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June 3, 2019
Protesters insist Donald Trump not welcome in Ireland

Thousands of people are set to take part in protests across Ireland when Donald Trump visits the island later this week.

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June 3, 2019
Sweden will not seek Assange’s detention, court rules

A Swedish court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, currently in jail in the UK and suspected of rape in Sweden, should not be detained in absentia.

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June 3, 2019
Kevin Spacey appears at court for hearing over alleged groping case

Kevin Spacey has arrived at a courthouse in Massachusetts where a hearing is set in the case accusing him of groping an 18-year-old busboy in 2016.

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June 3, 2019
Kevin Spacey appears in court for hearing over alleged groping case

Kevin Spacey has made an unexpected appearance in court where his lawyer demanded access to the phone of the man who has accused the actor of groping him at a...

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June 3, 2019
Donald Trump welcomed to Buckingham Palace by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth

Britain rolled out the royal red carpet for Donald Trump on Monday but the pomp, pageantry and banquet with Queen Elizabeth looked set to be overshadowed by the US President's...

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June 3, 2019
Virginia Beach gunman’s resignation email had no sign of shooting

The resignation email the Virginia Beach gunman sent hours before the shooting did not contain anything that foreshadowed the upcoming violence that would kill 12 people, an official said.

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June 3, 2019
Nurse who performed on Britain’s Got Talent was stabbed more than 70 times by boyfriend, trial told

A nurse who performed on Britain's Got Talent was stabbed more than 70 times by her boyfriend in an "utterly terrifying" attack, a court has heard.

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June 3, 2019
Watch: Barack Obama receives standing ovation at NBA Finals game in Canada

Barack Obama was given a standing ovation after he was spotted in the crowd at an NBA Finals game in Canada.

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June 3, 2019
Body recovered from sunken tour boat in Hungary

Hungarian officials say divers have recovered a body from the sunken tour boat carrying South Korean tourists that capsized last week after a collision with a cruise ship.

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June 3, 2019
Divers try to recover bodies from boat that sank in Danube

Hungarian officials say exploratory dives have begun in the Danube River in attempts to recover any bodies still in the sightseeing boat that sank last week carrying Korean tourists.

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June 3, 2019
Two more bodies recovered from sunken tour boat in Hungary

Divers have recovered two more bodies after a tour boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized last week following a collision with a river cruise ship, Hungarian officials said.

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June 3, 2019
Baseball game halted as swarm of bees sends players running for cover

A Major League Baseball game had to be halted when a swarm of bees invaded the field.

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June 3, 2019
New Austrian chancellor sworn in with interim government

Brigitte Bierlein has been sworn in as Austria's new chancellor at the head of an interim government that will serve until after an election expected in September.

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June 3, 2019
Russia requires Tinder to provide data on its users

Russia's communications regulator has said that Tinder is now required to provide user data to domestic intelligence agencies.

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June 3, 2019
In his own words: Donald Trump on Britain, Brexit and Boris

US President Donald Trump delivered a withering verdict on British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy, tipped Boris Johnson to be next prime minister, and criticised Meghan Markle ahead of...

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June 3, 2019
KCOM shares jump after Macquarie swoops in with £563m bid

Shares in East Yorkshire telecoms firm KCOM have surged after the firm's board threw its weight behind a new offer to buy the company.

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June 3, 2019
Pilots spot five bodies in hunt for climbers missing in Himalayas

Indian air force pilots have spotted five bodies in the Himalayas while searching for eight mountain climbers who have been missing a week.

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June 3, 2019
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump’s insults are ‘beneath the President of the United States’

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says the 'childish insults' uttered by US President Donald Trump as he landed in the UK are "beneath the President of the United States'.

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June 3, 2019
Matalan sales and profit rise despite ‘tough retail climate’

Value fashion and home retailer Matalan saw sales and profit increase last year despite what its boss called a “tough” time for retailers.

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June 3, 2019
AstraZeneca reveals positive results for cancer drug

Drugs giant AstraZeneca has revealed positive results for a new cancer drug.

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June 3, 2019
Chemicals giant Ineos invests 2bn dollars in Saudi Arabia

Chemicals and plastics giant Ineos is set to spend two billion US dollars (£1.6 billion) on building three manufacturing plants in the Middle East for the first time.

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June 3, 2019
UK museum in talks over Donald Trump baby blimp

A museum is in talks to acquire the Donald Trump Baby blimp.

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June 3, 2019
Construction giant Kier warns on profits

Embattled construction firm Kier has issued a shock profit warning, with bosses revealing profits are expected to be £25 million lower than expected.

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June 3, 2019
Deaths as Sudan troops clear protest camp in assault

Sudanese security forces have attacked a protest camp in the capital Khartoum, killing at least nine people, witnesses and protest leaders said.

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June 3, 2019
Deaths reported as Sudan troops besiege protest camp in Khartoum

Deaths have been reported by protest organisers in Sudan who say security forces besieged a sit-in demonstration in the country's capital.

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June 3, 2019
Missing Lewis Chessman bought for £5 could be worth £1 million

A medieval chess piece missing for almost 200 years could fetch £1 million at auction after a family discovered the object they kept in a drawer is one of the...

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June 3, 2019
Ring of steel to protect Trump for two days will cost €10m

The cost of protecting US President Donald Trump during his visit to Ireland will be €10m, the Irish Independent understands.

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June 3, 2019
Science ‘may find an answer to being gay’ – Widdecombe

Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has come under fire after she suggested science might one day "produce an answer" to being gay.

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June 3, 2019
Tiananmen massacre was ‘right for stability’, China says

China's defence minister has defended 1989's bloody crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square, which he claimed was justified in the name of stability.

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June 3, 2019
‘I never called Meghan nasty,’ says US president – but paper posts recording

Donald Trump has denied calling the Duchess of Sussex "nasty" on the eve of his state visit to Britain.

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