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British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for the NATO summit in Brussels on May 25. A YouGov poll found support for Mrs. May’s Conservatives at 43% and the main opposition Labour Party at 38%.
Pound Falls as Theresa May Loses Ground in U.K. Election Race: The pound fell Friday after the first opinion poll conducted since Monday’s deadly bombing in Manchester showed the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party lost ground to rivals ahead of a national election June 8.
Trump Faces Tensions at G-7 Summit: Trans-Atlantic tensions over trade and climate change hung over the start of the Group of 7 summit Friday in Sicily, the last stop in President Donald Trump’s first overseas trip since taking office.
Trump Omission in NATO Comments Rankles European Allies: President Trump issued tough spending demands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization while withholding public support for a core tenet of the security alliance that an attack on one member nation is an attack on all.
Outrage Over Attack Leaks Spurs Trump to Call for Probe: President Trump has ordered a review of leaks of sensitive information following concerns from British officials about intelligence sharing with the U.S. in the wake of the Manchester attack.
Manchester Police Say They Have Important Evidence on Attack: Searches in the wake of the suicide bombing at a Manchester pop concert have turned up important evidence, the city’s top police officer said Thursday, as investigators worked to track the trail of the attacker.
Britain Struggles to Prioritize Targets as Threat Grows: This week’s deadly suicide bombing has reignited a long-running debate about how British intelligence decides which potential extremists to watch given the limited resources at its disposal.
Manchester’s Libyan Community Reels After Attack: As Manchester mourns the loss of 22 lives, including an 8-year-old girl, the Libyan community has engaged in soul-searching over what it could have done to stop the path to terrorism of a man Islamic State says acted on its behalf.
Trump and Macron Display White-Knuckle Diplomacy: Before President Trump’s first overseas trip, some European officials prepped for unexpected greetings from the U.S. leader. On Thursday, French President Macron appeared to get the upper hand.
Turkey and EU Pull Relations Back From the Brink But Tensions Remain: Top European Union leaders and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, meeting Thursday for the first time in almost two years, stepped back from what had appeared to be imminent confrontation and agreed to reset relations.
Turkey’s Opposition Seeks Way to Win Against Erdogan: Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, is struggling over how to keep battling a newly empowered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after last month’s referendum, with some officials calling for the party of Ataturk to reinvent itself under new leadership.
IN THE PAPERS
May Plans G7 Push to Curb Extremism on Web – Financial Times
Lloyds’ Chair Rejects ‘Jenga’ Collapse Fears After Brexit – Financial Times
Global Equity Funds Deepen Exposure to U.K. – Financial Times
U.K. Security Minister Says No Specific Threat to Public This Weekend – Reuters
May 27, 2017 at 04:16AM
from Stephen Fidler
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