The United Kingdom and the European Union have taken the first step towards starting formal negotiations over the UKs breakaway from the EU, chief negotiators from both sides announced on Monday June 19.
The United Kingdom and the European Union have taken the first step towards starting formal negotiations over the UKs breakaway from the EU, chief negotiators from both sides announced on Monday June 19.
Robbie Williams, Jessie J, Louis Tomlinson and Pixie Lott are among the artists involved that arrived in London to help with the Grenfell Tower charity single. Organised by Simon Cowell, the single will be a cover of Simon and Garfunkels Bridge Over Troubled Water, with donations going to help victims of the dealy tower fire in London.
Speaking in London on 20 June, Hammond said, Business has created 3.4 million private sector jobs and that is even if we count George Osborne just once. Osborne, the former UK chancellor and MP for Tatton, came in for criticism earlier in 2017 for holding multiple jobs while serving as a member of parliament. He has since stood down from the House of Commons.
A march to honor the victims of the Grenfell tower block fire took place on June 19 in West London. Hundreds of people marched to the site of the deadly blaze in silence whilst holding signs calling for justice for the victims of the blaze.
The objects will be donated to the Holocaust Museum.
At least five people were killed when Islamist militants stormed a luxury resort popular with Western expatriates in Mali. A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack that saw a woman from Mali, a Cameroonian, a Chinese, a Portuguese and a Malian soldier lose their lives.
The announcement came when the Bureau of Treasury told the public that the government is finding ways to address the budget deficit next year.
A suspected terrorist attack in Mali left two civilians dead Sunday evening. The assault on a popular tourist resort came days after the US Embassy issued a travel warning in Mali. Gunmen stormed Le Campement Kangaba resort, east of the capital Bamako, and briefly seized hostages before Malian Special Forces intervened. Malis government took five suspected jihadists into custody.
The offensive came amid worry that rebel reinforcements could arrive in the city after Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Each year, more than a million wildebeest migrate through Africas Serengeti Mara Ecosystem, and while crossing the Kenyan reach of the Mara River, thousands drown. On average, 6,200 wildebeest succumb each year during migration. It might seem tragic, but these drownings are essential to the ecology of the river, since they deliver terrestrial nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon to the rivers food web. Fish and scavengers feast on soft tissues, while wildebeest bones release nutrients into the system,feeding algae and influencing the food web.
The family of Otto Warmbier announced on Monday (19 June) that the American student who was recently freed from detention in North Korea, died. The 22-year-old University of Virginia student had been in a coma since he returned from Pyongyang, where he was held for 17 months.US President Donald Trump denounced North Korea as a brutal regime following the death of Warmbier.Warmbier traveled to the reclusive state as a tourist in January 2016 and as he was leaving, he was arrested for allegedly stealing a political propaganda sign from a hotel in Pyongyang. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour after a televised tearful public confession.
A shark, thought to be a juvenile basking shark, is seen swimming close to a pier in Cornwall, UK.
Amazing timelapse footage shows a banana slug in British Columbia, Canada munching away on a dandelion.
A number of armed burglars attempted to burgle a house in Sarasota, Florida on 15 June, but were chased from the property by the machete-wielding homeowner. CCTV footage shows the burglars, armed with shotgun, machete and a crowbar, attempt to rob the victim in his backyard. He is then seen rushing inside the house, before emerging with a machete of his own. He then chases most of the burglars away, as well as disarming and fighting another.
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