Russian President Vladimir Putin has met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who says they have had “fruitful” talks about how to resolve a standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. Speaking after the first session of talks on the Russky Island across a bridge from Vladivostok on Thursday, Putin said he and Kim “exchanged opinions about what should be done to improve the situation”…. Read more »
The probation service failed the family of a vulnerable man murdered by a drug addict, a report has said. Adrian Munday, 51, was murdered in 2015 by violent criminal Stuart Hodgkin, who was supervised by privately-run Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Rehabilitation Company (DDC). Its failings prolonged grief and “added further stress”, Mr Munday’s family said after an ombudsman investigation. The heavily-criticised… Read more »
(CNN)The funeral of murdered journalist Lyra McKee on Wednesday drew leaders from across British and Irish politics, in a church service aimed at healing divisions.British Prime Minister Theresa May, UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Irish Taoiseach (or prime minister) Leo Varadkar attended the service at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast. St. Anne’s is a Protestant church that welcomes Catholic… Read more »
London (CNN)Things haven’t been going terribly well in the UK of late.So you’d think that the state visit this summer of US President Donald Trump — and all the pomp and ceremony that comes with it — should give the UK something to look forward to.Nearly three years since the shock result of the Brexit referendum, the UK is still bitterly dividedover its… Read more »
Leaders of the 27 countries remaining in the European Union and British Prime Minister Theresa May have agreed to extend Brexit until October 31. At an emergency meeting in Brussels that went on for more than six hours on Wednesday, the EU leaders agreed to offer May a six-month extension that was accepted by the British prime minister. “EU27/UK have agreed a flexible extension until 31… Read more »
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would impose tariffs on $11bn-worth of European Union products, heightening tensions over a long-running transatlantic aircraft subsidy dispute that threatens to become a broader trade battle. The two sides have been locked in a years-long spat over mutual claims of illegal aid to aeroplane makers, Netherlands-based Airbus and US-based Boeing Co, to help… Read more »
Brussels (CNN)Europe has done it again. Despite French President’s Emmanuel Macron’sreluctance to give the UK a long Brexit extension, the EU leaders have agreed the apparently interminable process can be delayed until October 31, with a school report on Britain’s behavior in June.And while everyone is focusing on that Halloween deadline, it’s really the June date that’s the more significant.Just… Read more »
London (CNN)Police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday morning, arresting Julian Assange and bringing the WikiLeaks founder’s seven-year stint there to a dramatic close.Video showed a heavily bearded Assange shouting and gesturing as multiple officers hustled him into a waiting police van.Metropolitan Police said in a statement that he was “further arrested” on his arrival at a London police station on behalf of United… Read more »
A man who killed a woman in a speedboat crash has been jailed for an extra six months for fleeing the country. Jack Shepherd fled before he was sentenced to six years for the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, who died in the crash on the River Thames. He returned to the UK on Wednesday night after 10 months on the… Read more »
Members of the European Parliament have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc’s two-decade-old copyright rules, adopting controversial reforms championed by news publishers and mediacompanies, but punishing tech giants that lobbied against it. Following intense debate, MEPs backed the draft law by 348 votes to 247 on Tuesday. The reforms will force Google and Facebook Inc to pay publishers for the use… Read more »