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Emma Coronel Aispuro
personEmma Coronel Aispuro, 31, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute illegal drugs, conspiring to launder money and conspiring to assist the Sinaloa drug cartel. As part of her plea agreement, she also admits to helping her husband escape from a Mexican prison. She could face up to life in prison for the drug distribution charge alone.
Dominic Cummings
personDominic Cummings said Matt Hancock'should have been fired' for lying. Said Hancock told the PM in March that people in hospital would be tested before being sent back to care homes. There was no capacity to do so at the time, meaning Covid ran rampant and led to thousands of deaths.
Boris Johnson
personBiden accused the UK government of risking the Northern Ireland peace process. The President is very proud of his Irish heritage. This puts him at odds with Mr Johnson who has not managed to prevent tension over the Irish border with his deal.
Ilhan Omar
personDemocratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted fellow Democrats for distorting Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments on potential war crimes committed by the US, Israel, Hamas, and the Taliban. Omar: I was in no way equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries with well-established judicial systems.
Jill Biden
personJill, 70, recycled the Zadig & Voltaire design, which features the word love on the back in diamante embellishments. The Bidens are staying at Tregenna Castle Hotel n St Ives with the rest of the G7 leaders. Biden will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, their first face-to-face meeting since Biden became president.
Joe Biden
personU.S. will purchase and share with lower-income nations 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Two hundred million doses — enough to fully protect 100 million people — will be provided this year. Comes on top of 80 million doses he has already pledged by the end of the month.
Boris Johnson
personBoris Johnson met Joe Biden for the first time in Cornwall on Friday. It is Mr Johnson's first overseas trip and first foreign meeting with another leader. The two men signed a new Atlantic Charter and agreed to work to reopen travel.
Matt Hancock
personDominic Cummings accused Matt Hancock of being 'disastrously incompetent' West Suffolk MP will attempt to set the record straight on the UK's coronavirus response. Former top aide of PM Boris Johnson called for him to be sacked. Hancock has denied the allegations made by Cummings.
Pfizer
organizationPresident Joe Biden says the U.S. will purchase and donate half a billion of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. Two hundred million doses — enough to fully protect 100 million people — will be provided this year. The doses will be distributed through COVAX, the global initiative that aims to ensure equitable access to coronavirus testing and vaccines.
Damien Tarel
personDamien Tarel, 28, was found guilty of violence against a person invested with public authority. He is banned from ever holding public office in France and from owning weapons for five years. He shouted a centuries-old royalist war cry as he hit the president. Tarel testified that the attack was impulsive and unplanned.
Maria Sakkari
personRafael Nadal will play either Novak Djokovic or Matteo Berrettini in Friday's final. All four women in the last four at a Grand Slam for the first time. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face world No 85 Tamara Zidansek. Maria Sakkari beat defending champion Iga Swiatek in straight sets.
Diego Schwartzman
personRafael Nadal beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 4-6, 6-4,. 6-0. The No. 3 seed extended his unbeaten run at the French Open to 35 matches. Nadal will now face Novak Djokovic or Matteo Berrettini in the semi-finals.
Queen
personMagdalen College students voted to remove a portrait of the Queen. Matthew Katzman, 25, is president of Magdalen's Middle Common Room. He brought forward the measure to 'cancel' the Queen in his role. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson described the vote as'simply absurd'
Coco Gauff
personBarbora Krejcikova beat Coco Gauff 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 at Roland Garros. World number 33 will face Iga Swiatek or Maria Sakkari in the semi-finals. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face Tamara Zidansek in the other semi-final.
Barbora Krejcikova
personBarbora Krejcikova beat Coco Gauff 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 at Roland Garros. The 33rd-ranked Czech saved five set points as she recovered from a slow start. She will face either defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland or No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece.
European Union
organizationFifty-five per cent of Germans now believe the EU’s political system is broken. Only 36 per cent said they believe EU's political system working. Third of Germans believe European integration has gone too far, poll found.
Iga Swiatek
personMaria Sakkari beat defending champion Iga Swiatek in straight sets. The 25-year-old Greek will play unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova. Rafael Nadal beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-2 6-7 (5) 7-5.
Alexei Navalny
personThe decision will effectively liquidate Navalny’s non-violent opposition movement. Moscow City Court's ruling prevents people associated with Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption from seeking public office. The extremist label also carries lengthy prison terms for activists who have worked with the organizations.
E. Jean Carroll
personE. Jean Carroll, a veteran advice columnist for Elle, made the allegation against Donald Trump in New York Magazine in 2019. She claimed that in the mid-1990s he pushed her against the wall of a luxury department store and assaulted her. Trump denied the allegations and accused Carroll of lying to sell books.
Chris Harrison
personMultiple websites went down in a widespread internet outage Tuesday morning. Media critic Pozner repeated her conclusion that racism has been baked into the DNA of the franchise.