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Morning Brief: Trump Launches Broadside Against British PM Theresa May Before Bilateral Talks

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Morning Brief: Trump Launches Broadside Against British PM Theresa May Before Bilateral Talks

Top News: Trump Launches Broadside Against British PM Theresa May Before Bilateral Talks.

In an interview published late Thursday night, President Trump criticized Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiating position and praised her rival, former foreign minister Boris Johnson, telling the British tabloid, The Sun, that Johnson would “make a great prime minister.” Speaking ahead of their meeting at the Prime Minister’s country retreat, Trump said that his relationship with May was “very, very strong,” but refused to comment on the interview in which he also claimed that a soft Brexit would “kill” the chances of a British trade deal with the United States.

Trump’s comments came after a dramatic week in British politics, during which May faced a rebellion within her own cabinet over her proposed Brexit plan, leading to the resignations of Johnson and Brexit minister David Davis.

Tens of thousands of protesters, and a large orange blimp mocking Trump, are expected to turn out in central London for demonstrations against Trump’s visit.

Syria: Fifty-four people are believed to have been killed overnight in airstrikes on Al Bukamal in eastern Syria. The death toll includes Islamic State fighters and 28 civilians, according to the Syria-based Observatory for Human Rights. A spokesman for the group told Reuters that the strike is believed to have been carried out by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria or their Iraqi allies.

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AFRICA

•  The President of Eritrea is set to visit Ethiopia on Saturday as a historic thaw between the two nations continues.

•  Twelve people have been injured at an explosion at a chemical factory near Cairo airport.

•  The President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, has announced that he will seek re-election in October. Having held power since 1982 he is one of the continent’s longest-serving rulers.

AMERICAS

•  A federal judge will consider imposing new rules on the U.S. government today, to ensure meets its July 26 deadline to reunite immigrant children with their families.

•  A judge in Missouri ordered the U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.69 billion in damages to 22 women who alleged that asbestos in the company’s talc caused their cancers.

•  A giant iceberg has drifted close to the coast of Greenland, raising concerns that waves could engulf a nearby village if the ice collapses into the sea.

ASIA

•  Apple announced plans to launch a $300 million clean energy fund in China.

•  An explosion at an industrial park in China’s Sichuan province has killed 12 people and injured 19.

•  An Indian politician has taken Netflix to court, demanding that the streaming remove “offensive scenes” and derogatory comments about former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

EUROPE

•  Italy’s deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, has said that parliament will reject an EU-Canada free trade agreement, potentially derailing the bloc’s biggest trade deal in years.

•  The mother of a Ukrainian film director who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Russia has asked Vladimir Putin to pardon her son. Rights groups say the charges against Oleg Sentsov are politically motivated.

•  Germany has deported a Tunisian man who is believed to have served as a bodyguard for Osama Bin Laden.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison is absentia, is due to return home to Pakistan today.

•  Syrian government forces have retaken the southwestern city of Daraa, the birthplace of the Syrian uprising.

•  A senior advisor to the Iran's supreme leader has said Tehran has no intentions to withdraw from Syria.

- By Amy Mackinnon

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