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- Juneteenth becomes federal holiday celebrating end of slavery in US
- Israel launches new airstrikes on Gaza in response to incendiary balloons
- Lib Dems win Chesham and Amersham byelection in stunning upset
- ‘Something’s going on’: UFOs threaten national security, US politicians warn
- Trudeau is no feminist, says Green party leader as she battles party revolt
- Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says
- Edwin Poots resigns as DUP leader after 21 days in post
- Kim Jong-un says North Korea preparing for ‘dialogue and confrontation’ with US
- Thirty Tesla crashes linked to assisted driving system under investigation in US
- Françoise Hardy, ‘close to the end’ of her life, argues for assisted suicide
- Two journalists killed in Mexico, meaning three dead so far this year
- UK’s green list update will be ‘cautious’, insiders warn
- Previous Covid infection may not offer long-term protection, study finds
- Netherlands offers free pickled herring as Covid jab incentive
- Ministers will not tell workers to return to office when lockdown ends
- Brenda Myers-Powell: she was pimped out, left for dead – then survived to fight for other girls
- Where is everyone? Covid and Brexit empty France’s north coast resorts
- The Friends Carpool Karaoke is even more mortifying than the reunion
- Robert Altman’s 20 best films – ranked!
- Inside the mind of a murderer: the power and limits of forensic psychiatry
- Laura Mvula’s teenage obsessions: ‘I thought a briefcase was the most buff thing ever’
- Greek husband confesses to murder of British woman
- British food and drink exports to EU fall by £2bn in first quarter of 2021
- Kenneth Kaunda obituary
- Joe Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday – as it happened
- ‘Worst of times’: Hong Kong media defiant amid police crackdown
- Australia news live update: masks compulsory on Sydney public transport after new NSW Covid case, Victoria records one new infection
- ‘Disability is possibility’: a mission to bust myths in India – photo essay
- How do we learn to live with Covid in the UK?
- Little left to chance in carefully-curated Geneva summit
- Five things we learned from the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva
- Hong Kong Apple Daily raid targeted 'conspiracy', claims security chief – video
- Hong Kong police arrest editor of Apple Daily newspaper – video
- Biden warns Russia over cyber-attacks, says Putin doesn't want cold war – video
- Biden rejects Putin's 'ridiculous comparison' between Capitol rioters and Alexei Navalny – video
- Biden apologises for being 'short' with reporter at Putin summit press conference – video
- Matt Hancock says Delta variant accounts for 96% of new UK Covid cases – video
- Joe Biden meets Vladimir Putin at Geneva summit – video
| Juneteenth becomes federal holiday celebrating end of slavery in US Posted: 17 Jun 2021 04:20 PM PDT Biden signs bill at jubilant ceremony as US takes steps to confront shameful history The US will officially recognize Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in America, as a federal holiday after Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Thursday. At a jubilant White House ceremony, the president emphasized the need for the US to reckon with its history, even when that history is shameful. Continue reading... |
| Israel launches new airstrikes on Gaza in response to incendiary balloons Posted: 17 Jun 2021 04:32 PM PDT Military says it is prepared for all scenarios including 'resumption of hostilities' Israel has launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for a second time since a shaky ceasefire ended last month's 11-day war. The strikes late on Thursday came after activists mobilised by Gaza's militant Hamas rulers launched incendiary balloons into Israel for a third day running. The balloons are basic devices intended to set fire to farmland and bush surrounding the Gaza enclave. Continue reading... |
| Lib Dems win Chesham and Amersham byelection in stunning upset Posted: 17 Jun 2021 06:40 PM PDT Sarah Green takes formerly safe Buckinghamshire seat despite senior Tories' canvassing The Liberal Democrats have pulled off an extraordinary victory in the Buckinghamshire constituency of Chesham and Amersham, taking the formerly safe seat from the Tories in a byelection. In a shock result, Lib Dem Sarah Green secured 21,517 votes, leaving the Conservative Peter Fleet trailing with 13,489, and giving the Lib Dems a majority of 8,028. Continue reading... |
| ‘Something’s going on’: UFOs threaten national security, US politicians warn Posted: 17 Jun 2021 08:27 AM PDT Some members of Congress were given advanced details about Pentagon report, which is scheduled to be released before 25 June A group of senior American politicians have warned that UFOs pose "national security concerns" after getting a confidential briefing on a highly anticipated report on unidentified aerial phenomena that is set to be released later this month. Some members of Congress were given advanced details about the contents of the Pentagon report, which is scheduled to be released before 25 June, and several said they are deeply worried about the findings. Continue reading... |
