This comes a few months after the conservative premier was forced to deny connections to a controversial director of a school.
Leader of the Labour party Jeremy Corbyn has said that he will get to the bottom of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed at least 17 people in London on 14 June. Corbyn was visiting a community center being used as a donation point. His visit and comments came on the same day that Prime Minister Theresa May was pictured visiting the site of Grenfell Tower.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull roasted Donald Trump in front of hundreds of journalists on 14 June. In the leaked audio tape, Turnbull is heard impersonating the US president and implied that Trump knows this Russian guy, referring to the investigation into the links between Trumps campaign and Russia.
A number of people were injured in the 14 June shooting on a baseball field in Virginia, including Congressman Steve Scalise. President Trump praised Scalise as a patriot and a fighter and called for unity among the American people in the wake of the shooting.
A huge column of smoke billowed from Mexican state oil producer Pemexs largest oil refinery, located in south Oaxaca province, after an oil spill reportedly sparked a fire on 14 June.
North Korea has released Otto Warmbier. The University of Virginia undergraduate was detained in North Korea in January 2016 for attempting to steal a slogan banner from the restricted areas of the hotel. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. Warmbier confessed he tried to steal the banner because he was offered a used car worth $10,000. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson announced that the student is on his way back home to Cincinnati. The release comes amid former NBA star Dennis Rodmans return visit to the North Korea, though Rodman claimed the detained Americans are not his purpose. There are currently 3 more Americans detained in North Korea.
A gunman opened fire on Republican members of Congress during a baseball practice near Washington early on 14 June. Several people were wounded including House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who according to reports does not have life threatening injuries.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others were injured when a gunman opened fire on members of Congress practicing for a charity baseball game this morning at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Five people were injured in the shooting, including Scalise, R-Louisiana, the House majority whip, as well as the suspect. Scalises office said Scalise was shot in the hip and is undergoing surgery. He is listed in stable condition, his office said.
Around 200 firefighters were deployed to tackle a huge fire at a high-rise apartment block in the Latimer Road area of West London in the early hours of 14 June. At least six people have been killed with the number expected to rise.
Michael Gove has played down concerns that a potential Confidence and Supply agreement between the Conservatives and DUP could undermine the governments impartiality in its dealings with political parties in Northern Ireland. Speaking in Westminster, the newly appointed environment secretary also dismissed talk of the UK remaining in the Single Market, as the government prepares to embark on negotiations with Brussels.
US President Donald Trumps staff took time to praise their boss direction and commitment to the American worker on 12 June during their first full cabinet meeting. The meeting was swiftly mocked online and by Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, who posted a video skit on Twitter in which his staff showered him with compliments.
Newsweek spoke with Puerto Ricans, celebrating their heritage at the Puerto Rican Day Parade, on 11 June, 2017 about the controversy surrounding Oscar López Rivera and freedom for Puerto Rico.
On June 8, 2017, the New York State Assembly passed a bill outlawing child marriage, and raising the legal age for marriage to 17. But what is the legal age to wed in New York? Like the majority of U.S. states, the legal age to marry in NY is 18. But since 1929, an exception to this rule allows children as young as 14 years-old to legally wed, as long as they have parental and judicial consent. Other states, such as North Carolina and Alaska, also have this exception. And 27 states around the country have no minimum age in state statutes, meaning that, with court approval, any children can wed. Health department data shows that between 2000 and 2010, around 3850 minors were married in New York State. A vast majority of these minors, 84%, were young girls married to adult men.
The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals used narrow grounds to reject the Trump administration's bid to undo a Hawaii federal judge's decision blocking the temporary ban.
Adams said that his party dont believe that any deal between the DUP here and the English Tories will be good for Northern Ireland. He also expressed concern that a deal between the parties could undercut the Good Friday agreement.