US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will meet the Queen at Windsor Castle later. The couple will receive a guard of honour and tea during the visit, which comes after they last met during the G7 summit in Cornwall. But this afternoon’s private time with the monarch can be seen as a
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A lobster diver says he thought he was going to die after getting caught in a humpback whale’s mouth. Michael Packard recalled how he had jumped off his boat near the Cape Cod coast in Massachusetts on Friday morning and was about 45ft down when he “felt this huge bump, and everything went dark”. At
Kim Kardashian has explained why she filed for divorce from rapper husband Kanye West. The 40-year-old was speaking to her mother Kris Jenner on the final episode of the family’s reality TV show – Keeping Up With The Kardashians (KUWTK). In scenes filmed in October, she said she had spoken to a therapist and realised
Boris Johnson has described working with US President Joe Biden as a “breath of fresh air” following the pair’s first face-to-face meeting. The prime minister met Donald Trump’s successor in Carbis Bay on Thursday, ahead of this week’s G7 summit at the Cornwall resort. Mr Johnson said the new US administration had “so much they
Boris Johnson has scored an early diplomatic win with the UK becoming the first foreign destination for Joe Biden since he became US president. But it is more thanks to good timing than the special relationship – a term the prime minister reportedly doesn’t like anyway because he thinks it sounds weak and needy. As
Boris Johnson and Joe Biden will set out their joint vision for a “sustainable global recovery” from the coronavirus pandemic when they meet ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall. Holding their first face-to-face talks on Thursday, the leaders are expected to agree what has been billed as a new Atlantic Charter – a reference
Joe Biden has arrived in the UK on Air Force One ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall. His plane touched down at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Wednesday evening, beginning his first overseas trip as US president. A large crowd of US Air Force personnel and their families were waiting for him inside a
Face to face multi-lateral diplomacy is back. The band is getting back together, but the world has changed since the G7 last met. Our species and our planet face grave threats and the West’s autocratic rivals have prospered and grown more powerful. There is a huge amount at stake for those who want the world led
The Queen met every serving US president except one during her remarkable reign, including JFK, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Harry Truman was first in 1951 when the Queen was still a princess – and seven years after she took the throne, Dwight D Eisenhower visited the UK. Princess Anne and Prince Charles were pictured
A Senate investigation into the US Capitol riots has uncovered a “number of intelligence and security failures” leading up to and on the day violence erupted. On 6 January pro-Trump supporters broke into the Capitol building, vandalised and destroyed property and ransacked offices as Congress met to certify Joe Biden as the 46th President of
Millions of dollars in Bitcoin paid to hackers after the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack have been recovered by the US government. The attack prompted the shutdown of the east coast fuel pipeline last month and a $4.4m (£3.1m) payment was made to Russia-based DarkSide attackers. Officials confirmed on Monday that 63.7 bitcoins, valued at approximately
Cruella, the prequel to Disney’s 101 Dalmatians is reportedly getting a sequel, after its runaway box office success. The film, which stars Emma Stone as the puppy-skinning villain, debuted in cinemas and on Disney+ last month, earning a healthy $48.5m (£34.2m) at the box office. Its hybrid release marks the start of a new way
Six people, including four children, have died in Kentucky after a car being driven the wrong way on a highway hit another vehicle. The driver was heading south in the northbound lanes of the Interstate 75 when she crashed with a car carrying five people in Lexington on Saturday, killing all six involved. A statement
Actress Lisa Banes is in a critical condition after being involved in a hit-and-run on the streets of New York, her manager has said. The 65-year-old, who is best known for roles in Gone Girl and Cocktail, was said to walking on the Upper West Side of Manhattan near the Lincoln Centre on Friday evening
US regulators could approve the first new drug to treat Alzheimer’s in more than a decade, possibly paving the way for it to be used in the UK. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is due to decide on Monday whether to approve Biogen’s aducanumab drug for use in the US. Aducanumab targets amyloid –
YouTuber Logan Paul avoided a knockout and managed to drag Floyd Mayweather to the final bell during their boxing match in Miami. Neither man was judged the winner, as per exhibition rules, but Paul emerged with dignity from his bizarre clash against the boxing great. Paul’s only previous boxing match was a loss to fellow
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said they are “delighted” after the Sussexes announced the birth of their baby daughter – Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Prince Harry and Meghan announced that the infant, a first sibling for Archie, was born on Friday in California. Lili is named after her great-grandmother the Queen – who
A man is facing aggravated child abuse charges after throwing his two-month-old baby at a police officer at the end of a high-speed car chase. For 40 minutes, John Henry James III sped through the streets of Vero Beach in Florida, at times smashing into the patrol car in pursuit, swerving around roadblocks, careering over
The US Department of Justice has said it will no longer secretly obtain reporters’ records during investigations of leaks of classified information. Last month, President Joe Biden called the policy, which has been criticised by news organisations and press freedom groups, “simply, simply wrong” and pledged not to continue allowing it. Though Mr Biden’s comments
Donald Trump has again teased supporters about the prospect of another run for the US presidency, just days after some backers pushed a theory that he could be back in the White House by August. He also used a speech at a convention to support candidates loyal to him ahead of next year’s mid-term elections