Summary

  • Barack Obama says David Cameron was 'distracted' after the 2011 intervention in Libya

  • In a magazine interview, the US president also says he told the PM to 'pay your fair share' on defence spend

  • The White House issues a statement praising the close relationship between the PM and the president

  • Labour is to announce a new "fiscal credibility rule" to balance "day-to-day" spending with the amount it raises in taxes

  • Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says people worried about immigration are not racists

  1. Sinn Féin wants 'more than fluffy words' from DUPpublished at 21:34 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    Asked if she will accept Paul Givan as first minister, Michelle O'Neill says deals must be honoured.

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  2. Cornwall Council to close Brussels officepublished at 18:34 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    The new Conservative leaders say the office is no longer needed after Brexit.

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  3. As Hancock faces grilling, what are key questions for him?published at 17:47 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    The health secretary will be quizzed by a panel of MPs about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  4. Johnson says NI-UK trade solution 'easily doable'published at 17:36 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    The UK PM is upbeat about solution for trade flows east-west and north-south across the island of Ireland.

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  5. Don't imperil NI peace, Biden to warn UK and EUpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 9 June 2021

    The US president will warn that UK-EU negotiations must protect the Good Friday Agreement, his adviser says.

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  6. French President Macron slapped by member of publicpublished at 19:07 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by a person in a crowd on a visit to south-eastern France.

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  7. EU warns UK over Irish Sea border goods checkspublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Maros Sefcovic says the EU will react if the UK takes more unilateral action to delay inspections.

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  8. Two-job civil servant denies 'double-hatting'published at 16:54 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Bill Crothers says there were no conflicts between his work for Greensill Capital and the government.

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  9. Will UK bands start touring in Liechtenstein?published at 14:42 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    The government strikes a deal to allow bands to tour Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein without visas.

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  10. Part Six - Are We Pigeon? Or Are We Dancer?published at 13:35 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    The final episode tells how the strange paralysis that grips us today was created. How all the different forces of our age - that started out as separate have come together to create what is a block against imagining another kind of future than this.

    How, money and debt, melancholy over the loss of empire, the strange roots of modern conspiracy theories, the history of China, opium and opioids, Artificial Intelligence - and love and power have all fed into creating the present time of anxiety and fearfulness about the future.

    And whether modern culture, despite its radicalism, is really also part of the rigid system - in the West and in Russia and China - where those in power have run out of all ideas. The film also lays out what are the different possible roads from here into the future, and the choices we will have to make about the very different futures we will have to choose very soon.

  11. What are famous politicians' favourite TV shows?published at 12:46 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he watched Emily in Paris - here are other politicians' TV choices.

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  12. EU referendum: The result in maps and chartspublished at 07:56 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    How did the Leave camp clinch victory in the referendum on the UK's membership of the EU after what was a very closely fought contest?

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  13. Price rise fear for shoppers 'due to driver shortage'published at 06:57 British Summer Time 8 June 2021

    Hauliers warn of price rises or empty shelves in shops if the "dire" lorry driver shortage continues.

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  14. Government 'knew NI Protocol was bad deal'published at 10:25 British Summer Time 7 June 2021

    Lord Barwell is "pretty sure it's not true" that the government underestimated the protocol's impact.

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  15. Brexit minister accuses EU of legal purismpublished at 20:22 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    Lord Frost made the comment ahead of a meeting to discuss the NI Protocol.

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  16. Hancock responds to Cummings's care homes remarkpublished at 19:46 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    The health secretary says he promised residents would be Covid-tested when capacity became available.

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  17. Educational inequality needs tackling - Mary Beardpublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 6 June 2021

    The Cambridge professor is funding scholarships for two disadvantaged students as she retires.

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  18. Forest restaurants hit by staff recruitment woespublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 5 June 2021

    Restaurateurs blame a combination of Brexit and the pandemic for a shortage of available staff.

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