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#DEAL OR NO DEAL: The UK government won a crucial vote on its Brexit bill, which would have given parliament a veto on the final deal negotiated with Brussels.
#UNITED AS UN: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un hailed their historic summit, but the agreement they produced was short on details about nuclear weapons.
#WHAT’S IN A NAME: Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev agreed to an “historic solution” to a longstanding row with Greece by agreeing to rename his country the Republic of North Macedonia.
PARTING SHOT
This bizarre old-Hollywood-esque trailer was apparently shown ahead of the Trump-Kim historic summit in Singapore, according to The Guardian.
“Only a few are called on to make a difference,” the narrator says over old footage of trains, planes and people walking through markets. He continues:
“The past doesn’t have to be like the future. Out of the darkness can come the light. And the light of hope can burn bright.”
It’s a little unbelievable, but definitely worth a watch.
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