| Trudeau is no feminist, says Green party leader as she battles party revolt Posted: 17 Jun 2021 08:50 AM PDT Canada's first black party leader denounces 'sexist' and 'racist' efforts to oust her after Green MP defected to Trudeau's Liberals Justin Trudeau is "no ally and no feminist", the head of Canada's Green party has alleged, as she denounced a "sexist" and "racist" campaign to oust her as party leader ahead of a looming federal election. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon, Annamie Paul said efforts to remove her were being led by a handful of Green party veterans "who are on their way out" and didn't reflect the majority who elected her as leader in October. Continue reading... |
| Earth is trapping ‘unprecedented’ amount of heat, Nasa says Posted: 17 Jun 2021 12:34 PM PDT Scientists from agency and Noaa say Earth's 'energy imbalance' roughly doubled from 2005 to 2019 in 'alarming' way The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an "unprecedented" increase amid the climate crisis. Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), reported in a new study that Earth's "energy imbalance approximately doubled" from 2005 to 2019. The increase was described as "alarming". Continue reading... |
| Edwin Poots resigns as DUP leader after 21 days in post Posted: 17 Jun 2021 01:46 PM PDT Leadership drama in Northern Ireland's biggest party could sink the power-sharing assembly at Stormont Edwin Poots has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) after colleagues rebelled over a deal to revive the Northern Ireland assembly, triggering a new political crisis in the region. Poots quit on Thursday night after just 21 days in the job, the latest drama in a leadership meltdown in Northern Ireland's biggest party that could sink the power-sharing assembly at Stormont. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un says North Korea preparing for ‘dialogue and confrontation’ with US Posted: 17 Jun 2021 07:09 PM PDT Dictator tells ruling Workers' party of the need to get ready for 'fast-changing' security situation North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for "both dialogue and confrontation" with the United States under Joe Biden, state media reported on Friday. At a meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' party on Thursday, Kim outlined his strategy for relations with Washington, and the "policy tendency of the newly emerged US administration", the Korean Central News Agency said. Continue reading... |
| Thirty Tesla crashes linked to assisted driving system under investigation in US Posted: 17 Jun 2021 05:41 PM PDT Auto regulators have opened probes into crashes involving 10 deaths where the company's Autopilot system was in use US safety regulators have opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes involving 10 deaths since 2016 where an advanced driver assistance system was suspected to have been in use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a list offering details about crashes under review by its special crash investigations programs. Continue reading... |
| Françoise Hardy, ‘close to the end’ of her life, argues for assisted suicide Posted: 17 Jun 2021 09:44 AM PDT The French singer says radiation has left her in immense pain, and fears a natural death would bring 'even more physical suffering' Françoise Hardy, the French pop songwriter who found fame in the 60s yé-yé movement, has said she feels "close to the end" of her life in a new interview. Hardy, 77, told Femme Actuelle that in 2018 she was diagnosed with a tumour in her ear. It followed her diagnosis with lymphatic cancer in the mid-2000s, and a hospitalisation in 2015 that led to her being placed in an induced coma. Her life was saved when doctors administered a novel form of radiation. Continue reading... |
| Two journalists killed in Mexico, meaning three dead so far this year Posted: 17 Jun 2021 02:45 PM PDT Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera shot dead Thursday, and Enrique Garcia killed Wednesday, apparently during work as ride-hail driver Prosecutors in southern Mexico said reporter Gustavo Sánchez Cabrera was shot to death Thursday, and another journalist was killed just west of Mexico City, bring to three the number killed so far this year in the country. Two other reporters have disappeared. The prosecutor's office in the southern state of Oaxaca said Sánchez Cabrera was riding a motorcycle with another person on a rural road when gunmen opened fire on them. Continue reading... |
