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Trump says he wants Russia to rejoin the G7 for 'world peace' and claimsObama 'outsmarted' by Putin

Donald Trump says that Russia should be allowed to rejoin the Group of Seven, even though the nation refused to leave Crimea, so he's able to speak to Vladimir Putin  more directly.




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Barack and Michelle Obama unveil their VERY hip summer playlist

The former President unveiled the new playlist on Saturday morning, which was complete with tracks from a variety of different genres and time periods.




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Inside the Okura Tokyo where Barack Obama and John Lennon have stayed after its £800million revamp 

The original Okura Tokyo opened in 1962 and welcomed all manner of famous faces over the years, including Steve Jobs and Margaret Thatcher too.




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Donald Trump says HE would have a Nobel Peace Prize 'if they gave it out fairly'

Donald Trump on Monday knocked Barack Obama for receiving the Noble Peace Prize and said he would have one of his own 'if they gave it out fairly.'




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Ex-AG Eric Holder says Bill Barr will 'pay a price' and sacrifice credibility in misconduct probe

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, 68, who served during Barack Obama's presidency, said the current one, Barr, risked 'paying a price' and sacrificing his credibility on Tuesday.




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'What is he smoking?' Susan Rice says Kurds' blood is going to be on Donald Trump's hands

'The Kurds were the pointy end of the spear who fought ISIS on our behalf,' Rice said. 'They bled and died ... and we just threw them under the bus in 24 hours.'




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Auto shop sparks outrage with Halloween display Trump scarecrow holding Obama's severed head by rope

Michigan auto shop owner Dave Huff removed the rope and Obama mask Friday and added 'PC-POLICE' tape to the scarecrow with President Donald Trump's mask following the backlash.




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Obama tears into woke culture and purity tests: Former president says 'good people have flaws'

Barack was joined by his wife Michelle on Tuesday at their annual Obama Foundation summit in Chicago, where the former first lady also said: 'I can't make people not afraid of black people.'




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Donald Trump Jr says Twitter and Instagram are 'shadow banning' him and other conservatives

'Twitter and Instagram are removing more and more of my posts from people's timeline,' Donald Trump Jr writes in Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us.




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Judges rule bankers turn over Trump's financial records and refuse to stay subpoena for Don McGahn

Capital One and Deutsche Bank must comply with a subpoena from the Intel and Financial Services committees, federal appeals judges ruled in New York. In D.C. there was a second blow.




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Black Friday gun sales are second highest ever, background check data indicates

On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks, or an average of more than two checks per second. The record for firearms checks was set on 2017's Black Friday with 203,086.




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Socialist running for Congress says God should give Barack Obama 'the most malignant cancer'

A Democratic socialist candidate running for Congress in Texas wished a deadly cancer upon Barack Obama, and claimed the former president 'gives zero f***s about y'all.'




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Barack Obama says women are 'indisputably better' than men when it comes to running the world

The former U.S. president while speaking at a private leadership conference in Singapore blamed most of the world's problems on 'old people', mostly men, holding on to positions of power.




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Ex-president beams a huge smile as he hits the links in Hawaii on the day Trump is impeached

Barack Obama has been pictured enjoying a round of golf in Hawaii on the same day his successor Donald Trump was impeached.




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Joe Biden says he's open to nominating former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court

At a campaign event in Washington, Iowa, on Saturday, 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would consider nominating Obama to the Supreme Court.




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Malia Obama spends the Christmas holidays in London with long-term British boyfriend 

Malia Obama, 21, was spotted wandered around London's trendy Islington district this week as she enjoys the British capital with her boyfriend Rory Farquharson, who she met at Harvard two years ago.




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Barack Obama pays tribute to 'legend' Kobe Bryant after the NBA star's death

Former president Barack Obama tweeted Kobe Bryant was 'a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been a meaningful second act,' after the NBA star's death on Sunday.




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Rod Blagojevich says he's a 'Trumpocrat' and that he regrets endorsing Barack Obama

Disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has come out as a 'Trumpocrat' and slammed his party, the Democrats, just days after his prison sentence was commuted by the president.




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Barack Obama backs tough measures to tackle coronavirus and says 'we have to look after each other'

Barack Obama tweeted Thursday: 'If you're wondering whether it's an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here's a useful primer as to why.'




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Barack Obama takes aim at testing fiasco saying there is NO nationwide system

Former President Barack Obama weighed in again on the nation's coronavirus response, tweeting Wednesday that the nation has yet to develop a 'robust' testing system.




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Barack Obama slams Wisconsin for going ahead with 'debacle' election during stay-at-home order

'No one should be forced to choose between their right to vote and their right to stay healthy like the debacle in Wisconsin this week,' the former president, Barack Obama, tweeted on Saturday.




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Barack Obama takes a jab at Trump and says America needs 'leaders who will bring people together'

Barack Obama shared a video from Joe Biden and claimed only he could help Americans through the pandemic




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David Axelrod says Obama's vetting found NO hint of sex assault claims against Biden

'The comprehensive vet certainly would have turned up any formal complaints filed against Biden during his 36-year career in the Senate,' Axelrod wrote in a CNN column published Friday.




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A bus stop in my dementia ward? It's just the ticket, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE

BONNIE ESTRIDGE: A few weeks ago, a bus stop appeared slap bang in the middle of the dementia ward at my local hospital, St George's in London. There it was, complete with the iconic red circle.




