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Queen bids Theresa May goodbye with tete-a-tete at Buckingham Palace

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: The Queen is not given to displays of emotion, but I hear that she held a poignant final formal meeting with Theresa May this week.




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Rory Stewart abandons bid to become next Mayor of London

Former Tory minister Rory Stewart was due to stand as an independent candidate, but his withdrawal increases the chances of incumbent Sadiq Khan being re-elected for a second term.




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London 2012 Olympics: Laura Trott became a cyclist thanks to obese mother's bid to lose weight

Glenda Trott took her family to a cycling track because she was desperate to lose weight. She lost seven stone and introduced her daughter to a sport she excelled at.




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Laura Trott trademarks her name in bid to use it to sell products once she retires

Public documents reveal that, in November, with two gold medals already under her belt and nine months before the Olympics, Laura Trott trademarked her own name.




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Burrows Saint can halt Tiger Roll's bid for record third successive triumph in the Grand National

There are any number of variables which determine the winner of the world's greatest horse race, yet connections of Tiger Roll seem fixated he has been handed a pound or two more than is reasonable.




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Somali gang rapist,31,who dodged deportation after plane mutiny makes new bid to stay

A rapist who dodged deportation after a mutiny by plane passengers will next month launch another bid to avoid being booted out of Britain. Yaqub Ahmed was jailed for a total of nine years.




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Protesters slam Joe Biden's record on immigration as they interrupt the Democratic debate

Protesters from RAICES Action, a prominent immigrant rights group, interrupted Biden's closing remarks near the end of Wednesday's two-hour televised debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas




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Tara Reade tells Megyn Kelly she was left traumatized by her alleged sexual assault by Joe Biden

In a newly-released interview with former Fox News and NBC News host Megyn Kelly, Joe Biden sexual assault accuser Tara Reade, 56, said that the alleged attack 'shattered' her.




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Police officers bid a final goodbye to a beloved colleague who was killed in freeway crash 

Victorian police escorted Const Glen Humphris' body on Saturday to the border of NSW at Albury-Wodonga, where their colleagues continued to the officer's final resting place in Newcastle.




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Joe Biden shocks New Hampshire crowd by asked them to imagine 'if Obama had been assassinated'

The stark declaration came as part of a meandering discussion at the closing of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College, which also featured mentions of school shootings.




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Joe Biden mocks his gaffes to Stephen Colbert

Joe Biden on Wednesday mocked his recent spat of gaffes - including his miscounting of a story about awarding a medal to a soldier in Afghanistan - in an interview with Stephen Colbert.




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Brother of Sandy Hook victim calls out Joe Biden for 'factual inaccuracy'

JT Lewis, whose six-year-old brother Jesse was one of the 26 people killed in the Connecticut mass shooting, eviscerated the 2020 hopeful for making the claim in a new video released earlier this week.




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Bernie Sanders demands that Joe Biden apologize to all POC on his campaign and co-chair Nina Turner

Sanders called on Biden to apologize not only to Nina Turner but also to all 'people of color supporting our campaign' after comments Hilary Rosen made on a Thursday ep. of Cuomo Prime Time.




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Everton 'interested in Jack Grealish but will prioritise bids for two Brazilian prospects'

The Toffees' director of football, Marcel Brands, is said to be a fan of Grealish after watching him in action on several occasions this season, but will only make a move after filling other positions.




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Sally Pearson won't defend title at 2016 Olympics in Rio after suffering hamstring injury in bid to prove fitness before the Games

The 29-year-old has spent much of the year battling back from a serious wrist injury, and was disappointed with her results on her comeback at meeting in Birmingham earlier this month.




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Tommy Fleetwood's bid for first win in America meets watery end at Honda Classic

Tommy Fleetwood's wait for his first victory in America goes on after a final-hole calamity on a wild, compelling Sunday in South Florida that ended in a victory for Sunjae Im.




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'Witch' is publicly shamed on TV and forced to confess in bid to wipe out sorcery in Chechnya 

Sekinat Ibragimova was publicly shamed on TV for casting spells on Chechnya locals. Pro-Putin local ruler Ramzan Kadyrov had her detained and had her paraphernalia seized.




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Intelligence officials are probing whether Russia is targeting Joe Biden

U.S. intelligence agencies are investigating whether Russia is targeting Joe Biden in the 2020 election by promoting the controversy in the Ukraine over his and Hunter Biden's roles there. 




