Новости за 07.09.2017

MPs are to conduct an inquiry into how prepared Whitehall is for a spike in customs checks after Brexit, amid fears a new £71m customs computer system could collapse.

Donald Trump says that North Korea is "behaving badly and it's got to stop".

President Trump's eldest son says he agreed to meet a Russian lawyer in 2016 because he was open to hearing about Hillary Clinton's "fitness" to be president.

The alcohol industry is misleading the public by downplaying the risk of cancer through similar tactics to the tobacco industry, researchers say.

The sheer weight of torrential rain brought by Hurricane Harvey has caused Houston to sink by two centimetres, a geophysicist says.

Unions are demanding urgent talks with British Airways after the carrier announced plans to close its main pension scheme.

A former pole dancer dubbed the "black widow" is launching a rare legal case by asking a High Court judge to rule that she did not murder her millionaire husband.

A retired businessman has been given a restraining order in a dispute over his neighbours' cockerel that he claimed made too much noise because it was "not British".

The Scotland Yard search for Madeleine McCann is set to be extended, three weeks before its funding was due to run out.

Residents in Uganda say they are living in fear as the bodies of young women continue to appear on roadsides in the capital.

The disgraced public relations firm Bell Pottinger is on the brink of collapsing into administration, just days after controversial work for a South African client led to its expulsion from its industry association.

SpaceX has launched a super-secret spaceplane for the US Air Force as Hurricane Irma storms towards the landing site for its reusable Falcon 9 rocket.

The Commons has begun debating the EU Withdrawal Bill, with David Davis calling the legislation vital to ensuring an orderly EU divorce and Labour lamenting that it gives unprecedented powers to the Government.

A man who wrote "let's kill every Muslim" in a Facebook post following the Manchester Arena bombing has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Israeli jets have reportedly targeted a suspected chemical weapons factory in western Syria.

The President of the European Commission questioned David Davis' commitment to Brexit talks and his mandate to carry them out, new documents reveal.

The youngest member of the Charles Manson "family" has been recommended for parole, 48 years after the group murdered seven people in a killing spree that shocked the US.

Thousands of couples have tied the knot at a mass wedding to mark five years since the death of the Unification Church's founder, Sun Myung Moon.

After breaking records for HBO in its season finale, it is claimed that the latest Game of Thrones series has so far been pirated more than one billion times.

Surrey has overtaken London as the most expensive place to buy a pint in the country, a new study shows.

Vladimir Putin has said he believes world leaders can use "common sense" and ease tensions over North Korea through diplomatic means.

A new remix of George Michael's 1980s hit Fantasy has left fans and the late star's producer Nile Rogers with "mixed feelings".

Prince George has started his first day at school - but the Duchess of Cambridge was unable to accompany him as she is suffering from severe morning sickness.

All new Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) vehicles will be electric or hybrid from 2020, the luxury carmaker has revealed.

Deadly Hurricane Irma has already caused major damage - and many countries in its path are yet to feel its effects.