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• President Biden and the first lady meet Queen Elizabeth II after his first G7 summit

  13-06-2021 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother -- an Irish American born with the surname Finnegan -- had a piece of advice.
  
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• Biden and the first lady meet Queen Elizabeth II

  13-06-2021 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother -- an Irish American born with the surname Finnegan -- had a piece of advice.
  
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• Novak Djokovic comes from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in thrilling French Open final

  13-06-2021 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  Novak Djokovic came back from two sets down in a grand slam final for the first time in his career, as he narrowly got the better of Stefanos Tsitsipas in a thrilling French Open final.
  
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• New Zealand houseplant sells for $19,200 in online bidding war

  13-06-2021 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  A houseplant with just nine leaves has sold for a record-breaking $19,297 on a New Zealand auction site.
  
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• Violence in Texas, Georgia and Illinois brings number of US mass shootings to 270 so far this year

  13-06-2021 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  As the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday, it has a staggering and grim new statistic to contend with for 2021.
  
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• Pelosi says House leadership 'did not rebuke' Omar over comments about US, Israel, Hamas and Taliban

  13-06-2021 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said House leadership "did not rebuke" Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar last week, after criticism from the left that the caucus was unfairly targeting Omar and mischaracterizing her comments about the US, Israel, Hamas and the Taliban.
  
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• Apple informed Trump's former White House counsel and wife that their records were sought by DOJ in 2018

  13-06-2021 21:09 via cnn.com
  
  Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the Justice Department in February 2018, while McGahn was still the top lawyer representing the presidency, according to a person familiar.
  
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• Fareed Zakaria: This is what went wrong for Netanyahu

  13-06-2021 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria discusses the impact Benjamin Netanyahu has had on Israel as the country's longest serving prime minister and says legal troubles helped turn many Israelis against him.
  
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• Fareed: This is what went wrong for Netanyahu

  13-06-2021 20:50 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria discusses the impact Benjamin Netanyahu has had on Israel as the country's longest serving prime minister and says legal troubles helped turn many Israelis against him.
  
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• 3 takeaways from President Joe Biden's first G7 summit

  13-06-2021 20:39 via cnn.com
  
  • Biden describes queen as 'extremely gracious,' says she reminds him of his mother
  • Analysis: Biden is about to confront two relentless forces that could seriously hamper his presidency
  
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• Netanyahu out as new Israeli government approved

  13-06-2021 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu loses his 12-year hold on power as a new Israeli government is approved.
  
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• Netanyahu: A shrewd leader who reshaped Israel

  13-06-2021 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Loved and loathed, Israel's ousted long-term PM made his mark on the country at home and abroad.
  
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• Austria earn first European Championship win

  13-06-2021 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Substitutes Marko Arnautovic and Michael Gregoritsch earn Austria their first ever victory at a European Championship against tournament debutants North Macedonia.
  
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• G7 partners survive small talk at ultimate office awayday | Helen Pidd

  13-06-2021 20:15
  
  Some summit spouses must have trust issues – why else would they turn up?It could be said that anyone who voluntarily attends their partner’s office party is either a masochist or has trust issues. So, why, then, do the spouses of world leaders feel obliged to turn up to global summits?Ordinarily, it appears that their only duty is to make small talk with their fellow spare parts while their other halves chew over the big issues of the day. At the G7 meeting in Cornwall this weekend,
  
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• Netanyahu's reign is over for now. He leaves behind a wealthier, more divided Israel and a stalled peace process

  13-06-2021 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  He's been dubbed King Bibi, the magician, the great survivor, and has held records as both the youngest and longest-serving prime minister of Israel.
  
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• Analysis: Netanyahu's reign is over for now. He leaves behind a wealthier, more divided Israel and a stalled peace process

  13-06-2021 20:06 via cnn.com
  
  He's been dubbed King Bibi, the magician, the great survivor, and has held records as both the youngest and longest-serving prime minister of Israel.
  
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• French Open 2021: Novak Djokovic outlasts Stefanos Tsitsipas for 19th Grand Slam title

  13-06-2021 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Novak Djokovic wins his 19th Grand Slam title after fighting back from two sets down to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open final.
  
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• Swiss voters reject key climate change measures

  13-06-2021 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a shock result, voters narrowly reject a tax on flights and a fuel levy among other policies.
  
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• G7: Biden says democracies in 'contest with autocrats' as G7 summit ends – video

  13-06-2021 19:21
  
  The US president Joe Biden said: 'America is back at the table' as the G7 summit came to a close. Speaking in Newquay, southwestern England, after the three-day summit, Biden said democracies faced a threat from autocratic governments.He said the US was in a 'contest with autocrats' and that he wanted a democratic alternative to China’s belt and road initiativeG7 leaders seek right balance in dealing with their China dilemmaBoris Johnson closes G7 summit with vow to protect integrity of UK
  
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• England's opening team: 'Southgate got big calls exactly right'

  13-06-2021 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England boss Gareth Southgate's opening team selection of Euro 2020 offered up plenty of debating points - but he got it right, says Phil McNulty.
  
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• Euro 2020: England 1-0 Croatia - Raheem Sterling helps Three Lions begin with victory

  13-06-2021 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Raheem Sterling's goal helps England open their Euro 2020 campaign with victory over Croatia at a sunny Wembley.
  
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• Queen meets Joe Biden at Windsor Castle

  13-06-2021 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president's visit includes a Guard of Honour and afternoon tea with the monarch.
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu poised to lose power to new government

  13-06-2021 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Israeli Knesset debates a proposed new government to replace Mr Netanyahu's administration.
  
