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Trump secures major victory as Senate Republicans pass $1.5 trillion tax cut bill despite Democrats warning they'll 'rue this day' and protesters screaming 'don't kill us' - paving the way for a final House vote today after earlier hiccup

20/12/17 13:13

The Senate passed the GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax cut early Wednesday morning, leaving just one technical hurdle and President Trump’s signature as the final steps before the president’s top legislative priority becomes reality. There was little last-minute drama in the Senate, where the final tally was 51-48, hardly different from the original version that cleared the Senate earlier this month. Not a single Democrat voted for it, just as no House Democrat voted for a version Tuesday. Protesters provided one of the biggest bursts of emotion, as a group of people yelled out ‘Kill the bill, don't kill us!’ as the final vote was being taken. Moments after the vote, President Trump took to Twitter to hail the achievement and promised a news conference at the White House at 1pm on Wednesday provided it passes in the House, which should be a formality....read

20/12/17 13:08

The European Commission triggered what is formally known as Article 7, a procedure that could eventually lead to Poland losing its voting rights in the EU.

20/12/17 11:36

Police dragged a man, 31, from his bed and led him away wearing only his underwear. He was named as an Iraqi who is understood to be the owner of the chip shop in Chesterfield (pictured).

20/12/17 05:35

Just as Republicans were patting themselves on the back for passing a $1.5 trillion tax cut through the House, a technical parliamentary ruling is about to force them to vote on it again.

20/12/17 02:48

Eyewitnesses said they heard a blast in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, at about 10.50am yesterday morning - shortly before the scheduled unveiling of the kingdom's budget.

20/12/17 01:01

Specialist counter terrorism police officers arrested three men, aged 22, 36 and 41, at addresses in Sheffield and a 31-year-old man at an address in Chesterfield.

19/12/17 22:31

House Republicans pushed through a $1.5 trillion tax cut Tuesday, advancing the most consequential legislation of the Trump presidency toward likely passage in the Senate.

19/12/17 21:27

Prince Harry accompanied Prince Philip in his final duty as Captain General today, as they received the incoming and outgoing Commandants General of the Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace.

19/12/17 21:21

Muhammed Nawshad Kamal, 32, is likely to lose his sight after the vicious attack in Walthamstow, east London on Thursday and police have now arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of GBH.

19/12/17 18:47

The unnamed executive allegedly took responsibility for setbacks at the Punggye-ri nuclear base in North Korea which led to the date of a rocket launch being pushed back.

19/12/17 16:14

The suspect became involved in an 'altercation' with guards at the main checkpoint at the US Air Force base of RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk after he pretended he was in the US Secret Service.

19/12/17 15:33

Both carriageways of the A19 near Dalton Park in County Durham were closed today, causing traffic chaos following the crash on the southbound carriageway involving two lorries at about 9.15am.

19/12/17 15:16

The president says a deadly train derailment has proved the need for a nationwide push to repair crumbling infrastructure, but an object on train tracks, not crumbling rails, may be at fault.

19/12/17 11:41

Rebecca Dykes, 30, was abducted after leaving a party in the city before being strangled and thrown in dumpster by the side of a motorway on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital.

19/12/17 10:19

The Lib Dems were slapped with an £18,000 charge, while Open Britain, which was the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, was ordered to pay a penalty of £1,250.

19/12/17 08:14

The Amtrak train which derailed during it's first-ever run along a faster new route was travelling at 81 mph shortly before it derailed in a 30 mph speed limit.

19/12/17 07:31

The suspect is claimed to be a British citizen who pretended to be someone he was not - possibly a senior military figure - to get through a checkpoint at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk.

18/12/17 23:57

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has elected Cyril Ramaphosa as president to replace the outgoing Jacob Zuma.

18/12/17 20:01

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will marry on Saturday, May 19 at Windsor Castle, Kensington Palace has revealed today.

18/12/17 17:41

Police say no device was found at Birley Academy in Sheffield after officers rushed to deal with a 'suspicious incident' just before 10am today.

18/12/17 15:57

Prince William and Kate, who is pregnant with her third child, will send two-year-old Princess Charlotte to Willcocks Nursery School, located close to their Kensington Palace home in London.

18/12/17 15:26

A 69-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed another man, aged 30, at a home in Victoria.

18/12/17 15:06

Sen. Franken has a new lease on political life after four of his colleagues have stepped forward to say his promised resignation over sexual misconduct allegations should be put on pause.

18/12/17 14:51

British diplomat Rebecca Dykes (pictured), who worked at the UK embassy in Beirut, Lebanon has been found dead at the side of a motorway in the city, police have confirmed.

