NEWS FOR 18/06/2019 (Tuesday the 18^th of June, 2019 - 3:42:14pm bst)

• Platini detained on suspicion of Qatar World Cup corruption
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 9:20:00am bst
  Former UEFA president and French football legend Michel Platini is being detained for "technical reasons", according to his team.
  
  
• Jeremy Kyle snubs MP committee after show guest death
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 11:09:00am bst
  Jeremy Kyle has turned down a request to appear before a committee of MPs following the death of a guest.
  
  
• Man ordered to pay Farage £350 for hurling milkshake at him
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 11:16:00am bst
  A man who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage has been ordered to pay the Brexit Party leader £350 in compensation following the "politically motivated attack".
  
  
• Far-right teen who accused Prince Harry of being 'race traitor' jailed
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 11:18:00am bst
  A far-right teenager who accused Prince Harry of being a "race traitor" in an online post has been locked up for four years and three months.
  
  
• YouTuber buys town and renames it Gay Hell
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 10:31:00am bst
  A YouTuber has bought the small Michigan town of Hell - and renamed it Gay Hell.
  
  
• Facebook to launch Libra cryptocurrency 'ecosystem'
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 8:04:00am bst
  Facebook is to launch its own digital currency within the next year, saying its plans will deliver an "inclusive and open" financial ecosystem.
  
  
• Stuntman found dead after magic trick in River Ganges goes wrong
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 9:24:00am bst
  The body of an Indian magician who drowned when his Houdini-like escape stunt went wrong has been recovered from the River Ganges.
  
  
• Merkel 'doing well' after visibly shaking at ceremony
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 2:04:00pm bst
  Angela Merkel sparked concern after she began shaking vigorously as she greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin.
  
  
• UK on 'high alert' over Asian hornets heading for Britain
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 1:42:00pm bst
  There are fears potentially deadly insects could be about to invade the UK after a dramatic rise in numbers in Jersey.
  
  
• Scientists create super-strength 'snail slime superglue'
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 11:47:00am bst
  A reversible snail slime-like substance has been found to be 89 times stronger than gecko adhesion and proved to be strong enough to hold the weight of an entire human body.
  
  
• Tory leadership: Voting under way in second ballot
  Posted on Tuesday, 18/06/2019, 3:29:17pm bst
  The field of six candidates will narrow further, with at least one set to be knocked out of the race.
  
  

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