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Rows and rows of uniform white gravestones fill the Bayeux war cemetery in Normandy to mark the thousands of burial sites of lives lost mostly from the D-Day landings and it will serve as a venue for remembrance services for the 75th anniversary. It is the largest Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, with 4,648 burials in total, of which 3,935 belong to British forces. More than 150,000 allied soldiers stormed the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944, bursting through German coastal defences to open the way to the liberation of western Europe from the Nazi regime.…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte threatened to quit, telling the ruling coalition’s two feuding parties either to put an end to their brawling or take the country back to elections. Conte, a technocrat leader with no political support base, called a news conference to make the extraordinary ultimatum after months of bickering inside his year-old coalition of right-wing populists and anti-establishment lawmakers. The feud intensified following European parliamentary elections last month when the League won 34 percent of the vote, leap-frogging above 5-Star and fuelling speculation that League leader Matteo Salvini could ditch his coalition partners. During the recent government…

US President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth hailed the bonds between the United States and the United Kingdom after the U.S. president was hosted with a day of pomp designed to bolster an alliance strained by discord over Brexit and China. President Trump’s interventions into Britain’s political crisis over Brexit had threatened to overshadow his state visit to London but instead, the president appeared to relish the royal red carpet that his hosts laid on for him and wife Melania. The three-day trip was cast as a chance to celebrate Britain’s “special relationship” with the United States, boost trade links…

Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies battled back against consumer worries at a major smartphone expo in Bangkok over the weekend, bringing in an army of salespeople to battle perceptions that a U.S. blacklist would hobble its phones. Huawei’s promoters at Thailand Mobile Expo on Saturday (June 1) sought to assure customers that existing products would not be affected. Most Huawei phones run on Google’s Android operating system, and Google said it would no longer be able to provide software as a result of the U.S. ban. “I’m worried that the old phone will not be able to get updates because…

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Britain on for a state visit. President Trump and his wife, Melania, who landed at London’s Stansted airport  will be treated to a display of British royal pageantry during the three-day visit: lunch with Queen Elizabeth, tea with heir Prince Charles, a banquet at Buckingham Palace and a tour of Westminster Abbey, coronation church of English monarchs for 1,000 years. On Wednesday Trump will join the queen and veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in the southern English city of Portsmouth, before travelling to Ireland. He will then attend official…

Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft is unlikely to re-enter service before August, according to the head of the airline industry’s trade body, IATA. Director General Alexandre de Juniac said “we do not expect something before 10 or 12 weeks”, although he added a final decision was up to regulators. The aircraft was grounded globally in March after two crashes within months. It comes as Boeing boss Dennis Muilenburg issued another apology, saying “it feels personal”. The aircraft was grounded by regulators worldwide after 157 people were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines’ 737 Max crashed. Five months previously a Lion Air 737…

Factory shutdowns designed to cope with disruption from a 29 March Brexit, slashed UK car production in April by almost half. Even though Brexit is delayed the factories still closed and production fell 44.5% according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. In what it called “an extraordinary month”, the SMMT said only 70,971 cars rolled off production lines. That was 56,999 fewer than in April a year ago. Production for both home and overseas markets fell by 43.7% and 44.7% respectively.

There is a danger of a no-deal Brexit and Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will do everything it can to stop that from happening, its leader Jeremy Corbyn said. After Prime Minister Theresa May announced last week that she was stepping down many of her would-be successors have said they wanted Brexit with or without a deal, rejecting another public vote. Corbyn said he would back a new Brexit referendum about the terms of a deal struck with the European Union and not a repeat of the 2016 choice for Leave or Remain. The Labour Party leader, who has previously…

A vote calling for Mark Zuckerberg to stand down as Facebook’s chairman is expected to take place at the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday. Mr Zuckerberg is both Facebook’s chief executive and the chairman of its board of directors. Those calling for him to step down as chairman say this would help him focus on running the company. Mr Zuckerberg is very unlikely to lose the vote, because he has 60% of the voting power.

Three more prominent US Democrats have called for the impeachment of President Trump, after Special Counsel Robert Mueller made his first public remarks. Speaking on Wednesday, Mr Mueller said his investigation had not exonerated Mr Trump of obstruction of justice, contradicting the president’s claims. Mr. Mueller was tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He said charging a sitting president with a crime was not an option. The issue of impeachment has divided the Democratic Party, pitting a growing number of lawmakers against Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the house and the most senior Democrat. Ms Pelosi…