Morning briefing Wednesday 17th September

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0:44The agreement was announced last night as President Trump landed for his second state visit. Katie McFarland used to be his deputy national security advisor. She says the relationship between the two countries means a lot to her old boss. He's bringing all the senior tech leaders and tech titans of the United States to Great Britain. That's in anticipation of having a much closer, not only AI relationship, quantum computing, we'll invest in your country, you invest in ours, but that the future looks quite good between a US and UK technology deal. Our country is growing, our economy is going to do, it's great now, and it's going to be going gangbusters.

1:22So the fact that we want to do that along with you, I think is a great thing for the British people. Well, President Trump has spent the night at the US Ambassador's residence in central London and will head to Windsor later where he's being hosted by the King and Queen. Meantime, four people have been arrested after an image of President Trump alongside sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was projected onto Windsor Castle. They're being held on suspicion of malicious communications. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the government's new one-in-one-out migrant returns deal with France is in disarray.

1:54A man who arrived here on a small boat was due to be flown back later. But a judge has paused the deportation after the 25-year-old successfully argued he needed more time to prove he'd been the victim of modern slavery. All similar legal challenges are now expected potentially on human rights grounds. Imogen Tamley is a solicitor specialising in immigration law. Some people will be raising human rights arguments, but that is not the only thing being raised at all. There's people raising arguments that they haven't had enough time to get legal advice. There's also arguments around trafficking and fear of exploitation and need for treatment as a response to having been exploited previously.

2:34Well, the government says it expects the first returns to take place imminently. US prosecutors say the man they accuse of killing political activist Charlie Kirk confessed to the shooting in a message left for his roommates. They've also confirmed they're seeking the death penalty. 22-year-old Tyler Robinson faces seven charges, including aggravated murder. Here's Utah County Attorney Jeff Grape. Charlie Kirk was first and foremost a husband and a father to two beautiful young children. He was a son, he was a brother and a friend. Like all murders, the senseless and needless taking of Charlie Kirk's life has shattered the lives of those he loved and those who loved him.

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