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The UK and the United States have agreed a deal which reduces tariffs

President Trump said it was a great deal for both countries.

The UK and the United States have agreed to reduce tariffs on imports, in a deal which the Prime Minister said would protect and create jobs. Also: Roman Catholic cardinals meeting in the Vatican have elected a new Pope, Robert Francis Prevost. He will be known as Leo the Fourteenth. And The King and Queen have joined 1800 people for a service at Westminster Abbey to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.

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