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“We’re turning a page,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday after the bloc’s first summit with the UK since Brexit. “We’re opening a new chapter.” It is not the first page that has been turned in the post-Brexit period, but it is the most significant. The two sides have now struck a … Read more

The boss of one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains the UK-EU trade deal will reduce pressure on prices. The deal signed on Monday sets out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, farming exports, trade, travel, and defence. Major business groups called the agreement a “leap forward” which made “genuine progress”, while Morrisons’ chief … Read more

The United Nation’s top court has sided with Equatorial Guinea in a row with Gabon over three islands in potentially oil-rich waters. The two Central African countries have been arguing over the isles – Conga, Mbanié and Cocoteros – since the early 1970s. The islands are virtually uninhabited but are in a maritime zone thought … Read more

Severe storms in the Midwest and South killed more than two dozen people, with officials fearing the death toll could still rise. Kentucky was the hardest hit state as a devastating tornado damaged hundreds of homes and left many people homeless, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News. Newlyweds Amerah and James Taylor lost … Read more

Kevin Sharkey BBC News NI Dublin reporter An Garda Síochána Michael Gaine, 56, has been missing for more than eight weeks Searches are continuing at an Irish farm where partial human remains were found. The discovery on Friday was made almost two months after County Kerry farmer, Michael Gaine, went missing. Police are continuing to … Read more

Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco, CA Reuters The DNA testing firm 23andMe says it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for $256m (£192m). It comes two months after the company filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. 23andMe said Regeneron had committed to comply with its privacy policies as part … Read more

Former US President Joe Biden expressed his gratitude for the words of support that have poured in after he announced his cancer diagnosis on Sunday. “Cancer touches us all,” Biden wrote on social media on Monday morning. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. … Read more

Dharshini David Deputy economics editor Getty Images The government hopes the deal will boost the economy and put money in people’s pockets There was much fanfare – and then lunch on the Thames – to mark the “reset” of the relationship between the UK and the EU with claims of a “huge” potential boost to … Read more

A sweeping US tax and spending bill has overcome days of Republican conflict to advance through a key committee and move one step closer to a full vote in the House. Four hard-line Republican congressmen – who had previously torpedoed progress due to concerns the cuts were not deep enough to reduce the national debt … Read more

Israel’s prime minister has said his decision to allow a “minimal” amount of food into Gaza after 11 weeks of blockade followed pressure from allies in the US Senate. “We must not reach a situation of famine, both from a practical and a diplomatic standpoint,” Benjamin Netanyahu stressed in a video in response to criticism … Read more