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The Economic Times
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Trump praises new British PM Andy Burnham but slams UK deal on Indian Ocean islands

UNITED NATIONS - Freshly in office, Prime Minister Andy Burnham got off to a strong start with U.S. President Donald Trump at their first meeting on Tuesday, with the president brushing aside differences over the Middle East and calling the British leader "a natural business person."

The two men met for more than the scheduled 30 minutes on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, where Burnham used his inaugural speech at the global gathering to warn of the dangers posed by unconstrained artificial intelligence and socially corrosive disinformation.

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