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The president responds to reports he has been taped discussing payments to a Playboy model, who says she had an affair with him. 14:07, UK, Saturday 21 July 2018 Image: Mr Trump insists the American people’s ‘favourite’ president has done nothing wrong Donald Trump has questioned whether his former lawyer was acting illegally when he secretly recorded him. The US president was responding to reports he had been recorded by Michael Cohen discussing payments to a Playboy model, who said she had an affair with Mr Trump.He tweeted: “Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the…

Teams of specialist officers are continuing their forensic search for traces of novichok at Queen Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury. Wearing protective suits to avoid being contaminated by hazardous materials, the officers have also put on gas masks.They started their search of public toilets yesterday and resumed the investigation earlier today. Image: Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with the nerve agent The toilets are cordoned off with protective screens, and swabs have also been taken from a park bench.Sky News’ Lisa Dowd, who is at the scene, said: “This is believed to be one of the areas where Charlie…

Smart meters will cut energy bills by just £11 a year – and more than half “go dumb” and stop working when switching suppliers – politicians have warned. In a highly critical report, a group of MPs and peers say the £11bn roll-out of the devices is at risk of going over budget and past its deadline, and must be reviewed immediately.The project to place 53 million smart meters in homes and small businesses by 2020 has been “plagued by repeated delays and cost increases”, the British Infrastructure Group of Parliamentarians (BIG) said.Its report found the expected saving on an…

A boy who appeared in court after being separated from his father when they illegally crossed the US border has been reunited with his parents. Johan Bueso Montecinos – 15 months old – became a symbol of President Trump’s controversial immigration policy when he appeared in front of an immigration judge, wearing a nappy and sipping milk from a bottle.He had been separated from his father in Texas, who had took him across the border in search of a better life after paying people-smugglers $6,000 (£4,568). Image: The boy’s father says he tried to get into the US to give…

Donald Trump said he is “ready to go” with tariffs on an additional $500bn of imports from China.  “We are being taken advantage of and I don’t like it,” Trump said in an interview with CNBC. “We’re down a tremendous amount.”He added: “I’m ready to go to 500.”China exported goods worth $505.5bn to the US in 2007, compared to $129.9bn of American goods sent to China.Earlier this month, the US imposed 25% tariffs on $34bn of Chinese imports. China hit back with its own levies.The Trump administration is threatening to impose fresh tariffs of 10% on another $200bn of Chinese goods,…

Moscow is open to a possible visit by Vladimir Putin to Washington after a surprise invitation from Donald Trump, Russia’s US envoy has said. Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said the Kremlin was ready to discuss the offer made by the US president, amid continuing domestic criticism of his first meeting with the Russian leader in Helsinki. 0:28 Video: ‘Did I hear you?’ Intel chief reacts to Putin invite Mr Trump faced a backlash after contradicting his own intelligence chiefs at a joint post-summit news conference with Mr Putin by doubting Russian interference in the 2016 US election.It prompted angry rebukes from…

Police have released the first photo of a mother and her four-week-old daughter since they were reunited after the baby was taken during a carjacking. An injured Claire O’Neill was pictured with young Eliza following what West Midlands Police described as a “terrifying ordeal” in Acocks Green, Birmingham.Dozens of officers were deployed to search for the stolen grey Audi A3 S-line on Thursday afternoon, with the infant still in her car seat when it was taken. Image: The car was taken in Marie Drive, Acocks Green Police initially feared she would be abandoned by the carjackers, urging members of the…

A motorcyclist who filmed himself driving at 189mph has been jailed. Adam Campion was sentenced to 21 months in prison after shooting footage on his mobile phone as he rode his bike one-handed, clocking speeds of up to 189mph.Other video recordings seized by police showed the 26-year-old driving through red lights, driving on the wrong side of the road, pulling wheelies and speeding in and out of traffic.Campion, of Nottingham Road, Hucknall, pleaded guilty to five counts of dangerous driving, and also to assisting an offender in the retention of stolen goods. Image: Adam Campion has been jailed for 21…

France’s President Emmanuel Macron is to fire a security adviser who hit and stamped on a May Day protester, the Elysee Palace has said. Alexandre Benalla is being questioned by police, prosecutors said.”New facts that could constitute misdemeanour by Alexandre Benalla were brought to the president’s attention,” a palace official commented.”As a result… the presidency has decided to start Alexandre Benalla’s dismissal procedure.”Mr Macron had been under pressure to act after the Le Monde newspaper said his office had suspended Benalla but not contacted police.Opposition leaders have criticised Mr Macron for not sacking Benalla straight away. Image: Alexandre Benalla is…

The group behind some of Britain’s biggest exhibitions and events venues has hired bankers to oversee an £800m auction that will generate unprecedented windfalls for its private equity backers. Sky News has learnt that NEC Group, which was sold by Birmingham City Council for just over £300m less than four years ago, has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) to launch a sale process within weeks.The NEC, which is majority-owned by LDC, the private equity division of Lloyds Banking Group, counts Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, the International Convention Centre and the Genting Arena among its assets.Sources said that BAML…