2019-09-05

USA

Elizabeth Warren won the summer, but still has a big challenge in front of her

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

05/09/2019

Sport

Austria skiing legend Marcel Hirscher retires

The 30-year-old put an end to speculation at a news conference in Salzburg.

05/09/2019

United Kingdom

Watch: Netanyahu joins Johnson outside number 10 on visit to London

Watch: Netanyahu joins Johnson outside number 10 on surprise visit to London

05/09/2019

Sport

Galatasaray's new striker Radamel Falcao gets hero's welcome

Turkish football club Galatasaray have given a spectacular welcome to their new signing - Columbian striker Radamel Falcao

05/09/2019

USA

New theory in the never-ending search for the Loch Ness monster: a really big eel

While the legend of the Loch Ness monster goes back hundreds of years, the first modern sighting of Nessie was reported in 1933.

05/09/2019

USA

Face-swapping app takes off in China, making AI-powered deepfakes for everyone

It's as easy as using a photo filter on Instagram or Snapchat, but it also demonstrates the remarkable power of advances in artificial intelligence to make fake videos.

05/09/2019

No Comment

Commuter train and truck in deadly collision in Japan

A commuter train and a truck loaded with boxes of citrus collided at a rail crossing near Tokyo on Thursday, killing one and injuring at least 30 people, Japanese authorities said.

05/09/2019

Italy

Conte PM & Di Maio foreign minister as new Italian government sworn in

It relegates Matteo Salvini's far-right League movement to the opposition.

05/09/2019

World

Woman, 24, reunited with parents 20 years since disappearing on train

A woman from Belarus has been reunited with her parents, more than 20 years since losing them on a train when she was a girl.

05/09/2019

USA

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's brother quits government over Brexit

"In recent weeks I've been torn between family loyalty and the national interest," Jo Johnson said.

05/09/2019

USA

Euroviews. Trump's Space Force can seem funny. But space threats are deadly serious ǀ View

Some of the joking about Trump’s space designs is deserved, but U.S. national security relies on space capabilities that are at risk.

05/09/2019

United Kingdom

Jo Johnson, UK PM Boris Johnson's brother, quits as an MP

Johnson said he was "torn between family loyalty and the national interest."

05/09/2019

World

European Union member states make preparations for No Deal Brexit

As the European Union steps up contingency plans for a No Deal Brexit, individual member states are also taking steps to deal with the possible fall out.

05/09/2019

USA

A royal education: Princess Charlotte marks her first day of school

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge held the hands of their two children as they started a new year at Thomas's Battersea School.

05/09/2019

World News

Climate change to push food prices higher in Europe, report warns

Projections using a high-end emission scenario estimate that yields of crops like wheat, corn and sugar beet could decrease by up to 50% in southern Europe by 2050.

05/09/2019

Economy

Lagarde grilled by politicians over new ECB nomination

She warned European countries may need to loosen the purse strings to help fight a recession.

05/09/2019

Bahamas

Hurricane Dorian lashes US east coast after bashing Bahamas

The streets of Charleston, South Carolina, vanished beneath water on Thursday as Hurricane Dorian skirted the US coast after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble.

05/09/2019

Green News

This community has turned a wasteland into an urban paradise

I visited King Henry's Walk Garden to see how even the smallest of unused spaces can be used to grow your own fruit and veg,

05/09/2019

Business

Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

Google's YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids

05/09/2019

USA

After Dorian's destruction in Bahamas, relief efforts start trickling in

"The logistics are really unlike anything we've experienced before," said the executive director of an organization that provides meals to victims.

05/09/2019

USA

Pentagon taking over $400 million in funding for military projects in Puerto Rico for the wall

The DOD is taking money from 127 projects in 23 states and three territories to build Trump's long-promised wall along the southern border.

05/09/2019

USA

Top House Democrat says Trump appointee accused of harassing diplomats should be fired

A watchdog report said Moley's senior adviser called some employees "Obama holdovers" or "traitors," and accused some of being part of the "Deep State."

05/09/2019

United Kingdom

Bitesize Brexit: A quick summary of what happened on a tumultuous day

Bitesize Brexit: A quick summary of what happened on a tumultuous day

05/09/2019

USA

House panel subpoenas documents linked to Trump's alleged pardon offers

The move follows reports the president told DHS officials that he would offer them pardons if they broke federal law while carrying out his immigration agenda.

05/09/2019

United Kingdom

UK scraps plan to immediately end freedom of movement after Brexit

Britain's government has abandoned plans to end freedom of movement for European Union citizens immediately after a possible no-deal Brexit and will instead return to an earlier policy of giving them three years' temporary leave to remain.

05/09/2019

USA

8chan founder: Current owner will 'lie' during congressional testimony

Watkins is scheduled to answer questions Thursday morning as part of a closed-door session with the House Homeland Security Committee.

05/09/2019

USA

India gets set for historic moon landing

A successful landing would make India the fourth nation to put a spacecraft on the moon and the first to put a craft at the lunar south pole.

05/09/2019

USA

Rep. Steve King: I drank from the toilet-fountain hybrid at border facility and it was 'pretty good'

King said he "went into that cell where it was reported that they were advised they had to drink out of the toilet" and that drink was "pretty good."

05/09/2019

USA

Big tech meets with U.S. security officials to talk 2020 election

The meeting comes five months before the first 2020 votes are cast in the Democratic primary and 14 months before the November election.

05/09/2019

USA

Conservative activist Jacob Wohl charged with illegal sale of securities

Wohl allegedly tried to sell unqualified securities to one of his financial companies, Montgomery Assets, in July and August of 2016.

05/09/2019