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Reckless bankers will face jail as report recommends banking reform

David Cameron promised to act on key recommendations in the Banking Standards report, including the power to claw back bonuses

Hamid Karzai halts talks over US meeting with the Taliban

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai
Negotiations over what US and coalition security forces will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 halted in protest at being excluded from initial negotiations with the Taliban

Hamid Karzai halts talks over US meeting with the Taliban

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai
Negotiations over what US and coalition security forces will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 halted in protest at being excluded from initial negotiations with the Taliban

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David Cameron

Reckless bankers will face jail as report recommends banking reform

David Cameron promised to act on key recommendations in the Banking Standards report, including the power to claw back bonuses

President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai halts talks over US meeting with the Taliban

Negotiations over what US and coalition security forces will remain in Afghanistan after 2014 halted in protest at being excluded from initial negotiations with the Taliban

A tyre floats past the flooded grotto of Lourdes, after heavy floods forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site

Woman dies in French floods as Lourdes pilgrimage site is closed

The 70-year-old, who has not been named, is believed to have been caught in heavy flood waters as she tried to leave her car

Freddie Starr

Freddie Starr rebailed over alleged sexual offences

Comedian, 70, said he is hopeful that he will soon be able to clear his name after being arrested as part of Operation Yewtree in November

The Wanted - Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran at the premiere of their reality E! TV series 'Wanted Life', in London

World in Pictures, June 19, 2013: The Wanted in London and Madonna in New York

Eye catching pictures from events at home and around the world

Susan Smith, mother of Private Phillip Hewett and Colin Redpath, father of Lance Corporal Kirk Redpath outside the Supreme Court in London

Supreme Court rules families can sue the MoD over British soldiers' deaths in Iraq

Relatives say the Ministry of Defence failed to provide armoured vehicles or equipment which could have saved troops' lives, and should pay compensation.

Taking in the midday sun in Liverpool's Sefton Park with the backdrop of the Palm house Picture: Jason Roberts

Today could be the UK's hottest day of the year

Temperatures could reach highs of 27C, particularly in the south and east, however meteorologists suggest yet another wet summer is on the cards

Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans arrives to make a statement in Westminster about his arrest at the weekend

Nigel Evans faces further indecent assault claims

Commons Deputy Speaker, who was arrested in May on suspicion of rape and sexual assault, was told he faces fresh allegations as he answered bail today

Joshua Titcombe from Dalton, Cumbria died aged just nine days old in Furness General Hospital in 2008

Healthcare watchdog CQC 'destroyed' report into review of hospital where babies died

Care Quality Commission is accused of deliberately suppressing a review that highlighted weaknesses in its inspections of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

George Osborne, David Cameron, Stephen Gough and Julian Assange

Morning news headlines for June 19, 2013

George Osborne will shed light on plans for the state-owned banks and David Cameron faces MPs questions on G8 agreements on Syria and tax dodging

G8 leaders from left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy walk prior to a group photo opportunity during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

The day's news in pictures: June 18, 2013

The day’s biggest stories from the UK and around the world in pictures

The Rev Jesse van der Falk, Rector of Woolwich delivers a petition to 10 Downing Street with wife Louise van der Falk and John Fahy, Councillor for Woolwich Riverside

‘Angels of Woolwich’ petition presented to Downing Street

More than 85,000 people have signed a petition calling for bravery medals to be given to three women who intervened in the aftermath Lee Rigby's murder

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Moors Murderer Ian Brady appearing via video at his mental health tribunal at Manchester Civil Justice Centre

Ian Brady banned from carrying pens and ‘only comes out of his room at night’

Moors Murderer wants to be moved from Ashworth Hospital to a prison where he believes he will be free to starve himself to death

David Cameron is joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande, along with other G8 leaders for the second Plenary Session of the G8 summit

G8 Summit: Leaders seal agreement which will 'rewrite the rules" on tax

The Lough Erne Declaration vows to “fight the scourge of tax evasion” by changing the rules to stop multinational companies shifting profits across borders

Culture Secretary Maria Miller

Internet giants and Westminster agree approach to tackle online child abuse images

The Culture Secretary said a “fundamental change” to the way the Internet Watch Foundation works has been agreed

Katherine Jenkins arrives for day one of the Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot Racecourse

Royal Ascot: Racegoers arrive for opening day of the world-famous race meet

Today's meeting, which will be attended by the Queen, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall heralds the start of five days of racing

Eunice Huthart

Angelina Jolie's stunt double Eunice Huthart in phone hacking claim

Liverpool-born Huthart claims News Corp, owners of the now defunct News of the World, hacked her mobile phone's voice mails

Claude Monet's famous 1903 painting The Houses of Parliament, Sunset, that has been recreated as a pizza

Pizza portraits are a tasty twist on classic artworks

Celebrated food artist Prudence Staite has recreated some of the art world’s most beloved paintings on dough including Sunflowers by Vincent van Gough

A tyre wrapped around the Duckmarine propeller

Yellow Duckmarine's sinking blamed on "rogue tyre"

Photographs released by the vehicles' operator show a shredded tyre wrapped around a propeller, which led to the vessel sinking in a Liverpool dock

National News updated

Sun journalist and a prison officer charged through corrupt payments probe Operation Elveden

Nick Parker faces three counts of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office and prison officer Lee Brockhouse is charged with misconduct and conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office

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A tyre floats past the flooded grotto of Lourdes, after heavy floods forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site

Woman dies in French floods as Lourdes pilgrimage site is closed

The Wanted - Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Jay McGuiness, Max George and Siva Kaneswaran at the premiere of their reality E! TV series 'Wanted Life', in London

World in Pictures, June 19, 2013: The Wanted in London and Madonna in New York

Taking in the midday sun in Liverpool's Sefton Park with the backdrop of the Palm house Picture: Jason Roberts

Today could be the UK's hottest day of the year

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