| UK’s green list update will be ‘cautious’, insiders warn Posted: 17 Jun 2021 11:38 AM PDT List will be reassessed by 28 June but sources do not expect rapid growth as Delta variant cases rise Holidaymakers should not pin their hopes on a slew of extra countries being added to the quarantine-free green list when it is updated later this month, government sources have warned. With ministers monitoring data daily on the spread of the Delta variant, after stage four of the reopening roadmap was postponed by a month to 19 July, Whitehall insiders say the mood remains extremely cautious. Continue reading... |
| Previous Covid infection may not offer long-term protection, study finds Posted: 17 Jun 2021 05:34 AM PDT Research found marked differences in immune response of medical staff six months after contracting virus Previous infection with coronavirus does not necessarily protect against Covid in the longer term, especially when caused by new variants of concern, a study on healthcare workers suggests. Researchers at Oxford University found marked differences in the immune responses of medical staff who contracted Covid, with some appearing far better equipped than others to combat the disease six months later. Continue reading... |
| Netherlands offers free pickled herring as Covid jab incentive Posted: 17 Jun 2021 07:23 AM PDT Country becomes the latest to encourage uptake by offering a traditional early-summer delicacy After Russia offered cars, Washington state spliffs, Indonesia live chickens and Hong Kong the chance of a £1.2m apartment, the latest country to reward people who show up for their Covid shots is the Netherlands – with soused herring. Early batches of Hollandse nieuwe, or new-season Dutch herring, a traditional delicacy consumed to the tune of 75m a year, are being distributed to vaccination centres around the country as an encouragement for people to get their jabs. Continue reading... |
| Ministers will not tell workers to return to office when lockdown ends Posted: 17 Jun 2021 12:14 PM PDT Decision will be left in the hands of businesses following damaging headlines last summer Workers will not be told by ministers that they should return to their offices when the final phase of lockdown restrictions are expected to be lifted next month, government sources have told the Guardian. In a significant change of approach from last summer, the government is minded to let companies make their own decisions – a strategy that could lead to conflict and confusion among staff. Continue reading... |
| Brenda Myers-Powell: she was pimped out, left for dead – then survived to fight for other girls Posted: 17 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT As a teenager, she became a prostitute on the streets of Chicago. When a customer attacked her, she vowed to escape, dedicating her life to women's safety and happiness Nobody can tell Brenda Myers-Powell's story better than Brenda herself. It's what she has been doing since escaping 25 years of abuse and sexual exploitation to transform herself into a beacon of hope and compassion for women in desperate circumstances. Now 63, she is the co-founder of the Dreamcatcher Foundation, a US-based non-profit set up in 2008 to fight human-trafficking in the Chicago area, and the vivacious, multiple wig-sporting star of an acclaimed 2015 documentary about her work, also called Dreamcatcher. In late June, her memoir, Leaving Breezy Street, will be published in the UK, and a film adaption is already on the cards. Continue reading... |
| Where is everyone? Covid and Brexit empty France’s north coast resorts Posted: 17 Jun 2021 05:00 AM PDT The resort of Saint-Valery on the Bay of the Somme normally sees thousands of British and Belgian visitors, but this year its restaurants and hotels are half-empty With the approach of the summer holidays, the two French seaside towns of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Le Crotoy would normally be gearing up for the annual wave of tourists from neighbouring Belgium and, above all, from the UK. The resorts sit opposite each other across the majestic Bay of the Somme, a wetland of shifting sands and tides where the tranquil river suddenly expands into a spectacular estuary opening up into the Channel. The bay is a popular stop-off for British travellers heading to Paris and the south of France, as well as a place of pilgrimage for its war memorials, museums, cemeteries and battle sites. Continue reading... |
| The Friends Carpool Karaoke is even more mortifying than the reunion Posted: 17 Jun 2021 04:22 AM PDT The stars of Friends initially seem more relaxed in James Corden's golf cart than on stage at the recent reunion. But if you look closely, it's utter horror you see Like everyone, I had two main criticisms of last month's Friends reunion special. The first is that, after almost 30 years of watching the cast suspended in the throes of perfect youth, the sight of their weird, cosmetically altered faces in HD came as such a shock that I would have preferred it to be called something like All Things Decay: A Harrowing Reminder That Everything We Love Will One Day Be Dead. The second is that James Corden didn't make it enough about him. Oh, sure, he made it plenty about him. He hosted the thing, despite having no tangible connection to Friends. And, yes, when the cast came on, he spoke for more than two minutes before bothering to ask them a question. But did he make it about himself, in a truly Cordenesque way? No, he did not. Continue reading... |
