UK Column News: Trump-Putin in Helsinki, Nord Stream 2, Novichok 2.0, Brexit and more...

UK Column's Mike Robinson and 21WIRE's Patrick Henningsen with today's news update. (16th July 2018)

START – President Trump arrives in Helsinki Presidents Trump & Putin to discuss reducing nuclear arsenals among other things Nancy Pelosi tweet: Trump must immediately cancel his meeting with Putin Twitter response: what are you and other Democrats so terrified of…? Hysteria from political establishment is worse than the cold war years Russia’s Peskov: Nord Stream 2 is an international project, not Russian-German Germany planning to close all nuclear power stations by 2022

16:04 – Novichok 2.0: OPCW to ‘independently confirm’ identity of nerve agent Timing of attack suspicious: same time as Russian World Cup semi-final OPCW has now been given power to assign blame (without evidence)… Syria ‘chemical attacks’ could also be dragged into this again

22:17 – Brexit: Justine Greening ‘We need a second referendum…’ DUP seeks legal guarantee over customs border Brexit derailment could come down to smaller details

26:07 – British government announces space port in Sutherland, Scotland Lockheed Martin given grants to build rockets for launch Britain launched satellites with Bluestreak and Black Arrow…now cancelled

31:53 – Integration with China should be reversed – now a US security issue Financial Times: Trump has full-blown personality disorder…

35:27 – OSCE: Opium production worldwide now highest ever recorded Afghanistan is the leading producer…particularly since 9/11

41:06 – Syria: terrorists evacuated from Daraa al-Balad to northern Syria CNN: US & allies discuss evacuating ‘rescue groups’ from Syria White helmets never operate in Syrian government-held areas… 21Wire: Syria – the white helmet exodus managed by ‘regime-change’ coalition Two main areas left to liberate: Idlib and US-occupied north-eastern Syria

47:49 – Robert Inlakesh: why is Gaza on the verge of war with Israel…? BBC Radio 4: Israel has the right to defend itself from explosive kites

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