‘Lottery scam’ solicitor Hugh Lansdell is struck off
Hugh Lansdell's reliance on "the power of prayer" clouded his judgement, a tribunal hears.
Liberal Democrat leadership: Contenders make pitches
Jo Swinson and Ed Davey talk Brexit, austerity and the party's future at a hustings with journalists.
Trump boasts of power over Fed chairman: ‘I have the right to fire him’ – live updates
The president spoke out against Jerome Powell, whom he has been at odds with over the chairman’s raising of interest rates
With news coming yesterday that special council Robert Mueller will be testifying before Congress next month, Trump took his televised interview as a chance to make unfounded broadsides at him- accusing him of illegally disposing of evidence during the probe.
Without any evidence, Trump is accusing Mueller of trying to erase evidence of Strzok and Page's messages.
"He terminated them. They're gone. It's illegal. It's a crime."
Trump rules out replacing Vice President Mike Pence with former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, as a Wall Street Journal op-ed suggested Trump ought to do earlier this week.
I love Nikki, she’s endorsed me, she’s my friend, but Mike has been a great Vice President...I love Nikki...but you can’t break up a team like us, we get along together.”
-Donald Trump on running mate questions.
Trump rules out Nikki Haley joining him on the 2020 ticket, says he's sticking with Pence: "I love Nikki, she's endorsed me, she's my friend, but Mike has been a great Vice President...I love Nikki...but you can't break up a team like us, we get along together."
Continue reading...May to meet Russia’s Putin this week at G20 – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May this week at a G20 summit in Japan to try to improve relations between the countries, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Kos death: Theo Treharne-Jones’ parents ‘woke to screams’
Theo Treharne-Jones died in hospital after being found in a pool at a resort on the Greek island.
May to meet Russia’s Putin this week at G20 – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May this week at a G20 summit in Japan to try to improve relations between the countries, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Met police pay out £700,000 to detained anti-fascist protesters
Exclusive: undercover officers spied on activists demonstrating against Tommy Robinson
Scotland Yard has been forced to pay a total of more than £700,000 in compensation to 153 anti-fascist campaigners who were arrested by police during a demonstration and detained for up to 14 hours.
The campaigners had been detained while protesting against another demonstration led by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson.
Continue reading...Prince William: ‘I’d support my child if they were gay’
But the duke admitted he would be "nervous" about the pressures a gay royal might face.
Saudi Khashoggi murder investigation fails to address chain of command – U.N. expert
An official Saudi Arabian investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents has failed to examine who may have ordered the killing, a U.N. special rapporteur said on Wednesday.
Iran likely to come up at G20 – Germany
Germany is concerned about current tensions over Iran, a government official said on Wednesday, adding that the topic could well come up in many discussions at this weekend's G20 summit in Japan.
France’s Macron says U.S. should be leader in switch to clean energy
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said the United States should not be doubting the reality of climate change but leading a global transition towards cleaner energy.
Abingdon woman died from ‘rat-bite fever’
Simone Stapley caught the infection from her pet rat, an inquest hears.
Lee Pomeroy death: Attack on train ‘lasted 25 seconds’
A jury is shown CCTV footage of the moments leading up to the fatal stabbing of Lee Pomeroy.
G20 climate talks will be difficult – German official
Discussions on climate change will be particularly tough at the G20 summit of leading economies in Osaka, Japan, this year, a German government official said on Wednesday.
Dozens were killed in fighting during Ethiopian foiled coup – Amhara spokesman
Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup in Ethiopia's Amhara region at the weekend, the regional government spokesman said - the first official report of significant clashes and a much higher toll than earlier estimates.
First world war peace treaties go on display at UK National Archives
Private display for historians attending peace conference marks centenary of treaty of Versailles
From the elaborate red velvet, silk and gilded treaty of London, signed by the 19th-century prime minister Lord Palmerston, to the Locarno postwar territorial settlements, Europe is largely defined through the peace treaties of the first world war.
On the centenary of the signing of the treaty of Versailles, which marked the formal end of the war, the beautifully bound originals of all those treaties have now been brought together for the first time.
Continue reading...William: ‘I’d support my child if they were gay’
But he said he would be worried "how much harder their life could be" because of discrimination.
Glyphosate use will eventually end, Merkel says
Use of Bayer's contested weedkiller glyphosate, the subject of more than 10,000 lawsuits in the U.S. over claims it causes cancer, will eventually die out, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the country's lower house on Wednesday.
Man appears in court over alleged hoax bomb threats to parliament
Andreas Dowling is also charged with making a hoax threat to the US Super Bowl
A man has appeared before magistrates charged with making a string of hoax bomb threats including to the Houses of Parliament and the Super Bowl.
Andreas Dowling, 23, from Torpoint, Cornwall, appeared at Exeter magistrates court on Wednesday accused of committing 30 offences in the UK and the US. He entered no plea and the case was sent to crown court.
