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Merkel and Trump in White House Talks

17/03/2017 GMT

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Both leaders have described their first ever meeting as very good

President Trump and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have described their first ever meeting as very good

US President Donald Trump and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have described their first ever meeting as very good but they ignored photographers' pleas for a handshake; Attack on Yemen migrant boat kills many people; Caribbean laureate Derek Walcott dies

(Photo: Donald Trump and Angela Merkel in White House.  Credit: Getty Images.)

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