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Donald Tusk
US briefing: Sackler lawsuit, Boeing and big oil blocks climate policy
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. OxyContin accused of causing ‘worst drug crisis in US history’ A group consisting of
Gun Control
US briefing: New Zealand gun ban, Brexit delay and slavery reparations
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Assault rifles and military-style semi-automatics banned in NZ New Zealand’s prime Jacinda
Donald Trump Jr
US briefing: Bolsonaro, Cyclone Idai and a secret border database
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Brazilian president bonds with Trump after testing Fox News interview Jair Bolsonaro’s
Brexit
US briefing: Brexit, New Zealand and US Liberians facing deportation
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Commons Speaker blocks new votes on May’s Brexit deal With just 10 days until Britain
Human Rights
US briefing: Christchurch, Bolsonaro and Trump's human rights record
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Massacre could lead to ban on semi-automatic weapons New Zealand’s prime minister, Ardern,
Native Americans
US briefing: New Zealand mosque shooting, climate strike, Brexit delay
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Mattha Busby with today’s essential stories. Dozens of people killed in New Zealand mosque terror attack New Zealand has suffered
El Salvador
US briefing: O'Rourke 2020, Manafort gets seven years, May warns rebels
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Mattha Busby with today’s essential stories. Beto O’Rourke to seek Democratic nomination in presidential bid Following months speculation,
College & University
US briefing: College admissions scam, Boeing pressure, Brexit vote defeat
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Mattha Busby with today’s essential stories. Hollywood actors charged over college admissions scam Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin
Kevin Rudd
US briefing: Pelosi on Trump, 'improved' Brexit deal and fake medicine threat
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Mattha Busby with today’s essential stories. Trump impeachment ‘just not worth it’ Donald Trump should not be impeached unless
Bill Clinton
US briefing: Boeing crash, marijuana legalisation and North Korea case
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. All 157 passengers and crew killed in crash near Addis Ababa Ethiopian Airlines has
Dua Lipa
US briefing: Trump inauguration, Manafort and a new depression drug
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Subscribe now to receive the morning briefing by email. Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Inauguration donor firms created by Indians, Israelis and others Donald Trump’s inaugural
Stormy Daniels
US briefing: Fox News, Huawei sues US and a surge in populist rhetoric
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. DNC chair cites network’s ‘inappropriate’ ties to Trump The Democratic party has said it will not allow Fox News to host any of its primary
Civil Rights
US briefing: Michael Bloomberg, North Korea and lead in school water
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Billionaire pledges his wealth to the Trump resistance Michael Bloomberg, the multi-billionaire former New York mayor, has said he will not
House Judiciary Committee
US briefing: Trump documents, Clinton nepotism and HIV patient cured
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Trump sons and Kushner among judiciary committee targets The House judiciary committee on Monday demanded documents from 81 individuals and
China
US briefing: Alabama tornado, Trump tweets and China's 'two sessions'
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Children among the dead in Alabama’s ‘day of destruction’ At least 23 people are dead, including children believed to be as young as six, after
Michael Jackson
US briefing: Trump children, Hanoi fallout and the NRA's Russia links
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with Friday’s essential stories. House Democrats want to interview Ivanka and Don Jr Amid the fallout from Michael Cohen’s appearance before Congress this week, Democrats the
Donald Trump
US briefing: Trump-Kim summit, Cohen testimony and new gun legislation
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Kim ‘demanded all sanctions lifted’ before denuclearisation The much-heralded second summit between Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader, Jong-un,
Michael Cohen
US briefing: Michael Cohen, Medicare for All and Trudeau scandal
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Cohen to call Trump a ‘racist’ and ‘conman’ at public hearing Michael Cohen is set to describe his former boss Donald Trump as a “racist”, “cheat”
George Pell
US briefing: Cardinal convicted, Iran infighting and Trump-Kim summit
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Vatican treasurer George Pell convicted on five charges George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic, was found guilty in December of five
Serena Williams
US briefing: Oscars shocks, pro-voter bill and Venezuela meeting
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Good morning, I’m Mattha Busby with today’s essential stories. Oscars 2019: surprise wins for Green Book and Olivia Colman The Oscars ceremony was notably diverse, and will be remembered for some historic
Roger Stone
US briefing: Roger Stone, North Korea aid and North Carolina election
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Judge Amy Berman Jackson says Stone apology ‘rings hollow’ Roger Stone, the veteran political dirty trickster and close ally of Donald Trump,
US briefing: Neo-Nazi murder plot, Jussie Smollett and climate crises
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. ‘Domestic terrorist’ intended to ‘murder on a scale rarely seen’ Federal prosecutors have described a serving lieutenant in the US coast guard
US briefing: Bernie fundraising, cervical cancer and high-speed rail
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Sanders takes on ‘pathological liar’ and ‘racist’ Trump Bernie Sanders has surged to the front of the Democratic pack after joining the crowded
US briefing: Bernie 2020, Rod Rosenstein and Isis recruit begs to return
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Sanders calls on supporters to help ‘complete the revolution’ Bernie Sanders is running for president again. In an email on Tuesday morning,
US briefing: Isis American, Andrew McCabe and Vatican abuse summit
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. US woman who joined Isis pleads to come home As Islamic State prepares for the loss of the last town in its shrunken “caliphate”, some who the
US briefing: Trump's national emergency, Brexit and Amazon quits NYC
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Pelosi: declaration should be met with ‘unease and dismay’ Donald Trump has indicated he will sign the $333bn spending package that was rushed
US briefing: Parkland anniversary, Paul Manafort and dark money
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Gun control advocates take stock of victories and setbacks It is a year to the day since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high
US briefing: border deal, El Chapo and a California police shooting
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. President under pressure to accept bipartisan funding plan Donald Trump looks set to accept the bipartisan border security deal agreed by congressional
US briefing: Shutdown deal, Korea Olympic bid and anti-vaxxer fears
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Good morning, I’m Tim Walker with today’s essential stories. Border deal reached in attempt to avoid shutdown Democratic and Republican negotiators in Washington have struck a deal on border security they