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| News Daily: Hague on Brexit and brick thrown at MP | News Daily: Hague on Brexit and brick thrown at MP |
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| Hello. Here's your morning briefing: | Hello. Here's your morning briefing: |
| Hague reveals overseas Brexit doubts | Hague reveals overseas Brexit doubts |
| Former Foreign Secretary Lord Hague has revealed that foreign business leaders and politicians asked him "for months" after the EU referendum whether they could "get round" Brexit. The questions happened "everywhere I went abroad" but had now ceased, while ex-ministers, including himself, who backed Remain, realised "the argument was over". Lord Hague also wrote in his Daily Telegraph column that he backed a transitional deal, staying in the EU single market and customs union until 2022. | |
| Scaramucci sacked as Trump's spokesman | Scaramucci sacked as Trump's spokesman |
| It lasted just under 10 days. White House spokesman Anthony Scaramucci, who was criticised for voicing a foul-mouthed tirade against his colleagues to a reporter, has been sacked. Donald Trump's new chief-of-staff Gen John Kelly (newer even than Mr Scamamucci, having been sworn in on Monday) made the decision, but the president had also been unhappy with his performance, the White House confirmed. So, who'll replace him? | It lasted just under 10 days. White House spokesman Anthony Scaramucci, who was criticised for voicing a foul-mouthed tirade against his colleagues to a reporter, has been sacked. Donald Trump's new chief-of-staff Gen John Kelly (newer even than Mr Scamamucci, having been sworn in on Monday) made the decision, but the president had also been unhappy with his performance, the White House confirmed. So, who'll replace him? |
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| Brick thrown in MP's face | Brick thrown in MP's face |
| Labour MP Steve McCabe has been treated for injuries after an attacker on a motorbike threw a brick in his face. He said he was "nursing a very sore and swollen face" after the incident in Greenford Road, in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham. MPs from Labour and other parties have sent messages of sympathy to Mr McCabe, who represents Birmingham Selly Oak. | |
| JK Rowling apologises for Trump tweet | JK Rowling apologises for Trump tweet |
| Harry Potter author JK Rowling has apologised for sending a tweet incorrectly accusing Donald Trump of ignoring a disabled boy. The boy's mother issued a statement saying the writer had misinterpreted a video filmed during a White House reception. Ms Rowling said: "I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw and if that caused any distress to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly." She has not apologised to Mr Trump. | Harry Potter author JK Rowling has apologised for sending a tweet incorrectly accusing Donald Trump of ignoring a disabled boy. The boy's mother issued a statement saying the writer had misinterpreted a video filmed during a White House reception. Ms Rowling said: "I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw and if that caused any distress to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly." She has not apologised to Mr Trump. |
| Analysis: What lies ahead for divided Venezuela? | Analysis: What lies ahead for divided Venezuela? |
| By Will Grant, in Caracas | By Will Grant, in Caracas |
| President Nicolás Maduro faces a real challenge of governability and credibility. Perhaps the biggest is that every opposition supporter, and many millions of ordinary Venezuelans, simply do not believe the election result. | President Nicolás Maduro faces a real challenge of governability and credibility. Perhaps the biggest is that every opposition supporter, and many millions of ordinary Venezuelans, simply do not believe the election result. |
| Read the full article | Read the full article |
| What the papers say | What the papers say |
| The sacking of White House spokesman Anthony Scaramucci leads several papers, with the Times saying the Trump administration is "in turmoil" and the Daily Mail asking: "Thought Trump's White House couldn't get any crazier?" Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph reports on the Royal College of GPs warning that statins are being needlessly prescribed to millions of people simply because of their age. And the Sun says Facebook shut down an artificial intelligence experiment after two "chatbots" began talking in a language only they understood. | The sacking of White House spokesman Anthony Scaramucci leads several papers, with the Times saying the Trump administration is "in turmoil" and the Daily Mail asking: "Thought Trump's White House couldn't get any crazier?" Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph reports on the Royal College of GPs warning that statins are being needlessly prescribed to millions of people simply because of their age. And the Sun says Facebook shut down an artificial intelligence experiment after two "chatbots" began talking in a language only they understood. |
| Daily digest | Daily digest |
| Liquid attack Pair on moped throw unknown substance at man's face | Liquid attack Pair on moped throw unknown substance at man's face |
| Sea rescue Man drifts a mile out on toy dinghy he barely fitted into | Sea rescue Man drifts a mile out on toy dinghy he barely fitted into |
| Roman silver hoard Teenage metal detectorist makes big discovery | Roman silver hoard Teenage metal detectorist makes big discovery |
| Reality Check How many oversees staff work for the NHS? | Reality Check How many oversees staff work for the NHS? |
| If you watch one thing today | If you watch one thing today |
| My 6,000-mile egg-freezing journey | My 6,000-mile egg-freezing journey |
| If you listen to one thing today | If you listen to one thing today |
| Can food actually be OK on camping trips? | Can food actually be OK on camping trips? |
| If you read one thing today | If you read one thing today |
| Beaten up for being gay | Beaten up for being gay |
| Today's lookahead | Today's lookahead |
| 11:00 Pakistan's parliament meets to elect a new interim prime minister after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif following an investigation into corruption allegations against his family. | 11:00 Pakistan's parliament meets to elect a new interim prime minister after the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif following an investigation into corruption allegations against his family. |
| Today Chancellor Philip Hammond meets Brazil's finance minister and international relations minister in Sao Paolo. | Today Chancellor Philip Hammond meets Brazil's finance minister and international relations minister in Sao Paolo. |
| On this day | On this day |
| 2003 The Hutton inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly opens. | 2003 The Hutton inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly opens. |
| From elsewhere | From elsewhere |
| Young people are still dying from heroin (Vice) | Young people are still dying from heroin (Vice) |
| Bernie Sanders's campaign isn't over (New Yorker) | Bernie Sanders's campaign isn't over (New Yorker) |
| Awe: The emotion that gives us superpowers (New Scientist) | Awe: The emotion that gives us superpowers (New Scientist) |
| Is eating porridge the secret to a long life? (Independent) | Is eating porridge the secret to a long life? (Independent) |
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