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It had the air of a fait accompli. The day after the stunning news that Donald Trump’s top spymaster secretly met face to face with Kim Jong Un, the President seemed to confirm that he would meet the North Korean leader “in the coming weeks”.No ifs, no buts. It appeared to be a definite. Video: Trump: Pompeo ‘got on well’ with Kim Jong Un Months after the two men were exchanging “rocket man” and “dotard” insults, a historic reconciliation was now possible.Then, minutes later, a characteristic caveat from the President: “If the meeting, when I’m there, is not fruitful, I…

Donald Trump has said he wants a successful meeting with Kim Jong Un, but warned he will call the talks off if he does not think they will produce results. The President told reporters on Wednesday: “If I think that it’s a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we’re not going to go.”If the meeting when I’m there is not fruitful, I will respectfully leave the meeting.” Video: August 2017: 22 times Trump took on North Korea Mr Trump was speaking at a news conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida.He said that his campaign of…

Plastic straws, drink stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds could soon be banned from sale in England under a Government plan. The move is aimed at protecting rivers and oceans from the growing problem of plastic pollution.It will also help the Government meet the requirements of a 25-year plan to eliminate avoidable plastic waste – a policy inspired by Sky’s Ocean Rescue campaign.Subject to a consultation which is to be launched later this year, the products would be banned from sale and officials would work with industry to develop alternatives.Theresa May used the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London to…

TV host Dale Winton has died at the age of 62, the star’s agent has said. The presenter was best known for hosting ITV game show Supermarket Sweep from 1993 to 2000.He also presented the National Lottery game show In It To Win It and BBC series Hole In The Wall.Winton’s long-term agent Jan Kennedy confirmed the star had died at his home on Wednesday. Video: Dale Winton in Supermarket Sweep “It is with great sadness that we can confirm the passing of Dale Winton who died at home earlier today,” she said.”While we know many will share this terrible…

Inflation fell to 2.5% in March, its lowest level in a year, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said consumer prices declined from 2.7% in February.Most economists had expected inflation to remain unchanged.The reason behind the fall was mainly due to a slower rise in the cost of clothing and footwear.”Inflation fell to its lowest rate in a year, with women’s clothing prices rising slower than usual for this time of year,” Mike Hardie, head of inflation at the ONS, said.”Alcohol and tobacco also helped ease inflation pressures, with tobacco duty rises linked to the Budget not…

A UK security firm that lost out to a foreign company on a £490m Government contract to produce Britain’s post-Brexit passports has said it will no longer appeal the decision. While the announcement by Prime Minister Theresa May that Britain would change its passports from burgundy back to blue after leaving the EU was greeted with excitement in some quarters, it turned to uproar when it emerged that Gemalto – a Franco-Dutch firm – had reportedly won the bid by undercutting competitors by £50m.De La Rue, which has manufactured the passports for the past 10 years, had said it would…

Shopping centre owner Hammerson has called off its plan to take over rival Intu in a £3.4bn deal, amid concerns about the health of the UK retail sector. Hammerson, which owns Birmingham’s Bullring centre and Brent Cross in London, had agreed in December 2017 an all-share merger with rival Intu, which owns the Lakeside centre in Thurrock and Trafford Centre in Manchester.Hammerson would have become the biggest UK property company with £21bn in assets if the deal had gone through.It blamed weakness in the retail sector for calling off the deal.It has been a rocky few months for retailers and…

Chemical weapons inspectors are today being allowed into Syria’s Douma, the site of a suspected chemical attack. Their job is to investigate what happened at the site. But what does that actually involve? Expert Paul F Walker, who took part in a historic chemical weapons inspection in Russia in 1994 and campaigned against arms for more than three decades, explains some of the details of an investigation.Due to the ongoing war in Syria, any chemical weapons inspection there, either for removal or destruction of its stockpiles, or for chemical weapons use allegations, requires heightened security.OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of…

Forty-nine new cases are being looked into after a helpline was set up for Windrush generation immigrants, the Home Office has said. It comes after Downing Street defended the decision in 2010 to destroy the landing cards that recorded the arrival of the immigrants.The Windrush generation came to Britain from the Commonwealth after the Second World War and are named after the ship that brought one of the first large groups of West Indians to Britain.Anyone who entered the UK before 1973 is legally entitled to live in the country.But despite having been in the UK for most of their…

International chemical weapons experts are set to finally enter Douma in Syria after a UN security team went in to assess the situation. Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) will go in on Wednesday if the UN team decides “the situation is sound”, according to Syria’s UN ambassador, Bashar Ja’afariThey will investigate an alleged poison gas attack by the Syrian regime which is said to have killed at least 70 people.Mr Ja’afari said on Tuesday: “Today the UN security team entered Douma… in order to assess the security situation on the ground and if this…