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• G7: Macron responds to criticism over 'offensive' NI comments

  13-06-2021 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French President Macron responds to the furore around his reported comments on Northern Ireland.
  
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• G7: World leaders promise one billion Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations

  13-06-2021 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PM Boris Johnson rejects criticism the donation is not enough, saying "we are going flat out".
  
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• Big step towards vaccinating world - Johnson

  13-06-2021 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  PM Boris Johnson rejects criticism the donation is not enough, saying "we are going flat out".
  
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• G7 summit: Northern Ireland part of one great indivisible UK, says PM

  13-06-2021 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comments come after the French president allegedly said Northern Ireland was not part of the UK.
  
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• G7 summit: Leaders pledge climate action but disappoint activists

  13-06-2021 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The plan renews a promise to raise $100bn a year but environmentalists say it lacks detail.
  
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• Boris Johnson closes G7 summit with vow to protect UK integrity – video

  13-06-2021 17:52
  
  Boris Johnson sought to play down reports of a rift with the EU over Northern Ireland at the end of the G7 summit, although he insisted it was the job of the government to protect the UK's territorial integrity. Speaking at an end-of-summit press conference, the prime minister was careful not to escalate a row that had intensified following a report that France’s Emmanuel Macron had suggested that Northern Ireland was not wholly part of the UKBoris Johnson closes G7 summit with vow to
  
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• G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations

  13-06-2021 17:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The leaders of the world’s richest countries have pledged more than 1 billion coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer nations, endorsed a global minimum tax on multinational corporations and agreed they will work together to challenge China’s “non-market economic practices” and to call on Beijing to respect human rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
  
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• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attacks incoming government and promises to return

  13-06-2021 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  Netanyahu battles to stay in power in potential last weekend as Israel's Prime Minister
  
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• 'Blindspotting' the series tries hard to live up to the movie on which it's based

  13-06-2021 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The series picks up where the seminal 2018 movie left off, but makes viewers see that world from the eyes of the women in it instead of the men.
  
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• Russia willing to extradite cyber criminals to US on reciprocal basis

  13-06-2021 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his nation is prepared to extradite cyber criminals to the United States on a reciprocal basis, Russia's state-run TASS news agency reported Sunday.
  
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• Biden: US could 'work with Russia' over Covid, cyber crime and conflict

  13-06-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Biden says the US could "work with Russia" on issues such as Covid, cyber crime and conflicts.
  
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• Over 69 pounds of cocaine discovered on cruise ship

  13-06-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  A cruise ship's security services discovered 69.5 pounds of cocaine on board the vessel last week and turned over the haul to US Customs and Border Protection officers upon docking at a Florida port, CBP said in a statement.
  
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• 'We should not have played' - Denmark coach regrets match restart

  13-06-2021 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Euro 2020 match against Finland should not have restarted after midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed, says Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand.
  
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• Biden: Putin right about US-Russia relations being at 'a low point'

  13-06-2021 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden said Sunday he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that relations between the US and Russia are at a "low point," days before the two leaders are scheduled to hold a highly anticipated summit in Geneva.
  
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• G7 nations voice concern on China

  13-06-2021 16:53 via cnn.com
  
  World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an initial report was deemed lacking because Beijing had refused to cooperate.
  
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• Pelosi says Trump DOJ's targeting of enemies 'goes even beyond Nixon'

  13-06-2021 16:34 via cnn.com
  
  The Trump-era Justice Department's decision to secretly seize data of Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee went even beyond the nefarious actions of former President Richard Nixon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday.
  
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• Christian Eriksen: Denmark midfielder suffered cardiac arrest, says team doctor

  13-06-2021 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest when he collapsed in Denmark's Euro 2020 match against Finland, says Danish team doctor Morten Boesen.
  
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• Boos drowned out as England take the knee

  13-06-2021 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boos are drowned out by prolonged applause as England's players take the knee before their opening Euro 2020 game with Croatia.
  
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• Johnson questioned over 'US suspicion' of government

  13-06-2021 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A New York Times journalist presses the UK prime minister over his relationship with President Joe Biden.
  
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• Boris Johnson asked if he agrees that Putin is a 'killer'

  13-06-2021 16:10 via cnn.com
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was asked by CNN's Clarissa Ward at the 2021 G7 Summit if he agrees with President Joe Biden's statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "killer."
  
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• G7 summit: How significant are group's climate pledges?

  13-06-2021 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  G7 leaders make new pledges to combat climate change, but campaigners say they lack detail.
  
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• DNA leads to surprising discovery of two Viking family members

  13-06-2021 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  The National Museum of Denmark will display two Viking skeletons, found to be related, that were discovered in different countries. The remains have given researchers a glimpse into Viking life in its heyday.
  
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• Soulless, a killer, a dictator: See what Joe Biden has said about Putin over the years

  13-06-2021 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  In 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hoped for cooperation between their two countries. A decade later their relationship has deteriorated.
  
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• Soulless, a killer, a dictator: See what Biden has said about Putin over the years

  13-06-2021 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  In 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hoped for cooperation between their two countries. A decade later their relationship has deteriorated.
  
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• Biden rarely has nice things to say about Putin. This is what he said as VP

  13-06-2021 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  In 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hoped for cooperation between their two countries. A decade later their relationship has deteriorated.
  
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• Biden rarely has nice things to say about Putin

  13-06-2021 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  In 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hoped for cooperation between their two countries. A decade later their relationship has deteriorated.
  
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• All the things Biden has said in the past about Putin

  13-06-2021 16:04 via cnn.com
  
  In 2011, then-Vice President Joe Biden and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hoped for cooperation between their two countries. A decade later their relationship has deteriorated.
  
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