18/12/17 14:01

Kieran Creaven, 54, a sports producer with RTE, pleaded guilty to grooming the girl at Leeds magistrates' court today.

18/12/17 12:45

Officers have described the collision, which happened in Edgbaston shortly after 1am on Sunday, as 'very difficult and distressing'.

18/12/17 08:44

Police have closed roads around Battersea Bridge in London this afternoon after finding a 'suspicious item' in a car. Officers were responding to reports of a man collapsed behind the wheel of the vehicle.

18/12/17 08:07

Cheryl Taylor (right, with her daughter) died when a balcony gave way under the weight of more than 30 partygoers during a Christmas party at a home in Melbourne's north-east late on Saturday night.

18/12/17 02:53

Guests at a Tupperware Christmas party which ended in disaster when a balcony collapsed, killing two women, had posed for a photo (pictured) on the same balcony the previous year.

17/12/17 14:55

A second woman has died after a balcony packed with revellers collapsed during a Christmas party in Melbourne. A 37-year-old woman, from Resevoir, was confirmed dead this morning.

17/12/17 14:32

A witness has described the ‘horrific’ moment a balcony collapsed at a Tupperware Christmas party in Melbourne's northeast on Saturday night, leaving two women dead and 17 more injured.

17/12/17 14:17

The dramatic moment a passenger ferry on Sydney Harbour crashed into a yacht - leaving seven people in hospital - has been captured on camera.

17/12/17 13:25

Renowned scientist and inventor Professor Heinz Wolff, who presented The Great Egg Race, which ran in the 1970s and 80s has died aged 89, his family have announced.

17/12/17 13:22

The hosts of a doomed Melbourne Christmas party which ended in chaos after a balcony collapsed and killed two have been identified as a 'friendly' married couple.

17/12/17 08:37

Four Iraqi citizens have won High Court damages against the Ministry of Defence arising out of their ill-treatment and unlawful detention during the invasion of Iraq.

17/12/17 02:10

Dramatic footage shows four armed officers running through the Dutch capital's Schiphol Airport towards a Starbucks Coffee outlet as shots are fired.

16/12/17 17:11

Police were called at 15:10hrs on Friday, 15 December by a concerned member of public who had come across a small child wandering alone in the Upper Tulse Hill area.

16/12/17 14:53

People have taken to social media to share images of the popular tourist attraction (pictured) shut off and surrounded by police.

16/12/17 12:02

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will marry on May 19 at Windsor Castle's famous St George's chapel, it was revealed today.

16/12/17 10:00

Seven people have been rushed to hospital and two people were pulled from the water after a collision involving Sydney ferry and a yacht in Sydney Harbour on Saturday afternoon just after 2.30pm.

15/12/17 16:58

The collision occurred at 7.45am today close to the Maryculter Bridge on the B979 around eight miles south-west of Aberdeen, claiming the life of an unnamed bus driver.

15/12/17 14:14

Alan Alencar, 29, is alleged to have approached Alain Lesjongard from behind and shoved him in the back with both hands as the train pulled into Bayswater station.

15/12/17 11:20

Four teenagers had died on Thursday in the accident at a level crossing in the village of Millas near the French city of Perpignan, but two 11-year-old girls succumbed to their injuries today.

15/12/17 03:25

The horrific accident happened close to the town of Perpignan in France, when the vehicle 'was caught between barriers', said a local police spokesman.

14/12/17 23:23

Two people have been killed and several others injured in a stabbing attack in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht. The incident happened on Thursday evening.

14/12/17 19:56

A high ranking official once described as the 'second most powerful man in North Korea', may have been executed by death squads, days after Kim Jong-un visited Mt. Paektu.

14/12/17 18:27

Theresa May arrived in Brussels to press the case for trade talks - but Leo Varadkar said the details of the transition will have to be thrashed out first.

14/12/17 17:55

Four people have been arrested so far on suspicion of killing Anthony Nicholls, who died in hospital after a firework was set off inside his home in Tile Cross, Birmingham, police said.

14/12/17 17:45

The magazine publisher was reportedly left unable to walk without assistance and made one of his final public appearances in May 2016 to announce Eugena Washington as Playmate of the Year (pictured).

14/12/17 17:45

On Wednesday night the official Playboy Twitter account announced: 'American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef'.

14/12/17 17:43

Hugh Hefner's body was driven away from his Playboy mansion early Thursday morning as the journey to his final resting place next to Marilyn Monroe in Los Angeles begins.

14/12/17 17:19

A wheelchair-bound schoolboy and his brother are in critical condition while an investigation is underway after the pair were trapped in a horrific house fire in Basildon, Essex yesterday.