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Tara Reade claims Joe Biden said, 'I want to f--- you' during alleged sexual assault

Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer for then-Sen. Joe Biden who recently accused him of sexual assault, told Megyn Kelly in an exclusive interview that Biden said, "I want to f--- you," during the alleged assault in 1993."He said it low, and I was pushing away, and I remember my knee hurting because our knees — he had opened my legs with his knee — and our kneecaps clashed, so I felt that sharp pain," Reade said, while recounting how Biden allegedly pushed her against a wall and penetrated her with his fingers.Reade has detailed her experience in multiple interviews with Business Insider, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the podcaster Katie Halper — who first reported the allegations.Her allegations have also been corroborated by a former neighbor, who told Business Insider that




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The accusation against Joe Biden has Democrats rediscovering the value of due process

75647493Presumptions of guilt do not serve justice, they inevitably lead to false accusations and ruined lives.That's something Democrats are rediscovering now that Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, faces a sexual assault allegation.In the #MeToo era, "Believe Women" was meant to create a societal change that women would be taken seriously when they reported abuse.But it was taken literally by some Democrats, including prominent lawmakers, such as Biden himself.Due process is not exclusively for the popular. It's for both the guilty and the wrongly accused, and it's the foundation that gives just verdicts their weight. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Justice requires a code.




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Hollywood donors: ScarJo backs Warren, Tom Hanks is Team Biden and Ben Affleck is with Cory Booker

In the second quarter of 2019, several celebrities have come out to support Democratic primary candidates, some maxing out on the contributions they are permitted to give per election cycle.




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Arron Banks loses bid to use European human rights law to overturn £160k tax bill on UKIP donations

Mr Banks, who bankrolled Nigel Farage's campaign to leave the EU, argued that his political donations being exempt from inheritance tax breached his human rights and breached EU law.




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Beaumont's bid for re-election as World Rugby chairman rocked by resignation of key ally Kean

Sir Bill Beaumont's campaign to be re-elected as World Rugby chairman was on a knife-edge on Tuesday night, after one of his leading supporters was dramatically ousted by the Fijian Rugby Union.




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Pichot challenges Beaumont to a live debate in a last-minute bid to win election swing voters

EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: A four-day voting window opens on Monday and a handful of members remain undecided in what is expected to be the closest ballot battle in rugby's history.




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Historic unemployment rate upends Trump's reelection bid

NEW YORK (AP) - The record unemployment rate reported on Friday captured the pain of a nation where tens of millions of jobs suddenly vanished, devastating...




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Lindsey Graham defends decision to investigate former colleague Joe Biden and his son

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called former VP Joe Biden a 'fine man' after firing off a letter to the State Department seeking documents on Biden and his son Hunter.




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Ukraine could announce an investigation into the Bidens to better their standing with the US

Ukrainian officials are said to be in the process of discussing a number of ways to improve their country's standing with President Trump in the wake of the fallout caused by the impeachment probe




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Joe Biden gets back on the campaign trail in Iowa with new endorser John Kerry after

Former Vice President Joe Biden continues his 'No Malarkey' bus tour in Iowa Friday - a day after getting in a heated confrontation with an 83-year old voter he called a 'damn liar.'




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Joe Biden says he will defy subpoena to testify in Trump's Senate impeachment trial

The former vice president told an Iowa editorial board that he would not comply if subpoenaed in an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump because it would detract from from his own actions.




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Joe Biden says there's 'no legal basis' for Republicans to subpoena him and son Hunter

Joe Biden tweeted on Saturday that 'unlike Donald Trump and Mike Pence,' he has 'always complied with a lawful order' and 'cooperated with legitimate congressional oversight requests.'




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PICTURED: Hunter Biden with his pregnant wife strolling around L.A.

Biden, 49, was seen with his pregnant wife Melissa, 32, were seen on Thursday in The Grove in Los Angeles amid a firestorm of allegations from Lunden Roberts.




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Graham urged Rudy Giuiliani to vet intel on Joe Biden, his son Hunter and alleged Ukraine corruption

The Republican senator from South Carolina is concerned that the president's former lawyer vet his research from sources known for peddling Russian conspiracy theories.




