Новости за 26.04.2018

US president Donald Trump will visit the UK on 13 July, the White House announced on Thursday. He will travel to Britain after participating in a Nato summit in Brussels in 11-12 July. It will be Trump's first visit to the UK since his election. He cancelled one earlier this year, saying he was "not a big fan" of the new US embassy in London. Major protests had been planned.

The European Commission wants results by October against fake news - or it may impose regulations targeting "a few platforms." But its current plans are not acceptable to everyone, with civil groups saying more evidence is needed to shape policy.

The space for civil society is shrinking in Europe, but it is still crucial to address Europe's challenges, says Luca Jahier, the new head of the EU's Social and Economic Committee.

British tabloids roared in disapproval after EU diplomats advanced plans for new border checks and fees.

Ride-sharing app Uber received an Austrian court order on Wednesday to suspend operations in Vienna but is expected to relaunch the service over the weekend. "We respect the court's decision and are working hard to change our operating model within the next few days," an Uber spokesperson told Reuters. The temporary injection is another set back for the US firm in Europe as it faces backlash from conventional taxi operators.

A court in Turkey on Wednesday sentenced 13 journalists and staff working for opposition newspapers to prison over charges related to terrorism. The Cumhuriyet reporters were given up to 7.5 year jail sentences. Lawyers defending the journalists say the charges are without base. The journalists have been released pending an appeal.

Reacting to newspaper reports, Finland's social insurance agency, KELA, insisted on Wednesday that the country's basic income experiment will continue as planned to the end of 2018. Data collected during the two-year trial would then be analysed and results released around a year later. The program is paying around 2,000 randomly-chosen unemployed Finnish people a monthly check of €560 and is the first of its kind in Europe.

Bloomberg news has reported that China may cut levies on imported cars to 10 percent or 15 percent from the current 25 percent. The move set to be announced possibly next month and would further open the large market to foreign competitors.

The EU on Wednesday launched its seventh Sentinel earth observation satellite as part of its wider Copernicus programme. The earth observation programme studies the planet and its environment. Data collected by the satellite will be available to the public.

The Commission wants the next EU budget to prove the bloc has survived Brexit unscathed. However, some net payers disagree. The EU executive plans to put out an overall budget figure of 1.13 to 1.18 percent of EU GNI.