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May-Trump meeting to test UK-US 'special relationship'

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Last Updated : Jan 27 2017 | 12:28 AM IST
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the UK "absolutely" condemns the use of torture and she is not afraid to say so to US President Donald Trump when she meets him in Washington.
May's meeting at the White House tomorrow will be Trump's first with a foreign leader as president, ands May wants to use it to bolster the trans-Atlantic "special relationship."
But she is under fire for cozying up to a president who has renewed his commitment to building a Mexican border wall, moved to pull the US out of international trade treaties and said torture works.
May told reporters today aboard her Royal Air Force plane that "we absolutely condemn" torture. She said "my view on that won't change, whether I'm talking to you or talking to the president.

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First Published: Jan 27 2017 | 12:28 AM IST

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