| Robert Altman’s 20 best films – ranked! Posted: 17 Jun 2021 04:00 AM PDT From The Long Goodbye to Short Cuts, Altman's innovative movies have influenced a generation of film-makers. With the re-release of Nashville and a BFI tribute, we rank the work of one of America's greatest directors Continue reading... |
| Inside the mind of a murderer: the power and limits of forensic psychiatry Posted: 16 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT When I was called in to assess Seb, I needed to understand why he had committed such a horrendous crime. But first I had to get him to talk Even before Seb had arrived at the prison, five weeks before my first visit, the staff had received a notification that he ought to be subject to close monitoring. While still in police custody, an out-of-hours forensic psychiatric assessment had been requested. Seb had been compliant with the arresting officers, but he had given the impression that he was unconcerned by what had happened – it seemed as though he didn't mind at all that he was being arrested. More bizarrely, there were flickers of apparent self-satisfaction. Seb had been arrested on suspicion of murdering his mother. Continue reading... |
| Laura Mvula’s teenage obsessions: ‘I thought a briefcase was the most buff thing ever’ Posted: 17 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT The singer-songwriter recalls the life-changing joy of playing in an orchestra, the beauty of her first braids and being empowered by Eternal The first orchestra I played in was Birmingham School, a concert orchestra. The first time I played in a symphony orchestra was this powerful, life-changing experience, like the first time I took a plane – you know, when the engine kicks in and you're about to take off? Playing with the brass section behind us and full woodwind, I was blown away by the magnitude of the sound. Continue reading... |
| Greek husband confesses to murder of British woman Posted: 17 Jun 2021 02:05 PM PDT Babis Anagnostopoulos had claimed robbers killed Caroline Crouch, 20, who was found dead next to her baby The husband of a young British woman supposedly killed during a robbery at their Greek home and whose body was found next to her baby has confessed to the crime, police said on Thursday. Babis Anagnostopoulos, a 32-year-old pilot, was taken by police helicopter to Athens on Thursday from the island of Alonissos, where he was attending a memorial service for his wife, Caroline Crouch. He confessed several hours later, the police said in a tweet. Continue reading... |
| British food and drink exports to EU fall by £2bn in first quarter of 2021 Posted: 17 Jun 2021 04:01 PM PDT Industry body says analysis of HMRC data shows structural rather than teething problems with Brexit British food and drink exports to the EU fell by £2bn in the first three months of 2021, with sales of dairy products plummeting by 90%, according to an analysis of HMRC data. Brexit checks, stockpiling and Covid have been blamed for much of the downturn, but the sector has said the figures show structural rather than teething problems with the UK's departure from the EU. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 11:13 AM PDT Idealistic president of Zambia at the heart of the fight for African independence The president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991, Kenneth Kaunda, who has died aged 97, stood out as one of the most humane and idealistic African leaders in the post-independence age. A man of great presence and charm, he played a notable role as a leader of the "frontline states" in the long confrontation between independent black Africa and the white-dominated south of the continent, which came to an end only in 1994 with the election of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa. He was a consummate politician and spent much of his time shuffling his top party figures around in a chess game to balance ethnic groups and their claims to power-sharing; he also possessed a ruthless streak which he deployed towards opponents, although his abhorrence of violence was a rarity in that era. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday – as it happened Posted: 17 Jun 2021 05:15 PM PDT
