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       1. Boris Johnson and Joe Biden ‘astonished’ at French complaints over defence pact

       Boris Johnson and Joe Biden privately expressed astonishment at France's heated reaction to the Aukus pact, as the Prime Minister urged Emmanuel Macron, the French president, to "get a grip".

       Mr Johnson and the US president are understood to have discussed their surprise at the fury from Paris when they met for talks at the White House on Tuesday. Read the full story.

       2. White House tries to blame Boris Johnson for 'chaotic scenes' in Oval Office

       The White House has appeared to blame Boris Johnson for chaotic scenes at his meeting with Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

       American journalists lodged a formal complaint with the White House after Mr Johnson took questions from British reporters, some of which were addressed to, and answered by, the US President. Read the full story.

       3. Kermit the Frog was wrong, says Boris Johnson, as he tells world leaders: it is easy being green

       Boris Johnson has told world leaders it is “time to blow out the candles of a world on fire”, as he insists that Kermit the Frog was “wrong” to say it is not easy being green.

       The Prime Minister used a landmark speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to make the argument for nations radically escalating action to curb climate change. Read the full story.

       4. Nowhere left for Covid to go to mutate into a deadly variant, says Oxford vaccine creator

       Covid is unlikely to mutate into a much deadlier variant because there “aren’t many places for the virus to go”, the lead scientist behind the Oxford vaccine has said.

       Dame Sarah Gilbert said that viruses tended to become less virulent over time as they spread through a population which was becoming more immune. Read the full story.

       5. Patients must be able to see a GP in person, says Boris Johnson

       Patients are entitled to see a GP in person, the Prime Minister has said, amid mounting concern about access to face-to-face care.

       Boris Johnson said people should be able to have “the security and confidence that they will be treated in person by a GP who can have proper hands-on understanding of the problem they have got”. Read the full story.

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