about the UK's ability to strike a new trade deal.
  
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• Trump and the world

  13-07-2018 16:05 via ft.com
  US president escalates trade tariffs, criticises Nato at the summit and visits the UK
  
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• Donald Trump: 'It's called fake news'

  13-07-2018 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg challenged Donald Trump about his criticism of Theresa May earlier this week.
  
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• Trump backs May on Brexit in bid to repair ties

  13-07-2018 15:14 via ft.com
  After attacking PM in interview, US president insists ‘whatever you do is OK with me’
  
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• Tory MP apologises for tweet of Sadiq Khan image with pig balloon

  13-07-2018 15:03
  London mayor calls for Conservatives to take action over Michael Fabricant tweet
  The Conservative MP Michael Fabricant has apologised for tweeting a cartoon image of Sadiq Khan being mounted by an inflatable pig, after he was accused of Islamophobia.Khan, the mayor of London, called on the Tories to take action against the backbencher, and the Labour MP Wes Streeting said he had written to the Conservative chief whip, Julian Smith, asking what would be done.Continue reading...
  
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• Week in Review: Trump's survival-of-the-fittest worldview shows perils of Brexit

  13-07-2018 15:01
  
  Trump's behaviour towards May was unprecedented - and a reminder of what post-Brexit Britain is facing
  
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• Trump and May meet at Chequers

  13-07-2018 14:13 via ft.com
  UK PM questioned over US president's Brexit remarks
  
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• Inside story on The Sun's Trump interview

  13-07-2018 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The US president has criticised the PM's Brexit plan in a UK newspaper. We talk to the man behind the interview.
  
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• Tory MP Michel Fabricant accused of Islamophobia over Sadiq Khan tweet

  13-07-2018 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Fabricant says he "stupidly" tweeted the image of Sadiq Khan "without checking it properly".
  
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• Trump lays bare Britain’s ‘special relationship’ delusion

  13-07-2018 13:42 via ft.com
  Tensions between London and Washington are nothing new
  
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• Tory MP: Tell Trump 'where to stick his dog whistle'

  13-07-2018 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Tory MP Sarah Wollaston says Theresa May should tell Donald Trump "where to stick his dog whistle" after his comments about immigration.
  
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• EU's Jean-Claude Juncker stumbled 'in sciatica attack'

  13-07-2018 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The EU Commission says its president had acute leg pain when he was filmed being helped.
  
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• Donald Trump torpedoes Brexiters’ trade hopes

  13-07-2018 13:09 via ft.com
  US President’s intervention highlights the central dilemmas facing UK government
  
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• Trump's Brexit comments spark backlash from MPs

  13-07-2018 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Trump's criticism of Theresa May's Brexit blueprint sparks backlash from Conservative ministers and MPs.
  
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• US reaction

  13-07-2018 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  US officials tell media there is "no way" Mr Trump will apologise over controversial comments on Brexit.
  
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• Donald Trump visit: Sadiq Khan refuses to 'rise to beastly comments'

  13-07-2018 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Donald Trump criticised Sadiq Khan over London's terror attacks, accusing him of doing "a terrible job".
  
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• Donald Trump greeted with British pomp at Blenheim Palace

  13-07-2018 10:19 via ft.com
  US president joins Theresa May for black tie dinner
  
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• Brenda the Civil Disobedience Penguin is at the frontlines of the culture wars | First Dog on the Moon

  13-07-2018 09:51
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• PM says White Paper delivers 'the Brexit people voted for'

  13-07-2018 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK government sets out in detail how it wants trade with the EU to work after Brexit.
  
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• HS2 under fire over ‘aggressive’ tactics on purchased land

  13-07-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  High-speed rail line undervaluing property then failing to cough up, say lawyers
  
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• HS2 under fire for delaying payments on compulsory purchased land deals

  13-07-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  High-speed rail line undervalues property and stalls compensation, lawyers say
  
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• HS2 under fire for delaying payments on compulsory land deals

  13-07-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  High-speed rail line undervalues property and stalls compensation, lawyers say
  
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• Heathrow rejects claims it will struggle to fund £14bn runway

  13-07-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Critics say landing charges will rise and taxpayers will footexpansion bill
  
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• Trump says Brexit blueprint likely to ‘kill’ any UK-US trade deal

  13-07-2018 03:39 via ft.com
  President criticises Theresa May’s handling of EU negotiations as ‘unfortunate’
  
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• With criticism of May's Brexit, Trump detonates a diplomatic grenade

  13-07-2018 02:18
  Is the US president’s outburst to the Sun simply bad manners, or his latest attempt to undermine an old ally?He once likened his relationship with Theresa May to that between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Presumably that comparison is now cancelled.Donald Trump has once again torn up standard etiquette for diplomacy by turning up, not with flowers or a bottle of wine – but a verbal grenade. As he was setting off for his first visit to the UK as American president, he told the
  
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• Trump says Brexit blueprint will kill any UK-US trade deal

  13-07-2018 00:41 via ft.com
  President’s British tour off to undiplomatic start with barrage against host
  
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