A Republican congressman "ran as quickly as he could, like a coward" when a police officer injured in the attack on Congress on 6 January saw him and tried to shake his hand, the officer said. "I was very cordial," Michael Fanone told CNN on Wednesday of his interaction with Andrew Clyde, in a Capitol elevator earlier that day. Related: Officer injured in Capitol attack says Republican ran from him 'like a coward' Continue reading... |
| ‘Worst of times’: Hong Kong media defiant amid police crackdown Posted: 17 Jun 2021 04:34 AM PDT Apple Daily hits back after executives arrested in second raid on pro-democracy paper's newsroom Apple Daily's journalism has ruffled feathers since its establishment in 1995. A populist Hong Kong tabloid owned by Jimmy Lai, a pro-Trump media mogul and now jailed activist, the paper is fond of sensational crime stories, celebrity gossip, and investigations into government scandals and corruption. It's a vocal supporter of the pro-democracy movement, a thorn in the side of police, and has become a symbol of resistance against Hong Kong's crackdown. Hong Kong's police commissioner has accused it of creating hatred. Pro-Beijing media have called for it to be shut down. Lai has said the paper is on the right side of history. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2021 07:54 PM PDT Exposure sites in Canberra after Sydney man who tested positive to coronavirus visits gallery. Follow updates live
Not being from the same party, and also, not being in the position full time, James Merlino is not at all reticent in pointing the finger at the federal government over the vaccine supply isssues. Merlino: This is a race and as a nation we're falling behind. That is the reality. We don't have, from the Commonwealth, sufficient numbers of vaccines for second doses to match the demand for first doses.
Jeroen Weimar doesn't take the bait when he's asked about Gladys Berejiklian using the term 'fleeting transmission' in her press conference. (Victorian authorities had used it, and were criticised.) Continue reading... |
| ‘Disability is possibility’: a mission to bust myths in India – photo essay Posted: 17 Jun 2021 03:35 AM PDT The photographer Vicky Roy has been travelling around the country documenting people with disabilities. The project, Everyone is Good at Something, hopes to tell their stories and challenge the stigma they face
When he isn't working on the farm or making things out of jute, Gobinda Majumdar likes to walk to a tea stall near his home in Assam to buy sweets for his nieces. All this he explains with tactile signing, the only means of communication for the 37-year-old, who cannot speak and has no hearing or sight. Born deaf, Majumdar then went blind at the age of two after contracting rubella. Life has its challenges but he hopes to find a wife. "My younger brother is married so why not me?" he told the photographer Vicky Roy, who visited him in Kamrup district as part of a project to share stories of people with disabilities in rural India. Continue reading... |
| How do we learn to live with Covid in the UK? Posted: 17 Jun 2021 01:20 AM PDT Analysis: Lockdown extension brings questions on when and how UK can draw a line under social distancing The Commons vote to delay step four of England's roadmap out of lockdown has focused attention on when and how the country can draw a line under social distancing and, in the words of the prime minister, "learn to live with the virus". While the surge in cases in Blackburn – one of the original Delta variant hotspots – may have peaked for now, Public Health England expects recent rises in the north-west to be mirrored across the UK. What that means for hospitals and lives will become clearer in the next four weeks. Continue reading... |
| Little left to chance in carefully-curated Geneva summit Posted: 16 Jun 2021 12:23 PM PDT Meeting goes as well as could be expected as Biden and Putin speak language of diplomacy – but hardly one of affection Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin hadn't even sat down before tensions boiled over at the 18th-century Villa La Grange, a fine Swiss manor house besieged on Wednesday by a 21st-century press pool. The two men looked cordial enough as they shook hands for the first time as leaders. But the sun-struck journalists behind them pushed and shouted, some knocked to the floor, as they fought to get in to the leaders' only joint appearance of the day. "The media scuffle was the most chaotic your pooler has seen at a presidential event in nine years," wrote a US reporter from inside the melee, which erupted as the press pack tried to follow the two leaders into the villa. "Russian security yelled at journalists to get out and began pushing journalists. Journalists and White House officials screamed back that the Russian security should stop touching us." Continue reading... |
