NEWS FOR 19/07/2018 (Thursday the 19^th of July, 2018 - 10:21:15pm bst)

• Trump to invite Putin to White House for talks
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 9:00:00pm bst
  Donald Trump has asked his national security adviser to invite Vladimir Putin to the White House in the autumn.
  
  
• British 'hitman' hunted after man shot in head
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 4:32:00pm bst
  A suspected British hitman is being hunted by police over a gangland shooting in Amsterdam.
  
  
• New Brexit secretary calls for 'renewed vigour' in EU talks
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 11:22:00am bst
  New Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has called for "renewed energy, vigour and vim" in negotiations with the EU, as he made his first trip to Brussels since taking on the role.
  
  
• Chief whip facing calls to quit over Brexit votes row
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 10:01:00am bst
  Chief whip Julian Smith is under mounting pressure to resign, amid reports he told MPs to renege on agreements not to vote during knife-edge Brexit divisions.
  
  
• Belgium shuts entire airspace after technical glitch
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 4:35:00pm bst
  Travellers in Europe are experiencing more flight disruption after airspace above Belgium was shut down due to a technical glitch.
  
  
• Baby found after being taken in carjacking
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 5:01:00pm bst
  A four-week-old baby girl has been found safe and well and will shortly be reunited with her mother after being taken in a carjacking.
  
  
• New bill moves Israel towards 'apartheid state'
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 6:43:00pm bst
  It was like a whirlwind had blown through the Knesset - a stormy session with ripped copies of the nation state bill thrown in the air by disgusted Arab MPs.
  
  
• Poundworld to disappear from high street
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 5:16:00pm bst
  Collapsed budget retailer Poundworld will disappear from the high street next month after its administrators announced the chain's final set of store closures.
  
  
• Parents queue from 3am for school breakfast club
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 3:50:00pm bst
  More than 130 parents queued from 3am to try to get their child a place at a breakfast club next term.
  
  
• Murder and knife crimes rise in England and Wales
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 9:17:00am bst
  Murders have risen by 12% and crimes involving knives or sharp instruments by 16% in England and Wales, new figures show.
  
  
• No-one charged in 9 out of 10 crimes - Home Office
  Posted on Thursday, 19/07/2018, 5:25:32pm bst
  Only 9% of crimes end with suspects being charged or summonsed, Home Office figures suggest.
  
  

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