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'Don't touch kids, you pervert': Hecklers disrupt Biden rally calling him 'creepy,' 'Quid Pro Joe'

The 2020 presidential hopeful shouted back, 'This is not a Trump rally,' as he sought to bring order to the event in Milford, New Hampshire, on Sunday night.




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Joe Biden says he would have a Republican running mate in 2020: 'I can't think of one right now!'

Joe Biden said Monday he would consider putting a Republican on his ticket if he won the Democratic nomination in 2020. 'I would, but I can't think of one now,' Biden said when asked of the prospect.




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Hunter Biden's Burisma dealings are pulled into Arkansas child support suit

Judge Don McSpadden announced he was recusing himself at 10.20am. It came hours after Joel Caplan filed a witness statement from ex Ukraine prosecutor Viktor Shokin.




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Democrats say they're 'prepared' to fight against Republicans calling Hunter Biden as a witness

Rep. Jerry Nadler said Wednesday morning that Democrats are ready for Senate Republicans to call former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter as an impeachment witness.




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Lindsey Graham says Hunter Biden should invoke Fifth Amendment

South Carolina GOP senator Lindsey Graham said if Hunter Biden has a 'decent lawyer' he'll invoke his right against self-incrimination




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Hunter Biden is 'prepping' in case he's called to Trump's impeachment

Hunter Biden, 49, is at the center of Trump's trial due to his business links to the Ukraine. Hunter is hiding out at his $2.5m Hollywood Hills home as he prepares in case he's called to Washington D.C.




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Joe Biden shoots down Dem plan to offer Hunter Biden as witness in exchange for John Bolton

Joe Biden shot down a plan for a witness deal in Donald Trump's impeachment trial in which Republicans would get to question Hunter Biden and they would get to quiz John Bolton.




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Rudy Giuliani claims he is going to release 'evidence' against Joe and Hunter Biden

Rudy Giuliani threatened on Thursday to go public with evidence that Joe and Hunter Biden made 'millions' in the Ukraine by 'selling public office.'  He offered no timeline nor proof of his charge.




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Giuliani claims he'll release evidence TODAY of Biden-Ukraine corruption

Rudy Giuliani promised in a rambling Fox News interview to release shocking 'evidence' regarding Ukraine corruption that he claims will prompt a probe into both Bidens.




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Rudy Giuliani blows past his own deadline to provide 'evidence' that Joe Biden was corrupt

The president's personal counsel - who is not part of his impeachment defense in the Senate - had told Fox News he would offer evidence at noon Friday, but his new podcast had no new facts.




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Trump's defense must include Joe and Hunter Biden's Ukraine dealings, the president's lawyer claims 

Former US VP Joe Biden, his son Hunter and their work in the Ukraine is 'relevant evidence' in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, one of the president's defense lawyers claim. 




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Republican senators demand Secret Service turn over records of Hunter Biden's international travel

Sens. Charles Grassley and Ron Johnston released a letter to the Secret Service seeking information on Hunter Biden after the Senate acquitted Trump of abuse of power.




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Lindsey Graham goes after media for not scrutinizing Joe and Hunter Biden enough during impeachment

Lindsey Graham took a hit at the press Sunday, claiming media outlets didn't scrutinize Joe and Hunter Biden enough for potential corruption in Ukraine.




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Donald Trump promises to hammer Joe Biden over his Ukraine business dealings if he wins nomination

President Trump said he would use recent news a Ukrainian court ordered an investigation into Joe Biden as ammunition if he were to become the Democrat presidential candidate.




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Ex-Miss World slams equalities watchdog for dropping her bid to change law

Veronika Didusenko, 24, was crowned Miss Ukraine in 2018 but was stripped of her title four days later after it was revealed she was divorced and had a four-year-old son.




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Matt Wallace's Ryder Cup bid off to a flying start after impressive opening day at PGA Championship 

DEREK LAWRENSON AT WENTWORTH: Matt Wallace showed exactly the right attitude when overlooked for a wildcard for the last European Ryder Cup team.




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Biden says it's impossible to believe Trump's Soleimani claims, but mixes up Iraq and Iran in speech

Joe Biden delivered a foreign policy speech Tuesday where he laid out why it was impossible to believe the Trump administration's claims that Qassem Soleimani was an imminent threat.




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Russia use delaying tactics in bid to compete at Olympics despite ban for state-sponsored doping

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Russia has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport for more time to prepare an appeal against their four-year ban from international sport.