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Richard Neal visit to Northern Ireland

NI protocol dispute ‘not a real crisis’, leader of US delegation says
Congressman Richard Neal said the stand-off over post-Brexit trading arrangements governing the Irish Sea was a ‘problem to be solved’.

Princess Margaret, King George VI and Princess Elizabeth

Unseen footage shows glimpse of ‘fun behind the formality’ of the Queen’s life

Twitter Musk Lawsuit

Twitter shareholders file lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of ‘unlawful conduct’

Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies aged 60

Texas School Shooting

Texas massacre gunman ‘walked into school unimpeded’

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Premiere – London

John Williams delights fans with a medley of hits at Star Wars Celebration

Platinum Jubilee

Charles and Camilla celebrate Platinum Jubilee in EastEnders teaser clip

Chancellor Rishi Sunak making a statement in the House of Commons, London, on the cost-of-living crisis

Sunak announces £400 energy bill discount for all households and a windfall tax

The Duchess of Sussex lays flowers at a memorial for the victims of the Texas school shooting

Meghan lays roses at memorial for victims of Texas school shooting

Gaia Pope inquest

Police officer disciplined for misconduct admits failings in Gaia Pope inquiry

MPs pay tribute to Queen as ‘Elizabeth the Great’

US secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks at George Washington University

US to leverage bloc opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine against China – Blinken

NI parties describe ‘very useful’ meetings with US delegation

Oil rigs – Cromarty Firth

Windfall tax to raise £5bn, but firms promised relief if they invest in Britain

Close up of Amber Heard

Amber Heard reminds jurors ‘I am a human being’ as she returns to stand

Downing St street sign

PM’s spokesman apologises for ‘failings’ over lockdown party reports

Downing Street partygate

Pressure increases on Johnson following ‘damning’ partygate report

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey charged with four sexual assaults

Former US president Donald Trump

Trump ordered to testify in New York civil investigation

A gas hob burning on a stove in a kitchen (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Cost of living measures deemed ‘life raft’ for those struggling to keep afloat

Pregnant woman holding her stomach

‘Stress in pregnant women during the pandemic may impact babies’ brains’

Three Tory MPs call for Boris Johnson to step down after Gray report

BT workers to be balloted for industrial action over pay

MP Claudia Webbe loses appeal against harassment conviction

Prime Minister ‘apologised in person’ to cleaning staff over partygate treatment

A man insulating a loft

Insulate homes to curb soaring energy bills, Government is urged

Tributes paid to ‘beautiful’ and ‘independent’ grandmother found dead at home

Commuters crossing London Bridge, in central London (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Net migration to UK remained steady in first part of pandemic, figures suggest

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson (centre) speaking to the media in the great hall following his meeting with Congressman Richard Neal at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast

US Congress delegation ‘most undiplomatic visit I’ve ever seen’ – Donaldson

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill

Stormont Assembly recalled in new bid to elect speaker

Robert Aldridge

Lib Dems celebrate former charity CEO’s appointment as Edinburgh Lord Provost

UK Government has ‘lost critical trust’ in Northern Ireland, says ex-minister

Liz Truss in Sarajevo

Truss accuses Putin of ‘weaponising hunger’ with Ukrainian grain blockade

Oceanographers Andrew McDonnell, left, and Claudine Hauri, middle, are pictured with engineer Joran Kemme after an underwater glider is pulled aboard the University of Alaska Fairbanks research vessel Nanuq from the Gulf of Alaska

An ocean first: Underwater drone tracks carbon dioxide in Gulf of Alaska

Northern Ireland has seen ‘far more grim moments’ than protocol row, says Neal

Trees in the South Downs National Park

Thousands of newly-planted trees dedicated to Queen for Platinum Jubilee

Akke Rahman on Everest

‘First’ British Muslim completes Everest climb despite Ramadan fasting

Company fined £80,000 after death of worker hit by forklift truck

Dedicated child protection teams vital to prevent future tragedies, review finds

Fridays restaurant in Edinburgh

Fridays owner Hostmore warns over profits as costs rocket

Sunak poised to U-turn on windfall tax to fund energy bills relief package

Steven Gallagher

Man has double hand transplant in ‘world first’ for scleroderma patient

Three F-15 warplanes of the Japanese self-defence force, front, and four F-16 fighters of the US armed forces fly over the Sea of Japan

Japan and US in joint jet flight after China drill and North Korean missiles

Colten Muth, 32, visits George Floyd Square in Minneapolis to mark the second anniversary of the black man’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers

Minneapolis renames junction to honour George Floyd

Firefighter Nate Sink cradles a newborn elk calf he encountered in a remote, fire-scarred area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Mora, New Mexico

Firefighters rescue Cinder the elk calf from fire’s ashes

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft lands

Boeing capsule returns to Earth after test trip to International Space Station

A Konik pony foal at the National Trust's Wicken Fen nature reserve in Cambridgeshire. (Joe Giddens/ PA)

Konik foals and Highland calves brought in to help manage nature reserve

British newspapers

What the papers say – May 26

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in Downing Street, London, following the publication of Sue Gray’s report into Downing Street parties in Whitehall during the coronavirus lockdown

‘Laughing at us all’ – How the papers reacted to Sue Gray’s partygate report

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt

Oklahoma governor signs strictest abortion ban in the US

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in Downing Street, London, following the publication of Sue Gray’s report into Downing Street parties in Whitehall during the coronavirus lockdown

Boris Johnson shifts to cost-of-living crisis response after partygate report

Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta dies aged 67

Argentina Maradona

Flying museum honours Diego Maradona

EasyJet bookings rise

Software failure grounds 200 easyJet flights