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A jury concluded the men were lawfully shot dead after they ignored "clear warning shouts."
That wasn’t that hard for me to type, but for some reason so many of our political leaders feel unable to utter those words, Jo Swinson writes.
Ursula von der Leyen has said she would grant another extension to the Brexit deadline if Britain needed it to assure an orderly withdrawal from the bloc. She made the announcement as she set out her vision as European Commission president to MEPs. If elected, Von der Leyen would become the first woman to lead the EU executive. She will replace Jean-Claude Juncker in November.
The GBP to USD rate also fell as Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt vied to adopt "harder" Brexit policies.
Brandon Clark, 21, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ffordd Pen Llech street that snakes through the historic town of Harlech in Wales has won the Guinness World Record for the ‘Steepest Street In The World’. The title was previously held by Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand for over a decade. But Ffordd Pen Llech street has a gradient of 37.5% at its steepest point, which is higher compared with Baldwin’s Street 35%. It’s believed to have existed for over a 1,000 years.
As the digital landscape shifts, so must our approach to opinion and news delivery. With that in mind, we’ve taken the decision to close HuffPost UK Blogs, writes editor-in-chief Jimmy Leach.
As Apollo 11 launched from on 16 July 1969, a sea of men watched on from inside NASA's firing room in Florida. Among them was one woman. JoAnn Morgan made her prime-time debut as the first female launch controller during Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins’ historic mission to the moon. But getting there wasn’t easy.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three other Democrats - Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley have condemned the US president's tweets.
In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, there is no excuse for this to carry on, Emma Revie writes.