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Donald Trump has pledged a “renewal of the American spirit” as he laid out a series of bold promises in his first speech to Congress. As well as rebuilding America’s military, the President pledged to extinguish the “vile enemy” that is ISIS and provide “massive” tax relief for the middle class. He called on Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare in order to “expand choice, increase access, lower costs, and at the same time, provide better healthcare”. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi shook her head as Mr Trump criticised the law she helped Barack Obama to introduce. The President offered…

Barclays will this week announce the appointment of Sir Ian Cheshire as chairman of its UK-based operations, a key milestone in its planning for new rules aimed at protecting taxpayers in a future banking crisis. Sky News has learnt that Sir Ian’s application to chair Barclays UK has been approved by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the banking watchdog. An announcement will be made on Monday morning, according to people close to the lender. As chairman of Barclays UK, Sir Ian will oversee a business comprising the group’s high street branch network in Britain, as well as its business banking…

Trump becomes first POTUS to skip White House correspondents’ dinner in over 30 years Donald Trump will not attend the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, a high-profile event that draws celebrities, politicians and journalists. The announcement marks a break with an annual tradition where the US president is the guest of honour. It came as Mr Trump lashed out as some media, calling some “fake news” and “the enemy of the people”. “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!”, Mr Trump wrote on Twitter…

“You have the ability to unveil the will, purpose and character of your heavenly Father.” -Rev Dr Chris Oyakhilome D.D (Rhapsody of Realities, February 2017)

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Ross McEwan insisted the lender was on its way back to health after a “remarkable journey” despite reporting a ninth straight annual loss of £6.96bn. The state-backed lender remained mired in multi-billion pound costs linked to its record a decade ago when it careered out of control and had to be rescued during the financial crisis. 2016’s loss was more than three times the figure of £1.98bn for the year before. It leaves the bank, which includes NatWest as well as the RBS brand, looking some way from a return to the private sector after…

Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as Leicester City manager just nine months after leading the club to the greatest triumph in its 133-year history. The East Midlands side defied the odds to be crowned Premier League champions for the first time last May in a fairytale season. But the club said its place in the top flight was now “under threat”. The Foxes have won just five league games and are currently languishing in 17th place with 21 points, one point above the relegation zone. They have just 13 more games to try to ensure survival in the top tier.…

Donald Trump says he wants to expand America’s nuclear arsenal to make the US “top of the pack”. In an interview with the Reuters news agency, he also said he is against a “one-sided” new deal with Russia that would cap the deployment of nuclear warheads. Mr Trump said: “I am the first one that would like to see everybody – nobody have nukes, but we’re never going to fall behind any country even if it’s a friendly country, we’re never going to fall behind on nuclear power. “It would be wonderful, a dream would be that no country would…

The Conservatives have won the Copeland by-election, beating Labour in an area it represented for more than 80 years. Trudy Harrison won with 13,748 votes to Labour’s Gillian Troughton’s 11,601. Mrs Harrison hailed the victory – the first by-election gain by a governing party since 1982 – as “a truly historic event”. Labour’s Gareth Snell held Stoke-on-Trent Central with 7,853 votes, seeing off a challenge from UKIP leader Paul Nuttall who got 5,233. Labour had held both seats since their creation but was forced to defend them when two former frontbenchers, Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed, resigned as MPs.…

Manchester United’s hat-trick hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he is football’s Indiana Jones. The 35-year-old was in sensational form on Thursday night, banging in all three goals in United’s 3-0 Europa Cup victory over St Etienne at Old Trafford and they take his goal tally to 23 in all competitions since his arrival last summer. The Swede is targeting trophies in the Europa League and EFL Cup – they play Southampton in the final next week, live on Sky Sports. He says he succeeds at whichever club he plays, like Harrison Ford’s archaeologist adventurer ‘Indy’ in the famous Steven Spielberg films.…

It was a remarkable moment in modern American political history. President Donald Trump held court for one hour and 16 minutes, fielding multiple questions from reporters, while also airing his grievances with the media. After a fast-paced and at times turbulent four weeks, President Trump rejected the idea of a White House in chaos, describing his administration as a “fine-tuned machine”. But hours later Mr Trump suffered another setback when his choice of replacement national security adviser, Robert Hayward, turned down the role. The dynamics of the presidential news conference were unusual, but it gave him a chance to take…