Continue reading...Afghanistan records 10th polio case in 2019 as security worsens-officials
Afghanistan, one of the last countries in the world where polio is still endemic, has registered its 10th case this year, with most coming in southern regions where Taliban militants have wide control, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
Cameroon request to replace striker with possible heart defect rejected
Holders Cameroon have had their request to replace forward Joel Tagueu, ruled out of the Africa Cup of Nations because of a possible heart defect, rejected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
No-deal Brexit could trigger flurry of profit warnings, say accountants
ICAEW tells MPs there could be ‘systemic’ impact on economic confidence if UK crashes out
Crashing out of the UK at Halloween could result in a “flurry of profit warnings” from publicly listed companies in November, MPs have been warned.
The Institute for Chartered Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW) told MPs that this could have a “systemic” impact on the confidence in the British economy.
Continue reading...Ivan Cooper, Northern Ireland civil rights leader, dies at 75
Tributes paid to SDLP co-founder who dedicated his life to fighting injustice and inequality
Tributes have flowed for Ivan Cooper, a founder of Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement who has died aged 75.
The former politician, one of the few Protestant leaders who marched with Catholics on Bloody Sunday, died in hospital on Wednesday.
Continue reading...Labour is confident parliament can stop no-deal Brexit
Britain's main opposition Labour Party is confident that parliament can prevent a government trying to take the country out of the European Union without a deal, a spokesman for leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Wednesday.
Flat-pack home? Ikea moves in on UK housing
The Swedish company's joint venture BoKlok is working with Worthing council to build affordable homes.
Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Ripon school canteen food
A review is taking place of which foods were consumed by staff and students at the school.
Rape crisis services are at breaking point. Do the Tory leadership candidates care? | Fern Champion
I am a survivor of sexual violence who couldn’t access support. The future prime minister must not forget women like me
In March I launched a petition calling on the government to sustainably fund rape support services after I was turned away from multiple rape crisis centres when I really needed help. More than 157,000 people have already signed the petition. I have met ministers at No 10, given evidence in parliament and 46 MPs have signed an early day motion on the issue. But support services remain inaccessible. What is the future prime minister going to do about it?
The crisis centres I approached over a period of eight months had been forced to close their waiting lists due to exceptionally high demand and long-term underfunding. For years, rape counselling centres have been put in the impossible position of turning women like me away, because they know that those who are already on their waiting lists may have to wait as long as 14 months before seeing a specialist counsellor.
Continue reading...Israel says GPS mysteriously disrupted in its airspace but planes secure
Israel is experiencing unexplained GPS disruptions in its airspace but measures are in place to allow safe landings and takeoffs at its main international airport, the government said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan records tenth polio case in 2019 as security worsens: officials
Afghanistan, one of the last countries in the world where polio is still endemic, has registered its 10th case this year, with most coming in southern regions where Taliban militants have wide control, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
US border: photo of drowned father and daughter highlights migrants’ peril – video report
Searing photographs showing a man and his 23-month-old daughter lying face down in shallow water along the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande near the US border highlight the perils of the latest migration crisis involving mostly Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty.
Continue reading...E-cigarettes: How safe are they?
They are much less harmful than smoking, despite a ban on sales of e-cigarettes in one US city.
Spain foreign minister gives up MEP seat with eye on EU top job
Spain's acting foreign minister Josep Borrell gave up his newly won European Parliament seat on Wednesday to remain in the Socialist administration at home and stay in the running for a senior job in the EU executive, sources said.
Coventry man jailed for 18 years over gun ‘messing’ death
Jordan Bassett is sentenced to 18 years after he said he accidentally shot his friend Addison Packeer.
PMQs: Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May on military action
After Jeremy Corbyn uses his PMQs to demand answers on UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Theresa May claims: "He never backs Britain."
PMQs: Ian Blackford criticises Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson
In a noisy Commons, the SNP's Ian Blackford shouts his criticism of the two men competing to take over from Theresa May.
PMQs: Corbyn and May on UK arm sales to Saudi Arabia
Jeremy Corbyn ask Theresa May whether she disputes a High Court ruling over the UK government's decision to allow arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Brighton sign midfielder Trossard from Genk
Brighton & Hove Albion have signed midfielder Leandro Trossard from Belgian top-flight side KRC Genk on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.
UK population rises to 66.4 million but rate of growth slows
Number of migrants up 10% on previous year, offsetting effect of births and deaths
The population of the UK has risen slightly to 66.4 million people but the rate of growth has stalled over the past two years to its slowest increase since 2004, official estimates show.
In the year to mid-2018, there were 2% fewer births and 3% more deaths, but the population increased by 0.6% for the second year running, due to a net increase in international migration.
Continue reading...Pompeo vows cooperation with India but trade, defence issues unresolved
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to reduce heightened trade tension with India on Wednesday, promising a renewed focus on negotiating better ties, but giving few specifics of how they would overcome their disputes over trade and investment.
May defends record of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt at PMQs
SNP calls Tory leadership rivals incompetent and says Johnson ‘made a career out of lying’
Theresa May has defended Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt after they were labelled the most incompetent foreign and health secretaries in a century.
In a fierce exchange at prime minister’s questions with the Scottish National party’s Ian Blackford, May said: “Either of the candidates for this high office would do a darn sight better job than anybody sitting on those benches,” pointing to Labour and the SNP.
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