Joe Biden touches down in UK ahead of talks with Boris Johnson and G7 summit Lizzie Edmonds
Joe Biden has flown into the UK ahead of a meeting with Boris Johnson on Thursday on his first overseas trip as US president.
The US President and First Lady Jill Biden arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Thursday evening ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall beginning on Friday.
Mr Biden and his wife disembarked Air Force One at about 7.45pm.
A large crowd of US Air Force personnel and their families were waiting for him inside a hangar at RAF Mildenhall.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating the arrival of their baby daughter, who they have named Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. Meghan gave birth to her second child on Friday, June 4, at 11.40am at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. The baby – a younger sister for the Sussexes’ two-year-old son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor – weighed 7lbs 11oz. A statement from the couple’s press secretary said: “It is with great joy.
Three Met officers ran 18 miles around London to honour those killed in recent terrorist attacks by visiting each scene. PC Darren Sanders, PC Mick Gibson and Sergeant Darren Laurie’s Run To Remember challenge took place on Thursday on the fourth anniversary of the London Bridge atrocity. Eight were killed and 48 seriously injured when three men drove into pedestrians before launching a knife attack in nearby Borough Market. The officers said.
An armed gang have abducted as many as 150 students from an Islamic school in the north-central Nigerian state of Niger with one person shot dead. Armed groups carrying out kidnapping for ransom have been blamed for raids on schools and universities in northern Nigeria in recent months, abducting more than 700 students since December. Police officials say the most recent attack took place at Salihu Tanko Islamic school about 3pm on Sunday..