MPs warn that childcare in England risks becoming accessible only to the wealthy.
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Sunday, 30 June 2019
Booker: Biden is 'causing a lot of frustration and even pain with his words'
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., criticized 2020 presidential rival Joe Biden on Sunday, saying the former vice president was doing a poor job of healing racial divisions in the country.
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UPDATE 1-Putin says Britain's May tough on Skripal poisoning case
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday he wanted to improve ties with Britain after they were strained by the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil, but said Prime Minister Theresa May was taking a tough line on the issue. Putin met May at the G20 summit in Osaka on Friday. May's office said she asked Moscow to hand over the Russian suspects Britain...
The new and improved Gay Street sign is all over NYC Pride Twitter
This year the New York City Pride March marks 50 years since the Stonewall Riot, and the parade is bigger and more colorful than ever. As the march makes its way to Greenwich Village, one street sign in particular is popping up on social media as a symbol of 2019's much-needed focus on inclusion in the queer community. It's pure coincidence that Gay Street intersects...
Undocumented immigrants should get health care, Julián Castro affirms
“We're not going to let people living in this country die because they can't see a doctor.“
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Governor Cuomo signs legislation banning 'gay and trans panic' legal defense
The defense had been used to justify violent reaction to finding out the person someone is with is gay or transgender.
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Biden scrambles after slipping in Democrats' debate
A wounded Joe Biden scrambled to defend his frontrunner status Friday after getting pummeled over his record on race relations at a Democratic election debate, throwing the battle for the party's nomination to challenge President Donald Trump wide open. Watching from Japan, where he was attending the G20 summit, Trump licked his chops as the 10 Democrats at the Thursday night...
GOP senators set to return to Oregon Capitol after prolonged walkout over cap-and-trade bill
Oregon's 11 Republican senators are ending a walkout protest over climate legislation that lasted more than a week and garnered national attention.
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'Back on track': Trump, Xi seal trade war truce
US President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed trade talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as "far better than expected" and vowed to hold off on further tariffs as negotiations continue. The ceasefire that halts damaging trade frictions came after a hotly anticipated meeting between the leaders of the world's top two economies on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
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What's happening in the news this week?
This week, Bonnie Tyler makes an appearance, alongside some reconstituted meat products.
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Tunisia - the birthplace of the Arab Spring which lost its hope
Tunisia is seen as one of the few success stories of the Arab Spring so have so many of its people lost hope?
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Medicinal cannabis: The family that changed Australia's debate
Their heartrending story shifted perceptions on medical cannabis - but, they argue, not far enough.
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Greek election: Why frustrated young voters are turning conservative
As Greece goes to the polls on 7 July, many young Greeks are turning from the left-wing Syriza.
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'Every day has been hell' since 'honour killing' of Banaz Mahmod
Payzee Mahmod speaks out about her sister's murder in 2006 and a planned TV drama on the case.
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Leg fat 'better than belly fat' for older women
Carrying fat on legs instead of the belly protects postmenopausal women from heart disease, a study suggests.
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UPDATE 2-Fighting rages across Afghanistan as peace talks continue
Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 19 people in an attack on a government office on Saturday night, officials said, in the latest episode of violence in Afghanistan as peace talks continue to end the war. The Taliban, which rejects the election process, claimed responsibility for the attack. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the group's fighters also killed 57...
Newark Airport reopens after being shut down due to 'airport emergency'
Newark Airport has reopened after it was shut down Saturday morning due to an "airport emergency."
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Your iPhone will charge from 0% to 80% in under an hour with these two accessories
Here's the good news: all of Apple's iPhones from 2017 and later support 18W fast charging that can charge your phone from 0% all the way up to 80% in about 55 minutes! And now for the bad news: Apple's cheaped out and didn't include a fast charger in the box with any of its iPhone models. Seriously, you can buy a $1,500 iPhone XS Max and Apple still doesn't include a fast...
Trump: If There Was a Wall, Immigrant Dad and Daughter Who Drowned ‘Would Be Saved’
Kevin Lamarque/ReutersPresident Donald Trump said that if the wall along the southern border with Mexico had been built, the migrant dad and daughter who drowned this week “would be saved.”Speaking at a press conference in Osaka, Japan, where world leaders are gathered at the G20 summit, Trump took a moment to offer his take on the global shock in response to the photo of...
GOP senator: ‘Underestimate Joe Biden at your own peril’
Lindsey Graham also says of Kamala Harris: “She’s got game.”
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O'Rourke visits Mexico, meets turned away US asylum seekers
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke visited Mexico on Sunday and listened to tearful immigrants say they fled Central American violence and turmoil to seek asylum in the U.S., but were turned away at the border. A fluent Spanish speaker, O'Rourke met around a table at a shelter with immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, some of whom wept as they...