14/12/17 16:43

David Worrall, 25, of Worsley has been charged with four counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and arson after the Manchester fire on Monday.

14/12/17 16:08

At least, four of the rebels, Antionette Sandbach, Anna Soubry, Bob Neill and Heidi Allen, were pictured drinking glasses of white wine following the government's setback.

14/12/17 12:43

Two rail companies, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia, who are embroiled in disputes over the role of guards are to be hit by fresh strikes just after Christmas and on New Year's Eve.

14/12/17 12:01

The first pictures of the pregnant 29-year-old woman found murdered in her home have emerged. Ella Parker, 29, was found at her house in Newport Road, New Bradwell at 2.45pm on Thursday.

14/12/17 11:18

Stephen Hammond was sacked within minutes of the revolt, which consigned the Prime Minister to an historic first defeat on Brexit.

13/12/17 23:44

Jorge Glas is highest-ranking politician to be convicted in the sprawling case centered on Odebrecht, whose practice of giving bribes has cast a cloud over officials in Latin America.

13/12/17 16:57

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with causing the deaths by dangerous driving of three children and two men who died in a crash in Leeds, West Yorkshire Police said.

13/12/17 16:41

Lia Pearson (pictured) was rescued by fire crews from the burning terraced house in Walkden at 5am on Monday morning but has died 48 hours later.

13/12/17 16:17

Kensington Palace confirmed the news today, saying: 'You can expect to see The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Ms Markle at Sandringham on Christmas Day.'

13/12/17 14:24

The Associated Press called the Alabama Senate race for Democrat Doug Jones, making him the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in the state in 31 years.

13/12/17 10:04

North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles Saturday - but they were all duds. One blew up 'almost immediately' and the other two failed in flight before crashing into the East Sea

13/12/17 07:08

Police officers rushed to the building in Darwin this afternoon and ordered all workers to leave.

13/12/17 02:58

An eight-year-old boy remains in hospital after falling into a pool and hitting his head on Saturday afternoon. The child went into cardiac arrest after falling into a backyard pool in Sydney.

12/12/17 22:00

The incident unfolded shortly before 9pm when a fire alarm was heard through the station, with officials failing to tell passengers why they were ordered to leave.

12/12/17 21:34

'The lottery system and chain migration, we're gonna end them fast. Congress must get involved immediately,' he said. 'And I can tell you,we have tremendous support. They will be ended.'

12/12/17 14:48

Pistorius, who had his murder sentence doubled last month, was waiting for the phone at Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, near Pretoria, when he started a fight with an inmate ‘he knows well’.

12/12/17 12:27

'We must also destroy the evil ideology that is behind ISIS and attacks like today's. This ideology has no borders, but it must be eradicated,' said White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

12/12/17 11:26

A pipe bomb went off in an underground tunnel linking the Times Square subway station and the Port Authority bus terminal  Monday morning.

12/12/17 11:09

The 24-year-old was held three minutes after he stepped over a low outer perimeter fence adjacent to Buckingham Palace and attempted to climb a wall outside the Palace estate.

12/12/17 06:42

A 14-year-old girl - named as Demi Pearson - was declared dead at the scene of the blaze in Salford before an eight-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl died in hospital.

12/12/17 06:42

Keith Chegwin has died today aged 60 after battling a 'long-term battle with a progressive lung condition'.

12/12/17 05:50

A quiet Adelaide suburb was under siege as armed police hunted for a gunman. Police surrounded a home at Salisbury Park in North Adelaide after a man was shot in the leg.

12/12/17 02:44

The Pentagon tells that Associated Press that it will allow transgender people to enlist from January 1 despite Trump's 'ban' earlier this year. The process will be difficult and have strict tests.

11/12/17 07:39

A world away from the cobbled streets of the show that gave her fame, Jean Alexander's ashes have been scattered near Grasmere in the Lake District.

11/12/17 02:12

Unexpected heavy snow showers have caused an 11-car pileup in the North-East. The accident took place at 8pm on the A19 near Billingham in County Durham.

10/12/17 21:14

The deal to supply Typhoon aircraft to the Qatar Emiri Air Force includes a support and training package and it is thought it will help secure jobs in the United Kingdom.

10/12/17 20:03

Aaron Reilly and Joshua Brock, both 19, tragically died after collapsing in Pryzm nightclub in Plymouth. Their heartbroken families have paid tribute to the pair.

10/12/17 19:37

The P&O vessel got into difficulty after it hit a gangway while manoeuvring to leave the port on its way to Dover, the company said.

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