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 Donald Trump had a second, previously undisclosed, conversation with Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit earlier this month. The White House said Mr Trump and Mr Putin had attended a dinner with G20 leaders at the recent Hamburg summit. After the meal, Mr Trump had walked over to the Russian …

On Thursday, President Donald Trump stressed the importance of a particular feature of his proposed border wall: transparency. His reason? Without it, a 60-pound bag of heroin might fly over, and hit an unassuming passerby on the head, striking them dead. The vivid image invites flashbacks to Chuck Jones cartoons, …

LONDON – Venus Williams became the oldest Wimbledon finalist for 23 years on Thursday as the American star ended Johanna Konta’s history bid with a masterful 6-4, 6-2 win. Twenty years after making her Wimbledon debut, five-time champion Williams is into her ninth final at the All England Club and …

  Cheap missiles from Russia and China are a major threat to expensive assets such as Britain’s new aircraft carriers, a think tank has warned. Russia and China have gained the surveillance and precision strike capabilities to put Western ships, large military aircraft and even any land system at “serious …

A teenager has had a lucky escape from a bear attack after waking to find the animal biting his head. The 19-year-old had been working at a camp in Colorado and had been sleeping outside Glacier View Ranch, about 48 miles northwest of Denver. He woke up at 4am on …

  Islamic State militants have pledged to “fight to the death” in the Old City of Mosul in Iraq. The fighters are making their last stand in the district of Maydan on the banks of the River Tigris, where Islamic State’s Amaq news agency said there had been “fierce fighting”. …

  Theresa May has said at the G20 summit she is “dismayed” Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord. The Prime Minister was speaking to reporters in a news conference at the G20 summit with the richest developed and emerging economies, after meeting the US President. …

  A Facebook argument between two men led to a 14-year-old girl being killed by a stray bullet fired into her home, it has been alleged. A court document says Mackenna Kronenberger was inside the bedroom of her home in Dayton, Ohio, when she was killed early on Wednesday. Jason …

  As UK authorities continue to evaluate the risks posed by sinister “games” such as Blue Whale, Russian families say the risks are real and they want the world to know the price they have paid. Blue Whale is a teenage suicide challenge or “death group” that began in Russia …

  Ku Klux Klan supporters were met by hundreds of counter-protesters when they marched against the planned removal of a controversial statue in Virginia. Dozens of white supremacists were trying to save a statue of General Robert E Lee, who led Confederate forces in the US Civil War. Image: Klan …