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General election: Corbyn expresses doubts about Trump's NHS pledge ahead of possible meeting – live news Doctors and nurses to march to Buckingham Palace, where US president to dine with Queen and other leadersSign up for the election briefingTrump says US doesn’t want NHSWhat Trump said about UK election and JohnsonCorbyn expresses doubts about Trump’s NHS pledge 5.20pm GMTThe BBC’s Andrew Neil has said the Tories are still refusing to suggest a date for his proposed interview with Boris Johnson.There are not really any negotiations going on. We’re simply waiting on a date, time and venue. As we have for several weeks. So far — not a sausage. https://t.co/APj6SXf4Nl 5.18pm GMT Continue reading... Go to Source

EU mission tells Malta PM to quit immediately over Caruana Galizia case Joseph Muscat has made serious errors over investigation into journalist’s murder, says Dutch MEPThe head of an EU mission to Malta has called on the country’s embattled prime minister to quit immediately amid anger over his handling of the investigation into the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.The Dutch liberal MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld, who is leading the European parliament’s emergency fact-finding mission to Malta, said she was “not reassured” after meeting Joseph Muscat and his justice minister, Owen Bonnici. Continue reading... Go to Source

Trump says China-US trade deal could wait until after 2020 election Shares tumble after US president claims trade war hurting China more than USBusiness updates – liveDonald Trump has warned that a trade deal with China could be more than a year away in comments that sent shares in Britain’s top 100 companies tumbling.Speaking at the Nato summit in London, the US president said the US was doing “very well” from the trade war and he was in no hurry to sign an agreement before he runs for re-election next November. Continue reading... Go to Source

Bionic neurons could enable implants to restore failing brain circuits Scientists say creation could be used to circumvent nerve damage and help paralysed people regain movementScientists have created artificial neurons that could potentially be implanted into patients to overcome paralysis, restore failing brain circuits, and even connect their minds to machines.The bionic neurons can receive electrical signals from healthy nerve cells, and process them in a natural way, before sending fresh signals on to other neurons, or to muscles and organs elsewhere in the body. Continue reading... Go to Source

Macron clashes with Erdoğan over anti-Isis Kurdish fighters French president says Turkey should not pressure Nato to label Syrian Kurds as terroristsEmmanuel Macron has confronted his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with his most direct warning yet that Ankara’s recent behaviour is not compatible with its Nato membership.The French president said it was not acceptable for Turkey to threaten to block all the planned declarations at Wednesday’s Nato leaders meeting in London unless the rest of Nato agreed that Kurdish Syrian forces fighting Islamic State were terrorists. Continue reading... Go to Source

Corbyn tells Trump NHS will never be for sale under Labour Party leader issues warning as US president arrives in Britain for Nato summitLatest election news – live updatesJeremy Corbyn ramped up his election message to Donald Trump that the NHS would never be for sale under a Labour government, as the US president spends his first full day in the UK.The Labour leader said his “firm” message to the president, who is in Britain for a Nato summit, was that under a Labour majority in the Commons neither the NHS nor any other public service would be part of trade talks. Continue reading... Go to Source

At least 135,000 children in Britain to be homeless at Christmas Housing charity Shelter estimates that 183 children lose their homes every dayAt least 135,000 children will be homeless and living in temporary accommodation across Britain on Christmas day – the highest number for 12 years – according to the housing charity Shelter.It estimates that a child loses their home every eight minutes – 183 children per day. At this rate, 1,647 children will become homeless between now and the general election on 12 December, and more than 4,000 by 25 December. Continue reading... Go to Source

London Bridge attack: girlfriend praises 'phenomenal' Jack Merritt Prisoner course coordinator opened doors for marginalised in society, says Leanne O’BrienThe girlfriend of Jack Merritt, killed in the London Bridge terror attack, has paid an emotional tribute to the “phenomenal” Cambridge graduate.Leanne O’Brien, who was comforted by family members as she wept during a vigil for Merritt in Cambridge on Monday, said her boyfriend had “opened so many doors for those that society turned their backs on”. Continue reading... Go to Source

Elon Musk defamation trial begins in case brought by British diver LA court to hear Vernon Unsworth’s lawsuit over comments after Thai cave rescueIt was a gripping tale of peril and prowess that captivated the world for more than two tense weeks in the summer of 2018. Twelve boys and their football coach were lost in a subterranean maze in the Tham Luong caves in Thailand. An international team of cave divers raced to rescue them before monsoon rains were due to flood the caves. The story was destined to be fodder for a Hollywood blockbuster – and that was before an eccentric billionaire got involved.On Tuesday, a postscript to the feelgood tale of the Tham Luang cave rescue will play out in a federal courthouse in Los Angeles, California, as the trial begins in a defamation case brou...

Prince Andrew scandal: Virginia Giuffre pleads for UK public support American tells BBC she was told to have sex with royal by Jeffrey Epstein’s friend Ghislaine MaxwellA beleaguered Prince Andrew faced fresh embarrassment after his accuser Virginia Giuffre, who claims she was trafficked as a teenager to have sex with him, appeared on television to implore the British public to “not accept this as being OK”.In her first UK broadcast interview, Giuffre repeated allegations she had sex with the prince when she was aged 17 on the instructions of Ghislaine Maxwell, a socialite and close friend of the US financier and sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in August. Continue reading... Go to Source