US President Donald Trump yesterday flatly contradicted his recently-appointed national security adviser, John Bolton, on the subject of North Korea as the latter looked on. Trump said the “Libya model” for de-nuclearisation was not being considered, after Bolton said it was. North Korea has threatened to pull out of a summit with the US.
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Trump contradicts security adviser on Korea
Emergency talks as Ebola virus spreads again
The World Health Organisation is to hold emergency talks to discuss the risk of the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo. At least 44 people are believed to have been infected, and 23 to have died, in the outbreak, which began in a rural area but has now reached the city of Mbandaka.
Crowds gather in Windsor for royal wedding
Dozens of people spent last night on the street in Windsor, and will spend a second night there tonight, in order to have the best spots to see Prince Harry and Meghan Markle drive through the town on their wedding day. Hundreds of police have been deployed to the Berkshire town and many roads are closed to prevent a terror attack.
May to create new lords to fight Brexit rebellion
Theresa May is to create 10 new Conservative peers in an attempt to quash the rebellion against her Brexit plans in the House of Lords, including one member of Northern Ireland’s DUP, whose support she relies on in the Commons. Remainer and Labour peer Lord Adonis said this was a desperate attempt to “pack” the Lords with leavers.
Committee drops migration questionnaire
An online questionnaire asking students about the experience of having international colleagues at their universities set up by a committee which advises the Home Office on migration has been scrapped after academics said it was “unethical” and open to abuse. There had been no need to prove you were a student to fill it in.
Man of 24 stabbed to death in east London
A spate of murders in London continued on Thursday night when a man was stabbed to death in Barking, in the east of the capital. The 24-year-old’s name has not been released buy his next of kin have been informed. No arrests have been made yet. The Met Police has recorded more than 60 murders this years, 39 involving knives.
Ecuador cancels Assange security budget
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has ordered an end to extra security for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he is holed-up for fear of deportation to the US. It had emerged that the South American nation had spent $5m (£3.7m) over five years monitoring embassy staff and Assange’s visitors.
Bercow accused of calling Leadsom ‘stupid woman’
The Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow, is accused of calling senior Cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom a “stupid woman” in a foul-mouthed tirade against the Government made under his breath from his woolsack seat in Parliament. A spokesman for the Speaker, under pressure to quit over alleged bullying, did not deny the remarks.
Bill Gates: Trump ‘memorised my daughter’
A video has emerged showing Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates speaking frankly about Donald Trump. He says the US President remembered a “scary” amount about Gates’s daughter’s looks after meeting her at a horse show. He adds that Trump was confused about the difference between HIV and HPV.
Briefing: new rules on fixed-odds betting explained
The maximum stake on a fixed-odds betting terminal is to be reduced from £100 to £2, following a lengthy government inquiry.
Punters in Britain’s betting shops can currently stake up to £100 every 20 seconds on electronic casino games such as roulette, with the betting machines, or FOBTs, dubbed the “crack cocaine of gambling”.
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