Pandemonium in Panmunjom: Kim and Trump's hasty DMZ date
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's first two summits were highly choreographed affairs but their third date was an unscripted event seemingly arranged on a social media whim -- and threatened at times to descend into chaos. Trump admitted he did not know whether Kim would spurn his advances, delivered via Twitter. "When I put out the social media notification, if he didn't show...
Ten people confirmed killed when small plane crashes into Texas hangar
All 10 people aboard a small airplane were killed on Sunday when their aircraft crashed into a hangar during takeoff from an airport in Addison, Texas, near Dallas, an airport official said.
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Saturday, 29 June 2019
Who won the Democrats' second debate? Our panelists' verdicts
A combative Democratic debate saw clashes on race and healthcare policy – and many more attacks on Trump. Our experts weigh in Kate Aronoff: Democrats – and America – need better than BidenJoe Biden has been running for president on the idea that he’s the best equipped to beat Donald Trump. Tonight’s debate shed considerable doubt on that premise. If this is how he performs...
Mika Brzezinski on the success of ‘Morning Joe’: ‘I’m the reason it’s still going’
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski says “Morning Joe” was her husband’s idea, but she’s “the reason it’s still going.” Brzezinski explains that when the show first started, she was booking the guests and managing the show. “I did everything from the get-go, tried to make a space for [Joe Scarborough]’s incredible voice.”
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UK PM May tells Putin to stop destabilizing activities: spokeswoman
Prime Minister Theresa May told President Vladimir Putin on Friday that their countries can only have a different relationship if Russia stops the behavior that threatens to undermine international security, her spokeswoman said. May also Putin to hand over the Russia suspects Britain blames for poisoning a former double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent in Salisbury,...
Bernie Sanders claims 'ageism' after Eric Swalwell attacked him and Joe Biden in Democratic debate
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 77, was responding to attacks from Rep. Eric Swalwell, 38. "Judge people on the totality of who they are," he said.
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Boeing shares hit as FAA finds new 737 MAX issue
Shares of Boeing tumbled Thursday, a day after US regulators identified a new issue in the Boeing 737 MAX that will likely slow the plane's return to service following two deadly crashes. The issue -- described by one aviation expert as "another black eye" for the 737 MAX -- came as a major US airline again pushed back the timeframe for returning the planes to service and...
Israel and Hamas Reach Truce to Restore Quiet, Army Radio Says
(Bloomberg) -- Israel and Hamas reached a truce on Friday that would halt attacks against Israeli farmland in return for measures to ease the economic blockade on Gaza, according to a report by Israeli Army Radio.Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, would stop launching incendiary balloons that for the past year have torched thousands of acres of forest and...
Trump reveals US companies will be allowed to sell to Huawei as China trade talks get ‘back on track’
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have agreed to a new ceasefire in a yearlong trade war between the US and China during their meeting on Saturday at the G20 conference in Japan.Mr Trump said he had agreed with the Chinese president the US would refrain from raising tariffs on China’s imports for now while Beijing would buy more US agricultural products.“We’re holding back on tariffs...
This Is the Battle That Decided World War II (Not What You Think)
While the tactical result of the battle was stunning – the U.S. sunk four Japanese fleet carriers Hiryu, Soryu, Kaga and Akagi, a heavy cruiser and destroyed 248 enemy aircraft – it is the perilous backdrop of America’s war fortunes in 1942 that make Midway’s tide-turning outcomes all the more significant. Thursday, June 6th saw the 75th anniversary of the Allied invasion...
Biden's image as the inevitable nominee, the one to beat Trump, was dinged Thursday
Analysis: The problem for Joe Biden at the Democratic debate, Day 2, wasn't that he was so bad. It was that Kamala Harris was so good.
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Western liberalism is obsolete, warns Putin, ahead of May meeting
Russian president says the Salisbury poisonings are not worth ‘all this fuss’ and that liberals can no longer ‘dictate’ to anyone‘The average person listens and says “who are these Skripals?”’ Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Financial Times. Photograph: SPUTNIK/ReutersVladimir Putin has said ahead of his meeting with Theresa May at the G20 summit in Japan that...
18 kidnapping victims found 'enslaved' in Houston home: Police
Authorities arrested and charged five people who allegedly kidnapped, smuggled and sexually assaulted multiple people in Houston.
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Sudan: Dying for the revolution
Meet the young protesters in Sudan prepared to die to keep the country's revolution alive.
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Facebook page of Australian missing in North Korea mysteriously reappears
The Facebook page of an Australian man missing in North Korea reappeared then disappeared again on Saturday hours before Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia is still trying to find out what has happened to him.
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'Madrid Central' protest: Thousands oppose suspension of anti-pollution plan
Protesters are calling on Madrid’s conservative mayor to reimpose strict car pollution restrictions.
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'Madrid Central' protest: Thousands oppose suspension of anti-pollution plan
Protesters are calling on Madrid’s conservative mayor to reimpose strict car pollution restrictions.
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Biden responds to attack on his age: 'I'm still holding on to that torch'
Rep. Eric Swalwell went after former Vice President Joe Biden in the second Democratic presidential primary debate. Swalwell said Biden, who is 76 years old, should “pass the torch.” Biden rejected the California lawmaker’s critique.
