Britain’s Javid welcomes resignation of borough leader after fatal fire
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s communities minister welcomed the resignation of the council leader in the London borough where a fire killed at least 80 people, saying on Monday he would work with the local leader’s replacement.
Trump offers to help terminally ill UK infant in tweet
U.S. President Donald Trump offered help to a terminally ill infant an ocean away in a Twitter post on Monday after his parents lost a legal battle to give him experimental therapy in the United States.
U.S. conducts air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab militants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. m1ilitary has carried out an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgency that wants to overthrow Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Teen jailed for plotting bomb attack at Elton John concert in London
LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager who planned to attack an Elton John concert in London on the fifteenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks was jailed for life on Monday.
In Sun King’s palace, Macron threatens to ram through parliament reform
VERSAILLES/PARIS, France (Reuters) – France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, told parliament in a ceremonial address on Monday that he would seek direct approval from voters in a referendum if parliament failed to sign off his intended institutional r…
Turkish captain says Greek coast guard fired on his ship in Aegean: CNN Turk
ANKARA/ATHENS (Reuters) – The captain of a Turkish freight ship on Monday said the Greek coast guard opened fire on his vessel after he refused an order to dock at a port in the Aegean Sea.
London to step in if Northern Ireland power-sharing talks fail
LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain will step in to manage public spending in Northern Ireland and may call regional elections if political parties there fail to form a new power-sharing executive soon, Northern Ireland Minister James Brokenshire said on…
Trump has no plans for Britain visit in near future: U.S. official
LONDON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has no plans to visit Britain in the near future, a senior U.S. government official said on Monday, but he added that the U.S. leader could always suddenly change his mind.
Venezuela opposition challenges Maduro with unofficial referendum
CARACAS (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s foes announced plans on Monday for an unofficial referendum to let Venezuelans have their say on his plan to rewrite the constitution and the opposition’s alternative push for an election to replace him.
U.S. no longer a ‘friend’ in Merkel election program
BERLIN (Reuters) – In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have dropped the term “friend” in describing the relationship with the United States.
