NEWS SUMMARY AT THIS HOUR

Tens of thousands perhaps more are set to march and rally in the center of British government, Whitehall, in London at 10am this morning Eastern time, 3pm in London  for the latest "Free Tommy Robinson" event.

A leaflet promoting the event says that US Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona is one of the speakers.

Robinson was arrested May 25th when he live streamed outside of a child sex abuse trial involving a case of industrial scale with Muslim defendants.  He was jailed for 13 months for contempt of court and now is in solitary confinement in a prison with a large Muslim population by his own choice because of death threats.

Reuters reported that Sam Brownback, the US Ambassdor for International Religious Freedom expressed his concern about the treatment of Robinson in a meeting last month with Britain's Ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch.

Brownback said that if Britain did not treat Robinson more sympathetically, the United States might be compelled to publicly criticize the UK.

The State Department said the sources for the Reuters report were giving false characterizations of the meeting.

President Trump completed his official visit with British leaders Friday and traveled to Scotland.  He's spending the weekend at a resort he owns at Turnberry.   President Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss matters of mutual concern including Iran, Syria and Ukraine.

A Sky Data poll of people in the UK say 51 percent approve of President Trump commenting on Brexit and Prime Minister Theresa May's handling of it and 45 percent disapprove.  Trump told "The Sun" newspaper May was not delivering the kind of deal the British people voted for in a 2015 referendum.

President Trump says he will bring up the issue of Russian hacking in connection with the 2016 presidential election.

He made the comments following Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's announcement of indictments of 12  Russian intelligence officers for taking information from Democratic Party related computers.  He says some Americans communicated with fronts set up by the Russians to disseminate the information collected online.

Sources in Washington say some House Republicans are working on an impeachment document for Rosenstein, but its unclear how many support impeachment or whether House Republican leadership will let the idea get anywhere.

Police in the UK found a small bottle of the nerve agent  Novichok at the home of  Charlie Rowley, one of two people found ill almost two weeks ago,   Rowley is hospitalized while his girlfriend Dawn Sturgess, died.

Streets in Nicaragua were deserted Friday for a general strike.  Banks, gas stations, schools and shops closed for 24-hours to protest the elected left-wing government's crackdown on opponents.  The opposition says  the general strike was 90 percent successful nationwide.

Opposition leader Medardo Mairena was arrested Friday with the government accusing him of being a "terrorist".   270 have died since protests against the government began nearly three months ago.

The opposition wants early elections or the resignation of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, the Vice-President Rosario Murillo.

From the New York Yankees to the University of Lousiville and beyond, organizations are disassociating themselves from the Papa John's pizza chain.  Its all because of founder John Schnatter's admission he used the "N-word" during an internal company conference call several months ago.

Among those calling for the dropping of the "Papa John's" name from Louisville's football stadium was US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Schnatter apologized on Wednesday for his use of the word.  The company itself will stop using his image in its marketing and branding efforts.

The European Union says that one of its top officials, Jean Claude Juncker, was not drunk when he had to be held up by Dutch and Portuguese leaders before a dinner Wednesday night at the NATO summit.

A EU spokesman said a Dutch reporter's question about whether Juncker was drunk was "tasteless".  They say Juncker actually had a painful attack of sciatica with leg pain and cramps.

Gerard Batten who is the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, an anti-EU, pro-Brexit group tweeted 'what is he doing at a NATO summit' and went on to say 'why don't the NATO member states "just tell the EU to FO".