Political News
Trump's lead lawyer in Russia investigation quits
President Donald Trump’s lead lawyer for the investigation into alleged Russian election interference has resigned from the legal team according to media reports on Thursday.
Catalonia is set to vote-in a new president on Thursday
Catalan president, Roger Torrent has called for a vote in the regional assembly on Thursday afternoon on whether to nominate Jordi Turull as their candidate to Catalonia's presidency, despite the imminent risk that he might be sentenced to jail on charges of secession.
Trump boasts about $1.6bn budget to start border wall
Trump has taken to Twitter to boast about securing $1. 6bn from the US budget bill to start building the Mexican border wall. He claims that he had to "waste money on Dem giveaways".
May asks EU leaders to 'stand together' against Russian aggression
Theresa May will address a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday and will warn then to stay united against a threat from Russia after the Salisbury poisoning.
De La Rue calls on government to reverse blue passport decision
De La Rue’s chief executive has called on the government to reverse its decision to award the contract for making post-Brexit blue passports to a Franco-Dutch company.