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Iraqi general, U.S. Marine dispute murder charge against Navy SEAL
An Iraqi general and a U.S. Marine testifying in the murder trial of a U.S. Navy SEAL said on Thursday they never saw the platoon leader stab a wounded detainee in the neck, disputing the central allegation in the prosecution's war crimes case. A sworn deposition of Major General Abbas al-Jubouri, videotaped in San Diego earlier this month, was played for the seven-member...
Kamala Harris Is Surging and Birtherism Is Back
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyKamala Harris broke out from the other nine Democrats onstage during the second Democratic presidential primary debate on Thursday, calling on her personal experiences of racial injustice as a black woman.“As the only black person on this stage, I would like to speak on the issue of race,” Harris said.That’s when she was attacked...
Landfill Investigated Amid Search for Missing Virginia 2-Year-Old
The search is still on for a Hampton toddler who went missing Monday morning. Hampton Police focused on the city landfill on Thursday four days days after 2-year-old Noah Tomlin went missing.
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Biden wounded as Democratic tensions boil over at debate
For months, the 2020 Democratic campaign seemed mostly placid, even cordial. At Thursday’s presidential debate, those frictions came to the fore – and Joe Biden bore the brunt. The former vice president, 76, entered the debate as the front-runner, having led the pack of more than 20 Democratic candidates since he joined the race in April.
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Senate fails to limit Trump war powers amid Iran tensions
Political unease over the White House's tough talk against Iran is reviving questions about President Donald Trump's ability to order military strikes without approval from Congress. The Senate fell short Friday, in a 50-40 vote, on an amendment to a sweeping Defense bill that would require congressional support before Trump acts.
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Indian mother, daughter have heads shaved after resisting gang rape
An Indian mother and her daughter were beaten and had their heads shaved by a group of men after they resisted a gang rape attempt, police said on Friday, in the latest attack to highlight the dangers facing women in the country. Seven men, including a local government official, barged into the women's home late on Wednesday in northeastern Bihar with the intent of raping...
MacKenzie Lueck case: Utah police arrest man on suspicion of kidnapping, murder of SoCal college student
Police took a person into custody as the search continues for missing Southern California college student MacKenzie Lueck, authorities said.
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Friday, 28 June 2019
There are calls for models wearing fake pregnancy bumps in ad campaigns to be banned
There are calls for fashion firms to stop using fake bump models, after reality star Arabella Chi was used as ASOS's maternity model despite never having been pregnant.
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Week in pictures: 22-28 June 2019
A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.
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Transgender skater fighting to compete
Maria Joaquina is 11-years-old and a prize-winning roller-skater. She is transgender and fighting to compete among girls.
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Did Biden’s debate performance help narrow polling gap between front-runner and the rest of 2020 Democratic field?
Reaction and analysis from Republican strategist Ned Ryun and University of Maryland lecturer Jason Nichols.
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Sparks fly as Kamala Harris challenges Joe Biden's record on race
The California senator sharply criticized the former vice president for his fond recollection of serving with two segregationist senators, and for opposing integration through busing in the 1970s.
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Democrats unite at debate in endorsing health care to undocumented immigrants
All 10 candidates on Thursday night’s Democratic debate stage said their health care plans would provide coverage for people in the country illegally, a show of unity on what had been a contentious night between the candidates.
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Family of Slain University of Utah Student Lauren McCluskey Files $56 Million Lawsuit Against School
Jill McCluskey/University of UtahUniversity of Utah track star Lauren McCluskey was gunned down on campus in October, and—according to her parents—nobody has been held accountable.Now, McCluskey’s family filed a $56 million federal civil-rights lawsuit against the school on Thursday over its “repeated failure” to respond to the student-athlete’s “multiple and continuing pleas...
Report: Apple to shift assembly of Mac Pro from US to China
Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years, according to a report published Friday. The company intends to assemble the new Mac Pro in a factory near Shanghai, according to The Wall Street Journal , which cited unidentified people familiar with the plan. Apple issued a...
Pope responds 'with immense sadness' to death of father and daughter who drowned at US-Mexico border
Pope Francis says he is “profoundly saddened” by the deaths of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, who drowned in the Rio Grande River while trying to reach America.“With immense sadness, the Holy Father has seen the images of the father and his baby daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande River while trying to cross the border between...
As second Democratic debate wraps, Trump camp focuses on Biden
President Trump’s campaign team and allies clearly had their sights set on former Vice President Joe Biden during the second Democratic primary debate on Thursday night.
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2020 Election Meddling by China, Iran, N. Korea Likely, Administration Officials Warn
China’s government finances English-language media outlets in the United States to influence U.S. perceptions on various issues, such as trade, the senior intelligence official told reporters during a briefing on election security. Russia isn’t the only threat to election security going into 2020, as Trump administration officials say they are preparing for meddling from...