| Five things we learned from the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva Posted: 16 Jun 2021 11:26 AM PDT Cool normality helped exorcise ghost of 2018's disastrous Helsinki summit but what else was achieved? 1) The weird and unpredictable Trump era is over. In 2018 Donald Trump held a disastrous summit with Putin in the Finnish capital Helsinki. The then US president said he believed Putin's assurances that Moscow did not interfere in the 2016 US election with a joint press conference that was so humiliating for America that Trump's senior adviser Fiona Hill considered bringing it to a close by whacking a fire alarm or faking a medical emergency. In Geneva, by contrast, cool normality was on display. Biden was well prepared for the US-Russia summit. He cut a relaxed figure, telling Putin he wanted a "predictable" relationship after a period defined by rogue Kremlin behaviour. The summit flowed along conventional diplomatic lines: a handshake, several hours of intensive talks and separate press conferences afterwards. The ghost of Helsinki was exorcised. There will be an agreed record of what was discussed, unlike in 2018 when Trump met Putin alone, without aides or even Trump's own interpreter. We don't know what was said. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong Apple Daily raid targeted 'conspiracy', claims security chief – video Posted: 17 Jun 2021 03:45 AM PDT Hong Kong's security chief, John Lee, accused the five Apple Daily directors arrested on Thursday of using 'journalistic work as a tool to endanger national security'. Lee said the five were arrested on suspicion of collusion with foreign countries or external elements to invite sanctions or other hostile activities. In a significant escalation in the government's moves to rein in the Hong Kong press, Apple Daily's newsroom and offices were searched and HK$18m (US $2.3m) in assets frozen
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| Hong Kong police arrest editor of Apple Daily newspaper – video Posted: 17 Jun 2021 01:37 AM PDT Ryan Law, the editor-in-chief of Apple Daily, has been arrested along with four other directors of the pro-democracy newspaper on suspicion of collusion with a foreign country or 'external elements' to endanger national security. The newspaper's owner, Jimmy Lai, is serving a jail sentence on charges relating to pro-democracy protests in 2019 Continue reading... |
| Biden warns Russia over cyber-attacks, says Putin doesn't want cold war – video Posted: 16 Jun 2021 08:36 PM PDT Joe Biden warned Russian president Vladimir Putin that the US has significant cyber capability as he looked to pressure his counterpart over cyber-attacks. The US leader says Putin wasn't seeking to intensify confrontation with the west after the two held "good and positive" talks. "I think that the last thing he wants now is a Cold War," Biden said Continue reading... |
| Biden rejects Putin's 'ridiculous comparison' between Capitol rioters and Alexei Navalny – video Posted: 16 Jun 2021 01:29 PM PDT Joe Biden has responded to Vladimir Putin comparing his jailing of political opponents such as Alexei Navalny with the charges filed against those who carried out the Capitol Hill riots. 'I think that's a ridiculous comparison,' Biden told reporters after meeting with the Russian president in Geneva. During his own press conference after the summit, Putin used that comparison to deflect a question about why so many of his critics are either imprisoned or dead Continue reading... |
| Biden apologises for being 'short' with reporter at Putin summit press conference – video Posted: 16 Jun 2021 01:24 PM PDT Speaking to reporters by Air Force One in Geneva, Joe Biden has expressed regret for some sharp words to a journalist who questioned him about the success of his summit with Vladimir Putin. Frustrated by a question from CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins at the end of his press conference, he told her she was 'in the wrong business'. Biden later apologised for being 'short', adding: 'To be a good reporter, you've got to be negative. You've got to have a negative view of life ... you never ask a positive question' Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock says Delta variant accounts for 96% of new UK Covid cases – video Posted: 16 Jun 2021 08:22 AM PDT The health secretary tells the House of Commons that the spread of the variant led the government to delay step four of its roadmap for easing restrictions in England. He said it spread more easily than the Alpha variant, and that there was some evidence that the risk of hospital admission was also higher Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden meets Vladimir Putin at Geneva summit – video Posted: 16 Jun 2021 07:50 AM PDT The meeting got off to a frosty start as Putin told Biden in front of a chaotic press pool jostling to put questions to the leaders that their two countries had 'a lot' of issues that required talks at the highest level. 'I think it's always better to meet face to face,' Biden said, adding that he hoped they could find 'predictable and rational ways to disagree' Continue reading... |
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