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Liam and Noel used to be taken for summer holidays with relatives in Mayo and kept returning after finding fameEmigration ripped the heart out of Charlestown: generations of young people took the boat to England and left behind derelict homes and shuttered shops, a hollowing chronicled in a landmark 1968 book, The Death of an Irish Town.Some returned to this corner of County Mayo for summer holidays – with children who were growing up with English accents and city ways – before vanishing back across the Irish Sea and leaving Charlestown to its decay. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/16/charlestown-gallagher-connection-oasis-ireland

US capital city’s law enforcement will remain under control of its chief, Pamela SmithWhite House officials and attorneys for Washington DC have agreed to scale back the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department.Under an agreement announced early Friday evening, the US capital city’s Metropolitan police department will remain under the control of its chief, Pamela Smith, instead of Terry Cole, the top administrator for the Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to reports. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/trump-dc-police-chief-dea Author : Edward Helmore, Maya Yang and agencies Publish date : 2025-08-16 02:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Pair decline to take questions in short press conference as US president says ‘we didn’t get there … but we have a good chance of getting there’No deal after brief Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in AlaskaThe president has yet to deplane, but is currently greeting Alaska governor Muke Dunleavy and senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, all Republicans, aboard Air Force One, per the White House.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also says that for the expanded bilateral meeting and lunch, Trump, Rubio, and Witkoff will be joined by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, defense secretary Pete

Discussions could reshape war in Ukraine and US-Moscow relations – without Zelenskyy or European leadersTrump-Putin summit – live updatesDonald Trump has given Russian president Vladimir Putin a warm welcome to US soil as they begin a critical summit on the war in Ukraine.Both leaders disembarked their planes at 11.08am local time at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a cold war-era air force base on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/15/trump-putin-alaska-meeting-ukraine Author : David Smith in Anchorage, Alaska Publish date : 2025-08-15 21:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.