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Jeremy Corbyn says it's 'absolutely awful' for Trump to attack Sadiq Khan

Mr Corbyn (pictured) accused the President, who had called Mr Khan a 'national disgrace' over the latest wave of London violence, of 'trying to divide at a time we need to come together'.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan takes apparent dig at predecessor Boris Johnson

Police were called to the London house where Mr Johnson is living with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds on Friday after neighbours heard a furious row in which plates were thrown.




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Sadiq Khan lays flowers at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park to mark the 14th anniversary

The service in Hyde Park comes as the worst-injured survivor of the atrocity claimed that the public had forgotten about the attack which struck Londoners on July 7 2005. (Sadiq Khan pictured laying flowers.)




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan and wife Saadiya enjoy British Summer Time in Hyde Park

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan let loose with his wife Saadiya as they sang and danced along with thousands of others at the British Summer Time Hyde Park festival.




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Mayor Of London Sadiq Khan wins High Court fight

Court ruling means minicab drivers, which include Uber's 45,000-strong fleet, will have to continue paying the £11.50 daily fee which does not apply to black cab drivers.




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Donald Trump slams Sadiq Khan AGAIN as he retweets post attacking London mayor's height

Strain has been heaped on the relationship between Washington and City Hall in recent months as both men publicly criticise each other's administrations.




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Leading mayors from across UK speak out to demand funding for 'clean air zones' in city centres 

Fourteen mayors and political leaders from across the country including London's mayor Sadiq Khan have demanded funding to establish 'clean air zones' in city centres.




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Sadiq Khan mocks Donald Trump for playing golf while Hurricane Dorian tears through the Caribbean

Sadiq Khan's comments come after Mr Trump pulled out of a trip to Poland for an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland.




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Trump slaps back at Sadiq Khan after London mayor mocked him for golfing during hurricane

'Many Pols exercise for hours, or travel for weeks. Me, I run through one of my courses (very inexpensive). President Obama would fly to Hawaii,' Trump jabbed on Twitter.




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London mayor Sadiq Khan is berated by Labour members over support for 'Israeli Zionists'

Mr Khan was berated in the street after addressing the Jewish Labour Movement event at the party conference in Brighton on Monday night.




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Russia's richest woman 'introduced to City Hall by Boris Johnson' quits London mayor's charity

Elena Baturina, pictured with Sadiq Khan, resigned this week as a trustee for the Mayor's Fund for London, which pays for education programmes in deprived areas of the capital.




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Presenter Justin Webb says Rory Stewart should not stand for mayor because he is white old Etonian

BBC Today presenter Justin Webb (left) said that Rory Stewart (right) standing in the 2020 mayoral race was not 'really 2020' because he is a 'white guy and Old Etonian'.




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England to have victory parade in London 'on Tuesday next week' if they win the Rugby World Cup

Talks between the RFU and the mayor of London's office have been held with Tuesday, November 5 the likely date for the event. England face South Africa in Saturday's final in Japan.




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Grenfell fire chief Dany Cotton should QUIT, says former fire minister

Tory MP Sir Mike Penning, who was a firefighter before he entered politics, said Dany Cotton must carry the can for the fatal advice to residents to 'stay put' in their homes as the blaze took hold.




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Sadiq Khan says Donald Trump 'only cares about white America'

In the latest escalation of a war of words between the leaders, London Mayor Sadiq Khan condemned US President Donald Trump for 'calling people rapists because they happen to be Mexican'.




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Man who scrapped disastrous 'stay put' advice at Grenfell is appointed London's new fire chief

Andy Roe revoked the 'stay put' policy within minutes of becoming incident commander at the blaze in west London which killed 72 people after residents were told to remain in their homes.




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Rapper Drillminister enters the race to be the next Mayor of London

Rapper Drillminister has announced he is standing to be the next Mayor of London as he said he was inspired to enter the race by Donald Trump's unexpected electoral success.




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London Mayor Sadiq Khan demands Britons get the right to 'opt in' for EU citizenship despite Brexit

Sadiq Khan has begged the EU to grant pro-Remain Britons 'associate citizenship' of the bloc so they can continue to enjoy the benefits of free movement despite Brexit.




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London mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants to see Donald Trump lose election

London Mayor Sadiq Khan swiped that potential rival Mike Bloomberg 'gets under the skin' of Mr Trump because he was wealthier and more successful.




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Commuters face new Tube strike as 10,000 London Underground workers vote over pay row

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it is balloting 10,000 Tube staff for strikes and other forms of action in London. The union said more than a year of negotiations have failed.




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Misogyny should be classed as a 'hate crime', says Sadiq Khan  

London Mayor Sadiq Khan underlined his credentials as a 'proud feminist' as he spoke at a Women of the World event yesterday.




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Sadiq Khan branded 'irresponsible' for hosting London Mayor's Question Time

Sadiq Khan last night hosted People's Question Time at the Battersea Arts Centre in Wandsworth, southwest London, which has a capacity for some 640 people.




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May's local elections London could be POSTPONED from May until the autumn over coronavirus

The Election Commission said it was recommending the poll due to take place in five weeks' time should be delayed on health grounds.




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St Patrick's Day parade in London is cancelled over coronavirus threat 

Sadiq Khan tweeted: 'London's St Patrick's Day celebrations are an annual highlight for many, so I'm incredibly disappointed that this year's event has had to be cancelled.'




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Coronavirus UK: May local elections postponed for a YEAR

It means thousands of councillors and elected mayors including London's Sadiq Khan - who called for the May 7 poll to go ahead as planned - will spend an extra 12 months in office.




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London Tubes and trains could start running 'scaled down' Saturday and Sunday services on weekdays

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that steps could be brought in within a matter of days as the capital is weeks ahead of the rest of the country in terms of the curve of the Covid-19 outbreak.