On the second day of his official State visit to the UK, US president Donald Trump on Tuesday promised Britain a “phenomenal” post-Brexit trade deal, suggesting Britain’s public health service should be on the table, and congratulated outgoing prime minister Theresa May. London editor Denis Staunton is on the line with the highlights from the visit.
Plus: As the dust settles on the European elections, discussion in Brussels and Strasbourg has turned to who will lead the European institutions. Manfred Weber is the European People’s Party ‘spitzenkandidat’ to succeed Jean Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission, but it seems he will not be a shoo-in for it. Patrick Smyth reports on who is in the running for Europe’s top jobs.
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